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Autism Walk: Little Friends will hold the third annual Step Up for Autism walk and fun run in downtown Naperville. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk and fun run will kick off at 10 a.m. Team and individual registration for this year’s walk is being accepted online at www.stepupforautism2011.kintera.org. Festivities will include a 2.5-mile walk and fun run and a one-mile kid-friendly route. This year’s event will also feature a Kids’ Area, complete with interactive displays, face painting, moon jumps and entertainment. For more information, call Little Friends at 630-355-6533.

Civil War tour: “Walking with Soldiers: The Civil War Tour” will be held from 2 to 3:15 p.m. During the event, participants can learn the story of how Levi Shafer’s gun fired the first two shots at Gettysburg, see how the shell that killed Dr. Horace Potter is incorporated into his headstone, view the grave of a Confederate soldier that is buried at the Naperville Cemetery and hear more stories of Civil War veterans who were from Naperville. The walk begins at the Naper Settlement Visitor Center, 523 S. Webster St. Tickets are $12, $10 for Naperville Heritage Society Sustaining members. For tickets or more information, call 630-420-6010.

Monday

Kiwanis open house: The Naperville Evening Kiwanis Club is holding an open house and dinner at 6 p.m. at the Edward Hospital Educational Center, Rooms 301-305, 801 S. Washington St. This event is for those interested in learning more about the service and social opportunities available in the club. For more information, call 630-420-3282 or e-mail administrator@napervilleeveningkiwanis.org.

Tuesday

Carillon series: The 2011 Carillon Recital Series will take place each Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. through Aug. 23 at the base of Rotary Hill. The recital series includes international and local performers; the free performances are held rain or shine (unless there is lightning) and audiences are welcome to picnic on the lawn. Post-recital Moonlight Carillon Tours are available from 8 to 9 p.m. For more information on the Carillon, visit www.naperville-carillon.org.

Wednesday

Concert series: Monarch Landing, 255 Monarch Drive, will host singer Brian Roman at 7:30 p.m. Roman will showcase classics from the golden era ranging from Sinatra to Elvis to Tom Jones. He performs throughout Canada and the U.S. The concert is part of the 2011 Artist Series Concerts at Monarch Landing. Tickets are $15 and available to the public and must be reserved in advance. To reserve tickets, call 630-778-3798.

The NATO Aircraft Step Up Strikes in Libya | Live News Central

Tripoli, Libya (Live News Central) – On recent news, the Waves of NATO aircraft hit the Tripoli on Tuesday in the considered as most sustained bombardment of the Libyan capitan since the Western forces began air strikes this March.

Apparently, a series of NATO airstrikes targeted some sites around the Tripoli early this Monday as increasingly frequent attacks has been raised pressure on Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.

Now that the Libyan government are very much particular and attributed earlier blasts to NATO air strikes on military compounds in the capital, a day after rebels drove Muammar Gaddafi’s forces out of a western town.

According to Reuters,  a Libyan official, speaking over a loudspeaker in a hotel where some of the foreign journalists stay under government supervision, said some strikes had hit the Popular Guard compound and the Revolutionary Guard compound, giving no comment on casualties.

Furthermore, a NATO military official in Naples, headquarters of the alliance’s Libya operation, confirmed the current strikes were the heaviest on Tripoli so far.

Also Monday a report saying that, two rebels were killed in fighting with Gadhafi’s forces in the eastern oil town of Brega, 125 miles (200 kilometers) southwest of the de facto rebel capital of Benghazi, a medic said.

On the other hand, the said group said one detainee was apparently tortured to death in custody. It based its report on visits with rebel-held detainees in three opposition-controlled cities.

“There is no excuse to delay the rule of law in areas under opposition control,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa director.

At the further east report, Gaddafi’s troops and the rebels have been in stalemate for weeks, neither able to hold territory on a road between Ajdabiyah, which Gaddafi’s forces shelled on Monday, and the Gaddafi-held oil town of Brega further west.

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