- Shanghai unveils 'stronger' version of Wall Street bull (AFP)
- Australian man charged with murder after Facebook meeting (AFP)
- School tries to bring music back to Afghanistan (AP)
- Asian ivory trade poses danger to African elephant (AP)
- BP's own probe finds safety issues on Atlantis rig (AP)
- Michael Jackson doctor helps passenger in distress (AP)
- New York's faces: `Law & Order' showed 'em all (AP)
- French academic freed from Iran, 'heading home' (AFP)
- Hong Kong holds polls in test for democracy camp (AFP)
- Europe needs quantum leap in budget oversight: Trichet (Reuters)
- French woman flying home after Iran trial: France (Reuters)
- Sri Lanka wary of Tiger revival abroad (AFP)
- Indonesia cleric denies terror group link: report (AFP)
- On war front, Obama rediscovers personality politics (AFP)
- Australia hails teen sailor as newest hero (AFP)
- Japan's last vets of Nanking massacre open up (AFP)
- NATO troop member dies in Afghan insurgent attack (AP)
- ICC chief promises 'vigilance' after Kaneria arrest (AFP)
- Pakistan: Fighter jets kill 15 suspected militants (AP)
- UN's Ban to attend Afghan conference in Kabul (AFP)
- Militants free 50 hostages in northwest Pakistan: official (Reuters)
- NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
- Warlord loses, but uncertainty shrouds Philippine province (AFP)
- Space shuttle closing in for space station docking (AP)
- National 'Glee' tour takes show to its Gleeks (AP)
- US, Europe look to China for clean energy sales (AP)
- NW Pakistan gunmen 'release six hostages' (AFP)
- Maoist rebels kill 6 villagers in central India (AP)
- Iraqi insurgent group names new leader (AP)
- French academic leaves Iran after almost a year (AP)
- Eyes flashing, robot conducts wedding in Tokyo (AP)
- Abortion foes capitalize on health care law (AP)
- US soldiers pay village calls in Afghanistan (AP)
- Calif. agents use award ruse to reel in fugitives (AP)
- Al Qaeda's Iraq network replaces slain leaders (Reuters)
- Aborigines 'have worst rate of child pneumonia' (AFP)
- Maldives offers to take two Guantanamo Bay prisoners (AFP)
- Taiwan's ex-security chief confirms secret China talks (AFP)
- Bangladesh cyclone victims struggle for survival (Reuters)
- Filipino rebels ready to talk peace with Aquino (AP)
- Protesters form human chain at U.S. **** in Japan (Reuters)
- Thousands flock to Vatican to back pope over abuse (AP)
- Malaysian state to offer illegal racers race track (AFP)
- Maoist kill eight villagers in 'revenge' attack (AFP)
- Cambodian king makes first Japan visit (AFP)
- Australian round-the-world teen sailor had doubts (AP)
- Japan, China in spat over nuclear arsenal (AFP)
- Disease to cut Afghan opium by 70 percent: minister (AFP)
- 2nd German banker doubts Greece's ability to repay (AP)
- UK and Ireland shut some airspace due to ash cloud (Reuters)
- U.N. head Ban to attend Afghanistan conference (Reuters)
- Okinawa residents protest at US air **** (AFP)
- Ash closes some UK airports, but London stays open (AP)
- No change in Iraq election result after recount (Reuters)
- Qaeda in Iraq 'names replacements for slain leaders' (AFP)
- Iraqi PM fails to gain seats but on track for power (AFP)
- Baghdad vote result 'unchanged after recount' (AFP)
- 17,000 Japanese circle US **** in peaceful protest (AP)
- India: 2 dead, 9 injured in train station stampede (AP)
- Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest grave removal (AP)
- Iran in talks with Brazil to resolve nuclear deadlock (Reuters)
- 'Two killed' in Indian railway station stampede (AFP)
- GOP senator: Kagan's testimony will be 'big deal' (AP)
- ECB: $1 trillion rescue package only buys time (AP)
- Yemen Qaeda threatens attacks on U.S. over cleric: ***site (Reuters)
- Bus plunges off bridge killing 11 in Bangladesh (AP)
- Pope tells crowd, priests must resist temptation (Reuters)
- Afghan: US ranks harbor soldier chef in the field (AP)
- India, S.Korea share Sultan Azlan Shah hockey Cup (AFP)
- Miss USA hopefuls take stage in pageant from Vegas (AP)
- Three Chinese oil workers abducted in Yemen (Reuters)
- Maldives: Accepting Guantanamo detainees honorable (AP)
- Major study on cell phones and cancer inconclusive (AP)
- Australia make 147-6 against England in World Twenty20 (AFP)
- Abu Dhabi hides from 'Sex and the City' spotlight (AP)
- Video of American drowned saving son shocks Italy (Reuters)
- Bangkok ***el under fire, guests ****ter in ****ment: AFP (AFP)
- Fear in Bangkok as bullets fly close to home (AP)
- AP Exclusive: Vatican details US sex abuse defense (AP)
- England win World Twenty20 final (AFP)
- South Africa duo star as England win World Twenty20 (AFP)
- Two Chinese oil experts kidnapped in Yemen: tribal source (AFP)
- AP IMPACT: Fed'l inspections on rig not as claimed (AP)
- Teens learn dangers of texting while driving (AP)
- 'Bombay Dream' musical to hit big screen (AP)
- Holmes climbs into Texas Open lead after 3rd round (AP)
- GM wants more subprime buyers; will lender agree? (AP)
- Iran, Turkey and Brazil agree on fuel swap deal: minister (Reuters)
- Iran ****ls Kurdish rebels in Iraq: Iraqi Kurd official (AFP)
- Woody Allen comes out in support of Polanski (AP)
- Busch wins Sprint Cup race at Dover (AP)
- ****l legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 (AP)
- Ultra-Orthodox Jews lose grave battle in Israel (Reuters)
- Celtics smother Magic 92-88, take 1-0 series lead (AP)
- China outclass Indonesia to win badminton Thomas Cup (AFP)
- Two late goals see S.Korea home against Ecuador (AFP)
- ****l legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67 (AP)
- BP cagey as oil tube registers 'some' success (AFP)
- Thai gov't rejects talks, defends deadly crackdown (AP)
- BP: Mile-long tube sucking oil away from Gulf well (AP)
- AP IMPACT: Fed'l inspections on rig not as claimed (AP)
- Volcanic ash to close London's Heathrow airport (AP)
- RI school district agrees to rehire fired teachers (AP)
- NBC will be new at 10
- Celtics smother Magic 92-88, take 1-0 series lead (AP)
- Fear in Bangkok as bullets fly close to home (AP)
- Abortion foes capitalize on health law they fought (AP)
- Music fans brave storm for Gulf Aid concert (AP)
- Soldier dies in Thai fighting as luxury ***el hit (Reuters)
- BP reports limited success in containing oil spill (Reuters)
- Bank teller Sandra Diaz-Twine wins 'Survivor' (AP)
- Filipino Muslim rebels open to talks with Aquino (AP)
- Japan machinery orders rise 5.4 percent in March (AP)
- China frets over rising capital inflow pressure (Reuters)
- Flyers rout Canadiens in East finals opener (AP)
- Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA (AP)
- Rogue "red shirt" military adviser dies - hospital (Reuters)
- Ash shuts major British, Dutch and Irish airports (Reuters)
- Afghan: US ranks harbor soldier chef in the field (AP)
- 578 addicts escape from rehab center in Vietnam (AP)
- Dramatic surge seen in kids hospitalized with MRSA (AP)
- Reports: Hatoyama, Clinton to discuss US **** (AP)
- Afghanistan: Pro-peace Muslim cleric assassinated (AP)
- HK democracy activists defend low election turnout (AP)
- Iraq recount fails to overturn Allawi election win (Reuters)
- "I do" goes high-tech with Japan robot priest (Reuters)
- China feels pain of weak euro: official (Reuters)
- China's *** "firewall" should be WTO issue: EU's Kroes (Reuters)
- China's Anshan Steel to invest in US steel mill (Reuters)
- Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal (AP)
- Iran, Brazil, Turkey sign nuclear swap deal (Reuters)
- Iran to ship enriched uranium to Turkey (AFP)
- 'Red' Thai general dead as Bangkok toll hits 35 (AFP)
- Second NATO troop killed in 24 hours in Afghanistan (AFP)
- India tests nuclear-capable missile: official (AFP)
- Samsung to invest 22.7 billion dollars in 2010 (AFP)
- HK govt: polls show low support for radical democrats (AFP)
- Suicide attackers target Afghan police (AFP)
- PNG PM sorry for calling graft protesters insane, evil (AFP)
- Pakistan kidnappers release hostages: official (AFP)
- Moms of 3 US hikers arrive in NY before Iran trip (AP)
- Iran inks deal to send enriched uranium to Turkey (AFP)
- Two Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
- Indoor air kills 2.2 million young Chinese: report (AFP)
- Six Chinese women hurt in cleaver attack: report (AFP)
- S.Lanka slammed over civilian deaths (AFP)
- Vietnam releases dissident after more than 3 years (AP)
- Passenger says he smelled burning on United flight (AP)
- Japan's Miyazaki beef threatened by foot-and-mouth (AFP)
- S.Korea freezes funds for N.Korea after ship sinking (AFP)
- U.N. to pick Costa Rican as new climate chief: sources (Reuters)
- Philippine president swears in new chief justice (AP)
- NATO unveils draft of new mission statement (AP)
- Afghan official: Passenger plane crashes (AP)
- Passenger plane missing in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)
- Beauty products offer Japan women rare promotions (AP)
- Pakistan's President Zardari faces legal challenge (Reuters)
- Airplane with 36 passengers missing in Afghanistan (Reuters)
- Soaring prices take shine off Indian gold (AFP)
- Philippine chopper crash kills governor, 5 others (AP)
- Markets punish euro, shares before EU talks (Reuters)
- Governor dies in Philippine helicopter crash (AFP)
- China jails Internet boot camp instructors (AFP)
- Collingwood hails England belief after Twenty20 triumph (AFP)
- Plane carrying 43 crashes in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)
- Love boat as Aussie, British solo sailors linked (AFP)
- 6 wounded, assailant killed, in new China rampage (AP)
- Iraq signs oil field deal with Chinese, Turkish firms (AFP)
- Explosion at Turkish coal mine traps at least 15 (AP)
- Report: Rebels blow up bus in India, killing 40 (AP)
- GM rides cost cuts, new model sales to 1Q profit (AP)
- Fox network reveals stable new fall schedule (AP)
- Men in uniform behead anti-al-Qaida cleric in Iraq (AP)
- Putin berates officials over deadly mine blast (AP)
- High court rules out life sentences for juveniles (AP)
- Supreme Court bars some life terms for juveniles (Reuters)
- Qaeda 'planned World Cup attack from Iraq' (AFP)
- Nine 'Baath candidates' can take Iraq seats (AFP)
- Iraq vows to quickly eliminate new Qaeda leaders (AFP)
- Russian president visits Ukraine to boost ties (AP)
- Wall Street reform's final round in Senate (Reuters)
- Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP)
- Russia's Medvedev cozies up to Ukraine with visit (Reuters)
- US court grants asylum to Obama's African aunt (AP)
- ADHD in kids tied to organophosphate pesticides (Reuters)
- Atty: Video shows police fired into Detroit home (AP)
- Spacewalk hit by brief power outage, no danger (AP)
- Waitress fired for griping about tip on Facebook (AP)
- Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles (AP)
- Latest attempt to block HIV: Stronger vaginal gels (AP)
- Specter, Dem primary foe make final push in Pa. (AP)
- Anti-Qaeda Sunni imams slaughtered in Iraq: military (AFP)
- Primary Day: Testing themes for big fall elections (AP)
- US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP)
- Treasury takes $2.1 billion loss on Chrysler loan (AP)
- Iraqi ****ball team checks out America's pastime on U.S. visit (McClatchy Newspa
- Mets' Manuel says he's not worried about job (AP)
- Scientists worry current could carry oil to Keys (AP)
- Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP)
- Primary Day: Testing themes for big fall elections (AP)
- Court rules out some life sentences for juveniles (AP)
- Thai Red Shirt offers ceasefire as deadline passes (AP)
- US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP)
- Atty: Video shows police fired into Detroit home (AP)
- Fired RI teachers approve deal to get jobs back (AP)
- Fox vows to boost 'Idol' in outlining new season (AP)
- Mets' Manuel says he's not worried about job (AP)
- Treasury takes $1.6 billion loss on Chrysler loan (AP)
- Presidential commission to probe Gulf oil spill (Reuters)
- Euro ministers to fix details of anti-contagion plan (Reuters)
- US: Iran nuclear deal will not halt sanctions plan (AFP)
- Standoff in Bangkok as more protests spring up (Reuters)
- Connecticut Democrat misstated military record: report (Reuters)
- Announcement possible as North Korea recalls parliament (Reuters)
- UN urges Thailand to 'step back from brink' (AFP)
- Kobe gets 40, Lakers rout Suns in opener (AP)
- Charlie Sheen sticking with 'Two and a Half Men' (AP)
- Two U.S. senators in jeopardy on big day of voting (Reuters)
- Suicide bomb kills 20 in Afghan capital (AFP)
- Bomb kills 11 people in northwestern Pakistan (AP)
- Suicide attack kills over 20 in Afghan capital (AFP)
- Jailed Russian oil tycoon declares hunger strike (AFP)
- Russia's Khodorkovsky begins hunger strike (Reuters)
- UK, Ireland set new flying zone to cut ash disruption (Reuters)
- At least 12 killed in Afghan suicide bombing (AP)
- Obama takes economic tour to Ohio (AP)
- Suicide attacker kills at least 17 in Afghan capital (Reuters)
- Greece to get $17.9 billion EU aid at 6 a.m. ET: official (Reuters)
- Israel quietly mulls Iran nuclear deal, sanctions (Reuters)
- Political fallout grows from Gulf spill (AFP)
- Afghan Strategy: U.S. Stands By Deals with Tribal Elders (Time.com)
- Russian mine boss resigns after rebuke from Putin (Reuters)
- NASA wants mission to bring Martian rocks to Earth (AP)
- Saudis free two German girls kidnapped in Yemen (AFP)
- Third German child taken in Yemen thought dead: family (AFP)
- UK Iraq inquiry to question officials in US (AP)
- Moms of 3 imprisoned US hikers Iran-bound (AP)
- Ex-Obama pastor: 'Obama threw me under the bus' (AP)
- Verizon dismisses Mass. man's $18,000 phone bill (AP)
- Greece gets first 14.5 bln euros of EU rescue loans (AFP)
- Malawi: Judge convicts gay couple (AP)
- China says welcomes Iran nuclear fuel swap deal (Reuters)
- Wholesale prices dip 0.1 percent in April (AP)
- Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky declares hunger strike (AP)
- ABC's fall schedule heavy on new dramas (AP)
- Karzai says West starts to get Taliban peace push (Reuters)
- Indiana Rep. Souder says he'll resign over affair (AP)
- Mothers of U.S. detainees in Iran to visit this week (Reuters)
- Major powers agree on Iran resolution: Clinton (Reuters)
- Greece gets first 14.5 bln euros of EU rescue loans (AFP)