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• Obama warns Gaddafi of "no let up" (Reuters)
• Civil war looms as big blasts rock Yemeni capital (Reuters)
• Mexico nabs drug boss tied to murder of poet's son (Reuters)
• EU powers ask U.N. Security Council to condemn Syria (Reuters)
• Thousands flee Sudan's Abyei as militias move south (Reuters)
• Testimony of a Betrayer: A Terrorist Operative in Chicago (Time.com)
• Georgian police: 1 officer killed in protest clash (AP)
• Obama promises no "letup" in offensive in Libya (AP)
• DomRep targets food vendors amid cholera scare (AP)
• Berlusconi casts doubt on death of Gadhafi son (AP)
• Thousands evacuate as typhoon skirts Philippines (AP)
• New Liberal leader Bob Rae says party here to stay (Reuters)
• Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon (AP)
• Obama's British codename: Is it an insult? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• How Nazi Scientists Tried to Create an Army of Talking Dogs (Time.com)
• Obama's speech to British Parliament praised for strength, humility (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Cote d'Ivoire: Reluctant to Return Home (OneWorld.net)

Obama warns Gaddafi of "no let up" (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday there would be 'no let-up' in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli.

Civil war looms as big blasts rock Yemeni capital (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - Heavy explosions rocked the Yemeni capital Sanaa in the small hours of Thursday as fighting to topple the veteran president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, threatened to descend into civil war.

Mexico nabs drug boss tied to murder of poet's son (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:48 PM PDT Reuters - Mexican police have captured a suspected drug enforcer blamed for ordering the murder of the son of a prominent poet, which helped prompt national protests against the government's drug war strategy, authorities said on Wednesday.

EU powers ask U.N. Security Council to condemn Syria (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - European nations moved on Wednesday to have the U.N. Security Council pass a resolution condemning Syria for its bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, diplomats said.

Thousands flee Sudan's Abyei as militias move south (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of people fled Sudan's contested Abyei region as northern militias accused of helping seize the area over the weekend moved further south, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Testimony of a Betrayer: A Terrorist Operative in Chicago (Time.com) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - As he collaborated with both the U.S. and terrorist groups, David Headley has told tales that have roiled the already bad relationship between India and Pakistan. Now he is testifying against a friend

Georgian police: 1 officer killed in protest clash (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:32 PM PDT AP - Georgian police said one officer was killed early Thursday in the forceful breakup of a protest outside the parliament building, where demonstrators were aiming to block an Independence Day parade to push their demands that the president resign.

Obama promises no "letup" in offensive in Libya (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:13 PM PDT AP - Firmly united against Moammar Gadhafi, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron promised on Wednesday a relentless and punishing pummeling of his forces in Libya but also pleaded for patience for an effort with no clear end in sight. Obama ruled out a deadline for ending NATO's military assault, saying only that it would be over "in a timely fashion."

DomRep targets food vendors amid cholera scare (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT AP - Health authorities began taking down some food stands and installing public bathrooms Wednesday in an effort to control a cholera outbreak that has worsened in recent weeks.

Berlusconi casts doubt on death of Gadhafi son (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 03:36 PM PDT AP - Premier Silvio Berlusconi cast doubt on Libyan reports that Moammar Gadhafi's son and three grandchildren were killed in an April 30 NATO airstrike, saying Wednesday that coalition forces believe the claim to be "propaganda."

Thousands evacuate as typhoon skirts Philippines (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - Thousands of people along the eastern Philippine coastline were moving to temporary shelters Thursday as a powerful typhoon packing strong winds and plenty of rain roared toward the country's northeast.

New Liberal leader Bob Rae says party here to stay (Reuters) Posted: 25 May 2011 11:09 AM PDT Reuters - The new interim leader of Canada's beleaguered Liberal Party, Bob Rae, said on Wednesday the Liberals would pick themselves up from their disastrous electoral showing and rebuild.

Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon (AP) Posted: 25 May 2011 02:14 AM PDT AP - A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.

Obama's British codename: Is it an insult? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:19 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Newsweek/DailyBeast

How Nazi Scientists Tried to Create an Army of Talking Dogs (Time.com) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:30 AM PDT Time.com - It's further proof that Hitler was barking mad

Obama's speech to British Parliament praised for strength, humility (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In a historic address to the British Parliament today, President Obama insisted that even while a new world order was being shaped, the US, Britain, and their allies would continue to play an essential role in bringing peace and prosperity to the world.

Cote d'Ivoire: Reluctant to Return Home (OneWorld.net) Posted: 25 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT OneWorld.net - ABIDJAN, May 24 (IRIN) - While outright conflict has abated in Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital, Abidjan, many of the thousands of displaced people there are still too fearful to return to once conflict-ridden neighbourhoods.

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