- Chinese man stabs children in kindergarten, 31 hurt (Reuters)
- NATO troops raid Afghan MP's home, kill relative (AFP)
- Deadly school attacks in China (AP)
- Nepal's Maoists gather ahead of protest (AFP)
- Mass. Cape Wind gets thumbs up, thumbs down (AP)
- Goldman set to settle SEC fraud case soon: report (Reuters)
- Ayers speech at Univ. of Wyo. without incident, US (AP)
- Thai troops struggle to contain Bangkok protests (Reuters)
- Radioactive material in scrapyard in India kills 1 (AP)
- Chechen leader denies connection to Vienna killing (AP)
- Prosecutors investigate Ukraine parliament chaos (AP)
- India, Pakistan leaders talk at regional meeting (AP)
- Thai FM draws fence around 'internal affair' (AFP)
- Japan PM appeals for union support amid **** row (AFP)
- Jobless claims fall to lowest level in 4 weeks (AP)
- Exxon Mobil 1Q profit jumps 38 percent (AP)
- Wen vows fairness for foreign, Chinese companies (AP)
- Baghdad recount will take an estimated 2-3 weeks (AP)
- Obama to honor Height as godmother of civil rights (AP)
- Suu Kyi asks court to stop party dissolution (AFP)
- 2 miners missing in Ky. coal mine rock fall (AP)
- French army says it mistakenly killed 4 Afghans (AP)
- Shakira visiting Phoenix over immigration law (AP)
- Baghdad vote recount starts Monday: officials (AFP)
- Iraq slams Kuwait for interfering with its airline (AP)
- Nightmare maiden London flight for Iraqi Airways (AFP)
- Putin tags polar bear in Russia's Arctic (AP)
- Car-bomb blast in Russia's Dagestan kills 2: police (Reuters)
- Russian PM Putin orders Arctic cleanup (Reuters)
- Woods all wet at Quail Hollow (AP)
- Thai chaos leaves power vacuum (AP)
- Obama sends top aides to oil spill site (AP)
- Iraq vote recount to start Monday (Reuters)
- Gulf oil slick expected to hit landfall Friday (Reuters)
- China will undertake greater global role: Wen (AFP)
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- Suicide bomber kills 2 police in Russian province (AP)
- Gov. Schwarzenegger pledges full support for health reform (AP)
- House panel mulls bill to ease Cuban embargo (Reuters)
- Myanmar aid barriers hinder cyclone recovery: HRW (AFP)
- Elders' absence hinders army goals in NW Pakistan (AP)
- Vietnam seeks funds to clear unexploded wartime bombs (AFP)
- Rights groups to challenge Arizona immigration law (Reuters)
- Crist set to kick off close Fla. Senate race (Reuters)
- Senate launches debate on Wall Street bill (Reuters)
- Democrats push to stem corporate campaign money (Reuters)
- British PM faces crunch TV test after 'bigot' gaffe (AFP)
- Pakistan to get $600 mln under U.S. program: Pentagon (Reuters)
- 'Andy Griffith Show' actress robbed in 'Mayberry' (AP)
- Dead or alive, Mehsud not running the Pakistani Taliban: US (AFP)
- U.S. piles more duties on China, Indonesia paper (Reuters)
- Pakistan agents believe Taliban's Mehsud is alive (Reuters)
- UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund (AP)
- Saddam's loyalists in Syria blast US (AP)
- Navy to allow women to serve on submarines (AP)
- Teen gets 40 years in Border Patrol agent's murder (AP)
- Congress debates referendum on Puerto Rico (AP)
- FDA approves breakthrough cancer therapy Provenge (AP)
- US moving to reimburse Pakistan for military costs: Pentagon (AFP)
- Iraq's banned Baath holds first public meeting in Syria (AFP)
- Obama takes immigration reform off agenda (AP)
- O'Brien: I wouldn't have done what Jay Leno did (AP)
- Champions Pakistan humbled by Zimbabwe (AFP)
- Shanghai ready to welcome world to Expo (AFP)
- AP source: Obama interviews Thomas for high court (AP)
- Doctors use gene sequence to predict health risks (AP)
- Japan to seek arrest of anti-whaling Sea Shepherd chief: NHK (AFP)
- New twist in Iraq election crisis: Maliki's enemies latch onto torture allegations
- US, Russia seek adoption pact (AP)
- Gulf Coast oil spill could eclipse Exxon Valdez (AP)
- Obama takes immigration reform off agenda (AP)
- Ky. mine where 2 died had roof support problems (AP)
- O'Brien: I wouldn't have done what Jay Leno did (AP)
- New York marchers protest Wall Street, big banks (Reuters)
- Japan to seek arrest of anti-whaling Sea Shepherd chief: NHK (AFP)
- Japan's jobless rate rises to 5.0 percent in March (AFP)
- AP source: Obama interviews Thomas for high court (AP)
- Fla. gov dumps GOP, runs for Senate as independent (AP)
- Congress approves referendum on Puerto Rico future (AP)
- Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China (AP)
- Oil slick expected to hit coast reserve Thursday (Reuters)
- Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters)
- Florida's Crist launches independent Senate bid (Reuters)
- Video depicts Canadian as bomb-maker's apprentice (Reuters)
- Report: Japan gets warrant for anti-whaling boss (AP)
- Now a good time for China property tax: researcher (Reuters)
- Domestic tabby in SC adopts abandoned bobcats (AP)
- Democrats unveil immigration reform plan (Reuters)
- AP source: Criminal probe of Goldman under way (AP)
- Navy to allow women to serve on submarines (AP)
- Britain's Brown fails in final TV election debate (AFP)
- Samsung Electronics posts record Q1 profit (AFP)
- Samsung says 1Q net profit surges, sales rise (AP)
- Disaster looms as oil slick closes on US coast (AFP)
- Elders' absence hinders army goals in NW Pakistan (AP)
- S.Korea's Lee to meet China's Hu, talks on warship (AFP)
- Spurs finish off No. 2 seed Mavs in 6 (AP)
- Japan PM renews vow to resolve U.S. **** row (Reuters)
- EU China talks over how, not if, to sanction Iran (Reuters)
- North Korea to expel South Korean workers from resort (Reuters)
- Thai protesters storm major hospital in Bangkok (AP)
- Consumer spending likely drove growth in Q1 (AP)
- Economy likely grew 3.4 percent in first quarter (Reuters)
- Japan factory output up, but unemployment worsens (AP)
- Shanghai ready to welcome world to Expo (AFP)
- Thai hospital evacuated after protesters storm in (AFP)
- N.Korea expels most S.Koreans from resort (AFP)
- China understood currency message: EU's Barroso (Reuters)
- Pets suffer in high rise Hong Kong (AFP)
- 'Spanish climber dies on Nepal's Annapurna' (AFP)
- EU official: China eyes targeted sanctions on Iran (AP)
- Pakistan look to restore pride against Bangladesh (AFP)
- Shanghai shuts down financial district ahead of Expo (Reuters)
- Japan's central bank holds interest rates steady (AP)
- Suns beat Blazers 99-90 to advance to round 2 (AP)
- Oil from leaking well 'washes ashore' in Louisiana (AFP)
- NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan: ISAF (AFP)
- Pakistani suspect in Mumbai attacks faces court verdict (AFP)
- Five dead in Indian temple stampede: police (AFP)
- Toyota sets up design quality division (AP)
- Indian army foils Kashmir infiltration bid, 3 dead (AFP)
- Man burns self in China school attack: report (AFP)
- Deadly school attacks in China (AP)
- Migratory bird sanctuary threatened in Philippines (AFP)
- Thai woman, Philippine man convicted in Cambodia (AP)
- Japan data shows mixed signs for recovery (AFP)
- Vietnam celebrates 35th anniversary of war's end (AP)
- EU chief says China still has confidence in euro (AP)
- Sarkozy ends Beijing visit at Forbidden City (AFP)
- Chinese co's N American headquarters to be in LA (AP)
- '15 feared dead' after Indian school boat accident (AFP)
- Hawaii lawmakers OK civil unions, send bill to gov (AP)
- 2 Ind. boys accused of killing stepdad to run away (AP)
- Thai protesters on defensive after storming hospital (Reuters)
- EU's Barroso says confident Greece will contain crisis (AFP)
- Myanmar premier forming new election party (AFP)
- ANA posts annual net loss of 610 million dollars (AFP)
- Australia's 'baby-faced killer' buried in golden casket (AFP)
- South Korea's Lee meets Hu; sunken ship in backdrop (Reuters)
- Sarkozy, other leaders in Shanghai for World Expo (AP)
- Beijing unveils limits to control housing market (AFP)
- Pakistan, India still have much to do on ties (Reuters)
- Mumbai attack planner had 'split' personality: uncle (AFP)
- Pakistan troops kill at least eight militants (AFP)
- Water dispute fuels India-Pakistan tensions (AP)
- Iraq PM slams calls for foreign role in election (AP)
- UK poll puts Cameron on top after final debate (AP)
- NZ face S.Lanka in World T20 cricket opener (AFP)
- 'Essar Energy cuts IPO price amid volatile markets' (AFP)
- Axelrod: No new drilling until answers on accident (AP)
- Swiss don't want secret testimony in Polanski case (AP)
- Bangladeshi garment workers protest over wages (AFP)
- Chinese man burns self to death in new school attack (Reuters)
- Cambodia court rejects bail for K.Rouge leaders (AFP)
- German private sector to help Greece (Reuters)
- Delhi university probed over radioactive waste (AFP)
- Iraqi Airways in legal dispute with Kuwaiti rival (AFP)
- Indonesia police say arrested American had hashish (AP)
- China to start global 24-hour English TV news (AP)
- India's Catholic bishops frame new sex abuse rules (AP)
- China complains after diplomat assaulted in Texas (Reuters)
- Three Afghan civilians 'killed by foreign forces' (AFP)
- Intel: Ex-Pakistan spy found dead in tribal region (AP)
- Indonesia police link Aceh training camp to ***el bombings (Reuters)
- China: Diplomat beaten, injured by Houston police (AP)
- Spain jobless rate surpasses 20 pct (AP)
- Exclusive: BP CEO says will pay oil spill claims (Reuters)
- Iraq's Maliki rejects rival's call for intervention (Reuters)
- Outcry at Russian government's media crackdown bid (Reuters)
- Police in Azerbaijan detain dozens marking massacre (Reuters)
- NKorea says imprisoned American speaks to family (AP)
- Letterman putting life back together after scandal (AP)
- AP source: LeBron wins 2nd MVP award (AP)
- Massey, mining regulator under FBI probe: report (Reuters)
- Three Afghan civilians 'killed by foreign forces' (AFP)
- Petraeus: Tough times ahead for south Afghanistan (AP)
- US says Mideast peace talks to resume next week (AP)
- NKorea allows jailed American to phone home: KCNA (AFP)
- Chinese dissident disappears again (AFP)
- Nepal Maoists expect half a million for anti-government demo (AFP)
- Force India no longer a Formula One minnow (AFP)
- Taiwan firm hopeful as US to probe its claim against Apple (AFP)
- Prominent Pakistan ex-spy killed: officials (AFP)
- Putin proposes Gazprom, Ukraine's Naftogaz merge (AP)
- Downed U-2 pilot's son on own mission in Russia (AP)
- Six Indian policemen arrested for supplying arms to Maoists (AFP)
- North Korea has plenty of doctors: WHO (Reuters)
- Petraeus warns Kandahar of violent summer ahead (Reuters)
- Death penalty returns in Taiwan, 4 executed (Reuters)
- Vietnam War journalists reunite for anniversary (AP)
- Reckless private security companies anger Afghans (AP)
- UN: More funds needed for Myanmar cyclone recovery (AP)
- High food costs force Indians to do more with less (AP)
- Lion cub triplets at NYC zoo are cuteness royalty (AP)
- Anand keeps lead after draw in 5th game (AFP)
- Pakistan to consult India on date to talk (AFP)
- India, Japan set to conclude trade pact in 2010: minister (AFP)
- Taiwan puts four to death in first executions since 2005 (AFP)
- Militant turncoat leads Iraqis to al-Qaida chiefs (AP)
- Iraq death toll in April almost same as last year (AFP)
- Putin stuns Ukraine with surprise gas deal (Reuters)
- Putin proposes merging Gazprom, Ukraine gas firm (AFP)
- Activists hope Ariz. law opposition boosts rallies (AP)
- Jury convicts on 2 charges in Palin e-**** hacking (AP)
- Many endangered turtles dying on Texas Gulf Coast (AP)
- Mom turns in son for stealing drugs from her bra (AP)
- Favre says ankle injury not 'debilitating' (AP)
- Sri Lanka make 135-6 against New Zealand (AFP)
- U.S. needs more oversight of Afghan funds: auditors (Reuters)
- Nearly 3,000 pound steer sold at Montana auction (AP)
- Oversight report: Afghan army barracks delayed (AP)
- US welcomes NKorean 'gesture' toward US prisoner (AFP)
- Second drilling rig overturns in Louisiana (Reuters)
- Veteran's award-winning poems trace journey to Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)
- Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now (AP)
- 'Glee' star Lea Michele makes Time's top 100 list (AP)
- Tiger Woods misses the cut at Quail Hollow (AP)
- Taiwan executive to serve US prison time in price-fix case (AFP)
- Taiwan executes 4 inmates (AP)
- Choppy seas frustrate effort to contain oil spill (AP)
- Ariz. gov signs bill revising new immigration law (AP)
- Authorities seek wounded Arizona deputy in desert (AP)
- Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now (AP)
- Doctor: Bret Michaels' will to live 'undeniable' (AP)
- Rain in the forecast for Kentucky Derby (AP)
- U.S. fights to defend fragile coast from big oil spill (Reuters)
- China carmaker puts N. American headquarters in LA (AP)
- NKorea says imprisoned American speaks to family (AP)
- Jury convicts on 2 charges in Palin e-**** hacking (AP)
- China says Houston police beat, injured diplomat (AP)
- Ind. boys accused of killing stepdad to run away (AP)
- Catherine Bach's husband dies in apparent suicide (AP)
- Cletus, the nearly 3,000-lb steer sold at auction (AP)
- Shanghai marks comeback with Expo extravaganza (AP)
- Disaster looms as oil slick reaches US coast (AFP)
- Hawks beat Bucks 83-69, force Game 7 (AP)
- Penguins power past Canadiens 6-3 in Game 1 (AP)
- Greek PM urges country to accept cuts as unions rally (AFP)
- China tightens school security after 3rd attack (AP)
- US man jailed in NKorea phones home (AFP)
- Vietnam War journalists reunite for anniversary (AP)
- Survey: China manufacturing accelerated in April (AP)
- Shanghai World Expo throws open its doors (AFP)
- Officials: 3 dead, 25 hurt in Arkansas tornadoes (AP)
- Thai standoff may worsen to civil war: crisis group (Reuters)
- Nepal steps up security for Maoist protest (AP)
- Taiwan carries out first death sentences in years (AP)
- Taiwan rights groups lash out at executions (AFP)
- All Blacks' lock Williams out for season (AFP)
- Vietnam detains senior monk, banned Buddhists say (AFP)