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• Eurozone nations defend currency union (AP)
• British officials relax safety rules over ash (AP)
• Study on cell phone link to cancer inconclusive (AP)
• Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal (AP)
• Marchers decry Haiti leader for quake response (AP)
• Turkish-Brazilian nuclear deal with Iran: progress or stall? (Time.com)
• Pope-bishop relationship key in sex abuse defense (AP)
• Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP)
• US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP)
• Report: Nigeria's police brutalize, kill suspects (AP)
• North Korea calls rare second session of assembly (Reuters)
• Australian cardinal urges new action on pedophiles (AP)
• New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• IKAROS spacecraft to unfurl solar sail, head to Venus (The Christian Science Monitor)
• After Obama-Karzai Washington Visit, Kandahar on Radar (Time.com)

Eurozone nations defend currency union (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Eurozone finance ministers defended the euro as a "credible" currency on Tuesday, despite its slide to four-year lows against the dollar, as they sought to tame the fears that have gripped financial markets in recent weeks.

British officials relax safety rules over ash (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT AP - Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe's busiest airports reopened after a dense volcanic ash cloud dissipated.

Study on cell phone link to cancer inconclusive (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - If there's one lifestyle tool that's ubiquitous, from American cities to remote villages of the developing world, it's the mobile phone.

Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:16 PM PDT AP - Iran agreed Monday to ship much of its low-enriched uranium abroad and then rolled out a new obstacle to nuclear compromise by insisting it would press ahead with higher enrichment — bringing it closer to being able to make atomic warheads.

Marchers decry Haiti leader for quake response (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Haitian protesters marched to the collapsed national palace for a second straight Monday to criticize President Rene Preval, saying he failed the nation in the aftermath of its catastrophic earthquake.

Turkish-Brazilian nuclear deal with Iran: progress or stall? (Time.com) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - Longing for a larger role on the world stage, Brazil and Turkey have come up with a deal to break Tehran's impasse with the U.S. But many questions remain

Pope-bishop relationship key in sex abuse defense (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:59 PM PDT AP - The pope appoints bishops, issues rules bishops are supposed to follow and accepts their resignations. Bishops take a vow of obedience to the pontiff and can't switch jobs without his approval.

Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT AP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.

US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake was freed Monday when a judge convicted her but sentenced her to time already served in jail.

Report: Nigeria's police brutalize, kill suspects (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT AP - Nigeria's federal police force kills with impunity, extorts those it's charged to protect and rapes arrested prostitutes as a "fringe benefit" of the job, a report by a civil liberties group alleges.

North Korea calls rare second session of assembly (Reuters) Posted: 17 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT Reuters - North Korea has called for a rare second session of its parliament on June 7, its state media said on Tuesday, two months since the previous meeting when it changed the constitution to boost leader Kim Jong-il's powers.

Australian cardinal urges new action on pedophiles (AP) Posted: 17 May 2010 06:50 AM PDT AP - A Roman Catholic cardinal urged tougher action against pedophile priests after the church confirmed Monday two Irish priests accused of molesting girls continued performing church-related duties in Australia's two largest cities despite being barred from doing so.

New Miss USA: Islamic fundamentalism in a bikini? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 May 2010 04:11 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — To win the title of Miss USA, Rima Fakih paraded across a Las Vegas stage in a nearly microscopic bikini. She skirted disaster when she almost tripped in her glittery white evening gown. Finally, she told the judges that health insurance should cover birth control pills.

IKAROS spacecraft to unfurl solar sail, head to Venus (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 May 2010 01:53 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Japan will launch a spacecraft that will use a solar sail to attempt a trip to Venus and beyond on Tuesday

After Obama-Karzai Washington Visit, Kandahar on Radar (Time.com) Posted: 17 May 2010 03:35 PM PDT Time.com - The Obama Administration and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have different ideas about governance and strategy, but neither can make progress without the other

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