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quent decisions about the reopening of those facilities based on that information," Psaki said.
•  The 19 outposts were closed to the public beginning last Sunday. Most American employees at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen were ordered to leave the country on Tuesday because of threat information.
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•  MILAN (AP) -- Italy may get its own political dynasty out of the ashes of Silvio Berlusconi's political career.
•  The nation has been buzzing with speculation that Marina Berlusconi will step in as her father's political heiress ever since the supreme court last week confirmed the three-time former premier's tax fraud conviction, jail sentence and ban from politics.
•  Berlusconi's eldest daughter is a long-time executive at his Mediaset media empire and was among a clutch of close advisers by his side at his Rome residence

when the court ruled on Aug. 1. She has in the past repeatedly denied any intention to enter politics, but has remained silent during this new round of speculation.
•  Political analysts say the prospect of a Marina Berlusconi candidacy is realistic.
•  "I think it will be accepted within the party, and even among Berlusconi lovers, those hardcore 7 million or 8 million voters," said Roberto D'Alimonte, a political science professor at Rome's LUISS University and analyst for il Sole 24 Ore. "The thing I don't know is if she is ready for it. Because this is something that will change her life, and not necessarily for the better."
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•  HAVANA (AP) -- Anglophones, rejoice: Cuba's first English-language bookstore, cafe and literary salon opened in Havana on Friday, offering islanders and tourists alike a unique space to converse, thumb through magazines and buy or borrow tomes in the language of Shakespeare.
•  The brainchild of a longtime U.S. expat, Cuba Libro launched with just 300 books on offer, about what you'd expect to find in the lobby of an average U.S. bed

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