Explosions and street fighting grip Yemen capital (Reuters)

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• Explosions and street fighting grip Yemen capital (Reuters)
• Blast hits hotel in Libya's rebel-held Benghazi (Reuters)
• 25 Pakistani forces killed after cross-border raid (Reuters)
• Syrian forces shell town kill 41, lawyer says (Reuters)
• Japan PM survives with offer to quit once crisis overcome (Reuters)
• Egypt: Activists, Generals Part Ways on Post-Mubarak Path (Time.com)
• UK probation officers warn over terrorist releases (AP)
• Syrian troops pound central town; at least 41 die (AP)
• Salvador to have absentee vote in 2014 election (AP)
• Egypt's revolution may save Neolithic treasure (Reuters)
• Oil falls below $100 after surprise US supply jump (AP)
• Canada budget watchdog urges clearer fiscal targets (Reuters)
• Noel the turtle proves amputees survive in wild (AFP)
• What's Behind Thailand's LÈse MajestÉ Crackdown? (Time.com)

Explosions and street fighting grip Yemen capital (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Renewed fighting in Yemen's capital between a powerful tribal group and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces has killed at least 19 people this week and rocked Sanaa with explosions, officials said on Wednesday.

Blast hits hotel in Libya's rebel-held Benghazi (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:42 PM PDT Reuters - An explosion damaged a hotel used by rebels and foreigners in Libya's rebel-controlled eastern city of Benghazi Wednesday, wounding one person, police said.

25 Pakistani forces killed after cross-border raid (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:36 PM PDT Reuters - Twenty-five Pakistani security forces have been killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan after about 200 militants crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked a security checkpost, a government official said on Thursday.

Syrian forces shell town kill 41, lawyer says (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian forces killed 41 civilians in an effort to crush pro-democracy protests, a human rights lawyer said on Wednesday, as opposition leaders met in Turkey to plot the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Japan PM survives with offer to quit once crisis overcome (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:23 AM PDT Reuters - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Thursday survived a no-confidence vote by offering to resign once he has overcome the worst of the country's nuclear crisis, a last-minute deal with ruling party rebels who had threatened to turf him from office.

Egypt: Activists, Generals Part Ways on Post-Mubarak Path (Time.com) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT Time.com - Despite growing unease over the military's heavy-handed suppression of criticism, democratic activists remain confident in their own power to shape events

UK probation officers warn over terrorist releases (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:47 AM PDT AP - British probation officers say authorities may struggle to cope as up to 70 convicted terrorists are released from jail over the next 12 months.

Syrian troops pound central town; at least 41 die (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:55 AM PDT AP - A Syrian activist group says government troops have continued pounding a central town and that the bombing there has killed at least 41 people, including a 4-year-old girl.

Salvador to have absentee vote in 2014 election (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:09 PM PDT AP - Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes says his Central American country will allow citizens living abroad to vote in the 2014 presidential election.

Egypt's revolution may save Neolithic treasure (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:17 AM PDT Reuters - Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic civilization.

Oil falls below $100 after surprise US supply jump (AP) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:18 AM PDT AP - Oil prices fell below $100 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed an unexpected jump in U.S. crude supplies, suggesting demand is weakening.

Canada budget watchdog urges clearer fiscal targets (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - Canada needs to put forward a more credible austerity package this year and next in order to prevent a structural budget deficit in the longer term, the country's budget watchdog said on Wednesday.

Noel the turtle proves amputees survive in wild (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT AFP - Grave fears were held for "Noel" when she was released back into the wild after having a flipper amputated.

What's Behind Thailand's LÈse MajestÉ Crackdown? (Time.com) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT Time.com - In a land where the holy trinity consists of nation, religion and king, talking about the monarchy, except in terms of adulation, can be risky business

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