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• Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters (AP)
• Mounting concern among Iraqis about more violence (AP)
• New al-Qaida in Iraq chief vows blood-soaked days (AP)
• Big Afghan offensive must overcome deadly terrain (AP)
• Argentina: Greek financial rescue doomed to fail (AP)
• Thai Authorities Try to Squelch Red Shirt Protesters (Time.com)
• Single ticket racks up largest British lottery win (AFP)
• Official: No fraud found in Iraq's election (AP)
• Chile terror lawyer predicts case will be dropped (AP)
• Nigeria president pledges better security in delta (Reuters)
• US-SKorea trade deal a victim of US politics (AP)
• Canada parties end Afghan dispute, avert election (Reuters)
• Round-the-world girl sailor in final countdown (AFP)
• U.S. asks Israel to curb rhetoric, demolitions of Palestinian homes (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Cameron-Clegg Coalition: Time to Reconnect with Voters (Time.com)
• Plugging Africa's Tech Gap, with Help from India (OneWorld.net)

Bangkok battle: Troops fire on rioting protesters (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.

Mounting concern among Iraqis about more violence (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Many Iraqis are increasingly uneasy that a wave of bombings and shootings may revive all-out sectarian warfare that ravaged the country several years ago. In Baghdad and other cities, some are falling back into old cautionary habits — going outside only when necessary and avoiding busy markets and other crowded places.

New al-Qaida in Iraq chief vows blood-soaked days (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida in Iraq's new leader warned Shiites on Friday that "dark days soaked with blood" lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under way.

Big Afghan offensive must overcome deadly terrain (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 12:00 PM PDT AP - U.S. soldiers had just made it through a dense patch of vineyards to a cluster of abandoned mud compounds when the radio operator let out a shout: "Sir, we are about to be ambushed from three different locations!"

Argentina: Greek financial rescue doomed to fail (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:20 PM PDT AP - Gregorio Lopez has a message for the Greek workers who are protesting deep cuts in salaries and pensions that come with an international, trillion-dollar rescue package: You're on your own.

Thai Authorities Try to Squelch Red Shirt Protesters (Time.com) Posted: 14 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - More violence is feared as authorities move to shut down the Red Shirt protest that has paralyzed the Thai capital

Single ticket racks up largest British lottery win (AFP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:37 PM PDT AFP - A ticketholder in the UK scooped more than 100 million euros in the EuroMillions draw on Friday, the largest ever lottery win in Britain, organisers said.

Official: No fraud found in Iraq's election (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:41 PM PDT AP - A full recount of votes for Baghdad province from Iraq's parliamentary elections showed no fraud or major irregularities and is unlikely to change the vote's final results, the country's election commission said Friday.

Chile terror lawyer predicts case will be dropped (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - Chilean prosecutors will have to show a judge on Saturday what evidence they have against a Pakistani detained after the U.S. Embassy said it found traces of an explosives substance on his documents and cell phone.

Nigeria president pledges better security in delta (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - Nigeria's president pledged on Friday to develop the impoverished, oil-producing Niger Delta and improve security in the region.

US-SKorea trade deal a victim of US politics (AP) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT AP - Leading senators and a group of former officials are pushing the Obama administration to send a stalled U.S.-South Korean free trade deal to Congress. But with November elections looming, the accord may already be dead this year.

Canada parties end Afghan dispute, avert election (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - Canadian political parties averted an early election on Friday when they sealed a deal to end a dispute over access to documents on the transfer of prisoners to authorities in Afghanistan.

Round-the-world girl sailor in final countdown (AFP) Posted: 13 May 2010 11:53 PM PDT AFP - Australia's round-the-world schoolgirl sailor Jessica Watson began her final stretch to Sydney Friday, where she is expected to be greeted by ecstatic crowds as she ends a remarkable seven-month voyage.

U.S. asks Israel to curb rhetoric, demolitions of Palestinian homes (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:58 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — The Obama administration presented new demands to Israel this week to avoid taking any actions that might disrupt the fledgling peace talks with the Palestinians, among them a newly announced plan to demolish more than 100 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, senior Israeli officials said Friday.

Yemen: Never mind Anwar al-Awlaki, the economy is a bigger threat (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Times Square bombing was a reminder of the potential cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and others in Yemen have to inspire terrorist attacks. But academics and financial analysts who have spent time in the country lately say that a faltering economy, not militants, poses a greater threat to Yemen's stability.

Cameron-Clegg Coalition: Time to Reconnect with Voters (Time.com) Posted: 14 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT Time.com - Britain's David Cameron and Nick Clegg have forged a coalition. Now they have to reconnect with the voters who put them into government

Plugging Africa's Tech Gap, with Help from India (OneWorld.net) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:19 AM PDT OneWorld.net - DAR-ES-SALAAM, May 14 (IRIN) - Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said.

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