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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left. shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, after a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 8, 2010.

photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta

Russia, Turkey and Iran Meet, Posing Test for U.S. Diplomacy
read more The New York Times

ISTANBUL — Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran convened at a security summit meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday in a display of regional power that appeared to be calculated to test the United States just days before a scheduled American-backed debate in the United Nations Security Council on imposing tighter sanctions over Iran’s nuclear...

Carl Pellegrin (left) of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Tim Kimmel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare to net an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

photo: US Coast Guard / PO2 John Miller

BP to add second containment effort
read more The Dallas Morning News

PENSACOLA - Oil giant BP will deploy a second containment system by mid-June to capture more crude gushing from the undersea blowout, federal officials said Monday, as President Barack Obama continued to take a tough stance against the petroleum company, saying he wants claims settled quickly and using some salty language. Obama said he's been...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks to supporters during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi (freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Ahmadinejad says nuclear swap deal one-time offer
read more The Star

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The nuclear fuel swap deal reached between Iran and Turkey and Brazil is an opportunity that will not be repeated, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. His comments appeared to be aimed at the international community, with a vote to impose tougher sanctions on Tehran looming at the U.N. Security...

A man works at a computer at the stock market in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday April 29, 2010. The European debt crisis spread Wednesday when Standard & Poor's lowered its credit rating for Spain amid concerns about the country's growth prospects following the collapse of a construction bubble.

photo: AP / Manu Fernandez

Spain trade unions set to strike
read more Al Jazeera

Spanish public sector trade unions are preparing to hold strikes around the country in protest against government austerity measures. Rallies are also planned for Tuesday following government plans last month to cut public sector workers' wages by five per cent to reduce the country's large state deficit. "We think quite a lot of people will follow...

Israeli soldiers pass by right wing students demonstrating in support of Israel following a deadly raid by Israel's navy on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip, outside the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June 1, 2010.

photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill

Israel to hold own flotilla probe
read more Al Jazeera

Israel has said it will launch its own investigations into last week's deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, after rejecting a UN proposal for an international probe into the attack. In a statement on Monday, the Israeli military said it was gathering an "internal team of experts" to examine the operation and "establish lessons from the event". It...

Mexican army soldiers stand guard next to a tunnel at the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 4, 2010. According to the army, the 500 feet long tunnel was used to smuggle people and drugs into the US, and one person was detained during the operation. (AP Photo)

photo: AP

55 bodies recovered from old silver mine in Mexico
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TAXCO, Mexico - At least 55 bodies have been recovered from an abandoned silver mine that became a dumping ground for apparent victims of Mexico's drug violence, authorities said Monday. The search for more victims ended over the weekend at the mine on the outskirts of Taxco, a colonial-era tourist town famous for its silver jewelry, said Albertico...

Former junior traderJerome Kerviel of the French bank Societe Generale SA, center, and his lawyers Francis Tissot, left, and Caroline Wassermann arrive at the Financial Investigations Police headquarters in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 16 , 2008.

photo: AP / Francois Mori

Capitalism in the dock as Kerviel goes on trial
read more The Independent

If you want to hide a leaf, find a forest. Jérôme Kerviel, alleged to be the world's biggest rogue trader, will attempt to hide a Euro5bn leaf in a multi-trillion euro forest when he goes on trial in Paris today. Mr Kerviel's defence will be horrendously complex - and very simple. His lawyers will admit that what he did in 2007-8 - to bet more than...

Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse the audience, during the launching ceremony of a campaign against child conscription at the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009.

photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lankan leader appeals for Tamils' trust
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse urged Tamil leaders on Monday to trust him and help resolve outstanding problems following the country's civil war, warning he would not bow to terrorism. Rajapakse told the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) party, formerly a front for the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, that he was...

Canadian soldiers with 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, get ready to reinforce troops after one of their comrades got injured by an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, June 7, 2010.

photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus

10 NATO troopers killed on deadly Afghan day
read more The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Ten NATO service members, seven of them American, were killed in separate attacks Monday on the deadliest day of the year for foreign forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. civilian contractor who trains Afghan police also died in a suicide attack. The bloodshed comes as insurgents step up bombings and other attacks ahead of a...

Finance ministers of the Eurozone sign a multibillion dollar bailout fund that could rescue any member of Europe's currency union from default during a Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg, Monday, June 7, 2010.

photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert

Euro-Zone Finance Ministers Strike Deal to Create a Safety Net
read more The New York Times

BRUSSELS — A deal was struck Monday to establish a €440 billion safety net for debt-laden countries in the euro zone, a move that officials hope will calm the markets that have helped prompt a slide in the value of the euro. For several weeks, there has been uncertainty about the technicalities of a large-scale rescue plan, worth a total...