Yahoo! News: World News

---

• OAS lifts ban on Cuba after 47 years (AP)
• Air France jet likely broke apart above ocean (AP)
• Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP)
• AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP)
• Rival: Ahmadinejad moves Iran toward dictatorship (AP)
• Obama in Saudi Arabia: Cheek to Cheek, but a World Apart (Time.com)
• UK's Brown under pressure in European, local polls (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,308 (AP)
• Mexican police questioned about missing official (AP)
• British and Irish run amok in clash of the Lions (AFP)
• In main Swat town, no sign of civilians or Taliban (AP)
• Secret Canada nuclear papers left in TV studio (Reuters)
• Australia's oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 110 (AP)
• Obama to lay out vision of Muslim world's future (McClatchy Newspapers)
• In Mideast, Obama faces tough crowd: Here's what they want to hear (The Christian Science Monitor)
• As More Ministers Resign in Britain, Can Brown Survive? (Time.com)
• Economic Crisis Drives Up Conflict (OneWorld.net)

OAS lifts ban on Cuba after 47 years (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:17 PM PDT AP - The Organization of American States on Wednesday lifted a decades-old ban on Cuba's participation in the group and cleared the way for the island's return despite initial U.S. objections.

Air France jet likely broke apart above ocean (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - Military planes located new debris from Air France Flight 447 Wednesday while investigators focused on a nightmarish ordeal in which the jetliner broke up over the Atlantic as it flew through a violent storm.

Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT AP - American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U.S. defense official said, underscoring a central quandary for President Barack Obama's new Afghan counterinsurgency campaign.

Rival: Ahmadinejad moves Iran toward dictatorship (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:56 PM PDT AP - The main pro-reform candidate accused hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of driving Iran toward "dictatorship" and hurting its standing in the world by questioning the Holocaust, during a rare and unprecedentedly raucous election debate Wednesday.

Obama in Saudi Arabia: Cheek to Cheek, but a World Apart (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - The President's outreach to the Muslim world starts behind closed doors, in Islam's birthplace

UK's Brown under pressure in European, local polls (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:20 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a new test of his leadership in European and local elections on Thursday, and rebels in his ruling party were reported to be campaigning for him to quit.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,308 (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - As of Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at least 4,308 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Mexican police questioned about missing official (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - Federal investigators questioned 48 Veracruz city traffic officers Wednesday about the disappearance of the top customs official for one of Mexico's most important ports.

British and Irish run amok in clash of the Lions (AFP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:32 PM PDT AFP - The British and Irish Lions ran in 10 tries to record a 74-10 win over Golden Lions at Ellis Park on Wednesday and claim another success in the second match of a South Africa tour.

In main Swat town, no sign of civilians or Taliban (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:21 PM PDT AP - Pakistani soldiers stood guard along its narrow roads, but there was no sign of civilian life in the Swat Valley's main city, nor signs of the Taliban. Across the river stood another militant stronghold, reminding the army its work was not done.

Secret Canada nuclear papers left in TV studio (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - Senior Canadian officials left a binder full of confidential nuclear documents in a television studio and made no attempt to retrieve them, the TV network involved said on Wednesday.

Australia's oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 110 (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:16 AM PDT AP - John "Jack" Ross, Australia's oldest man and the last remaining Australian to serve in World War I, died Wednesday, Veterans' Affairs Minister Alan Griffin said. He was 110.

Obama to lay out vision of Muslim world's future (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:22 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — In his speech Thursday to Muslims around the world, President Barack Obama will speak in detail about extremism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and "what he thinks needs to be done on all sides" to reach peace between Israelis and Palestinians, his aides said Wednesday.

In Mideast, Obama faces tough crowd: Here's what they want to hear (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Ahmad al-Shugairi, host of a popular Saudi television show about Islam, gets excited just imagining the idea: If he had the chance, what would he advise US President Obama to say in his address to the Muslim world on Thursday?

As More Ministers Resign in Britain, Can Brown Survive? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - As voters prepare to render harsh judgment on parliamentary greed, Britain's Prime Minister sees two prominent ministers drop out

Economic Crisis Drives Up Conflict (OneWorld.net) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (OneWorld.net) - The world has become slightly less peaceful over the last year due in large part to the global economic crisis, says an annual report released yesterday that measures countries' peacefulness.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: World News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Inbox too full?
If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: Yahoo! News: World News, c/o Google, 20 W Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610