Sunday, May 22, 2011

Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated (Reuters)

Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated (Reuters)

Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied, before a speech on Sunday by President Barack Obama to a pro-Israel group, they were locked in crisis after their public dispute on Middle East peace.

NATO strikes near Gaddafi's Tripoli compound (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 07:57 PM PDT

Reuters - NATO staged an airstrike near Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli late on Saturday, and an opposition website said Libyan government forces shelled residential areas outside the rebel-held city of Misrata.

China says dialogue only way to solve Korea crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:44 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in northeastern China, in this picture taken by Kyodo May 20, 2011. REUTERS/KYODOReuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that dialogue is the only way to resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but Japan stressed that North Korea must first show sincerity in addressing concerns over its uranium enrichment activities before talks can resume.

Suicide bomber kills at least 7 in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 21 May 2011 11:56 PM PDT

An Iraqi policeman inspects the scene after two Kurdish brothers were killed inside their home in Kirkuk. Seven people were killed in attacks in the disputed northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk on Saturday, police said, just two days after a string of anti-police attacks in the region killed 29.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded 10 more, mostly Iraqi policemen, as they were investigating a car bombing north of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said on Sunday.

The Trouble with Democracy: Albania's Worrisome Vote (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The country's two major parties face off on the streets as a crucial mayoral race see-saws from candidate to candidate

EU foreign policy chief in Libya rebel stronghold (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived Sunday in the rebel-held city of Benghazi in eastern Libya on a visit to open a European Union mission, an AFP correspondent reported.(AFP)AFP - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived Sunday in the rebel-held city of Benghazi in eastern Libya on a visit to open a European Union mission, an AFP correspondent reported.

13 killed in series of blasts across Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:48 AM PDT

An Iraqi policeman inspects the scene after two Kurdish brothers were killed inside their home in Kirkuk. Seven people were killed in attacks in the disputed northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk on Saturday, police said, just two days after a string of anti-police attacks in the region killed 29.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)AP - A rapid-fire series of explosions in and around Baghdad killed 13 people Sunday, including seven people who died when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of police officers, officials said.

President's autopsy aims to solve Chile mystery (AP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:19 PM PDT

In this Sept. 11, 1973 picture, soldiers and firefighters carry the body of Chile's President Salvador Allende, wrapped in a Bolivian poncho, out the destroyed La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile after a coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that ended Allende's three-year government. Nearly 38 years after Allende died in a military coup and became a Cold War martyr of the international left, his body is being exhumed Monday, May 23, 2011 in an exercise that even now is fraught with political overtones. The hope is that forensics can solve an enduring mystery: whether Chile's socialist leader committed suicide or was murdered by the troops who mounted Pinoche's ferocious attack on the presidential palace. (AP Photo)AP - Nearly 38 years after President Salvador Allende died in a military coup and became a Cold War martyr of the international left, his body is being exhumed Monday in an exercise that even now is fraught with political overtones.

Australia, S. Africa urge merit-based IMF choice (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan, pictured, and South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, co-chairs of the G20 IMF Reform Working Group, have said the appointment of a replacement for IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn successor must be based on merit.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Australia and South Africa on Sunday jointly called for an end to the International Monetary Fund's top job being allocated on the basis of nationality, saying it undermined the group's legitimacy.

Lin Dan makes emphatic badminton start (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:43 AM PDT

File photo shows China's Lin Dan. Lin powered past Germany's Marc Zwiebler 21-10 21-16 Sunday in the Chinese superstar's first match at the 2011 Sudirman Cup world team championships.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Lin Dan powered past Germany's Marc Zwiebler 21-10 21-16 Sunday in the Chinese superstar's first match at the 2011 Sudirman Cup world team championships.

Tiger bites handler at Australian theme park (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:02 PM PDT

File photo shows a Bengal tiger behind bars at a zoo. A Bengal tiger bit one of its handlers at an Australian theme park on Sunday, with paramedics treating the man for five deep puncture wounds to his thigh and upper calf.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - A Bengal tiger bit one of its handlers at an Australian theme park on Sunday, with paramedics treating the man for five deep puncture wounds to his thigh and upper calf.

India's Government Aims to Curb Excessive Weddings (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - A country whose nouveau riche matrimonial excess has spawned an entire service industry looks to beat Britain's royals at their own game

Young and Homeless (Part I): Finding Stability at School (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 21 May 2011 09:07 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was produced with support from a New America Media fellowship to report on children in poverty in California, and is part one of a three part series exploring youth homelessness and education.
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