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• 3 die in Athens riot over cutbacks, debt crisis (AP)
• Shiite agreement gives Iraq's clerics greater say (AP)
• Arabs see opening for nuke-free Mideast (AP)
• Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies after long illness (AP)
• Italy mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato dies at 99 (AP)
• 3 Dead in Greece Riots; Will Protests Threaten Reform? (Time.com)
• Last push in Britain as vote approaches (AFP)
• After lengthy diplomacy, Mideast peace talks begin (AP)
• US senators ask $3.5 billion for Haiti recovery (AP)
• Nigeria's President Yar'Adua dead: official (AFP)
• 2 Australian workmen flee excavation bungle (AP)
• Calgary police lift downtown cordon, no bomb found (Reuters)
• Aussie teen's round-the-world no record: manager (AFP)
• IAEA chief: Iran refuses to answer key nuclear questions (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Megacities of the world: a glimpse of how we'll live tomorrow (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq: Moving toward a new government, more instability (Time.com)
• Minor Rebels, Major Terror in DR Congo (OneWorld.net)

3 die in Athens riot over cutbacks, debt crisis (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - Rioting over harsh austerity measures left three people dead in a torched Athens bank and clouds of tear gas drifting past parliament, in an outburst of anger that underlined the long and difficult struggle Greece faces to stick with painful cutbacks that come with an international bailout.

Shiite agreement gives Iraq's clerics greater say (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - An agreement to form an alliance between Iranian-backed Shiite blocs gives the final say on political disputes to Iraq's top clerics, solidifying a role for the Shiite religious leadership in the country's likely new government.

Arabs see opening for nuke-free Mideast (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 02:13 PM PDT AP - The world's five recognized nuclear-weapons powers on Wednesday reaffirmed the goal of a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, a long-dormant Arab idea that's come back to life at this month's nonproliferation treaty conference.

Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies after long illness (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, long plagued by poor health, has died at age 58, almost three months after his vice president assumed control of Africa's most populous nation, Yar'Adua's spokesman said.

Italy mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato dies at 99 (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - Giulietta Simionato, an Italian mezzo-soprano whose instantly recognizable voice was wildly popular with audiences, died Wednesday, La Scala opera house said. She would have turned 100 on May 12.

3 Dead in Greece Riots; Will Protests Threaten Reform? (Time.com) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - Three people were killed when Greeks took to the streets to protest the austerity measures attached to the country's $145 billion bailout. But regrets over the deaths may not be enough to calm the growing anger

Last push in Britain as vote approaches (AFP) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT AFP - Party leaders rushed across the country in a frantic final day of campaigning Wednesday as they battled to win over undecided voters, before what is expected to be the tightest election contest in decades.

After lengthy diplomacy, Mideast peace talks begin (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT AP - A U.S. mediator launched Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations Wednesday after a break of more than a year, starting a shuttle mission between a hard-line Israeli government and a Palestinian administration in control of only part of its territory.

US senators ask $3.5 billion for Haiti recovery (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - U.S. senators proposed Wednesday to increase American aid to Haiti to $3.5 billion over the next five years to help the country emerge from the pulverizing blow of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Nigeria's President Yar'Adua dead: official (AFP) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:33 PM PDT AFP - Nigeria president Umaru Yar'Adua has died, an official at his office has confirmed.

2 Australian workmen flee excavation bungle (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - Two workmen who excavated the wrong front yard in Australia's eastern city of Brisbane fled after realizing their error, the home owner said on Thursday.

Calgary police lift downtown cordon, no bomb found (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - A suspicious package that led police to evacuate buildings and cordon off a swath of Calgary's downtown core on Wednesday afternoon turned out not to be a bomb, officials said.

Aussie teen's round-the-world no record: manager (AFP) Posted: 05 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT AFP - Australian schoolgirl Jessica Watson was on track to become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the world but her journey would not be officially recognised as a record, her manager said Wednesday.

IAEA chief: Iran refuses to answer key nuclear questions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:29 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - UNITED NATIONS — Even as it faces the threat of new U.N. sanctions, Iran is refusing to discuss its alleged military-related research or provide data on new uranium enrichment plants it plans to build — preventing the U.N. nuclear watchdog from verifying that Tehran isn't seeking nuclear weapons — the agency chief said Wednesday.

Megacities of the world: a glimpse of how we'll live tomorrow (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 05 May 2010 08:22 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On a teeming street in Mumbai's Dharavi slum, amid a colorful swirl of sweet lime carts and red-clay pottery, Pastor Bala Singh brings an assortment of buckets to retrieve his daily ration of water. The indoor spigot he uses provides water only three hours a day. It is the only source for the six small homes on his street, and each family has 30 minutes to fill its containers.

Iraq: Moving toward a new government, more instability (Time.com) Posted: 05 May 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - A new Shi'ite political pact could break the post election deadlock and form a new government, but shutting out the Sunnis may stoke new violence

Minor Rebels, Major Terror in DR Congo (OneWorld.net) Posted: 05 May 2010 05:26 PM PDT OneWorld.net - NIANGARA, May 5 (IRIN) - They may number as few as 100 men, women and adolescents, but Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) units scattered across the forests of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Orientale Province have sown sufficient terror to make some 318,000 people take flight, abandoning their homes and fields, in many cases to the uncertain sanctuary of urban centres.

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