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Mexico swine flu deaths ebb -- but caution urged (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:57 PM PDT AP - Mexico said a swine flu epidemic appears to be easing, but urged citizens Saturday not to let their guard down against a virus that has killed 17 people and is spreading across Asia and Europe. Experts warned the virus could mutate and come back with a vengeance.

Iraqi soldier kills 2 US soldiers, wounds 3 (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - An Iraqi soldier opened fire on a U.S. military team Saturday, killing two American soldiers and wounding three, the U.S. military said, in an attack that could sharpen worries about the extent of militant infiltration in Iraq's security forces.

Anatomy of an `inside' ambush in Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police had just sat down for lunch inside a police building in Mosul. Flak vests and other protective gear were removed.

16 militants, 2 Pakistani soldiers die in clash (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:25 PM PDT AP - Pakistani forces repelled a mass assault on their outpost near the Afghan border Saturday in a battle that left 18 dead and shook claims by Pakistan's army to have regained control of a critical region.

Doctor: 64 die in shelling of Sri Lanka hospital (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 11:06 AM PDT AP - Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone Saturday, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil Tigers, a rebel-linked Web site said.

UN-WTO: No need to ban pork due to swine flu (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT AP - The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no evidence the virus is spread by food.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,284 (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, May 2, 2009, at least 4,284 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Venezuela's Chavez courts Iran as US shows concern (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez met with a delegation from Iran on Saturday to prepare for an upcoming visit from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — an alliance that has provoked concern in Washington.

NATO thwarts Somali pirates, seizes dynamite (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT AP - Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, another band of pirates hijacked a cargo ship, a NATO spokesman said Saturday.

Authorities scramble to halt swine flu in Asia (AFP) Posted: 02 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT AFP - Health authorities across Asia were scrambling Saturday to limit the spread of swine flu after reporting two confirmed cases in one of the world's most densely populated regions.

Australia to buy US jets, build up navy, air force (AP) Posted: 02 May 2009 03:13 AM PDT AP - Australia plans to buy 100 state-of-the-art U.S. jet fighters and double the size of its modest submarine fleet in a bid to keep pace with an Asian military buildup.

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