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• War crimes prosecutor targets Gaddafi and allies (Reuters)
• John Kerry warns Pakistan over Bin Laden (Reuters)
• U.S. accuses Syria of inciting Israel border clashes (Reuters)
• Pakistan questions teenager wanted in U.S. (Reuters)
• Vatican tell bishops to root out sexual abuse (Reuters)
• IMF Chief Sex-Assault Charges: No Hope for President Bid? (Time.com)
• Vatican suggests bishops report abuse to police (AP)
• Israel's Netanyahu takes aim at Hamas (AP)
• Some workers in Cuba's private sector unionizing (AP)
• War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Gadhafi (AP)
• Pakistan PM starts China trip with US ties tested (AFP)
• Alberta town burns, wildfires shut oil facilities (Reuters)
• 9 final NZealand earthquake victims declared dead (AP)
• 'Nakba' clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Palestinians Breach Israel-Syria Border into Golan Heights (Time.com)
• Palestinian refugees call for third intifada during deadly clashes at Israel-Lebanon border (The Christian Science Monitor)

War crimes prosecutor targets Gaddafi and allies (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - The world's top war crimes prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of killing protesters who want an end to end his four-decade rule.

John Kerry warns Pakistan over Bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 12:05 PM PDT Reuters - A visiting senior United States senator warned Pakistanis on Monday that members of Congress were asking "tough questions" about economic aid to Islamabad after Osama bin Laden was killed on Pakistani soil.

U.S. accuses Syria of inciting Israel border clashes (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT Reuters - The White House accused the Syrian government on Monday of inciting deadly border clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian demonstrators, saying Damascus was trying to distract attention from its own violent crackdown on protests.

Pakistan questions teenager wanted in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani authorities interrogated a teenager on Monday wanted in the United States on charges of financing and supporting the al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, local intelligence officials said.

Vatican tell bishops to root out sexual abuse (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Vatican told bishops around the world on Monday that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.

IMF Chief Sex-Assault Charges: No Hope for President Bid? (Time.com) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - Allegations of sexual assault against Dominique Strauss-Kahn have almost certainly ruined his chances of ever becoming France's top leader. But the scandal's wider implications could include a boost to the country's far right

Vatican suggests bishops report abuse to police (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - The Vatican has told bishops around the world that it is important to cooperate with police in reporting priests who rape and molest children and asked them to develop guidelines for preventing sex abuse by next May.

Israel's Netanyahu takes aim at Hamas (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:37 PM PDT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday took a tough line toward an emerging Palestinian government ahead of a high-profile trip to Washington, saying "those that want to destroy us are not partners in peace."

Some workers in Cuba's private sector unionizing (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:23 PM PDT AP - Independent Cuban transportation workers are joining unions as part of a sweeping economic overhaul that's allowing increased private-sector activity.

War crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Gadhafi (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT AP - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor sought arrest warrants Monday for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and the country's intelligence chief for authorizing the killing of civilians in a crackdown on anti-government rebels.

Pakistan PM starts China trip with US ties tested (AFP) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:49 PM PDT AFP - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani begins an official visit to China on Tuesday with the US killing of Osama bin Laden expected to push Islamabad to seek closer ties with Beijing.

Alberta town burns, wildfires shut oil facilities (Reuters) Posted: 16 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT Reuters - Wildfires whipped by high winds destroyed more than a third of a sizable town in northern Alberta on Monday and forced oil companies in Canada's largest energy-producing province to shut off tens of thousands of barrels of output.

9 final NZealand earthquake victims declared dead (AP) Posted: 16 May 2011 12:20 AM PDT AP - Nine final victims of New Zealand's devastating earthquake were declared dead Monday, ending an agonizing wait for families of people whose remains have never been identified in the wreckage.

'Nakba' clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 May 2011 12:19 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - During nearly four months of turmoil around the Arab world, Israel has tried its best to say little lest the revolutionary fervor morph into anger toward the Jewish state.

Palestinians Breach Israel-Syria Border into Golan Heights (Time.com) Posted: 16 May 2011 03:25 PM PDT Time.com - The operation that had caught Israel's vaunted military and intelligence complex flat-footed was announced, nursed and triggered on the social-networking site that has figured in every uprising around the Arab world

Palestinian refugees call for third intifada during deadly clashes at Israel-Lebanon border (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 May 2011 10:23 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - At least six people were killed and scores wounded Sunday when Israeli troops opened fire on a massive crowd of Palestinian refugees who gathered on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel to demand a return to the homes they were forced to leave 63 years ago.

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