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• Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast (Reuters)
• Syrian forces shoot dead 30 in protests: lawyer (Reuters)
• NATO says Libya airstrikes cripple Gaddafi's forces (Reuters)
• Saleh calls for early election as Yemenis protest (Reuters)
• U.N. launches study of Japan nuclear crisis (Reuters)
• Can Obama's Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain? (Time.com)
• Spanish anti-crisis protesters cheer as ban takes effect (AFP)
• 27 die in Syria as conflict moves toward stalemate (AP)
• Mexican border city sees drop in homicides (AP)
• White House skips legal deadline on Libya (AP)
• Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima (AFP)
• Alberta fire count drops as PM tours devastation (Reuters)
• Fire at Australian factory ignites gallons of oil (AP)
• Obama's Middle East speech missed 'historic opportunity,' say many Arabs (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Syria Critical of Obama's Middle East Speech Warning Assad (Time.com)
• Upwardly mobile in Brazil: Pedicures as a path from Rio slum to a mortgage (The Christian Science Monitor)

Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how to achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that could doom any U.S. bid to revive peace talks.

Syrian forces shoot dead 30 in protests: lawyer (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 30 demonstrators on Friday during protests that broke out across the country in defiance of a military crackdown which has killed hundreds of people, a rights activist said.

NATO says Libya airstrikes cripple Gaddafi's forces (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - NATO's bombing campaign in Libya has crippled the government's ability to attack rebels fighting to topple Muammar Gaddafi and effectively forced the leader into hiding, the alliance said on Friday.

Saleh calls for early election as Yemenis protest (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 09:17 AM PDT Reuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has agreed to sign a Gulf-brokered power transition, called on Friday for early elections to prevent bloodshed as three months of protests raged on in the fractious country.

U.N. launches study of Japan nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - The United Nations on Friday launched a study of the health, safety and security impact of the accident at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, which was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in March.

Can Obama's Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain? (Time.com) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Time.com - Opponents of the regime hail the U.S. President's remarks, but the key question is whether Obama's words will boost the reformists in the ruling clique

Spanish anti-crisis protesters cheer as ban takes effect (AFP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:52 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of protesters in Madrid furious over soaring unemployment staged a silent protest and then erupted in cheers of joy as a 48-hour ban on their demonstration took effect on Saturday.

27 die in Syria as conflict moves toward stalemate (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:49 PM PDT AP - Thousands of Syrians flooded the streets across the country Friday, defying an unrelenting government crackdown that has failed to crush a two-month uprising against the country's authoritarian regime. Human rights activists said security forces opened fire, killing at least 27 people, including a 10-year-old boy.

Mexican border city sees drop in homicides (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT AP - Mexico's federal security spokesman says homicides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have dropped from an average of 11 a day to about four during the last six months.

White House skips legal deadline on Libya (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - The White House is skipping a legal deadline to seek congressional authorization of the military action in Libya — but few on the Hill are objecting.

Leaders of Japan, China, S. Korea meet in Fukushima (AFP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:56 PM PDT AFP - Leaders of Japan, China and South Korea were to gather in Fukushima City Saturday in a gesture of solidarity over the ongoing nuclear crisis -- but with Tokyo's neighbours reportedly concerned by its actions.

Alberta fire count drops as PM tours devastation (Reuters) Posted: 20 May 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - Damp weather helped crews douse the number of wildfires raging across northern Alberta on Friday as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper toured the town of Slave Lake, where hundreds of homes, businesses and public buildings went up in flames.

Fire at Australian factory ignites gallons of oil (AP) Posted: 20 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT AP - Firefighters have brought a massive fire at a Melbourne petrochemical factory under control after it ignited tens of thousands of gallons (liters) of mineral oil.

Obama's Middle East speech missed 'historic opportunity,' say many Arabs (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama pledged American support for pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East Thursday, trying to put the US on the right side of history as he laid out his vision for US involvement in the region after the Arab Spring.

Syria Critical of Obama's Middle East Speech Warning Assad (Time.com) Posted: 20 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Time.com - A day after the U.S. President's speech, the Damascus regime continues its repressive ways

Upwardly mobile in Brazil: Pedicures as a path from Rio slum to a mortgage (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A paper cap corralling her long, curly hair and a white paper mask muffling the lilt of her salon gossip, Meire adjusts a neon ring of light and peers businesslike at the calloused foot of a client lying on a white leatherette recliner. Pedicures are serious business in this mecca of sun worship and sandals.

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