- Greece hit by anti-austerity general strike (AFP)
- UK leaders in frantic last minute polls push (AFP)
- Blasts, gunbattles in Afghan city: governor (AFP)
- China touts Tibet, Xinjiang harmony at Expo (AFP)
- Guards escort supplies into strike-hit Nepal capital (AFP)
- 2 Arizona city councils vote to sue over new law (AP)
- World stocks sink on Europe debt concerns (AP)
- Nuke-free Mideast idea rises on global agenda (AP)
- Ash cloud grounds flights in Scotland and Ireland (Reuters)
- Aussie teen's round-the-world no record: manager (AFP)
- Philippines restores massacre charges for clansmen (AP)
- Militants attack south Afghan governor's compound (Reuters)
- Indonesia finance minister quits, joins World Bank (AFP)
- Democracy icons' son poised to lead Philippines (AP)
- China's Xinjiang to get $1.5 billion boost (AP)
- Bangladesh moves to tame inflation (AFP)
- Pakistan doubts Taliban Times Square claim (AP)
- Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspect (Reuters)
- Philippines to hold vote Monday, despite glitch (AP)
- Japan's children population at new record low (AP)
- Militants launch deadly suicide attack on Afghan city (AFP)
- Indonesian auction of ancient treasures falls flat (AP)
- UN refugee chief: Security worse in Afghanistan (AP)
- Iraq heads towards new Shiite-led government (AFP)
- Sunnis warn over Iraq's new Shiite alliance (AP)
- Somali pirates hijack China-bound oil tanker (Reuters)
- Greek police clash with protesters in Thessaloniki (AFP)
- Bangladesh war crime probe chief quits (AFP)
- Retail data: Consumers 'took a breather' in April (AP)
- Greek police fire tear gas at protesters (AFP)
- 'Paid news' corruption undermines Indian media (AFP)
- Police use tear gas against Greek protestors (AP)
- Three dead in Athens bank firebombing: police (AFP)
- Thai king leaves hospital for palace visit (AFP)
- India court bans truth drugs, lie detectors (AFP)
- Airlines required to check no-fly list more often (AP)
- Sri Lanka scales down state of emergency (AFP)
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- Renault-Bajaj car aims to challenge Nano (AFP)
- NY bomb suspect: 'modern boy from Pakistan village' (AFP)
- India's colonial footwear to walk into the past? (AFP)
- Failed NY bomber from respectable background (Reuters)
- Greek anti-austerity march erupts, 3 dead (Reuters)
- China issues strict rules to meet emissions targets (AFP)
- Myanmar opposition holds last event as legal party (AP)
- Pakistan court acquits four over Marriott attack (AFP)
- NATO missile official cites cooperation with Israel (Reuters)
- Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction (Reuters)
- British party leaders woo voters in final hours (Reuters)
- Pentagon 'cautiously optimistic' on Afghan war (AP)
- Iraqi Airways workers protest Kuwaiti 'provocation' (AFP)
- Russian court jails 2 men for eating teenage girl (AP)
- DNA tests vindicate Ohio man convicted of rape (AP)
- Producer: Lohan to star in movie about porn star (AP)
- U.S., other big powers back Mideast nuclear arms ban (Reuters)
- U.S. seen vulnerable to radicalized immigrants (Reuters)
- Taiwan's leader defends comments on war with China (AFP)
- Philippines reinstates Ampatuan massacre charges (AFP)
- Powerful House Democrat to retire: source (Reuters)
- U.S., Karzai seek common view on Taliban talks (Reuters)
- Australia win toss and bat against Bangladesh (AFP)
- Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Indonesian coast (Reuters)
- NY police chief: Bomb suspect bought gun in Conn. (AP)
- Powerful House chairman Obey to retire (AP)
- Paulina Rubio announces she is pregnant (AP)
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- Obama meets with potential Supreme Court pick Wood (Reuters)
- China detains two men threatening new school attacks (AFP)
- DirecTV, Yes to air Major League ****ball in 3D (AP)
- Vietnamese fishermen fear rougher waters ahead after spill (AFP)
- 'Enron' set to close on B'way; 'Time' to reopen (AP)
- US, Pakistan hold high-level talks about bomb plot: US (AFP)
- Hussey holds out as Bangladesh stun Australia (AFP)
- Iraq: Moving Toward a New Government -- and More Instability (Time.com)
- Russell shows up as Raiders open minicamp (AP)
- Big Bang machine scientists look to exotic findings (Reuters)
- Klan leader pleads guilty to killing Okla. woman (AP)
- Growling sea lion pup pulled from under police car (AP)
- US shares concerns about NKorea amid Kim's visit to China (AFP)
- Joe the Plumber is elected to party office in Ohio (AP)
- NY bomb suspect talking, probe eyes foreign ties (Reuters)
- Local Pakistan politicians ****ter militants (AP)
- Congressmen pressure Japan on custody rights (AP)
- Bret Michaels says hemorrhage felt like guns*** (AP)
- Blankfein: Goldman must recognize doubters-reports (Reuters)
- Obama: Begin work this year on immigration reform (AP)
- Nigeria's president Yar'Adua dead: official (AFP)
- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dead: sources (Reuters)
- "Plausible" link between bomb suspect, Taliban: U.S. (Reuters)
- Regulators to reassert broadband regulation (Reuters)
- 2 Australian workmen flee excavation bungle (AP)
- Mumbai attacker faces death penalty on judgment day (AFP)
- NY car bomb suspect believed to act alone in US (AP)
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- Obama wants work on immigration reform this year (AP)
- AP IMPACT: Rule change helped BP on Gulf project (AP)
- Powerful House chairman David Obey to retire (AP)
- 3 die in Athens riot over cutbacks, debt crisis (AP)
- Klan leader pleads guilty to killing Okla. woman (AP)
- Joe the Plumber is elected to party office in Ohio (AP)
- Bret Michaels says hemorrhage felt like guns*** (AP)
- Growling sea lion pup pulled from under police car (AP)
- Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua dies: aides (Reuters)
- U.S. regulators to reassert powers over broadband (Reuters)
- Nigeria's President Yar'Adua dead: official (AFP)
- NY bomb suspect talking, probe shifts to foreign ties (Reuters)
- Giant dome, fires aimed at huge oil spill (Reuters)
- Blankfein: Goldman must recognize doubters (Reuters)
- Officials predict higher casualties in Kandahar op (AP)
- Nigeria President Yar'Adua dies after long illness (AP)
- Thai PM says house will be dissolved in September (AFP)
- Japan to restart nuclear reactor after 14 years (AFP)
- Japan reactor reopens after 1995 accident (AP)
- Explosive traces found on sunken S.Korea warship: report (AFP)
- Nukes, trade underpin NKorea leader's China visit (AP)
- Pa. high school student latest booted off 'Idol' (AP)
- Reaction low key to "Los Suns" (AP)
- Thai protesters stay put, wait for PM response (Reuters)
- 23 dead, more than 160 injured in China tornado: state media (AFP)
- S.Africa pace too much for Afghanistan at Twenty20 (AFP)
- Thai PM says to dissolve parliament in September (AFP)
- Vietnam discovers elephant tusks from Kenya (AP)
- Police detain 2 in separate threats on children (AP)
- New York shuts bridge after truck found abandoned (Reuters)
- Deadly riots shake Greece (AFP)
- US faces new terror threats, tactics out of Pakistan (AFP)
- Taiwan airliner bomb hoax suspect released on bail (AFP)
- Mumbai attacker faces death penalty on judgment day (AFP)
- Afghans in search of new horizons after T20 heroics (AFP)
- US lawmakers threaten Japan on child custody (AFP)
- Myanmar's Suu Kyi fails to prevent party dissolution (AFP)
- Stoudemire leads "Los Suns" over Spurs (AP)
- Lull before IPL storm as Modi gears for a fight (AFP)
- N.Korea's Kim ready to rejoin nuclear talks: report (AFP)
- CIA drones hit wider range of targets in Pakistan (Reuters)
- Fears of Greek contagion sweep global markets (Reuters)
- NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan (AP)
- Oops, wrong house: Workmen dig up trees, then flee (AP)
- 25 dead after tornado, storm in southwestern China (AP)
- Thai PM may dissolve Parliament (AP)
- Britons vote in "p***o finish" election (Reuters)
- Britons vote in closest election race for decades (AFP)
- Iraq: Moving Toward a New Government, More Instability (Time.com)
- Russian warship frees hijacked tanker, no crew hurt (Reuters)
- Myanmar police arrest man over Yangon blasts (AFP)
- One baby with syphilis born every hour in China: study (AFP)
- Empty promises, vote-buying in Philippine slums (AFP)
- Toyota's domestic sales up 50 percent in April (AFP)
- India warned to speed up Commonwealth Games works (AFP)
- Hong Kong arrests footballers over match-fixing: report (AFP)
- Russian special forces storm oil tanker, free ship (AP)
- Obama security team to meet on Pakistan, Afghanistan (AFP)
- S.Korea says no nuclear talks before warship probe ends (AFP)
- Expedition to contain oil leak begins in Gulf (AP)
- UK election: Best bet is that history will be made (AP)
- Geithner, Paulson to address meltdown probe (AP)
- Senate backs plan attacking "too big to fail" (Reuters)
- Afghanistan to offer Taliban leaders 'exile for peace' (AFP)
- S.Korea says no nuclear talks before warship probe ends (AFP)
- Sri Lanka fears revival of war crimes charges (AFP)
- After Iraq election, Shiite parties announce alliance to form next government (T
- Bennett appeals to GOP to let him keep Senate seat (AP)
- TV news employee in LA has $266M winning ticket (AP)
- Pakistani sentenced to death for Mumbai attacks (Reuters)
- India court sentences Mumbai attacks gunman to death (AFP)
- Pakistan probes possible militant links to NY suspect (AFP)
- Myanmar police accuse exile group over Yangon blasts (AFP)
- Aung San Suu Kyi's party to be abolished (AFP)
- Japan PM perplexes with his "alien" ways (Reuters)
- Nigeria mourns death of president Umaru Yar'Adua (AFP)
- Court gives death penalty to Mumbai siege gunman (AP)
- Nintendo profit drops for first time in 6 years (AP)
- Clashes in Nepal as frustration grows at shutdown (AFP)
- `The 5' favor concrete steps to nuke-free Mideast (AP)
- Local Pakistan politicians ****ter militants (AP)
- Geithner says can't take all risks out of banking (Reuters)
- Ireland given all-clear as ash cloud blows away (Reuters)
- Nigeria swears in new president after Yar'Adua's death (AFP)
- McDonald's aims to expands franchise trial in China (Reuters)
- North Korean leader Kim's train leaves Beijing (Reuters)
- Kyrgyz security chief warns of instability (AP)
- Three die as police and tribals clash in NE India (AFP)
- Eurozone tremors rock Asian shares (AFP)
- Retailers report more modest April shopping (AP)
- South Korean driver earns license on 960th try (AP)
- Iran holds war games in Gulf amid nuclear tension (Reuters)
- Myanmar opposition party looks beyond its closure (AP)
- Sri Lanka ex-army chief vows to expose war crimes (AFP)
- Taliban order night phone blackout in Afghan north (Reuters)
- Iraqi govt resolves oil row with Kurds (AFP)
- Iraq announces gas field auction (AFP)
- Productivity grows 3.6 percent in first quarter (AP)
- Greek government ready to "walk alone" on austerity (Reuters)
- Hollywood eyes another $4 billion summer movie season (Reuters)
- French hostages alive in Afghanistan: minister (AFP)
- Karzai may face hostile audience in U.S. Congress (Reuters)
- Pakistan Taliban says did not train NY bomb suspect (AFP)
- Afghan leader urges closer military coordination (AFP)
- 5 s***, 2 dead, when gunman invades LA area home (AP)
- Two injured in U.S. army arsenal blast die in hospital (Reuters)
- 4 questioned in Pakistan over NY bomb suspect (AP)
- Top Iraq cleric says not consulted on referee role (AP)
- Part of Seattle airport cleared due to smoking bag (AP)
- Oil lobby money unlikely to quell storm over BP (Reuters)
- Karzai urges closer coordination with US-led forces (AFP)
- House takes up Cash for Caulkers stimulus bill (AP)
- Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor arrested in NY (AP)
- Kuwait says finds Gulf War mass grave of Iraq troops (Reuters)
- Court halts release of jailed militia members (AP)
- Comedy Central considers series about Jesus Christ (AP)
- Facing protests, Mubarak vows help for Egypt poor (Reuters)
- Pakistan rally after collapse against England (AFP)
- Iraqi Kurdish journalist kidnapped and killed (AFP)
- Kurds vow to back Shiite coalition choice for PM (AFP)
- Foreign troops to join Russia's Victory Day parade (AP)
- NY plane halted, "no fly" passenger aboard - media (Reuters)
- Obama opposes Republican amendment on Wall St reform (Reuters)
- Guantanamo suspect must submit to strip search (Reuters)
- Chip maker Hynix to issue bonds worth $500 million (AFP)
- Official: Stopped flight was false no-fly match (AP)
- Candles offer a whiff of White Castle's burgers (AP)
- African, Chinese interests in step: Meles (Reuters)
- Nigerian leader's funeral draws large crowds (Reuters)
- India, China draw in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup prelims (AFP)
- Plots: West must be *****, not alarmist: experts (Reuters)
- Biden vows to work with EU parliament on data privacy (Reuters)
- Pietersen leads England to victory over Pakistan (AFP)
- Afghan Taliban chief providing 'useful' information: US official (AFP)
- N.Korea talks should wait for warship probe: US (AFP)
- You're a Neanderthal: Genes say yes
- Iraq says Kuwait reparations are unsustainable (AFP)
- Iraqi Airways chief released by British court: ministry (AFP)
- Iran minister to meet UN council in NYC (Reuters)
- Greek police charge protestors in Athens: AFP (AFP)
- Afghan president to remake image in Washington (AP)
- Stocks extend plunge on concerns about Greece (AP)
- AG: Times square suspect's cooperation 'ongoing' (AP)
- New AZ immigration bill old hat for 'Sheriff Joe' (AP)
- Police: Woman attempts robbery, tries to eat note (AP)
- Indexes down 3 percent after plunging (Reuters)
- Greek parliament backs austerity drive amid new riot (AFP)
- Trading error blamed for market plunge: CNBC (Reuters)
- Lessons from the Exxon Valdez disaster (Reuters)
- Suu Kyi party splits, faction to run in Myanmar poll (Reuters)
- US says too few Afghans to take control in Marjah (AP)
- Errant trade may have caused market plunge: sources (Reuters)
- Threat rising from homemade Afghan bombs: U.S. Army chief (Reuters)
- Albie Morkel inspires South Africa win over Kiwis (AFP)
- Raiders release former No. 1 overall pick Russell (AP)
- Mosque going up in NYC building damaged on 9/11 (AP)