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Yahoo! News: World News

UK's Clegg emphasizes differences with Cameron (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg enjoys a pint of beer at the Nags Head in Malvern, Worcestershire, during a General Election Campaign visit to the region Saturday May 1, 2010. Britain goes to the polls in a general election May 6. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appealed Saturday for an overhaul of British politics, saying he wanted changes to an electoral system that has kept the country's Labour and Conservative parties in power for generations.

Arab nations back indirect peace talks with Israel (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 01:33 PM PDT

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, left talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani during an Arab League foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, May 1, 2010. The Palestinians are seeking the Arab League's backing Saturday to resume peace talks with Israel through a U.S. mediator. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Arab nations on Saturday endorsed indirect peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis, a move that likely paves the way for the start of long-stalled U.S.-brokered negotiations.

Greek unions protest expected austerity measures (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:34 AM PDT

A riot policeman jumps over metal railings after being set on fire by protesters throwing petrol bombs in Athens on Saturday May 1, 2010. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Athens and other Greek cities Saturday for May Day rallies fueled by anger at expected harsh austerity measures needed to secure rescue loans for near-bankrupt Greece. (AP Photo/Evi Zoupanou)AP - Hundreds of youths rioted in Athens on Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against austerity measures being enacted by the cash-strapped government to secure foreign loans to stave off bankruptcy.

Amid crisis, Thai Cabinet holds emergency meeting (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:49 PM PDT

Anti-government demonstrators gather during a dispute over moving a barricade near Chulalongkorn Hospital Saturday, May 1, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. Political tension continue to plague Thailand as anti-government demonstrators occupy key business areas of the Thai capital. The 'Red Shirts', drawn mostly from the rural and urban poor, are demanding the dissolution of parliament and new elections, saying Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva came to power through the connivance of Bangkok's elite bureaucrats and the military. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Thailand's Cabinet was due to hold an emergency meeting Sunday in the face of unrelenting anti-government street protests that have blocked off much of the capital and raised fears of broader civil unrest across the country.

Meltdown, volcano: Weary Icelanders ask, what next (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Icelandic farmer Sigurdur Thor Thorhallsson on his ash-laden field on the farm at Hvolsvollur, Iceland on Thursday April 29, 2010. It took Sigurdur Thorhallsson more than a decade to turn a patch of flat land wedged between glacier and ocean into a field fit to grow fodder grass. It took Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano just minutes to wreck it. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - It took Sigurdur Thorhallsson more than a decade to turn a patch of flat land wedged between glacier and ocean into a field fit to grow fodder grass. It took Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano just minutes to wreck it.

A Bad Joke Raises the Specter of British Anti-Catholicism (Time.com)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A British Foreign Office memo mocking an upcoming visit by the Pope upset Britain's Catholic minority, and forced the country to confront its history of anti-Catholic sentiment

Greece poised to sign rescue deal with EU, IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Greece appeared set to announce a deal with the European Union and the IMF for a multi-billion euro financial bailout on Sunday, a day after thousands protested in Athens against planned state cutbacks.

Iraqi FM: US, Britain must push to resolve impasse (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Iraqi people inspect the scene of a car bomb attack Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Gunmen have robbed a jewelry store in northern Baghdad and killed its owner. As they were making their escape, a car bomb exploded nearby, killing three policemen who were responding to the robbery, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq's foreign minister chided the U.S. and Britain for not taking an active role in resolving his country's bitter election dispute, and accused Washington of being more concerned with sending home U.S. soldiers.

Brazil: Rancher found guilty in killing of US nun (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2004 file photo, nun Dorothy Stang, of Ohio, gestures in Para's legislature as she is honored as an 'honorific citizen' in Belem, Brazil. A jury convicted a Brazilian rancher early Saturday, May 1, 2010 of orchestrating the murder of Stang, a U.S. nun and Amazon defender. Regivaldo Galvao, the last of five defendants to stand trial in the case, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to Telma Lima, a spokeswoman with the federal court in the jungle city of Belem where the trial was held. (AP Photo/Carlos Silva, Imapress, File) **BRAZIL OUT**AP - A jury convicted a Brazilian rancher early Saturday of orchestrating the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang.

Arab League backs resumption of Middle East talks (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Reuters - Arab League nations on Saturday endorsed a resumption of negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, raising hopes that indirect talks brokered by the United States could revive the stalled peace process.

Miyazato poised to claim a third LPGA victory (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato waves after her shot at the 18th hole during the third round of the Tres Marias Championship Open of the LPGA Tour at Tres Marias Country Club in Morelia, Mexico, on May 1, 2010. Miyazato was poised to claim a third LPGA victory of the season after taking a one-shot lead(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)AFP - Japan's Ai Miyazato was poised to claim a third LPGA victory of the season after taking a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Tres Marias Championship.

Fear and Nostalgia for Noriega in Panama (Time.com)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Time.com - While the country wants him back to face murder charges, some are afraid he could return to power

Data Reveals HIV Treatment Progress (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:19 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Apr 30 (IRIN PlusNews) - A new study of adult mortality tells the tale of HIV over decades and across borders and how treatment may have helped to rewrite the ending.

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