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Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 01:18 PM PDT

An anti-American poster is seen in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 30, 2009. Poster reads - 'Yes, Yes for Iraq'. Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood, a promise to get out of Iraq quickly: That's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he speaks to them from this Arab capital. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that's what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.

New legal battle in Guantanamo (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:10 PM PDT

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo detainee speaks with guards in the Camp six detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Camp six is a medium-security facility with the capability of holding in maximum security a portion of its roughly 60 detainees, based on their compliance with rules, according to the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.

Trapped residents emerge, seek food in Swat town (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 10:23 AM PDT

A Pakistani walks past the destruction caused by fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Pakistan says it is close to beating the Taliban in the Swat Valley, but battlefield success alone does not equal victory, with militant commanders still on the run, local governments and police forces have been decimated and some millions of residents are displaced from their homes. (AP Photo)AP - People trapped at home for weeks emerged in search of food at barren shops while corpses lay exposed in the Swat Valley's main city Sunday, as a Pakistani official suggested the army offensive against the Taliban in the region could end in days.

Last survivor of 'unsinkable' Titanic dies at 97 (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 02:40 PM PDT

FILE - A May 19, 2003 photo from files of Millvina Dean the last living survivor of the Titanic disaster with a painting of the vessel, at an unknown location in England. The Titanic International Society says Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has died in her sleep. The society's president Charles Haas told the Associated Press Millvina Dean died Sunday. He said she had suffered from slight pneumonia last week. Dean was just over two months old when the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, sinking less than three hours later. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell, File)AP - Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday, having been the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Tiananmen: A battle of remembering vs. forgetting (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT

In this photo taken on March 24, 2009, a paramilitary soldier stands guard in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese government is heavily invested in suppressing the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement and its violent end. Two decades on the authoritarian government has largely succeeded in turning it into a non-issue for many, using stunning economic growth, sophisticated propaganda and repression to stifle public discussion. Linking the image of Tiananmen for most Chinese as place for recreation and official state functions. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - As a young poet, Cui Weiping was not much interested in politics. But she says she could never shake the image of her husband returning home on a June night 20 years ago, his pants mottled with the blood of people shot by the Chinese army.

How Susan Boyle's Loss Could Be Britain's Gain (Time.com)

Posted: 31 May 2009 07:15 AM PDT

Time.com - The plucky singing Scot lost out to a dance troupe, when viewers used Saturday's final to vote in a new image for Britain

Blonde therapy lifts spirits in crisis-hit Latvia (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:36 PM PDT

Two blondes are pictured as they parade through the streets of the capital Riga, during Blonde Weekend. Several hundred blondes marched through the Latvian capital Riga Sunday in a bid cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession in the 27-member EU.(AFP/Ilmars Znotins)AFP - Several hundred blondes marched through the Latvian capital Riga Sunday in a bid cheer up the crisis-hit Baltic nation, suffering the worst recession in the 27-member EU.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,306 (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:31 PM PDT

AP - As of Sunday, May 31, 2009, at least 4,306 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 harnesses power of on-air talk (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 10:59 AM PDT

Elsa Morales, 64, watches a TV screen that shows Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during his program 'Hello President' in Caracas, Friday, May 29, 2009. Chavez invited his prominent critics, including Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and other visiting Latin American intellectuals, to debate Saturday on live television at the presidential palace. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - The program begins with upbeat music that sounds like a game show theme. Colors shimmer across the screen, and the title appears: "Hello, President."

Africa's upwardly mobile money (Reuters)

Posted: 31 May 2009 05:09 PM PDT

Reuters - To 28-year-old Kenyan Mary Wanjiku, her cell phone is not just a cell phone. It is also a cheap, safe and easy way of sending her mother $40.

Hundreds cheer Dalai Lama as he leaves Denmark (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama waves during a press conference in a Copenhagen hotel. The Dalai Lama left Copenhagen on Sunday under the cheers of an adoring throng of hundreds bidding farewell to Tibet's spiritual leader, whose latest trip to Europe has angered China again.(AFP/SCANPIX/Mads Nissen)AFP - The Dalai Lama left Copenhagen on Sunday under the cheers of an adoring throng of hundreds bidding farewell to Tibet's spiritual leader, whose latest trip to Europe has angered China again.

'Curry bashings' strain Australia-India relations (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2009 04:46 AM PDT

An Australian man holds up a banner at a rally staged by Indian students and supporters in Melbourne. Indian students rallied in Melbourne on Sunday as Australia scrambled to contain outrage over a wave of attacks that has seen it labelled racist and strained diplomatic relations with New Delhi.(AFP/William West)AFP - Indian students rallied in Melbourne on Sunday as Australia scrambled to contain outrage over a wave of attacks that has seen it labelled racist and strained diplomatic relations with New Delhi.

Pakistan to attack the fountainhead of extremism: Rugged Waziristan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 May 2009 01:09 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Waziristan, the remote area that's the epicenter of Taliban and al Qaida militants in Pakistan, is set to become the next war zone in the nation's fight against Islamic extremists, where clashes between insurgents and the army erupted over the weekend.

Egyptian reform activists wary of Obama's visit to Cairo (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In a highly anticipated visit to Cairo next week, US President Barack Obama will deliver an address to the Muslim world meant to open a new chapter in its ties with the United States.

Israeli Rejection of Settlement Freeze Spells Trouble for Obama's Cairo Outreach (Time.com)

Posted: 30 May 2009 10:50 PM PDT

Time.com - If President Barack Obama thought he could deliver the promise of a few Israeli concessions on settlements during his upcoming Cairo speech to the Muslim world, he was sorely mistaken

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