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• Pakistan PM rejects accusations over bin Laden (Reuters)
• NATO hits Libyan arms depot as West faces dilemma (Reuters)
• Four dead as security forces fire on Yemen protest (Reuters)
• Assad tightens grip on Syria's restive third city (Reuters)
• Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears (Reuters)
• Abandon All Hope: The Russian Region That's Been Left to Die (Time.com)
• Rodriguez treble boosts Liverpool's Euro charge (AFP)
• For Libyan rebels, border post is strategic prize (AP)
• Mexico gives scholarships to dead miners' children (AP)
• Jets carry out heavy bombing in Tripoli (AFP)
• Rights abuses by Afghan forces grow: Oxfam (AFP)
• Emergency declared in Manitoba flooding (Reuters)
• Abu Dhabi to help fund Australian cyclone shelters (AFP)
• Iran's Ahmadinejad survives worst storm of his presidency (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Who Can't Stop the Rain: Colombia’s Very, Very Wet 11 Months (Time.com)
• Mexico's Calderón popular, despite massive protests about his drug strategy (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Mixed messages out of Africa (OneWorld.net)

Pakistan PM rejects accusations over bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani rejected allegations on Monday that the killing of Osama bin Laden near Islamabad by U.S. forces showed Pakistani incompetence or complicity in hiding the al Qaeda leader.

NATO hits Libyan arms depot as West faces dilemma (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT Reuters - NATO planes pounded Libyan government targets on Monday but stalemate in the rebel war to unseat Muammar Gaddafi has presented Western powers with a dilemma over whether to offer covert aid to the cause.

Four dead as security forces fire on Yemen protest (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni forces fired at protesters blockading a government building on Monday, killing a shopkeeper and three protesters in Taiz, a city that has seen some of the largest demonstrations against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, witnesses said.

Assad tightens grip on Syria's restive third city (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:05 PM PDT Reuters - Government forces backed by snipers on rooftops tightened their grip on Syria's third city on Monday, rights groups said, after President Bashar al-Assad sent in tanks in a sharpening crackdown on protests against his rule.

Japan to shut nuclear plant on quake fears (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 01:00 PM PDT Reuters - Japanese power firm Chubu Electric on Monday agreed to shut a nuclear plant until it can be better defended against the type of massive tsunami that in March triggered the worst atomic crisis in 25 years.

Abandon All Hope: The Russian Region That's Been Left to Die (Time.com) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - Stricken by poverty, drowning in moonshine and ignored by the Kremlin, the population of Pskov is decreasing at an alarming rate -- and right on the European Union's doorstep

Rodriguez treble boosts Liverpool's Euro charge (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AFP - Liverpool boosted their late challenge for a top four finish in the Premier League as Maxi Rodriguez's hat-trick fired the Reds to a 5-2 victory against Fulham on Monday.

For Libyan rebels, border post is strategic prize (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT AP - An 18-year-old Libyan rebel with an assault rifle propped against his knee scans a mountain range through binoculars for signs of Moammar Gadhafi's troops.

Mexico gives scholarships to dead miners' children (AP) Posted: 09 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT AP - The governor of a Mexican state has given scholarships to the children of the 14 miners who were killed last week in a gas explosion at a coal mine.

Jets carry out heavy bombing in Tripoli (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 05:45 PM PDT AFP - Jets screamed in low over Tripoli early on Tuesday, carrying out a series of strikes in quick succession, after witnesses reported two others near state media offices a few hours before.

Rights abuses by Afghan forces grow: Oxfam (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 05:26 PM PDT AFP - Foreign troops must do more to prevent growing rights abuses by Afghan forces including killings and child sex abuse as they prepare to hand over security, a leading charity warned Tuesday.

Emergency declared in Manitoba flooding (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - Manitoba declared a state of emergency on Monday as a rain-swollen Assiniboine River forced hundreds of residents of the Canadian Prairie province from their homes.

Abu Dhabi to help fund Australian cyclone shelters (AFP) Posted: 09 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT AFP - The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi Monday donated US$32 million dollars to Queensland to help protect the Australian state from cyclones in the wake of a monster storm that hit in February.

Iran's Ahmadinejad survives worst storm of his presidency (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has survived one of the most turbulent political storms of his seven-year presidency, a stand-off with Iran's supreme religious leader that caused some to believe he would be impeached or forced to resign as early as this past weekend.

Who Can't Stop the Rain: Colombia’s Very, Very Wet 11 Months (Time.com) Posted: 09 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT Time.com - Nearly a year of almost nonstop rain have led to floods, landslides, countless injuries, deaths, and national disaster

Mexico's Calderón popular, despite massive protests about his drug strategy (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 May 2011 01:43 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - More than half of Mexico approves of Felipe Calderón's presidency, according to a new public opinion poll, despite the appearance otherwise from nationwide protests over the weekend calling for him to end his military-led strategy to the drug war.

Mixed messages out of Africa (OneWorld.net) Posted: 09 May 2011 06:30 AM PDT OneWorld.net - May 9 (OneWorld.net) - Two contrasting narratives on Africa's fragile economic development will confront heads of state gathering in Turkey for a critical UN conference on the world's "Least Developed Countries" which starts today.

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