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• Ratko Mladic hunted for massacre to face tribunal (Reuters)
• Civil war looms in Yemen, Saleh urged to quit (Reuters)
• Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters: witnesses (Reuters)
• Explosions rock Gaddafi compound in Tripoli (Reuters)
• Roadside bomb kills eight U.S. troops in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Turkey's Role in Arab Spring: Can Erdogan Influence Assad? (Time.com)
• IMF presses Greece on funding, policy plans (AFP)
• Libyan premier says he's ready to talk to rebels (AP)
• 29 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico (AP)
• UK approves use of Apache helicopters for Libya (AP)
• 45 senators urge Obama to sell F-16s to Taiwan (AP)
• NDP names shadow cabinet (Reuters)
• Suicide, depression hit Australia detainees (AFP)
• Can Afghanistan hang on to its newly minted college grads? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Love Don't Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China's Mistress Epidemic? (Time.com)
• G8 gives unpopular host Nicolas Sarkozy a platform to polish his image (The Christian Science Monitor)
• A Dark Day for Brazil's Amazon Jungle (OneWorld.net)

Ratko Mladic hunted for massacre to face tribunal (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT Reuters - Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic will face trial on genocide charges in the Hague following his arrest in Serbia after 15 years on the run, with European officials expecting his extradition within 10 days.

Civil war looms in Yemen, Saleh urged to quit (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:04 PM PDT Reuters - Yemen teetered on the verge of civil war on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh defied calls from opponents and world leaders for him to relinquish power.

Syrian forces fire on Deraa protesters: witnesses (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian security forces fired live rounds on Thursday at hundreds of protesters marching in a night demonstration in the southern city of Deraa to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, two witnesses said.

Explosions rock Gaddafi compound in Tripoli (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:10 PM PDT Reuters - Several large explosions rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday night and a column of smoke was seen rising from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound.

Roadside bomb kills eight U.S. troops in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - Eight U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the deadliest single attack on foreign forces in a month, the U.S. military said.

Turkey's Role in Arab Spring: Can Erdogan Influence Assad? (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - When Erdogan whispers, Assad usually listens. So why can't Turkey get Syria to let up on the violence unleashed against its protesters?

IMF presses Greece on funding, policy plans (AFP) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:20 PM PDT AFP - The International Monetary Fund warned Athens Thursday to firm up its broad financing plans and policy actions to be able to continue receiving IMF bailout funds in concert with the European Union.

Libyan premier says he's ready to talk to rebels (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 03:59 PM PDT AP - Libya's government pushed a cease-fire proposal Thursday and said for the first time it was prepared to speak with its rebel adversaries, signaling that months of fighting and NATO bombardment may be closer to forcing some concessions.

29 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 02:40 PM PDT AP - A gunbattle between rival drug gangs in western Mexico left 29 bullet-ridden bodies in fake military uniforms heaped across a roadway and inside bullet-riddled vehicles in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, the army said Thursday.

UK approves use of Apache helicopters for Libya (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT AP - The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands.

45 senators urge Obama to sell F-16s to Taiwan (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:45 PM PDT AP - Nearly half the Senate is urging President Barack Obama to authorize quickly a contentious sale of F-16 jet fighters to Taiwan.

NDP names shadow cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's main opposition party named its "shadow cabinet" on Thursday, including former labor negotiator Peggy Nash as chief critic of the Conservative government's finance policies.

Suicide, depression hit Australia detainees (AFP) Posted: 25 May 2011 10:55 PM PDT AFP - Australia's asylum seeker policy came under more fire Thursday with the Human Rights Commission warning that suicide and depression were major concerns in the country's detention centres.

Can Afghanistan hang on to its newly minted college grads? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - On a well-manicured lawn lined with rose bushes in full bloom â€" 211, boasts one brochure â€" members of American University of Afghanistan’s first graduating class mingle and take pictures with former presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah. Though there are just 32 graduates in the first class, most of the university’s 789 students have turned out for the ceremony.

Love Don't Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China's Mistress Epidemic? (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:25 PM PDT Time.com - This fall, young girls in China's Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress

G8 gives unpopular host Nicolas Sarkozy a platform to polish his image (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Leaders of the G8 countries are discussing a wide range of issues at their two-day meeting in the French beach resort of Deauville: the Arab Spring, nuclear energy, International Monetary Fund leadership, and rules and regulations for the Internet.

A Dark Day for Brazil's Amazon Jungle (OneWorld.net) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:11 AM PDT OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 (IPS) - The same day that the lower house of the Brazilian Congress approved a reform of the forestry code that would make it easier to clear land in the Amazon jungle for agriculture, a husband and wife team of activists who spent years fighting illegal deforestation in the rainforest were murdered.

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