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• Yemen power deal unraveling as Saleh still defiant (Reuters)
• Deep sea search uncovers Air France black box (Reuters)
• Syria arrests hundreds, shells Deraa into submission (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Chavez says full employment if re-elected (Reuters)
• Egypt says intends to open Gaza border permanently (Reuters)
• Syrian Protesters Vow to Break the Siege on Dara'a (Time.com)
• UK pilots denied danger money for Libya sorties (AFP)
• Gadhafi's son had survived US strike in 1986 (AP)
• Chavez says allies met with Colombian rebels (AP)
• US condemns attacks on embassies in Libya (AP)
• Anti-government protests resume in Maldives (AP)
• Canada set for election, result too tight to call (Reuters)
• Australia to flag 4.5% unemployment in budget (AFP)
• Will the Muslim Brotherhood soon control Egypt's parliament? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Gaddafi Survives a NATO Air Strike, as Fighting Intensifies (Time.com)
• Refugees recount brutal crackdown in western Syria (The Christian Science Monitor)

Yemen power deal unraveling as Saleh still defiant (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 03:12 PM PDT Reuters - A deal to remove Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh looked all but dead on Monday, raising the threat of more turmoil and violence in a country wracked by civil conflict and Islamist insurgency.

Deep sea search uncovers Air France black box (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - Deep sea search parties have found one of two flight data recorders from an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil in 2009, investigators said on Sunday, reviving hopes of understanding what caused the crash.

Syria arrests hundreds, shells Deraa into submission (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - Security forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy sympathisers in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule.

Venezuela's Chavez says full employment if re-elected (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 04:02 PM PDT Reuters - Addressing tens of thousands of red-clad workers at a May Day march on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez set a goal to create more than 3 million jobs in eight years and end unemployment in the OPEC nation.

Egypt says intends to open Gaza border permanently (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt intends to open its border with Gaza permanently to ease life for Palestinians under an Israeli blockade but the mechanics of such a step are still being worked out, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

Syrian Protesters Vow to Break the Siege on Dara'a (Time.com) Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:40 PM PDT Time.com - Syrian security forces continued to squeeze Dara'a on Sunday despite a state media announcement that military operations against "terrorists" in the border town had ended

UK pilots denied danger money for Libya sorties (AFP) Posted: 01 May 2011 05:39 PM PDT AFP - British pilots flying combat missions as part of the NATO-led operation over Libya will not receive the dangerous duties bonus paid to their counterparts working in Afghanistan, The Times reported Monday.

Gadhafi's son had survived US strike in 1986 (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 04:39 PM PDT AP - Seif al-Arab Gadhafi escaped a U.S. airstrike targeting his father's compound in Tripoli in 1986. Twenty-five years later, the Libyan leader's second-youngest son was reportedly killed in a NATO airstrike.

Chavez says allies met with Colombian rebels (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 05:23 PM PDT AP - President Hugo Chavez revealed for the first time on Sunday that some of his political allies have collaborated with Colombia's guerrillas in the past but he said he warned them to stop because it could give Washington an excuse to attack Venezuela.

US condemns attacks on embassies in Libya (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT AP - The United States on Sunday condemned attacks on embassies in Libya's capital, a day after officials said a NATO missile strike had killed one of the sons of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Anti-government protests resume in Maldives (AP) Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT AP - Anti-government demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday to protest for a second straight night, demanding the ouster of Maldives President Mohamad Nasheed.

Canada set for election, result too tight to call (Reuters) Posted: 01 May 2011 12:36 PM PDT Reuters - Canada's federal election on Monday is too close to call, raising the prospect of a potentially destabilizing political battle between the ruling Conservatives and opposition parties.

Australia to flag 4.5% unemployment in budget (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:23 PM PDT AFP - Australia's upcoming budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs to be created in two years as the country rides a mining boom, bringing unemployment down to 4.5 percent, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday.

Will the Muslim Brotherhood soon control Egypt's parliament? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 May 2011 11:01 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Muslim Brotherhood’s new political party will field candidates in about half the parliamentary seats in Egypt’s first post-revolution elections, leaders announced Saturday.

Gaddafi Survives a NATO Air Strike, as Fighting Intensifies (Time.com) Posted: 30 Apr 2011 11:40 PM PDT Time.com - Six weeks after NATO bombs began pounding Libya, Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, Seif al-Arab, 29, and three of the Libyan leader's grandchildren were killed in an air strike

Refugees recount brutal crackdown in western Syria (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 May 2011 10:15 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Hundreds of residents of Tel Kalakh in western Syria have escaped an intensifying siege by the Syrian army by slipping across the nearby border with Lebanon.

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