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Gunmen storm Pakistan's naval aviation base (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Fire and smokes erupted from a Pakistan' military air base after an attack by militants in Karachi. Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gunbattles that killed five military personnel, three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)Reuters - A group of militants were holed up inside Pakistan's naval aviation base on Monday, six hours after they stormed the installation with guns and grenades, killing at least five people and blowing up a military aircraft.

Saleh refuses to sign Yemen deal despite pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:37 PM PDT

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to pro-government supporters during a rally in Sanaa May 20, 2011. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign a deal to step down on Sunday, the third time such an agreement has fallen through at the last minute, despite pressure from Gulf Arab and Western mediators.

Two U.S. troops killed as Baghdad hit by bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:09 PM PDT

A soldier inspects the remains of a vehicle used in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr city May 22, 2011. A string of bombings and explosions killed at least 13 people and wounded 74 in the Baghdad area on Sunday, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi soldiers north of the capital, security officials said. REUTERS/Kareem RaheemReuters - A string of bombings killed at least 15 people and wounded 74 more across Baghdad on Sunday and two U.S. troops were killed in central Iraq, officials said.

Europe on alert for Icelandic volcano ash cloud (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 05:25 PM PDT

A policeman gives directions at a roadblock at the town of Kirkjubaejarklaustur May 22, 2011. Iceland's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, hurling a plume of ash and smoke far into the sky, which aviation officials were closely monitoring after another volcano shut European airspace for days last year. REUTERS/Ingolfur JuliussonReuters - An eruption by Iceland's most active volcano was set to keep the island's main airport shut on Monday, while other European nations watched for any impact on their air routes from a towering plume of smoke and ash.

Many wounded as Moroccan police beat protestors (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

An injured protester gestures during a pro-democracy demonstration organised by the Reuters - Moroccan police beat protesters who defied a ban on demonstrations across the country on Sunday, leading to arrests and dozens of injuries, some of them life threatening, witnesses said.

O'Bama Come Home: An Irish Village Welcomes its Prodigal Son (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - For the President, it's a quick trip to his ancestral hometown; but to the sleepy Irish village of Moneygall, it's a chance to reverse years of bad fortune

Wilkins' sacking triggered Ancelotti's long goodbye (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Chelsea fired manager Carlo Ancelotti, pictured in February 2011, on Sunday, after a 1-0 loss at Everton completed a season which had AFP - From the moment Carlo Ancelotti discovered that his trusted assistant Ray Wilkins had been sacked without his knowledge, the Chelsea manager knew he was on borrowed time at Stamford Bridge.

Mideast peace talks would face huge obstacles (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 03:43 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 20, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, of Israel in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama wants Israelis and Palestinians to return to the bargaining table. It seems unlikely this will happen, but even if it did, the sides would find a formidable array of obstacles to agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama wants Israelis and Palestinians to return to the bargaining table, and he repeated the call Sunday in a speech to Israel supporters. But it seems unlikely this will happen anytime soon — and even if it did, the sides would find a formidable array of obstacles to agreement.

Retired Mexican general slain after car accident (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

In this picture taken Tuesday May 17, 2011, police investigators and army soldiers stand next to the bodies of four men that were killed by unknown gunmen and dumped by the side of the road in the outskirts of Durango, Mexico. Durango, once famous for being second only to Hollywood as the major movie making location of the world with more than 110 films have been made here, is now notorious for the drug violence that has engulfed the state, with 219 bodies found recently in seven mass clandestine graves. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - Federal prosecutors in Mexico say they are investigating the slaying of a retired general who was shot outside Mexico City after a road accident.

UN demands Khartoum pullout from flashpoint Abyei (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

French ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, speaks during a joint press conference with his counterparts Susan Rice of the US and Vitaly Churkin of Russia (back) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, as the visiting UN delegates called for an immediate pullout of northern troops from the flashpoint border region of Abyei after what the south branded an AFP - The United Nations demanded that Khartoum withdraw its troops from Sudan's Abyei district after what the south branded an "invasion" by northern troops of the flashpoint border region.

Militants storm Pakistan naval air base, five dead (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Fire and smokes erupted from a Pakistan' military air base after an attack by militants in Karachi. Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gunbattles that killed five military personnel, three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Gunmen armed with rockets and explosives stormed a major Pakistani naval air base, triggering gunbattles that killed five military personnel, three weeks after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

Tiger bites handler at Australian theme park (AFP)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:02 PM PDT

File photo shows a Bengal tiger behind bars at a zoo. A Bengal tiger bit one of its handlers at an Australian theme park on Sunday, with paramedics treating the man for five deep puncture wounds to his thigh and upper calf.(AFP/File/Vanderlei Almeida)AFP - A Bengal tiger bit one of its handlers at an Australian theme park on Sunday, with paramedics treating the man for five deep puncture wounds to his thigh and upper calf.

Obama's AIPAC comments can't conceal mutual mistrust, say Israeli analysts (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 May 2011 01:19 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sought to tone down a fresh crisis after the two clashed in public at the White House two days earlier over Mr. Obama's call for a border between Israel and a Palestinian state to be based on the 1967 line demarcating the West Bank.

As Syrian Uprising Escalates, Business Booms for Lebanon's Arms Dealers (Time.com)

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - The black market for weapons in Lebanon sees a spike in demand from Syrians looking to protect themselves against mobs or against the state. But many Lebanese fear a violent sectarian showdown will spill across the border

Sudan's seizure of key border town reignites concerns of civil war (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 May 2011 12:30 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Late Saturday evening, news trickled out from Sudan's most contested and militarized North-South border hotspot: the northern Sudanese army had invaded the town of Abyei with tanks.

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