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• Key nations start talks on new NKorea resolution (AP)
• North Korea tests more missiles, lashes out at US (AP)
• Sri Lanka's displaced families torn apart by war (AP)
• Roadside blast kills 3 Americans in western Iraq (AP)
• Candidates to head nuclear agency make their case (AP)
• Medvedev's Grim Prognosis on Russian Economy (Time.com)
• Moyes wins recordbreaking third manager of the year award (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,301 (AP)
• Mexico detains 10 mayors for alleged drug ties (AP)
• Sudan tribesmen attack security force, scores killed (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP)
• Canada forecasts deficit will top $50 billion (Reuters)
• Prices rising, goods disappearing in Venezuela's troubled economy (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Germany's Kindergarten Teachers Go on Strike (Time.com)
• A Pakistani Girl's Call for Peace (OneWorld.net)

Key nations start talks on new NKorea resolution (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - Key world powers started talks Tuesday on a Security Council resolution that could include new sanctions against North Korea, with the United States saying all agreed that Pyongyang's illegal nuclear test must be dealt with "directly and seriously."

North Korea tests more missiles, lashes out at US (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - North Korea lashed out Tuesday at the United States and reportedly launched two more short-range missiles even as U.N. Security Council members debated possible new sanctions against the communist nation for its latest nuclear test.

Sri Lanka's displaced families torn apart by war (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - Lakshmi Rasamy reached through the barbed wire enclosing this displacement camp, grabbed her mother's hand and wept for her four children who were killed in the last spasm of fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war.

Roadside blast kills 3 Americans in western Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 01:26 PM PDT AP - A roadside bomb blasted a U.S. convoy west of Baghdad, killing three Americans, including a top reconstruction official who once headed the Illinois Commerce Commission, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Candidates to head nuclear agency make their case (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 11:17 AM PDT AP - Five candidates bidding for the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency laid out their visions of what the U.N. organization's role should be Tuesday at a meeting overshadowed by the North Korea's announcement that it had exploded its second nuclear bomb.

Medvedev's Grim Prognosis on Russian Economy (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - Russia's President prescribes tough economic medicine in the face of hismentor's more optimistic scenario

Moyes wins recordbreaking third manager of the year award (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT AFP - Everton manager David Moyes received the perfect boost ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final with Chelsea when he was awarded the League Managers' Association's (LMA) manager of the Year award on Tuesday for a record third time.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,301 (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at least 4,301 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexico detains 10 mayors for alleged drug ties (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 17 officials for alleged drug ties Tuesday in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan, home to one of Mexico's most violent cartels.

Sudan tribesmen attack security force, scores killed (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - Scores of people were killed when 3,000 armed Arab tribesmen on horseback attacked security forces in Sudan's oil-producing Southern Kordofan region on Tuesday, tribal sources and officials said.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP) Posted: 26 May 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at least 615 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada forecasts deficit will top $50 billion (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2009 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - Canada will run its biggest ever deficit this year of more than $50 billion because of the deep economic recession, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Tuesday.

Prices rising, goods disappearing in Venezuela's troubled economy (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 May 2009 01:44 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CARACAS, Venezuela — Prices for home appliances have skyrocketed, pharmacies are reporting shortages of drugs and General Motors is planning to stop car production here next month, as measures by the Venezuelan government to conserve dollars ripple through the weakening economy.

Germany's Kindergarten Teachers Go on Strike (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT Time.com - Demanding better work conditions and higher pay, Germany's kindergarten teachers go on strike, shutting down nursery schools across the country and leaving parents scrambling to figure out what to do with their kids

A Pakistani Girl's Call for Peace (OneWorld.net) Posted: 26 May 2009 01:58 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 26 (OneWorld.net) â€" Prevented from attending school due to ongoing violence in northwest Pakistan, 11-year-old Malalay speaks out about peace and her right to an education.

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