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• US drone crew blamed for Afghan civilian deaths (AP)
• German leader Merkel goes from glories to disgrace (AP)
• UK Treasury minister resigns amid expenses scandal (AP)
• Under pressure, Malawi's leader pardons gay couple (AP)
• 1st tropical storm of season drenches Guatemala (AP)
• Brazil's World Cup: The Worrying Starts Early (Time.com)
• Czech vote leaves unclear who will form next govt (AP)
• Flotilla bound for Gaza delayed, loses key members (AP)
• Jamaica cops release most of 980 detained in raid (AP)
• USA rallies past Turkey for triumphant Cup sendoff (AFP)
• Brazilian Samurai ready to rumble for Japan (AFP)
• Taliban seize border town as Afghan forces retreat (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Colombia elections: Border town frets about Hugo Chávez trade threats (The Christian Science Monitor)
• After a President's Ouster, Kyrgyzstan Remains in Crisis (Time.com)

US drone crew blamed for Afghan civilian deaths (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - U.S. military investigators found that "inaccurate and unprofessional" reporting by U.S. operators of a Predator drone was responsible for a missile strike that killed 23 Afghan civilians in February, according to a report released Saturday.

German leader Merkel goes from glories to disgrace (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 01:42 PM PDT AP - It was only nine months ago that Forbes magazine named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world's most powerful woman for the fourth year in a row.

UK Treasury minister resigns amid expenses scandal (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:25 PM PDT AP - A senior minister in Britain's new coalition government resigned Saturday after admitting that he claimed tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) in taxpayers' money to pay rent to his long-term partner.

Under pressure, Malawi's leader pardons gay couple (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - Malawi's president on Saturday pardoned a gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered their release but insisted that homosexuality was still illegal in his conservative southern African nation.

1st tropical storm of season drenches Guatemala (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 04:54 PM PDT AP - Tropical Storm Agatha, the first of the season, hit the Pacific coastline of Guatemala and Mexico on Saturday, killing four people when a boulder loosened by heavy rains crushed their house.

Brazil's World Cup: The Worrying Starts Early (Time.com) Posted: 29 May 2010 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - The global governing body of soccer worries aloud about Brazil's ability to get a dozen stadiums ready for the next big spectacle

Czech vote leaves unclear who will form next govt (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT AP - It was not clear Sunday who will form the Czech Republic's next government, after the left-wing Social Democrats narrowly won the country's parliamentary election but center-right parties captured more votes overall.

Flotilla bound for Gaza delayed, loses key members (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 01:20 PM PDT AP - Ships carrying 10,000 tons of supplies and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to blockaded Gaza were being held up near Cyprus on Saturday, as organizers tried to get nearly two dozen high-profile supporters on board.

Jamaica cops release most of 980 detained in raid (AP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:30 PM PDT AP - All but a handful of the roughly 980 Jamaicans detained during raids by security forces on gang-heavy Kingston slums have been released in recent days, police said Saturday.

USA rallies past Turkey for triumphant Cup sendoff (AFP) Posted: 29 May 2010 02:59 PM PDT AFP - Two weeks before they open the World Cup against England, United States players rallied from a woeful first half for a confidence-boosting 2-1 victory over Turkey on Saturday.

Brazilian Samurai ready to rumble for Japan (AFP) Posted: 29 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT AFP - Japan defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka may be just another Brazilian who has made the World Cup after abandoning his star-studded country, but he claims the Samurai spirit is running in his blood.

Taliban seize border town as Afghan forces retreat (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 29 May 2010 01:34 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL — Taliban forces spearheading a spring offensive seized a remote town near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan Saturday as Afghan government forces retreated, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.

Colombia elections: Border town frets about Hugo Chávez trade threats (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 28 May 2010 03:11 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On the face of it, it is just another backwater dusty town in Colombia´s north eastern frontier with Venezuela.

After a President's Ouster, Kyrgyzstan Remains in Crisis (Time.com) Posted: 29 May 2010 10:20 AM PDT Time.com - The small Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, nestled in the mountainous shadow of Russia and China, is in crisis, as the interim government postponed new elections and instated a state of emergency in the nation's south

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