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Israel vows to stop aid ship as it approaches Gaza (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:48 PM PDT

FILE -- In this May 12, 2010 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire, poses alongside the cargo ship MV Rachel Corrie, named after a after a human rights activist killed by the Israeli military, before it departed from Dundalk , Ireland, for the Middle East with a cargo of cement and supplies for Gaza. The ship, on which Maguire is one of 11 passengers, could reach Israel's 20-mile (32-kilometer) exclusion zone by June 4, according to activists, but Israel's prime minister has vowed the ship will not reach land. The dueling comments suggest a potential new clash over Israel's three-year-old blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip - and come only four days after an Israeli commando raid on a larger aid flotilla left nine activists dead.(AP Photo/Niall Carson-pa, file) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - A Gaza-bound aid ship was just a few dozen miles (kilometers) from the blockaded Palestinian territory early Saturday, and was being tailed by three Israeli naval boats, a pro-Palestinian activist told The Associated Press.

Gates: No comparison between Israel, NKorea (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:23 PM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there is no comparison between North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship and Israel's attack on an aid flotilla.

Japan's new leader faces test to win back voters (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:01 PM PDT

Former Finance Minister Naoto Kan cheers lawmakers of his Democratic Party of Japan after being elected as its new leader at the party's election in Tokyo Friday, June 4, 2010. Kan was picked as the ruling party's new chief, virtually assuring that he will become the country's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Naoto Kan, the straight-talking populist named Japan's new prime minister, faces a host of daunting tasks, from reviving the nation's stagnant economy to cutting back its ballooning national debt.

Dutch murder suspect back in Peru to face charges (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:55 PM PDT

Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot, top, is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru, Friday, June 4, 2010. Chilean police have turned over van der Sloot, murder suspect in Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, to Peruvian authorities at the countries' border. Van der Sloot was previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, but later released by Dutch authorities. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP - The young Dutchman long suspected in a U.S. teen's Caribbean island disappearance was delivered to Peru on Friday to face charges in the murder of a 21-year-old woman found with her neck broken in his Lima hotel room.

Afghan conference calls for talks with Taliban (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Afghan community leaders talk during the second day of the peace jirga in Kabul. Afghan leaders wrapped up talks at a landmark conference in Kabul by calling for the creation of a powerful commission to implement a peace process after nearly nine years of war with the Taliban.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai got a boost Friday from a national conference of tribal, religious and civic leaders for his plans to approach the Taliban to talk peace. Karzai's more difficult challenge: convincing insurgent leaders and the Obama administration.

Are Russian Human Rights on the Back-Burner for the U.S.? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:50 PM PDT

Time.com - An unprecedented meeting involving U.S. and Russian officials -- and human rights advocates -- has nevertheless left activists feeling out in the cold

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Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:31 PM PDT

AP - Swedish Ship to Gaza organization says Irish Gaza aid ship is followed by 3 Israeli war ships.

Ahmadinejad warns opposition, blasts Israeli raid (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:41 AM PDT

VIDEO - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at his opponents on Friday, saying they will be AP - The Iranian president on Friday warned the country's opposition against straying from the path of the founder of the Islamic Revolution and slammed Israel for a deadly raid this week on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Uruguay president's wealth: 23-year-old VW Beetle (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2009 file photo, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, 74, then a presidential candidate, works on his small flower farm, which is registered in his wife's name, on the outskirts of Montevideo. Mujica may be one of the world's poorest sitting leaders. Mujica has formally declared that his entire wealth amounts to a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)AP - Uruguay's new president may be one of the world's poorest sitting leaders: Jose Mujica formally declared that his entire wealth amounts to a 1987 Volkswagen Beetle.

Lead poisoning from mining kills 163 in Nigeria (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining has killed 163 Nigerians, most of them children, in remote villages in the past few months, a government official said on Friday.

New Zealand says no to Rocky Horror's Riff Raff (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:24 PM PDT

File picture shows performers on stage during a rehearsal for Richard O'Brien's (C-3rd-row) 'Rocky Horror Show' in Sydney. O'Brien has been refused residency in New Zealand, even though he spent part of his childhood there, a newspaper reported Saturday(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - Riff Raff has been refused residency in New Zealand, even though the creator of The Rocky Horror Show spent part of his childhood there, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Canada jobs gain boosts talk of rate hike pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada added almost double the number of jobs expected in May, prompting analysts to predict the Bank of Canada will come under more pressure to raise interest rates again next month despite rocky global markets.

Australia plans toadbuster tourism (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 02:57 AM PDT

A poisonous cane toad sits on a keeper's hand at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney in April 2005. Tourists tramping the wilds of Australia's northern tropics could soon become AFP - Tourists tramping the wilds of Australia's northern tropics could soon become "toadbusters" in a plan being mulled by officials to combat a noxious plague of cane toads.

Israel ready to intercept another ship, won't apologize to Turkey (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 04:46 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - ASHDOD, Israel — Israel remained defiant Friday in the face of international outrage over its assault on a pro-Palestinian flotilla, refusing demands from erstwhile ally Turkey that it apologize and preparing to intercept another vessel en route to the Gaza Strip.

As MV Rachel Corrie draws nearer, Israel mulls easing Gaza blockade (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 01:02 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The MV Rachel Corrie, carrying another group of pro-Palestinian activists seeking to challenge the Gaza blockade, sailed toward a possible clash with Israel in the Mediterranean on Friday. But Israel said it had no desire for a fresh confrontation five days after an Israeli commando raid on the "Freedom Flotilla" resulted in skirmishes with activists wielding metal rods, clubs, and knives. Nine activists were killed.

South Sudan Wants Independence -- But Will Peace Follow? (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:50 PM PDT

Time.com - As South Sudan inches closer to independence, it remains wracked by crime and tribal conflict. Can the South achieve the peace it needs to go it alone?

Cautious Welcome for New UK Aid Commitments (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:16 AM PDT

OneWorld.net - DAKAR, Jun 4 (IRIN) - Aid analysts have welcomed some of the international development priorities of Britain's new coalition government, particularly the commitment to stick to the previous government's pledge to boost aid spending to 0.7 percent of national income by 2013. But they also worry that the independence and impartiality of aid may be eroded under a new "coherence" push.

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