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Today's World News: Truce in Yemen halts week of deadly clashes Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza travelers Ex-Honduran president Zelaya returns from exile NATO says destroyed Gaddafi compound guard towers After Mladic's Arrest, the E.U. Whispers Sweet Nothings to Serbia Italian firms look abroad as economy struggles Egypt fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruption Ex-leader returns to Honduras 2 years after ouster Libya rebels applaud G8, stress Kadhafi must go NATO air strike kills 14 civilians: Afghan officials Government sees smaller 2010-11 deficit than forecast Hollywood star Blanchett under fire over carbon tax Kung Fu Panda 2: Hollywood works harder to win Chinese audiences Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi Kung Fu Panda 2: How real life informs a fantasy A Dark Day for Brazil's Amazon Jungle Truce in Yemen halts week of deadly clashes Sat, 28 May 2011 11:35 pm PDT Reuters - A sense of calm returned to Yemen's embattled capital on Sunday hours after armed tribesman and President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces reached a truce to halt clashes threatening to plunge the state into civil war. Full Story Top Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant Sat, 28 May 2011 09:42 pm PDT Reuters - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan, an official of the plant operator said on Sunday. Full Story Top Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza travelers Sat, 28 May 2011 03:27 pm PDT Reuters - Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza Saturday, eroding a blockade of the Palestinian territory imposed by Israel to isolate its Islamist Hamas rulers. Full Story Top Ex-Honduran president Zelaya returns from exile Sat, 28 May 2011 04:38 pm PDT Reuters - Former president Manuel Zelaya returned to Honduras on Saturday after being exiled by the army two years ago in a coup, clearing the way for the nation to normalize relations with its neighbors in the Americas. Full Story Top NATO says destroyed Gaddafi compound guard towers Sat, 28 May 2011 10:24 pm PDT Reuters - NATO aircraft destroyed guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, a NATO official said on Saturday, then staged a rare daytime air strike on the Libyan capital, stepping up pressure on him to quit. Full Story Top After Mladic's Arrest, the E.U. Whispers Sweet Nothings to Serbia Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10 am PDT Time.com - The arrest of wartime general Ratko Mladic was a major condition of Serbia's candidacy for the European Union -- now the country is looking forward to being the new kid on the bloc Full Story Top Italian firms look abroad as economy struggles Sat, 28 May 2011 11:55 pm PDT AFP - Workers rioting in Italy's historic shipyards this week are only the latest sign of a sense of national economic gloom that is pushing businesses to look abroad for growth and profits. Full Story Top Egypt fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruption Sat, 28 May 2011 02:01 pm PDT AP - An Egyptian judge fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two other former officials $90 million Saturday for their role in cutting off mobile phone and Internet service during the uprising that ended Mubarak's rule earlier this year. Full Story Top Ex-leader returns to Honduras 2 years after ouster Sat, 28 May 2011 11:11 pm PDT AP - Former President Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras almost two years after being forced into exile by a military-backed coup has ended a crippling political crisis and paved the way for the impoverished country's reintegration into the international community. Full Story Top Libya rebels applaud G8, stress Kadhafi must go Sat, 28 May 2011 11:43 pm PDT AFP - Libyan rebel leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil applauded a call by G8 countries for Moamer Kadhafi to go, saying the strongman's departure is the only way out of Libya's crisis. Full Story Top NATO air strike kills 14 civilians: Afghan officials Sat, 28 May 2011 11:55 pm PDT AFP - At least 14 civilians were killed and six wounded in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan, according to the local authorities. Full Story Top Government sees smaller 2010-11 deficit than forecast Fri, 27 May 2011 11:52 am PDT Reuters - Canada is set to post a smaller 2010-11 budget deficit than the government had predicted, the Department of Finance said on Friday, possibly helping the Conservatives meet their goal of a quicker return to surplus. Full Story Top Hollywood star Blanchett under fire over carbon tax Sat, 28 May 2011 11:27 pm PDT AFP - Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett found herself under fire for fronting a campaign promoting the government's planned carbon tax, with critics saying she is out of touch with ordinary Australians. Full Story Top Kung Fu Panda 2: Hollywood works harder to win Chinese audiences Sat, 28 May 2011 06:07 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A decade ago, as China closed in on membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO), key negotiators now say, it wasn't talk of opening a huge market to grain or machinery that threatened talks: It was haggling over movies, the ultimate soft-power export. Full Story Top Medvedev's Improbable Mission: Mediating Peace with Gaddafi Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10 am PDT Time.com - Moscow is suddenly the only real power with any influence in Tripoli. But can the Russian President convince the Colonel that it's time to go? Full Story Top Kung Fu Panda 2: How real life informs a fantasy Sat, 28 May 2011 06:03 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - DreamWorks Animation's Ray­mond Zibach says the first "Kung Fu Panda" film was designed from books and Internet research, but he knew he had to go to China for "Kung Fu Panda 2": "We'd fallen in love with pandas from afar and had to go see them for ourselves to get the second film right," the production designer says. Full Story Top A Dark Day for Brazil's Amazon Jungle Thu, 26 May 2011 04:11 am PDT OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, May 25 (IPS) - The same day that the lower house of the Brazilian Congress approved a reform of the forestry code that would make it easier to clear land in the Amazon jungle for agriculture, a husband and wife team of activists who spent years fighting illegal deforestation in the rainforest were murdered. Full Story Top

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