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• NKorea threatens to attack US, SKorean warships (AP)
• Suicide squad kills 30, wounds 250 in Pakistan (AP)
• Reform candidate's wife new political star in Iran (AP)
• Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Baghdad (AP)
• Catholic orders plead poverty in Irish abuse (AP)
• Abbas and the Peace Process: Is This Man Still Relevant? (Time.com)
• Georgia says U.N.'s Ban blackmailed by Russia (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,302 (AP)
• Lawyer to fight extradition of US murder suspect (AP)
• Niger Delta gang leader arrested, killed: sources (AFP)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP)
• Canada opposition divided over backing for Ottawa (Reuters)
• NZ white tiger mauls keeper in front of tourists (AP)
• Deadly bombing in Pakistan may be payback for military offensive (McClatchy Newspapers)
• In Turkey, hundreds of minors imprisoned on 'terrorism' charges (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Fleeing the Taliban, Millions of Pakistani Refugees in Limbo (Time.com)
• Thousands Flee New Violence in Somalia (OneWorld.net)

NKorea threatens to attack US, SKorean warships (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against U.S. and South Korean warships plying the waters near the Koreas' disputed maritime border, raising the specter of a naval clash just days after the regime's underground nuclear test. In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned that Pyongyang faced unspecified consequences because of its "provocative and belligerent" acts.

Suicide squad kills 30, wounds 250 in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - A suicide squad using guns, grenades and a van packed with explosives targeted police and Pakistan's intelligence agency Wednesday, killing 30 and wounding 250 in an assault seen as revenge for the month-old army campaign against the Taliban in the Swat Valley.

Reform candidate's wife new political star in Iran (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 01:58 PM PDT AP - Presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi waited in the wings as his wife warmed up the crowd. Zahra Rahnavard quickly had them roaring in approval — and her husband beaming — as she ticked off her demands for women's rights and other reforms.

Roadside bomb kills US soldier in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier Wednesday in Baghdad, making May the deadliest month for the American military since September.

Catholic orders plead poverty in Irish abuse (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 10:29 AM PDT AP - The Catholic orders responsible for abusing Ireland's poorest children say they're struggling to come up with money to help their victims. Yet investigations into their net worth paint a very different picture — that of nuns and brothers with billions' worth of carefully sheltered assets worldwide.

Abbas and the Peace Process: Is This Man Still Relevant? (Time.com) Posted: 27 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT Time.com - After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama must deal with America's other peace partner, the Palestinian Authority's politicallyenfeebled leader

Georgia says U.N.'s Ban blackmailed by Russia (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - Georgia lashed out at the United Nations and Russia on Wednesday, accusing Moscow of blackmailing U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to make a significant change in his latest report on the Caucasus state.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,302 (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at least 4,302 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Lawyer to fight extradition of US murder suspect (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT AP - The lawyer for a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting two young men in Georgia said Wednesday he will fight extradition because he believes his client will not receive a fair trial in the southern U.S. state.

Niger Delta gang leader arrested, killed: sources (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2009 03:44 PM PDT AFP - A gang leader from the restive oil-rich Niger Delta has been killed in Nigeria's southern state of Bayelsa, a day after being arrested, sources said Wednesday.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, May 27, 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 Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada opposition divided over backing for Ottawa (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's three opposition parties, which can only bring down the minority Conservative government if they all vote together, could not agree on Wednesday how to handle Ottawa's admission it would run a record budget deficit this year.

NZ white tiger mauls keeper in front of tourists (AP) Posted: 27 May 2009 08:53 AM PDT AP - A rare white tiger mauled its keeper to death in front of horrified tourists at a New Zealand wildlife park on Wednesday, then was killed after it refused to release the body.

Deadly bombing in Pakistan may be payback for military offensive (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 May 2009 04:33 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspected Islamic terrorists killed about 30 people and injured more than 250 Wednesday in a gun and vehicle-bomb attack in the eastern city of Lahore that may be the first major reprisal for Pakistan's military offensive against extremists, analysts and officials said.

In Turkey, hundreds of minors imprisoned on 'terrorism' charges (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Few would peg Hebun Akkaya, a 17-year-old with a high, nasal voice and polite manner, as a criminal convicted of supporting a terrorist organization.

Fleeing the Taliban, Millions of Pakistani Refugees in Limbo (Time.com) Posted: 27 May 2009 05:15 PM PDT Time.com - As Pakistan's military and the Taliban fight in the north, an estimated 2.4 million Pakistanis have been displaced, marking a refugee crisis on a scale comparable to the mass flight from Rwanda in the 1990s

Thousands Flee New Violence in Somalia (OneWorld.net) Posted: 27 May 2009 02:28 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, May 27 (OneWorld.net) - Over 67,000 people have fled the latest outbreak of violence in and around the Somali capital Mogadishu, as increasing security concerns obstruct aid to many of those affected.

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