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• As death toll rises, Thai PM defends crackdown (AP)
• Cathay Pacific plane from HK escorted to Vancouver (AP)
• Candidates threatened in local Mexico elections (AP)
• Former Mexico presidential candidate missing (AP)
• Bittersweet return for Dutch boy crash survivor (AP)
• Who is Killing Honduran Journalists? (Time.com)
• Britain on lookout after ash disrupts N.Ireland airspace (AFP)
• Officials: More than 160 killed in Darfur clashes (AP)
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• Sudan arrests Islamist opposition leader Turabi: associate (AFP)
• Pakistani is charged in Chile for explosives, not terror (AFP)
• Australian finishes round-the-world sail at age 16 (AP)
• Former Mexican presidential candidate goes missing (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Guatemala gangs to bus drivers: pay a fee, or risk death (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Britain's Labour Leadership Race: A (Mili)band of Brothers (Time.com)

As death toll rises, Thai PM defends crackdown (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT AP - Thailand's leader defended the deadly army crackdown on protesters besieging the capital's heart, saying Saturday the country's very future was at stake. Protesters dragged away the bodies of three people from sidewalks — shot by army snipers, they claim — as soldiers blocked major roads and pinned up notices of a "Live Firing Zone."

Cathay Pacific plane from HK escorted to Vancouver (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Canadian fighter jets escorted a Cathay Pacific airliner incoming from Hong Kong to a safe landing in Vancouver International Airport on Saturday due to a potential unspecified security threat, a North American Aerospace Defense Command spokesperson said.

Candidates threatened in local Mexico elections (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - One candidate was gunned down with his son inside his business. Another is missing after assailants torched her home. In some towns near the U.S. border, parties can't find anyone to run for mayor.

Former Mexico presidential candidate missing (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT AP - A former Mexican presidential candidate who has remained a power broker in the ruling party was missing amid signs of violence, the federal Attorney General's Office said Saturday.

Bittersweet return for Dutch boy crash survivor (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - The 9-year-old Dutch boy who miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya returned to the Netherlands aboard an airborne ambulance Saturday and was whisked away to a hospital in his hometown, where he must begin to rebuild his life without his parents or brother.

Who is Killing Honduran Journalists? (Time.com) Posted: 15 May 2010 02:45 PM PDT Time.com - A rash of murders of media figures has raised fears of a campaign to silence journalism. And the government's preemptive dismissal of such fears gives little cause for confidence

Britain on lookout after ash disrupts N.Ireland airspace (AFP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:58 PM PDT AFP - British aviation authorities were keeping a close eye Sunday on the possible return of a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland after it forced the closure of parts of Northern Ireland's airspace.

Officials: More than 160 killed in Darfur clashes (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT AP - Clashes between Sudan's army and Darfur's most powerful rebel group have left more than 160 people dead, Sudanese security officials said Saturday.

(AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Pakistani detained at US Embassy charged with bomb possession, freed pending probe.

Sudan arrests Islamist opposition leader Turabi: associate (AFP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:25 PM PDT AFP - Sudanese authorities arrested Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi at his home late on Saturday, a month after the country's first competitive elections in 24 years, his secretary said.

Pakistani is charged in Chile for explosives, not terror (AFP) Posted: 15 May 2010 04:20 PM PDT AFP - A court in Chile on Saturday charged a Pakistani man with illegal explosives possession after officials detected traces of TNT on him when he visited the US embassy, a court source said.

Australian finishes round-the-world sail at age 16 (AP) Posted: 15 May 2010 08:09 AM PDT AP - A 16-year-old Australian who braved boat knockdowns and seven months of solitude on a sail around the world set foot on dry land outside the Sydney Opera House on Saturday and quickly set an earthier goal: getting her driver's license.

Former Mexican presidential candidate goes missing (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 May 2010 02:33 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — A former presidential candidate of Mexico's ruling party has gone missing, authorities said Saturday, the latest in a spate of political violence presumably linked to drug cartels.

Guatemala gangs to bus drivers: pay a fee, or risk death (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:14 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The week before he was killed, Rogelio Chivalan paid gangs a protection fee of $240 to drive his bus safely through neighborhoods they controlled.

Britain's Labour Leadership Race: A (Mili)band of Brothers (Time.com) Posted: 15 May 2010 01:45 PM PDT Time.com - Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband faces a familiar rival in his quest to succeed Gordon Brown -- his younger brother, Ed

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