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• Egypt religious strife kills 12, challenges government (Reuters)
• Al Qaeda leader, 17 others killed in Iraq jail clash (Reuters)
• Syrian tanks storm Homs districts, southern towns (Reuters)
• Yemen's opposition urges Gulf states to press Saleh (Reuters)
• Appreciation: Seve Ballesteros, Spain's Fallible and Fabulous Golf Hero (Time.com)
• Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate (AFP)
• Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition (AP)
• Thousands march against violence in Mexico City (AP)
• Shortages choke Tripoli as sanctions take hold (AP)
• Taliban release video of missing Canadian (AP)
• Canadian woman found in Nevada wilds says she knew end was near (Reuters)
• Malaysia to take 800 Australia asylum seekers (AP)
• Why Singapore's ruling party suffered historic setback at polls (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan (Time.com)
• Why bin Laden killing won't dampen Afghan fight (The Christian Science Monitor)

Egypt religious strife kills 12, challenges government (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt's military-led government faced a major challenge after two days of clashes between Muslims and Christians in which state media reported 12 people died and 238 were injured.

Al Qaeda leader, 17 others killed in Iraq jail clash (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - Eighteen people, including an al Qaeda leader and a senior Iraqi counter-terrorism official, died in a battle between inmates and security officers during a jailbreak attempt in Baghdad Sunday, security officials said.

Syrian tanks storm Homs districts, southern towns (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian tanks and troops stormed three districts of the central city of Homs and swept into several southern towns on Sunday, residents said, in a campaign to crush an uprising against autocratic Baathist rule.

Yemen's opposition urges Gulf states to press Saleh (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Yemen's opposition coalition called on Gulf states Sunday to pressure President Ali Abdullah Saleh to relinquish power as protests against his long rule continued.

Appreciation: Seve Ballesteros, Spain's Fallible and Fabulous Golf Hero (Time.com) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT Time.com - The golf great got himself into the kinds of trouble that weekend golfers get into all the time. Then somehow, he would play the shot that we all dream of hitting -- but never do. Seve was the man who made our fantasies real

Speculation rife as Merkel keeps mum on ECB candidate (AFP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:56 PM PDT AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is playing her cards close to her chest on her pick for the next head of the European Central Bank, though frontrunner Mario Draghi is emerging as an acceptable choice for Berlin, analysts said.

Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transition (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT AP - Relations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians degenerated to a new low Sunday after riots overnight left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country's post-revolution transition to democracy.

Thousands march against violence in Mexico City (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 04:57 PM PDT AP - An anti-violence march that began in a central state with a few hundred people and gathered thousands over a four-day trek reached Mexico's capital Sunday, led by a poet whose son was killed by suspected drug traffickers.

Shortages choke Tripoli as sanctions take hold (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT AP - Cars sat abandoned in miles-long fuel lines, motorists traded angry screams with soldiers guarding gas stations, and many shops were closed Sunday on what should have been a work day.

Taliban release video of missing Canadian (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT AP - Afghanistan's Taliban have released a video of a missing Canadian and threatens to put him on trial for espionage if Canada does not meet their demands.

Canadian woman found in Nevada wilds says she knew end was near (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - A Canadian woman who survived seven weeks stranded in the Nevada wilderness had a premonition her ordeal was ending but did not know if she was about to die or be rescued, her family said on Sunday.

Malaysia to take 800 Australia asylum seekers (AP) Posted: 08 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT AP - Malaysia will accept 800 asylum seekers who entered Australia illegally by sea in a groundbreaking deal between the two countries to tackle people smuggling.

Why Singapore's ruling party suffered historic setback at polls (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 08 May 2011 07:15 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Singapore’s ruling party suffered its worst-ever election result since independence in 1965 as youthful opposition parties tapped voter anger over high living costs and rising inequality in the wealthy city-state.

Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan (Time.com) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT Time.com - Blasts rocked Kandahar Saturday as a half dozen suicide bombers and fighters attacked government compounds -- marking the first big attack of the Taliban's 2011 spring offensive

Why bin Laden killing won't dampen Afghan fight (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 May 2011 02:22 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As the Afghanistan war heats up with the launch of the Taliban's spring offensive, so does talk among foreign-policy experts about how long American support for it will last now that Osama bin Laden is dead.

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