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• Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial (Reuters)
• Yemen on brink of civil war as clashes spread (Reuters)
• Russia joins Western chorus for Gaddafi to go (Reuters)
• Air France crash sparks pilot mystery (Reuters)
• Eight killed in Syria protests, world pressure grows (Reuters)
• Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi (Time.com)
• Mladic could be extradited as early as Monday (AP)
• Roadside bomb in Lebanon wounds 6 UN peacekeepers (AP)
• Criminal deportees worry Mexican border mayors (AP)
• Congo officials: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested (AP)
• US does not brand China 'currency manipulator' (AFP)
• Government sees smaller 2010-11 deficit than forecast (Reuters)
• Australia returns passport to ex-Gitmo detainee (AP)
• Syria: If Protesters Don't Get Assad, the Economy Will (Time.com)

Serb court says Mladic fit for genocide trial (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - Ratko Mladic is fit enough to face genocide charges in The Hague, a Belgrade court ruled on Friday, after the Bosnian Serb wartime general's son said he appeared too frail after more than 15 years on the run.

Yemen on brink of civil war as clashes spread (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:16 PM PDT Reuters - Yemeni tribesmen said they wrested a military compound from elite troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the capital Sanaa on Friday as fighting spread, threatening to tip the country into civil war.

Russia joins Western chorus for Gaddafi to go (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - Russia joined Western leaders on Friday in urging Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down and offered to mediate his departure, in an important boost to NATO powers seeking to end his 41-year rule.

Air France crash sparks pilot mystery (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - A French airliner plunged out of control for four minutes before crashing into the Atlantic in 2009, investigators said, in a report raising questions about how crew handled a "stall alarm" blaring out in the cabin.

Eight killed in Syria protests, world pressure grows (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian security forces shot dead eight people on Friday, rights campaigners said, as protesters defied a nationwide crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad.

Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi (Time.com) Posted: 27 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT Time.com - Moscow is suddenly the only real power with any influence in Tripoli. But can the Russian President convince the Colonel that it's time to go?

Mladic could be extradited as early as Monday (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 05:18 PM PDT AP - Ratko Mladic is eating strawberries and receiving family visits in a Serbian jail, but as early as Monday the ex-general could be on his way to face a war-crimes tribunal in The Hague, possibly joining his former ally Radovan Karadzic on trial for some of the worst horrors of the Balkan wars.

Roadside bomb in Lebanon wounds 6 UN peacekeepers (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT AP - A roadside bomb ripped through a U.N. convoy carrying Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Friday, wounding six of them in the first such attack since 2008, officials said.

Criminal deportees worry Mexican border mayors (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:53 PM PDT AP - Mexico's border mayors say they are worried about a possible surge in deportations of criminals to their cities after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordered California to reduce its prison population by 33,000.

Congo officials: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT AP - The suspected leader of an extremist Hutu militia was arrested in eastern Congo after years on the run, a Congolese official said Friday.

US does not brand China 'currency manipulator' (AFP) Posted: 27 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT AFP - The United States on Friday called on China to speed up progress in making its currency more flexible, but refrained from branding Beijing a currency manipulator, a move that could trigger sanctions.

Government sees smaller 2010-11 deficit than forecast (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 11:52 AM PDT Reuters - Canada is set to post a smaller 2010-11 budget deficit than the government had predicted, the Department of Finance said on Friday, possibly helping the Conservatives meet their goal of a quicker return to surplus.

Australia returns passport to ex-Gitmo detainee (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 12:28 AM PDT AP - An Egyptian-born Australian has had his passport returned six years after his release from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay because he is no longer considered a risk to national security, intelligence officials said Friday.

Syria: If Protesters Don't Get Assad, the Economy Will (Time.com) Posted: 27 May 2011 10:45 AM PDT Time.com - Panicking over the demonstrations, Assad has backtracked on economic liberalization -- a move that may seal his doom

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