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• U.S. seeks answers on whether Pakistan aided bin Laden (Reuters)
• Bin Laden not armed during assault: White House (Reuters)
• Libyan refugees flee fighting by land and sea (Reuters)
• Should bin Laden have been captured and tried? (Reuters)
• North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: Amnesty (Reuters)
• The bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Feels the Heat of U.S. Mistrust (Time.com)
• Sub recovers second black box from Rio-Paris flight (AFP)
• Libyan rebels: Regime forces shelling supply route (AP)
• Colombia capital's mayor suspended (AP)
• Car bomb hits Libya rebel HQ in Benghazi (AFP)
• Bin Laden's neighbors noticed unusual things (AP)
• Canada Tories to follow tax-cut, pro-business agenda (Reuters)
• New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado (AP)
• Anti-Americanism pulses through Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Why Pakistan is Bin Laden's Lone Success Story (Time.com)
• Syria wants to talk to opposition leaders, but there aren't any (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. seeks answers on whether Pakistan aided bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:43 PM PDT Reuters - The United States vowed on Tuesday to "get to the bottom" of whether Pakistan helped Osama bin Laden elude a long manhunt before he was killed in a U.S. raid, even as Islamabad denied it gave shelter to the al Qaeda leader.

Bin Laden not armed during assault: White House (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed when U.S. special forces stormed his compound in Pakistan but he did resist before he was shot, the White House said on Tuesday.

Libyan refugees flee fighting by land and sea (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT Reuters - Fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi is forcing thousands of refugees to flee western Libya on foot to the Tunisian border and by boat to Europe, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Should bin Laden have been captured and tried? (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - While many world leaders applauded the U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, there were concerns in parts of Europe that the United States was wrong to act as policeman, judge and executioner.

North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: Amnesty (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - North Korea is holding around 200,000 people in huge political prison camps where inmates are forced to work in conditions approaching slavery and are often tortured, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

The bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Feels the Heat of U.S. Mistrust (Time.com) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - The fact that Pakistani officials weren't informed of the U.S. operation on their soil until after it was over is the strongest sign yet that Washington no longer trusts its ally

Sub recovers second black box from Rio-Paris flight (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT AFP - A robot submarine has retrieved the second data recorder from an Air France plane that plunged into the Atlantic in 2009 en route from Rio to Paris, raising hopes the mystery of the crash will be solved.

Libyan rebels: Regime forces shelling supply route (AP) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:07 PM PDT AP - Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi shelled a rebel supply route and a besieged opposition stronghold in western Libya on Tuesday, even as the embattled Libyan leader's international isolation deepened with a demand by Turkey that he resign now.

Colombia capital's mayor suspended (AP) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT AP - Colombia's solicitor general has suspended Bogota's mayor from office for three months for alleged negligence in overseeing public contracts.

Car bomb hits Libya rebel HQ in Benghazi (AFP) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:50 PM PDT AFP - A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of Libya's rebels in their eastern bastion of Benghazi on Tuesday night, wounding two people and fraying nerves in the recently peaceful city.

Bin Laden's neighbors noticed unusual things (AP) Posted: 03 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - When a woman involved in a polio vaccine drive turned up at Osama bin Laden's hideaway, she remarked to the men behind the high walls about the expensive SUVs parked inside. The men took the vaccine, apparently to administer to the 23 children at the compound, and told her to go away.

Canada Tories to follow tax-cut, pro-business agenda (Reuters) Posted: 03 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, now backed by a powerful parliamentary majority, said on Tuesday the energy sector can rest easy that his government will not impede plans to vastly expand the country's oil sands output and ship some of the crude to Asia.

New Zealand's largest city hit by tornado (AP) Posted: 03 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT AP - A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and sending debris slicing through the air, witnesses and news reports said. At least one person was killed and about 20 injured, a hospital official said.

Anti-Americanism pulses through Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:45 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Residents in the area surrounding the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad, say Pakistani security officials only arrived on the scene after Sunday's night's fighting had ended and did not know what had happened or where it happened.

Why Pakistan is Bin Laden's Lone Success Story (Time.com) Posted: 03 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT Time.com - Which world leader has the biggest headache caused by the death of Osama bin Laden? General Ashfaq Kayani, commander of Pakistan's military and the most powerful man in the country where al-Qaeda's fugitive leader had been hiding in plain sight

Syria wants to talk to opposition leaders, but there aren't any (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 03 May 2011 09:13 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The beleaguered Syrian authorities are seeking negotiations with opposition leaders to end six weeks of unprecedented street protests that threaten to topple the Assad regime, according to Western diplomatic sources. They say that Bouthaina Shaaban, a top adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, has been placed in charge of exploring ways to launch a dialogue.

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