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May 20th, 2011

Friday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded Deadly Clashes in Afghanistan: German Soldiers Fired Deliberately at Protesters
Study Finds Data Lacking on Sailors' Exposure to Agent Orange Gen. Kayani Asked for 'Continuous Predator Coverage'
Georgia Says Russian Slaughter of Circassians Was Genocide Admiral Mullen Requests a Third 'Restricted Operating Zone' for US Aircraft Over Fata
Government Official Urged Follow-Up Drone Strikes NATO Officials Bewildered by Ill-Prepared Zardari
Ambassador Hopeful About US Troop Deployment on the Ground in Pakistan US Criticised President's Showdown With Sharifs
Ron Paul Responds to President Obama's Middle East Speech Deadline Passes for US Forces in Libyan Conflict
US Denies Allegations of 'Furious' Clinton-Netanyahu Exchange US Official to Haaretz: Netanyahu Focus on 1967 Borders Missing the Point
Distress Call for Thousands More African Migrants Fleeing Libya, Stranded at Chad Border India Red-Faced as Most-Wanted Fugitives Are Found Not in Pakistan but at Home
2 Former Presidential Candidates in Belarus Given Suspended Sentences European Parliament Panel Urges Mexico to Try Military Abuse Cases in Civilian Courts
Mexican Police Catch Top Gulf Drug Cartel Member, Cite Drop in Ciudad Juarez Killings Shadow of Disgraced President Fujimori Looms Large in Peru Election as Daughter Runs
Uganda Denounces, Attacks Journalists Over Coverage of Opposition-Led Protests Sudan Army Says South Attacked It in Hotspot of Abyei; South Accuses North of Bombing Run
Pakistan Ordered About a Fifth of US Special Forces Trainers to Leave the Country as Relations Deteriorated Obama Misses Deadline for Congressional Approval of Libya Operations
Wannabe Seals Pay for a Taste of Special Ops Fighting for the Right to Tell Lies
Spike in Violence Peaks With Bloody Blasts in Northern Iraqi City Beset by Ethnic Tensions France Joins Poland and Germany on Wider Unity
Iraqis Fleeing Violence in Syria, Yemen and Libya See Safety in Their Homeland Federal Judges Tosses Parts of Blackwater Whistleblower Suit, Other Key Claims Head to Trial
Appeals Court Panel Rejects Syria's Request to Throw Out $400m Judgment in Beheadings Iraq: Human Rights Committee in Nineveh Works on Settling Detainees' Situation
At Hussein Shrine, Nostalgia for a Strong Leader Cables Reveal Role of US Troops in Pakistan
WikiLeaks: the Pakistan Papers Newspaper in Pakistan Publishes WikiLeaks Cables
Watchdog Sues to See Justice Department Memo on Phone Records Palestinian Sees Prospects of Deal Receding
Pentagon Asks Nation to 'Move On' From bin Laden Appeals Court Upholds $413 Million Lawsuit Against Syria
Gulf Arab Ministers to Meet on Yemen Bahrain Editors Deny Charges Amid Reports of Continuing Bloodbath
Torture Fears Over Bahrain Crackdown Journalists in Afghanistan Under Siege
US Lawsuit Alleges Iran Helped Plan September 11 Attacks US Revises Visa Policy in Gesture to Iranians
Iraq Sticks With Lofty Oil Plan -- for Now Obama Asks Congress to Ok Libya Intervention
Palestinian Sees Prospects of Deal Receding Obama Asks Congress for Resolution on Libya
UK Soldiers 'Unlawfully Killed' by Gunman Pressure on Iranian President as Aide Is Held
At Least 34 Killed as Syria Cracks Down on Massive Protests US Missile Shield Aimed at Russia, Russian Analysis Shows
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills Four in Pakistan Tens of Thousands Protest Against President Saleh Across Yemen
Turkish Ngo Reiterates Plans for Second Gaza Flotilla European Ministers Support Obama's Call for a Palestinian State
Palestinians Say Netanyahu Not Ready for Peace 2 Cops Killed, 8 Wounded in Mosul
Demonstrators Demand Kuwait Change Policies Al Qaeda Should Watch Its Back: Obama
India Had Insufficient Evidence Against Pakistan: Cable UN to Assist Syrians Fleeing Into Lebanon as Crackdown Intensifies
Livni: PM Is Jeopardizing Israel' Syria: Obama Speech Offered Nothing New
Mexico Poet an Emblem of Nation's Drug War Carnage Egypt: Journalists Questioned, Forced to Clear Mubarak Reports With Military
Obama and Netanyahu Meeting Goes Into Overtime Iran Watchdog Says Ahmadinejad Oil Ministry Move Illegal
US Extends 2-Year Visas to Iranian Students Nothing We Can't Do, Obama Tells CIA
In New Egypt, Police Talk to Human Rights Groups Netanyahu Rebukes Obama's Call for New Peace Talks
South Africa: Libya Fed 'Misinformation' on Journalist US Will Go After al-Qaeda Leadership Anywhere: Clinton
Rwanda's Grassroots Genocide Courts to Close DR Congo Ex-Fighters Seek Asylum in Netherlands
US Urges South Sudan to 'Account' for Attack on North Punjab Cancels Six US Aid Agreements
Muslim Convert Charged With Threats to 'South Park' Creators Spain PM Cagey on Breaking Up Banned Protests
25 Activists Detained at the Israeli Embassy Released With Suspended Sentences Algeria to Hold Reform Talks, Boycotted by Opposition
Poverty Does Not Breed Extremism in Pakistan, Study Finds Pakistan's Taliban Kill 2 in Bomb Targeting US Diplomats
Radical Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki's Lunch at the Pentagon After September 11 Pakistan, India Discuss Sir Creek Border Dispute; Could Lead to More Progress
Top CIA Osama bin Laden Hunter Helped Bilk $200m From Pentagon CIA Chief in Ankara to Discuss Possible Regime Change in Syria: Turkish Paper
Tamil Tiger Faction Head Questioned in Norway Ex-Honduran President Returns to Honduras on May 28
Mexican Drug War Capital Renames Itself 'Heroic' No Court Martial for Australians Over Afghan Deaths
Palestinian Protesters Injured by Israeli Fire in Gaza US Senator Calls for Free Trade Pacts in Middle East
World Press Photo Exhibit Closes Over Mideast Row New Fleet of Gaza Blockade-Busters to Sail in June: Charity
Bahrain Insists Open to Dialogue With Opposition Factbox: Borders in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
World Backs Obama Palestinian Plan as Israel Digs in Heels US Declines to Confirm Reported Tense Netanyahu Call
Russia: US Missile Shield May Cause New Arms Race Russia Presses US for Guarantee on Missile Shield
Israeli 'Spy' Sought Info on Russia-Arab Arms Trade: FSB US Envoy Presses Myanmar on North Korea Ties
Japan Warns South Koreans Over Tour of Disputed Island US Admits Japanese-American Internment 'Mistake'
US Envoy Ends Myanmar Mission With Doubts US Team to Visit Pyongyang on Food Aid: Official
North Sudan Accuses South of Convoy Ambush in Abyei UN on Back Foot in Row With Timor PM
Sudan Army Says It Was Attacked in Border Hotspot UN, EU, Russia Back Obama's Mideast 'Vision'
Russia Steps Up Criticism of NATO Libya Campaign Kuwait Approved Over Syria on UN Rights Council
Lawyers Ask NYC Judge to Find Iran Liable for 9/11 Farrakhan Aide Released in Guyana, Demands Apology
Official Says 1,700 Taliban Give Up Their Arms Over Past Year Afghanistan, West Hope Farming Will Crush Taliban, Poppy Lure
US Drone Strike Kills Four in Pakistan: Officials NATO Says Libya Airstrikes Cripple Gadhafi's Forces
Saleh Calls for Early Election as Yemenis Protest Al-Qaeda Eyed Oil Tankers as Bombing Targets
Prosecutor to Probe War Crimes in Ivory Coast Baghdad Tests Citywide Security Siren
Iraqis Flee Violence in Syria, Return Home Afghan Shooting: Soldiers Were 'Unlawfully Killed'
Confusion Over North Korean Leader's China Visit Taiwan Spy Case: General Lo Hsien-Che 'Had China Links'
Artist Ai Weiwei's Company 'Evaded Taxes,' Says China Iraq Inquiry: Campbell Hits Back Over Dossier Evidence
Netherlands Grants Asylum to Ex-Judge Charged in Turkey Russian Billionaire Lebedev to Back Putin Group
India: 'Most Wanted in Pakistan' Errors Embarrass Government Pakistan Taliban Bomb US Consulate Convoy in Peshawar
Pakistan Probe Into Killings of Five Unarmed Foreigners Photographer Anton Hammerl 'Killed by Libyan Troops'
Sudan: Further Violence in Abyei Border Region Syrian Troops Fire During Protests; 34 Killed
Egypt's Crackdown Now Wears Camouflage Yemen President Calls for Early Elections
Obama to Aides: Netanyahu Will Never Do What It Takes to Achieve Mideast Peace Is Jon Huntsman the GOP's New Antiwar Candidate?
Iraqi Police Officer's Legs Amputated in Blast Iran Body Rules Ahmadinejad Can't Be Oil Caretaker
Bomb in Pakistan Hits US Vehicle; 1 Pakistani Dies Fiji Army Fugitive Claims Civilians Are Tortured
Kept in Chains: Few Facilities for the 1 in 3 Somalis Who Suffer Mental Illness EU Warns Against Bluefin Tuna Fishing in Libya Waters

May 19th, 2011

No Clear Signs From Obama as 'War Powers Act' Deadline Arrives
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