Truce in Yemen halts week of deadly clashes (Reuters)

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• Truce in Yemen halts week of deadly clashes (Reuters)
• Afghans say NATO air strike kills 12 children, two women (Reuters)
• Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant (Reuters)
• Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza travelers (Reuters)
• Ex-Honduran president Zelaya returns from exile (Reuters)
• After Mladic's Arrest, the E.U. Whispers Sweet Nothings to Serbia (Time.com)
• Italian firms look abroad as economy struggles (AFP)
• Arab League backs Palestinian statehood bid (AP)
• Ex-leader returns to Honduras 2 years after ouster (AP)
• Libya rebels applaud G8, stress Kadhafi must go (AFP)
• Chinese official vows justice for Mongolian death (AP)
• Hollywood star Blanchett under fire over carbon tax (AFP)
• Kung Fu Panda 2: Hollywood works harder to win Chinese audiences (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi (Time.com)
• Kung Fu Panda 2: How real life informs a fantasy (The Christian Science Monitor)

Truce in Yemen halts week of deadly clashes (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:35 PM PDT Reuters - A sense of calm returned to Yemen's embattled capital on Sunday hours after armed tribesman and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces reached a truce to halt clashes threatening to plunge the state into civil war.

Afghans say NATO air strike kills 12 children, two women (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 12:24 AM PDT Reuters - An air strike called in by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said on Sunday, one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign forces in months.

Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2011 09:42 PM PDT Reuters - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan, an official of the plant operator said on Sunday.

Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza travelers (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2011 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza Saturday, eroding a blockade of the Palestinian territory imposed by Israel to isolate its Islamist Hamas rulers.

Ex-Honduran president Zelaya returns from exile (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - Former president Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Saturday after being exiled by the army two years ago in a coup, clearing the way for the nation to normalize relations with its neighbors in the Americas.

After Mladic's Arrest, the E.U. Whispers Sweet Nothings to Serbia (Time.com) Posted: 28 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT Time.com - The arrest of wartime general Ratko Mladic was a major condition of Serbia's candidacy for the European Union -- now the country is looking forward to being the new kid on the bloc

Italian firms look abroad as economy struggles (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:55 PM PDT AFP - Workers rioting in Italy's historic shipyards this week are only the latest sign of a sense of national economic gloom that is pushing businesses to look abroad for growth and profits.

Arab League backs Palestinian statehood bid (AP) Posted: 29 May 2011 12:05 AM PDT AP - The Arab League has endorsed a Palestinian bid to seek recognition at the United Nations of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.

Ex-leader returns to Honduras 2 years after ouster (AP) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:11 PM PDT AP - Former President Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras almost two years after being forced into exile by a military-backed coup has ended a crippling political crisis and paved the way for the impoverished country's reintegration into the international community.

Libya rebels applaud G8, stress Kadhafi must go (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:43 PM PDT AFP - Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil applauded a call by G8 countries for Moamer Kadhafi to go, saying the strongman's departure is the only way out of Libya's crisis.

Chinese official vows justice for Mongolian death (AP) Posted: 29 May 2011 01:08 AM PDT AP - A state-run newspaper says the Communist Party chief of China's Inner Mongolia region has met with students and teachers in a bid to assuage public anger over the death of a Mongolian herder run over by a Chinese truck driver.

Hollywood star Blanchett under fire over carbon tax (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2011 11:27 PM PDT AFP - Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett found herself under fire for fronting a campaign promoting the government's planned carbon tax, with critics saying she is out of touch with ordinary Australians.

Kung Fu Panda 2: Hollywood works harder to win Chinese audiences (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 May 2011 06:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A decade ago, as China closed in on membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), key negotiators now say, it wasn't talk of opening a huge market to grain or machinery that threatened talks: It was haggling over movies, the ultimate soft-power export.

Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi (Time.com) Posted: 28 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT Time.com - Moscow is suddenly the only real power with any influence in Tripoli. But can the Russian President convince the Colonel that it's time to go?

Kung Fu Panda 2: How real life informs a fantasy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 May 2011 06:03 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - DreamWorks Animation's Ray­mond Zibach says the first "Kung Fu Panda" film was designed from books and Internet research, but he knew he had to go to China for "Kung Fu Panda 2": "We'd fallen in love with pandas from afar and had to go see them for ourselves to get the second film right," the production designer says.

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