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Euro partners agree on $145B Greek bailout (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 01:32 PM PDT

Chairman of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the media at the European Council building in Brussels, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Finance Ministers of the 16 nations using the euro met on Sunday to review a proposed bailout for Greece. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)AP - European governments and the International Monetary Fund on Sunday committed to pull Greece back from the brink of default, agreeing on euro110 billion in emergency loans on the condition Athens make painful budget cuts and tax increases.

Chavez party members pick candidates (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 03:28 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, top, waves to supporters after casting his ballot at a polling station in Caracas, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Chavez joined other members of Venezuela's ruling party who went to the polls on Sunday to choose candidates for upcoming congressional elections, a crucial step aimed at preventing infighting ahead of the vote. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - President Hugo Chavez's ruling party rallied hundreds of thousands of members to a congressional election primary vote Sunday — a key step in preventing infighting as they battle a resurgent and united opposition.

Pakistani Taliban claims NYC car bomb (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 03:02 PM PDT

Duane Jackson speaks to reporters and tourist, Sunday, May 2, 2010 in New York's Times Square. Jackson was one of the first people to alert police officers to a suspicious vehicle that contained a crude bomb. Police combed through a charred SUV and a crude assortment of explosives Sunday for clues to a failed Times Square bombing, and a monitoring group said the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the terror threat. An intelligence monitoring group released a one-minute video allegedly from the Pakistani Taliban, in which it claimed responsibility for the failed bombing in a smoking SUV left parked in the city on Saturday night, clearing thousands of tourists and theatergoers from the city's busiest district. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility in a video posted on the Internet Sunday for the attempted car bomb attack in New York City's Times Square, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Report: Kim's train crosses border into China (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:17 PM PDT

AP - A news report says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's personal train has crossed the border into China, indicating that Kim may have begun a much-speculated trip there.

Israel's PM welcomes progress toward peace talks (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 02:27 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday May 2, 2010. Israel's Prime Minister on Sunday welcomed the Arab nations' endorsement of indirect, U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Lior Mizrahi, Pool)AP - Israel's prime minister on Sunday welcomed Arab nations' endorsement of indirect, U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians, saying he is ready to restart negotiations "at any time and at any place."

Back to the Future: $100 Oil May Return Soon (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Time.com - Oil prices have remained stable in recent months, but that could soon change due to rising energy consumption from emerging economies such as China

Europe approves giant Greece bailout (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:36 PM PDT

A man passes by a shop window in downtown Athens. European governments endorsed an unprecedented 110-billion-euro bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy and shore up the single currency after Athens agreed to draconian spending cuts.(AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff)AFP - European governments endorsed an unprecedented 110-billion-euro bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy and shore up the single currency after Athens agreed to draconian spending cuts.

Pakistani Taliban claims NYC car bomb attempt (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:04 AM PDT

A police car is parked right near the spot where a crude car bomb was discovered the night before in Times Square in New York, Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb attack in Times Square in New York City.

NYC Good Samaritan buried in native Guatemala (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 03:10 PM PDT

AP - A Guatemalan immigrant who died defending a woman under attack in New York City has been buried in his native country.

Ethiopia police arrest 10 for allegedly planning attacks (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Ethiopian students wait in line in a polling station in Addis Ababa in 2005. Ethiopian police arrested 10 suspected Islamic militants they believe were sent by Eritrea to carry out attacks to upset May 23 general elections, the information minister told AFP Sunday.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)AFP - Ethiopian police arrested 10 suspected Islamic militants they believe were sent by Eritrea to carry out attacks to upset May 23 general elections, the information minister told AFP Sunday.

Pakistan Taliban chief vows new attacks on US: SITE (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:57 PM PDT

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud (pictured, centre), who was believed killed in January, has vowed attacks on the United States in a new video dated early April, the SITE monitoring group has said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, who was believed killed in January, vowed attacks on the United States in a new video apparently made last month, the SITE monitoring group said Monday.

Fed up with your country? Create your own! (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT

AP - The Empire of Atlantium's imperial botanical gardens consist of one bush. Capital Hill is, quite simply, a hill. Government House is a 320-square-foot (30-square-meter) steel-sided affair, boasting bunk beds and an art deco radio. ("Modest," His Imperial Majesty George II says, "in keeping with the emperor.")

Postcard: Halden. (Time.com)

Posted: 01 May 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Norway Builds the World's Most Humane Prison

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