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• Chilean police detain Pakistani in US Embassy (AP)
• Pope: Church's own sins to blame in sex scandal (AP)
• Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming (AP)
• Poor get better health care in post-quake Haiti (AP)
• Coalition of Conservatives, Lib Dems Yields PM Cameron (Time.com)
• Muhammad cartoonist 'head-butted' during lecture (AP)
• 14th-century aqueduct found in Jerusalem (AP)
• Argentine minister testifies against dictatorship (AP)
• Nigerians reject Pfizer payout over drug trial: lawyers (AFP)
• Australia, Sri Lanka into World Twenty20 semis (AFP)
• Video: Aussie father clasps infant as car hits (AP)
• Report: Afghan army riddled with corruption and feuding (McClatchy Newspapers)
• In the Philippines, a Landslide Victory for the Aquino Dynasty (Time.com)
• New Beginning for Sri Lanka? (OneWorld.net)

Chilean police detain Pakistani in US Embassy (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:47 PM PDT AP - Traces of explosives were found on a Pakistani man who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, authorities said Tuesday, and a Chilean judge ordered him held in a high-security prison under anti-terrorism laws.

Pope: Church's own sins to blame in sex scandal (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - In his most thorough admission of the church's guilt in the clerical sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday the greatest persecution of the institution "is born from the sins within the church," and not from a campaign by outsiders.

Drifting satellite threatens US cable programming (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:57 PM PDT AP - A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tuesday.

Poor get better health care in post-quake Haiti (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - The 6-month-old baby boy was rushed to the field hospital near death in a donated ambulance, his body trembling in shock.

Coalition of Conservatives, Lib Dems Yields PM Cameron (Time.com) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Time.com - Five days after the election, Britain finally has its new government, with Prime Minister David Cameron leading a coalition between his Conservatives and Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats

Muhammad cartoonist 'head-butted' during lecture (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted as furious protesters interrupted his university lecture about the limits of free speech.

14th-century aqueduct found in Jerusalem (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Archeologists said Tuesday they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the time of Jesus — but unlike most such finds, this time the experts knew exactly where to look.

Argentine minister testifies against dictatorship (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:17 PM PDT AP - Argentina's foreign minister testified Tuesday as a witness in a trial involving crimes against humanity inside a prison where he and other political prisoners were held during the military dictatorship.

Nigerians reject Pfizer payout over drug trial: lawyers (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2010 02:09 PM PDT AFP - Nigerian families have refused 35 million dollars in compensation from US firm Pfizer over a drug trial blamed for children's deaths due to a DNA testing dispute, their lawyers said Tuesday.

Australia, Sri Lanka into World Twenty20 semis (AFP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT AFP - Australia and Sri Lanka both qualified for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 after Australia beat the West Indies by six wickets in a Super Eights match here on Tuesday, a result that knocked the hosts out of the tournament.

Video: Aussie father clasps infant as car hits (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 06:44 AM PDT AP - Dramatic video footage has emerged of a father saving his infant son by clutching steadfastly to him as a car strikes the man.

Report: Afghan army riddled with corruption and feuding (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Afghan National Army, a pillar of the U.S. strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan and withdrawing U.S. troops next year, is riddled with corruption, ethnic friction and rivalries among its highest leaders that are hampering its ability to fight the Taliban-led insurgency, according to a new study.

In the Philippines, a Landslide Victory for the Aquino Dynasty (Time.com) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Time.com - Noynoy Aquino, whose father was a preeminent martyr and his mother the country's most beloved political saint, becomes President of the impoverished nation

New Beginning for Sri Lanka? (OneWorld.net) Posted: 11 May 2010 06:22 AM PDT OneWorld.net - COLOMBO, May 11 (IPS) - For a country that has had quite a few run-ins with global giants in the diplomatic arena, the last fortnight has witnessed somewhat of a turnaround for Sri Lanka.

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