Soul-Searching in France After Official's Arrest Jolts Nation
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
PARIS - The arrest in New York of one of France's leading global figures and a possible next president, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on charges of attempted rape produced an earthquake of shock, outrage, disbelief and ...
Israel to complain to UN over Syria, Lebanon following Nakba Day clashes
Ha'aretz - 1 hour ago
Complaint against Syria and Lebanon's 'violation of international law' follows similar Lebanese complaint to UN against Israel.
Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive?
Los Angeles Times - 58 minutes ago
It's been only two weeks since President Obama reported on national television that an American commando team in four military helicopters had killed Osama bin Laden in his Pakistan bedroom.
Video: Kerry: US-Pakistan Alliance at 'Critical Moment'
The Associated Press
The Associated Press 
Saudi will raise security for diplomats after attack
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will increase security for its diplomats in countries considered as danger zones, starting in Pakistan after gunmen killed a Saudi diplomat in Karachi on Monday, a foreign ministry official said.
Saudi diplomat shot dead in Pakistan The Guardian
ICC readies warrants, Libya offers truce
Hindustan Times - 1 hour ago
Moamer Gaddafi's regime offered a truce in return for an immediate NATO ceasefire, as the International Criminal Court on Monday considered arrest warrants for human rights abuses in Libya.
Libyan Rebels Plan Government Wall Street Journal
Japan Promises to Shut Down Fukushima Reactors By Year's End
Voice of America - - 1 hour ago
Japan says it will shut down reactors at the Fukushima-1 power plant by the end of the year. The announcement comes despite revelations that a natural disaster in March damaged the nuclear facility worse than earlier believed.
Japanese in expanded nuclear zone leave homes The Associated Press
Markets Fret Over Japan Plan Wall Street Journal
Cathay Pacific plane makes emergency landing in Singapore
Telegraph.co.uk - 40 minutes ago
Captain Bradley Chic lauds passengers' calm response after their Cathay Pacific plane made an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire.
Rolls-Royce to investigate engine fire Financial Times
Cathay Pacific Airliner Makes Emergency Landing in Singapore New York Times
Assad's regime of torture
Aljazeera.net - 20 hours ago
As the fists and boots and sticks pummelled his body and bloodied his face, the college student screamed out what he thought his interrogators wanted to hear: The name of Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad.
Video: Syrian violence reaches Lebanon Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera 8 killed in Syrian crackdown near Lebanon border Los Angeles Times
Swiss voters reject proposal to ban assisted suicide
AHN | All Headline News - 1 hour ago
Switzerland legalized assisted suicide in 1941, if a non-physician performs it without any vested interest in the death. However, assistance should not be active.
Swiss vote against ban on 'suicide tourism' Herald Sun
Egyptian named as secretary general of the Arab League
BBC News - 1 hour ago
To play this content JavaScript must be turned on and the latest Flash player installed. The Arab League has a new secretary-general, and like the last one, Nabil Elaraby is from Egypt.
Egypt FM elected next Arab League chief Aljazeera.net
Uganda opposition leader under house arrest: wife
eTaiwan News - 8 minutes ago
AP The wife of Uganda's top opposition leader says he's unable to leave his home though the government denies he's under house arrest.
Uganda: Throttling the Opposition AllAfrica.com
Uganda opposition leader under house arrest: wife Centre Daily Times
Anwar Ibrahim sodomy case is credible, judge rules
The Guardian - 3 hours ago
AP Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim, and his wife, Wan Azizah, join in a chant outside court after a judge ruled the prosecution had a credible sodomy case against him.
Malaysia's Anwar told to stand trial for sodomy CNN International
Al Qaeda suspects arrested in Tunisia
International Business Times - 49 minutes ago
By IBTimes Staff Reporter | May 16, 2011 6:15 AM EDT Tunisian forces have arrested two suspected members of al Qaeda near the Libyan border.
Tunisia pushes back Libyan troops The Associated Press
Libya: Col Gaddafi expected to be among ICC arrest warrants
Telegraph.co.uk - 32 minutes ago
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor will seek arrest warrants later today for three senior Libyans - one thought to be Col Muammar Gaddafi - he says are responsible for the murder and persecution of civilians in Libya.
ICC to seek Libya arrest warrants BBC News
Prosecutors put final touches to Libya indictment The Associated Press
Belarus dissident Irina Khalip gets suspended sentence
BBC News - 24 minutes ago
An opposition activist and journalist in Belarus, Irina Khalip, has been given a suspended prison sentence. She was convicted of rioting after last December's presidential election which she says was rigged.
Belarusian court hands 5-year imprisonment to jailed opposition leader AHN | All Headline News
Belarus Opposition Leader Gets a Five-Year Sentence New York Times
Why has the Queen never visited Ireland?
BBC News - 24 minutes ago
The Queen is the first British monarch to visit southern Ireland in a century, but is this a sign of the end of centuries of resentment, asks historian Diarmaid Ferriter.
Queen's intinerary - Events in Dublin, Cork Irish Times
Planking death prompts Australian prime minister's call for safety
The Guardian - 1 hour ago
Planking has become so popular in Australia its prime minister urged people to consider the safety implications of the internet craze.
Internet fad 'planking' claims first victim Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Man dies after 'planking' on Australian building New York Post
Massacre leaves 27 dead in northern Guatemala
Los Angeles Times - - 6 hours ago
Witnesses say an attack by 200 gunmen killed at least 27 farmworkers in Guatemala's Peten province, an area used by Mexican-based drug cartels.
27 die in drug-related massacre in Guatemala MiamiHerald.com
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Beheaded UK woman named as Jennifer Mills-Westley
BBC News - May 14, 2011
The British woman stabbed and beheaded in a shop on the Spanish island of Tenerife has been named by her family as 60-year-old Jennifer Mills-Westley.
British Tenerife tourist beheaded by "Prophet of God" attacker Telegraph.co.uk
Security men killed in Baghdad, 2 Norwegians hurt
Atlanta Journal Constitution - - 23 minutes ago
AP BAGHDAD - Two members of Iraq's security forces were killed and two Norwegian contractors injured Monday in attacks in Baghdad, part of a recent uptick in violence as US troops prepare to leave the country by year's end, ...
Iraq blast kills 1, injures 4 Press TV
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