Archive for May, 2010

Aide: Abbas says no need to quit peace talks (AP)

The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Monday, May 31, 2010. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP – An adviser to Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian president sees no need to quit indirect Mideast peace talks over Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound ship.


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Pakistan lifts Facebook ban after page removed (AP)

A contest organised by a Facebook user calling on people to draw the Prophet Mohammed to promote AP – Pakistan lifted a ban on Facebook on Monday after officials from the social networking site apologized for a page deemed offensive to Muslims and removed its contents, a top information technology official said.


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Tropical Storm Agatha kills 144 in Central America (AP)

Armed men carrying rifles keep watch as part of a civilian patrol group after landslides caused by Tropical Storm Agatha hit the el Pedregal neighborhood of Amatitlan May 31, 2010. Stunned victims of Agatha wept by destroyed homes and rescue crews dug bodies out of mud in Guatemala on Monday after torrential rain killed at least 113 people across Central America.   REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)AP – Flooding and landslides from the season’s first tropical storm have killed at least 144 people and left thousands homeless in Central America, officials said Monday.


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SKorea steps up campaign over ship sinking (AP)

Chinese students visit a stretch of the China-North Korean border that is divided by a small creek at the Hushan Great Wall near Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning province on Monday, May 31, 2010.  China held back from joining the chorus of nations condemning North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship, making quick international sanctions unlikely but perhaps buying time while China quietly leans on its unpredictable, nuclear-armed neighbor. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP – South Korea broadened efforts Monday to convince the world and its own public that North Korea sank one of its warships, sharing evidence with Russian torpedo experts and preparing a special briefing for influential bloggers and Twitter personalities.


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Sarah Ferguson was drinking wine during undercover sting

Fergie blames the booze. Sarah Ferguson tells Oprah Winfrey that she was tipsy when she got caught selling access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew in an undercover sting.

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After rain-out, Obama delivers speech back home (AP)

President Barack Obama departs Fisher House where he met with wounded veterans and their families, Monday, May  31, 2010 in Hines, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.


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Israel faces condemnation, protests after raid (AP)

Riot police surround pro-Palestinian Turks protesting against Israel, at the entrance of Israeli ambassador's residence in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 31, 2010. The Israeli military says more than 10 pro-Palestinian activists have been killed after attacking naval commandos who were halting an aid flotilla heading toward the blockaded Gaza Strip.The army says the soldiers were attacked with knives and clubs as they boarded the six vessels Monday.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP – Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world Monday over Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.


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