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• Thai troops open fire at protest encampment (AP)
• Venezuela temporarily halts bond trading (AP)
• Haiti leader vows to step down with 'calm heart' (AP)
• Pakistani says false alarm led to Chile detention (AP)
• Taliban suicide bomb hits NATO convoy, kills 18 (AP)
• Obama Doubles Down in Iran Nuclear Showdown (Time.com)
• France frees Iranian killer amid deal controversy (AFP)
• Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP)
• Mexican town's police force quits after ambush (AP)
• Graham's relief group: 3 workers abducted in Sudan (AP)
• Geithner to press China on trade barriers, yuan (Reuters)
• Don't trust politicians: Aussie opposition leader (AFP)
• U.S. pressure on Pakistan may risk terrorist backlash (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Hugo Chávez boycotts Madrid summit over Honduras president (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Species Found in New Guinea's Foja Mountains Rain Forest (Time.com)
• Fears Grow Along with Pakistan Lake (OneWorld.net)

Thai troops open fire at protest encampment (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 05:34 PM PDT AP - Thai troops have opened fire at a fortified encampment of anti-government protesters in central Bangkok.

Venezuela temporarily halts bond trading (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT AP - Authorities temporarily halted the trading of government bonds on Tuesday and said they would seek to control Venezuela's currency exchange rates by setting a range of permitted prices in the bond market.

Haiti leader vows to step down with 'calm heart' (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:53 PM PDT AP - Surrounded by waving banners of blue and red, Haitian President Rene Preval pledged Tuesday to step down as scheduled next year, rebuking critics who say he is using the post-earthquake emergency to hold onto power.

Pakistani says false alarm led to Chile detention (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - A Pakistani detained in Chile said Tuesday the positive test for explosive traces he registered at the U.S. Embassy was likely a false alarm and denied any wrongdoing. He said he holds no ill will toward America.

Taliban suicide bomb hits NATO convoy, kills 18 (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle near a U.S. convoy Tuesday, killing 18 people, including six troops — five Americans and a Canadian — in the deadliest attack on NATO in the Afghan capital in eight months. Two other American service members were killed in separate attacks in the south, making Tuesday the deadliest day of the year for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Obama Doubles Down in Iran Nuclear Showdown (Time.com) Posted: 18 May 2010 02:55 PM PDT Time.com - Ignoring Tehran's latest fuel-swap offer and pressing ahead with sanctions is a gambit that could make or break the Obama Administration's Iran diplomacy

France frees Iranian killer amid deal controversy (AFP) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:43 PM PDT AFP - An Iranian assassin walked free from a French prison and flew home on Tuesday amid controversy over whether his release was tied to that of a French academic freed by Tehran three days earlier.

Detained militant in Iraq details World Cup plot (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT AP - An alleged al-Qaida militant detained in Iraq said Tuesday he had talked to friends about attacking Danish and Dutch teams at the World Cup in South Africa next month to avenge insults against the Prophet Muhammad.

Mexican town's police force quits after ambush (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - The bulk of a small Mexican town's police force has quit after armed men ambushed and wounded two of their officers.

Graham's relief group: 3 workers abducted in Sudan (AP) Posted: 18 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - The U.S. relief organization operated by evangelist Franklin Graham says three of the group's workers have been abducted by armed men in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Geithner to press China on trade barriers, yuan (Reuters) Posted: 18 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday that a stronger Chinese yuan would help level the playing field for American exporters, but he would focus mainly on reducing trade barriers in talks with Beijing next week.

Don't trust politicians: Aussie opposition leader (AFP) Posted: 18 May 2010 03:59 AM PDT AFP - Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott had the country's political establishment in uproar on Tuesday after an astonishing admission that voters often cannot trust what he says.

U.S. pressure on Pakistan may risk terrorist backlash (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KARACHI, Pakistan — As the U.S. turns up the pressure on Pakistan to launch a new military offensive in the North Waziristan tribal area following the Times Square bombing attempt, analysts warn that a frontal assault could lead to a terrible terrorist backlash.

Hugo Chávez boycotts Madrid summit over Honduras president (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 18 May 2010 11:14 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Nearly one year on, the ouster of Manuel Zelaya continues to divide the region.

Species Found in New Guinea's Foja Mountains Rain Forest (Time.com) Posted: 18 May 2010 01:55 PM PDT Time.com - An expedition reveals a new species of dwarf wallaby, a big friendly rat and a tree frog with an inflatable nose (really)

Fears Grow Along with Pakistan Lake (OneWorld.net) Posted: 18 May 2010 03:41 AM PDT OneWorld.net - HUNZA, May 18 (IRIN) - Further landslides are exacerbating the threat that a newly formed 16km-long lake on the River Hunza in northern Pakistan may burst its banks, with local NGOs saying up to 13,000 people have already been displaced.

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