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• U.S. toll reaches 1,000 deaths in Afghan war (AP)
• Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador (AP)
• Peru's Cabinet to take up Lori Berenson case (AP)
• Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects (AP)
• Uribe defends brother against death squad charge (AP)
• Gunmen Storm Pakistan Mosques, Kill at Least 80 Ahmedi (Time.com)
• UK Treasury minister apologizes over expenses (AP)
• Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla (AP)
• Jamaica police vow to catch reputed drug lord (AP)
• Rwandan police arrest US lawyer (AP)
• Party leaders in Nepal avert crisis (AFP)
• Rogers, Canada public broadcaster sign content deal (Reuters)
• Australia to sue Japan over whaling (AFP)
• Extremists assault Pakistani religious minorities, killing 70 (McClatchy Newspapers)
• China leans toward South Korea's view of Cheonan warship sinking (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Thai Economy Grows Despite Antigovernment Protests (Time.com)
• Sri Lanka De-Mining Efforts Face Funding Shortfall (OneWorld.net)

U.S. toll reaches 1,000 deaths in Afghan war (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 11:11 AM PDT AP - More U.S. military deaths in the last 10 months of the Afghan war than in the first five years of the conflict. More boots on the ground than in Iraq.

Big volcanic eruptions in Guatemala, Ecuador (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 05:45 PM PDT AP - Explosive eruptions shook two huge volcanos in Central and South America on Friday, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and disrupting air traffic as ash drifted over major cities.

Peru's Cabinet to take up Lori Berenson case (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Peruvian Cabinet ministers will discuss whether to deport a paroled New Yorker who served 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels.

Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:38 PM PDT AP - Mexico's government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to a cartel responsible for much of the bloodshed in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Uribe defends brother against death squad charge (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe defended his brother Friday against allegations of having led a right-wing death squad from the family ranch during the early 1990s.

Gunmen Storm Pakistan Mosques, Kill at Least 80 Ahmedi (Time.com) Posted: 28 May 2010 03:15 PM PDT Time.com - Gunmen laid siege to two mosques in Lahore on Friday, killing more than 80 people, in yet another show of strength by Pakistan's sectarian-minded militant groups

UK Treasury minister apologizes over expenses (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - Britain's new coalition government faced its first major setback Friday, as a senior Treasury minister admitted to claiming lawmakers' expenses to rent rooms in homes owned by his partner.

Israeli gunships head to sea to block flotilla (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - Israeli gunships headed out to sea Friday to stop a flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists from reaching the Gaza Strip, the military said, setting the stage for what could become a dramatic showdown on the high seas.

Jamaica police vow to catch reputed drug lord (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 05:49 PM PDT AP - Jamaica's top cop insisted Friday security forces will capture a reputed underworld boss who escaped a bloody, four-day assault on his slum stronghold, while more people in the battle zone said innocents died during the fighting.

Rwandan police arrest US lawyer (AP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - An American lawyer helping defend a Rwandan presidential hopeful against charges that include promoting a genocidal ideology was arrested Friday and charged with genocide denial, police said.

Party leaders in Nepal avert crisis (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:02 PM PDT AFP - Nepal's main party leaders agreed Friday to extend parliament's term, in a dramatic eleventh-hour deal to avert political crisis in the troubled nation.

Rogers, Canada public broadcaster sign content deal (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2010 09:09 AM PDT Reuters - Rogers Communications Inc said on Friday it will offer its cable and wireless customers access to programs from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp under its alliance with the public broadcaster.

Australia to sue Japan over whaling (AFP) Posted: 28 May 2010 05:23 AM PDT AFP - Australia said Friday it would begin legal action next week to stop Japan killing hundreds of whales a year in the name of scientific research, prompting immediate condemnation from Tokyo.

Extremists assault Pakistani religious minorities, killing 70 (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 28 May 2010 01:30 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD — Extremists stormed two mosques belonging to a religious minority in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Friday, killing at least 70 people in the worst-ever assault on the country's Ahmadi community.

China leans toward South Korea's view of Cheonan warship sinking (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 May 2010 07:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - China showed signs Friday of edging toward South Korea’s view of the March sinking of the South Korean navy vessel, the Cheonan. At least, China’s second highest leader indicated China would not side with North Korea’s denial of having anything to do with it.

Thai Economy Grows Despite Antigovernment Protests (Time.com) Posted: 28 May 2010 02:15 PM PDT Time.com - Thailand's economy was growing like gangbusters. On May 17, the central bank announced that the country had achieved its highest quarterly growth rate in 15 years, with figures showing a 12% year-on-year increase for the first three months of 2010

Sri Lanka De-Mining Efforts Face Funding Shortfall (OneWorld.net) Posted: 28 May 2010 04:31 AM PDT OneWorld.net - COLOMBO, May 28 (IRIN) - The recent death of a French de-miner in northern Sri Lanka highlights the ongoing threat of landmines in preventing the safe return of tens of thousands of conflict-displaced. Â

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