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• Rogue Thai general aiding protesters shot in head (AP)
• Offshore gas platform sinks off Venezuela; no leak (AP)
• A safari ends in tragedy for lone crash survivor (AP)
• Haiti prosecutors urge prison for US missionary (AP)
• Chavez critic freed pending trial for remarks (AP)
• Pakistan Faces the Perils of Anti-Taliban Offensive (Time.com)
• Obama wants $80 billion to upgrade nuclear arms complex (Reuters)
• Israel to ban fishing in the Sea of Galilee (AP)
• Killings of gays increase in Mexico, report says (AP)
• Investigators in Libya comb site of crashed Airbus (Reuters)
• Clinton to Afghan women: 'We will not abandon you' (AP)
• Canadian legislators grill BP over Arctic drilling (Reuters)
• NZ leader offends Maori with cannibal joke (AP)
• Kandahar 'offensive' scaled back; new goal to improve government (McClatchy Newspapers)
• David Cameron led Conservatives to power by moving to the center (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Thai General Khattiya, Red Shirt Backer, Is Shot in Head (Time.com)
• Education, Not Handouts (OneWorld.net)

Rogue Thai general aiding protesters shot in head (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 01:36 PM PDT AP - A rogue army general working with anti-government protesters was shot in the head Thursday while talking to reporters in downtown Bangkok, triggering more clashes that left one demonstrator dead and worsening Thailand's political chaos.

Offshore gas platform sinks off Venezuela; no leak (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:21 PM PDT AP - A natural-gas platform sank off Venezuela on Thursday after workers escaped in lifeboats and the last few leaped into the Caribbean Sea. The oil minister said there was no threat to the environment and all 95 workers were safely evacuated.

A safari ends in tragedy for lone crash survivor (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - The Dutch family — mom, dad and two young sons — were headed home from a dream safari in South Africa when their plane plunged to Earth in Libya. Rescuers found a single passenger alive: 9-year-old Ruben, still strapped in his seat.

Haiti prosecutors urge prison for US missionary (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - A U.S. missionary should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, a prosecutor said Thursday on the first day of her trial.

Chavez critic freed pending trial for remarks (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - An outspoken opponent of President Hugo Chavez was released from custody Thursday, but a lawyer said Oswaldo Alvarez Paz still faces criminal charges for remarks on a TV talk show.

Pakistan Faces the Perils of Anti-Taliban Offensive (Time.com) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - Pressed by the U.S. to act against militancy in North Waziristan, the Pakistani Army weighs a new campaign. But few believe a major offensive will be staged - or that it would solve the problem

Obama wants $80 billion to upgrade nuclear arms complex (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama sent a landmark arms-reduction treaty with Russia to the Senate on Thursday for ratification and called for $80 billion in nuclear funding, which could help win opposition support.

Israel to ban fishing in the Sea of Galilee (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 12:40 PM PDT AP - The Israeli government is echoing the words of Jesus with a new ban — asking the fishermen of the Sea of Galilee to cast aside their nets.

Killings of gays increase in Mexico, report says (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - Killings of gays and lesbians have risen in Mexico despite a government tolerance campaign and a law legalizing same-sex marriage in the capital, according to a report released Thursday by a coalition of civic groups.

Investigators in Libya comb site of crashed Airbus (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2010 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - Aviation experts combed debris for more clues on Thursday after finding the two black boxes from an Airbus jet that crashed at Libya's Tripoli airport, killing all but one of the 104 people on board.

Clinton to Afghan women: 'We will not abandon you' (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Women's rights will not be sacrificed in any settlement between the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Taliban militants, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday.

Canadian legislators grill BP over Arctic drilling (Reuters) Posted: 13 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - Exasperated Canadian legislators grilled the head of BP Plc Canadian unit on Thursday, concerned about the risks of the company's plans to drill in Arctic waters after the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

NZ leader offends Maori with cannibal joke (AP) Posted: 13 May 2010 07:48 AM PDT AP - New Zealand's leader apologized Thursday for joking that he would have been part of the meal had he attended a dinner with a Maori tribe whose history includes cannibalism.

Kandahar 'offensive' scaled back; new goal to improve government (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:06 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Although it's just beginning, the U.S.-led effort to pacify the Taliban's spiritual capital in southern Afghanistan already appears to be faltering.

David Cameron led Conservatives to power by moving to the center (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 May 2010 02:15 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Amid conservative elation at David Cameron’s appointment as Britain’s new prime minister, it’s easy to forget that five years ago his Conservative Party was viewed by pundits as moribund and regularly being written off as a spent force.

Thai General Khattiya, Red Shirt Backer, Is Shot in Head (Time.com) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:00 PM PDT Time.com - After Thai Prime Minister Abhisit says a peace deal with the Red Shirt protest movement is dead, the rebel leader Major General Khattiya Sawatdiphol, or Seh Daeng, is shot

Education, Not Handouts (OneWorld.net) Posted: 13 May 2010 04:12 AM PDT OneWorld.net - OUAGADOUGOU, May 12 (IRIN) - "Bee-ba-ta a un bébé!" Seated on plastic mats, their sandals and book bags on the ground nearby, children follow text with chalk-dusted fingers as they practice reading.

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