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Thursday, 12 May 2011

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6 dead in NATO-led strike on Gaddafi compound Khaleej Times

NATO-led air strikes hit Moamer Gaddafi's compound on Thursday, killing six people, the Libyan regime said as rebels celebrated the capture of Misrata airport and a British invitation to open their...

Spain scrambles tents, food for quake evacuees Yahoo Daily News

LORCA, Spain (AFP) – Army and emergency workers pitched tents and handed out food to thousands of evacuees on Thursday after a killer 5.1-magnitude quake smashed through an historic Spanish...

John Demjanjuk found guilty of Nazi war crimes The Guardian

German court sentences 91-year-old Ukrainian to five years for his part in killing 28,060 Jews at Sobibór concentration camp John Demjanjuk was found guilty of being an accessory to mass murder while...

Officials: Bin Laden eyed small cities as targets Seattle Times

WASHINGTON — Though hunted and in hiding, Osama bin Laden remained the driving force behind every recent al-Qaida terror plot, U.S. officials say, citing his private journal and other documents...

New signs of power struggle at top levels in Iran Yahoo Daily News

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's constitutional watchdog rebuked the president Wednesday for trying to merge Cabinet ministries without parliamentary approval — the latest sign of discord at the highest levels of the ruling Islamic system in Tehran....

Osama Bin Laden Journal Seized During Raid Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Deep in hiding, his terror organization becoming battered and fragmented, Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to hit the U.S., officials say, citing his private journal and other documents recovered in last...

Cannes Fest Kicks Off With 'Boots' Stars Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek VH1

Stars appear at French festival to promote 'Shrek' spin-off 'Puss in Boots.' by Christina Garibaldi, with reporting by Josh Horowitz The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday (May 11), and the French town has been completely...

Uganda opposition leader Kizza Besigye 'allowed home' BBC News

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has told the BBC he has now been allowed to return home after earlier being barred. He had initially said he was prevented from boarding a flight from Nairobi to Uganda after receiving medical...

UN Stresses Security Council's Duty to Protect Civilians Scoop

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 3:26 pm Press Release: United Nations UN Officials Stress Security Council’s Role In Protecting Civilians During Armed Conflict New York, May 10 2011 - The recent unrest in North Africa and the Middle East and the...

WikiLeaks' Assange gets Australian peace prize Chicago Tribune

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' Australian founder Julian Assange, who enraged Washington by publishing thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, was given a peace award on Tuesday for "exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights." Assange was...

Supreme Court verdict on Bhopal gas tragedy today The Hindu

CBI has sought severe punishment for Union Carbide India officials...

Police say New York may have two serial killers The Independent

Police in Long Island who earlier this spring rang the alarm about a possible serial killer preying on prostitutes and dumping their remains along lonely stretches of a beachside road now believe they are looking at the gruesome work of at least two...

Afghanistan 'must not be abandoned' The Guardian

The international community must make it clear it will not abandon Afghanistan after the security handover in 2014, the commander of British forces in the country has warned. A lack of long-term commitment would allow the Taliban to wait out the...

4 UN peacekeepers wounded in southern Sudan Yahoo Daily News

UNITED NATIONS – Four U.N. peacekeepers have been shot and wounded in southern Sudan while on patrol close to the disputed town of Abyei. U.N....

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