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• Britain's candidates agree: This race is wide open (AP)
• Transitional housing slowly getting built in Haiti (AP)
• Militant turncoat leads Iraqis to al-Qaida chiefs (AP)
• China tightens school security after 3rd attack (AP)
• NKorea says imprisoned American speaks to family (AP)
• The 1940 Katyn Murders: Russia Posts Its Files Online (Time.com)
• Spain jobless rate over 20 pct, adding to woes (AP)
• Jordanian CIA bomber urges Muslims to wage jihad (AP)
• US ambassador: Honduras' Zelaya acted erratically (AP)
• Nigerian court jails six Ghanaians, Nigerian for oil theft: official (AFP)
• China carmaker puts N. American headquarters in LA (AP)
• Khadr aided U.S. so he could go home, agent says (Reuters)
• Australia's 'baby-faced killer' buried in golden casket (AFP)
• Veteran's award-winning poems trace journey to Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Why Iran's Ahmadinejad is pushing to cut popular government subsidies (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Conservatives Leading Labour in Run-Up to U.K. Election (Time.com)
• Pressure Mounts on Chevron to Disclose Burma Revenue (OneWorld.net)

Britain's candidates agree: This race is wide open (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Divided over the country's ballooning debt, the economy and the contentious issue of immigration, the three front runners in Britain's general election can still agree on one thing: This race is anyone's to win.

Transitional housing slowly getting built in Haiti (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:50 PM PDT AP - Unlike the vast majority of earthquake victims still crowded into squalid camps, the simple farmers of this hard-hit village have reason to hope as hurricane season looms.

Militant turncoat leads Iraqis to al-Qaida chiefs (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Leery of using a mobile phone, the militant tasked with directing some of Baghdad's deadliest recent bombings would get his orders from al-Qaida in Iraq's leadership by meeting a go-between near a grocery store named Mr. Milk.

China tightens school security after 3rd attack (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Armed police will patrol schools in China's capital after a farmer attacked kindergarten students with a hammer, then burned himself to death Friday in the third classroom assault in as many days.

NKorea says imprisoned American speaks to family (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT AP - An American imprisoned in North Korea was allowed to speak to his mother by telephone, but Pyongyang's state media and his family provided few details and no clues whether he would be released.

The 1940 Katyn Murders: Russia Posts Its Files Online (Time.com) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT Time.com - As relations between Poland and Russia begin to warm, Moscow has for the first time posted online its files on the Katyn massacre, the 1940 killing of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet troops. But for many Poles, the gesture doesn't go far enough

Spain jobless rate over 20 pct, adding to woes (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Spain's jobless rate has risen over 20 percent for the first time since 1997, the government said Friday — more dismal news for a recession-plagued economy that is being dragged into Europe's debt crisis.

Jordanian CIA bomber urges Muslims to wage jihad (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:07 AM PDT AP - The Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan late last year called on Muslims to wage jihad and become martyrs in a posthumous message posted on extremist websites Friday.

US ambassador: Honduras' Zelaya acted erratically (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - U.S. officials who voiced strong opposition to Honduras' coup last June now say the ousted president took an "erratic and imprudent course of action" in the months leading up to his overthrow.

Nigerian court jails six Ghanaians, Nigerian for oil theft: official (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:23 PM PDT AFP - A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced six Ghanaians and a Nigerian to eight years in prison each after they were found guilty of stealing 4,000 tonnes of oil products, anti-graft agency EFCC said.

China carmaker puts N. American headquarters in LA (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - A rapidly expanding manufacturer of all-electric cars, solar panels and other green products from China announced Friday it will open a North American headquarters in Los Angeles, with plans to begin selling autos in the U.S. by the end of the year.

Khadr aided U.S. so he could go home, agent says (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr chatted happily with a pretty, young U.S. interrogator because he thought cooperation would win him a speedy trip home to Canada, the interrogator told the U.S. war crimes tribunal on Friday.

Australia's 'baby-faced killer' buried in golden casket (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:33 AM PDT AFP - Notorious Australian mobster Carl Williams was buried in a golden coffin Friday after a lavish funeral which drew a large crowd of mourners and blanket media coverage after his savage jailhouse murder.

Veteran's award-winning poems trace journey to Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:25 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Combat was a good career move for award-winning war poet Brian Turner, though it took a toll.

Why Iran's Ahmadinejad is pushing to cut popular government subsidies (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve of his visit to the US next week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been pushing parliament to cut $40 billion in government subsidies. As Iran braces for fresh United Nations sanctions over its controversial nuclear program as well as a possible rise in inflation rates, the president seeks to convert the subsidy money into a slush fund with little government oversight.

Conservatives Leading Labour in Run-Up to U.K. Election (Time.com) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:15 PM PDT Time.com - With days to go before Britain takes to the polls, Labour's woes continue as the Conservatives pull further out in front. But for whoever wins on May 6, sweet victory could come with a bitter aftertaste

Pressure Mounts on Chevron to Disclose Burma Revenue (OneWorld.net) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:52 PM PDT OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face with Naing Htoo, whose community has suffered due to the exploits of the energy giant in military-ruled Burma.

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