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Monday, May 30, 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Today's World News: Six killed as Yemeni forces fire at protesters in Taiz French ex-Minister in Libya, would defend Gaddafi Blast injures 10 in Pakistan's North Waziristan Belgrade protest against Mladic arrest turns violent Pakistan to launch operation in N. Waziristan: report After Mladic's Arrest, the E.U. Whispers Sweet Nothings to Serbia HSBC eyes Islamic services in Australia: report Yemen leader accused of allowing Islamist takeover Zelaya: Honduras coup was international conspiracy S. Africa's Jacob Zuma in Libya for talks NATO apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths Canada hopes U.S. reaches agreement in budget fight Australian robots have learnt to talk the talk 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 Six killed as Yemeni forces fire at protesters in Taiz Sun, 29 May 2011 03:51 pm PDT Reuters - Yemeni forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on protesters in the southern city of Taiz on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 120, hospital sources said. Full Story Top French ex-Minister in Libya, would defend Gaddafi Sun, 29 May 2011 03:55 pm PDT Reuters - Former French foreign minister Roland Dumas visited Libya as a lawyer to prepare a legal case on behalf of victims of NATO bombing and said he was prepared to defend leader Muammar Gaddafi if he is sent to The Hague. Full Story Top Blast injures 10 in Pakistan's North Waziristan Sun, 29 May 2011 11:43 pm PDT Reuters - A blast at a restaurant in Pakistan's tribal North Waziristan region near the Afghan border wounded ten people on Monday, officials said. Full Story Top Belgrade protest against Mladic arrest turns violent Sun, 29 May 2011 01:55 pm PDT Reuters - Serbian nationalists attacked police in Belgrade on Sunday at a rally where about 10,000 protesters demanded President Boris Tadic and his government quit over the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic. Full Story Top Pakistan to launch operation in N. Waziristan: report Sun, 29 May 2011 09:07 pm PDT Reuters - Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban on the border with Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Monday. 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 HSBC eyes Islamic services in Australia: report Sun, 29 May 2011 11:11 pm PDT AFP - Banking giant HSBC said Monday it was thinking of introducing Islamic financial services in Australia where the government is keen to use such offerings to grow as a regional finance hub. Full Story Top Yemen leader accused of allowing Islamist takeover Sun, 29 May 2011 03:58 pm PDT AP - Hundreds of Islamic militants cemented control over a town in southern Yemen on Sunday, even seizing army tanks, military officials said, while breakaway army units encouraged other military forces to switch their loyalties and join the uprising. Full Story Top Zelaya: Honduras coup was international conspiracy Sun, 29 May 2011 05:48 pm PDT AP - Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Sunday the coup that toppled him two years ago was an international conspiracy and that some of those plotting his ouster wanted to kill him. Full Story Top S. Africa's Jacob Zuma in Libya for talks Sun, 29 May 2011 07:05 pm PDT AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Tripoli Monday for talks that officials said will focus on an "exit strategy" for Moamer Kadhafi, as Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for the strongman to go. Full Story Top NATO apologizes for Afghan civilian deaths Sun, 29 May 2011 11:50 pm PDT AP - NATO officials apologized Monday for an airstrike that inadvertently killed a group of women and children, saying that they thought there were only insurgents inside the targeted compound when they ordered the strike. Full Story Top Canada hopes U.S. reaches agreement in budget fight Sun, 29 May 2011 12:59 pm PDT Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Sunday he has talked with U.S. Republican budget leaders about the need to reach a resolution with the White House. Full Story Top Australian robots have learnt to talk the talk Sun, 29 May 2011 11:45 pm PDT Reuters - They're not discussing the latest celebrity gossip or passing on stock tips just yet, but Australian robots have begun talking to each other -- and in a language of their own devising. 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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