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EU ministers agree on euro defense package (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:57 PM PDT

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - European Union finance minsiters agreed Monday on a euro720 billion EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone countries, hoping it will keep markets from targeting the weaker members of the 16 countries that use the embattled euro.

German state vote curbs Merkel's power (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:34 PM PDT

AP - Voters in Germany's most populous state dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel a painful setback Sunday, erasing her government's majority in the upper house of parliament and curbing its power after a stumbling start and criticism over the Greek debt crisis.

'Mountain to climb' for UK parties to reach deal (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Britain's Conservatives party shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague, center, talks to members of the media as George Osborne, left, shadow finance minister, looks on as they arrive for their meeting with representatives of the Liberal Democrats party, in central London, Sunday May 9, 2010. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were holding coalition government talks at the Cabinet Office following the previous week's indecisive general election. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The two parties that could form Britain's next government held hours of closed-door talks Sunday without reaching a power-sharing deal, and there are fears that the political uncertainty could stoke market jitters when trading reopens Monday.

Polls open in Philippines' 1st automated elections (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Campaign posters dot the streets of Manila on Sunday May 9, 2010, the eve of the Philippines' first ever automated presidential elections. More than 50 million registered voters are expected to troop to polling places around the country to elect the highest position of the land from among nine candidates with Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III maintaining his double-digit lead in poll surveys over his closest rivals. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Polling stations have opened in the Philippines' first automated presidential and local elections after a last-minute software glitch and scattered violence that has claimed dozens of lives.

EU strikes $670 billion crisis deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:57 PM PDT

A protestor wears a mask outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. Crisis-hit Europe has pushed to put in place a monster bailout that diplomats said could reach up to 600 billion euros.(AFP/Filippo Monteforte)Reuters - The European Union agreed on a 500 billion-euro ($670 billion) emergency fund in the early hours of Monday to protect highly indebted eurozone countries from the "wolfpack" of financial markets.

US praises Israelis, Palestinians for peace talks (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Women pray next to the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's Old City, in Jerusalem's Old city, Sunday, May, 9, 2010. Israel's prime minister gave a cautious welcome Sunday to the launch of indirect peace talks with the Palestinians, saying the sides must quickly move to face-to-face negotiations to resolve their decades-old conflict. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)AP - The U.S. praised Israelis and Palestinians for pledging modest steps to create a positive atmosphere for their first peace contacts in more than a year, after the initial round of indirect talks ended Sunday.

Desperate parents abandon children in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:28 PM PDT

In this April 23, 2010 photo, children pray before eating at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The catastrophic earthquake that rendered at least 1.3 million of its 9 million people homeless was the final push over the edge for families that could barely afford to feed their children before. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Weeks after the 1-year-old was found in a dumpster, his father showed up.

Electrical blast causes panic at S.African train: police (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Police, paramedics and ambulance personel look on at the scene where passengers had jumped off of a Metro rail train after part of the train carriage exploded at Effingham, north of Durban. Dozens of panicked passengers jumped from a train in South Africa after an electrical explosion at a station on Sunday, but there were no serious injuries, police said.(AFP/Rajesh Jantilal)AFP - Dozens of panicked passengers jumped from a train in South Africa after an electrical explosion at a station on Sunday, but there were no serious injuries, police said.

Afghan violence victims want voice in peace talks (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2010 05:38 PM PDT

A burqa-clad Afghan woman, who calls herself a victim of war, looks on during a 'victims' jirga' (a meeting) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May, 9, 2010. Mothers of slain teenage sons, men marred by mine blasts and tearful widows were among Afghans who spoke out Sunday at a conference billed as the first major gathering of victims of decades of war in their country. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)AP - Ahmad Shah knows more than most Afghans about the nation's 30 years of bloodshed, repression and war: He lost his hands in a mine blast. His father died in an anti-government uprising. His brother was shot 30 times and killed by a rival. And Taliban thugs once beat him up even though he had no hands to punch back.

Australia PM suffers in polls after policy moves (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers a speech at the New South Wales Business Chamber in central Sydney April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has plunged and his Labour party is now on par with the opposition after controversial policy decisions unsettled voters in the leadup to elections, a fresh survey showed.

PLO agrees, again, to indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:04 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) formally announced on Sunday the start of indirect peace talks with Israel's right-wing government, ending a 17-month hiatus that followed the 2009 election that brought to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power.

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