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All rights reservedThu, 23 May 2013 17:15:31 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/world/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-scrambles-save-credibility-ahead-peace-talks-211531717.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZwfP.vnzuODQwKvj2HwdrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T211531Z_1_CBRE94M1N2000_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS-OPPOSITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sabra, acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul" align="left" title="Sabra, acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul" border="0" /></a>By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve internal divisions, the Syrian National Coalition began talks in Istanbul to elect a coherent leadership and decide on the conference which could take place in Geneva in the coming weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-scrambles-save-credibility-ahead-peace-talks-211531717.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:15:31 -0400Reuterssyrian-opposition-scrambles-save-credibility-ahead-peace-talks-211531717<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-scrambles-save-credibility-ahead-peace-talks-211531717.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZwfP.vnzuODQwKvj2HwdrA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T211531Z_1_CBRE94M1N2000_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS-OPPOSITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Sabra, acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul" align="left" title="Sabra, acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul" border="0" /></a>By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve internal divisions, the Syrian National Coalition began talks in Istanbul to elect a coherent leadership and decide on the conference which could take place in Geneva in the coming weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-soldier-hacked-death-suspected-islamist-attack-060253278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d2jgw80zNyNBuga2B2hVfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T202944Z_2_CBRE94L1KSB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BRITAIN-KILLING-CAMERON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich" align="left" title="A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich" border="0" /></a>By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy. The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/british-soldier-hacked-death-suspected-islamist-attack-060253278.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:01:24 -0400Reutersbritish-soldier-hacked-death-suspected-islamist-attack-060253278<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/british-soldier-hacked-death-suspected-islamist-attack-060253278.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/d2jgw80zNyNBuga2B2hVfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-22T202944Z_2_CBRE94L1KSB00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-BRITAIN-KILLING-CAMERON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich" align="left" title="A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich" border="0" /></a>By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected killers, British men of Nigerian descent, were part of a wider conspiracy. The two suspects, aged 22 and 28, are under guard in hospitals after being shot and arrested by police following the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran Lee Rigby on Wednesday in broad daylight. They have not yet been charged. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-meets-israelis-palestinians-bid-revive-talks-115501517.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOdTcO3aYv61YC4MThqNXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T180253Z_3_CBRE94M0Y8W00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-KERRY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat in Ramallah" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat in Ramallah" border="0" /></a>By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs of any breakthrough as Kerry visited Israel for the fourth time in his four months in office to try to revive a peace process that has been moribund for more than two years. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-meets-israelis-palestinians-bid-revive-talks-115501517.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 14:02:53 -0400Reuterskerry-meets-israelis-palestinians-bid-revive-talks-115501517<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-meets-israelis-palestinians-bid-revive-talks-115501517.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pOdTcO3aYv61YC4MThqNXQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T180253Z_3_CBRE94M0Y8W00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-KERRY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat in Ramallah" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of State Kerry waves as he stands next to Palestinian Chief Negotiator Erekat in Ramallah" border="0" /></a>By Arshad Mohammed JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable skepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations. There were no signs of any breakthrough as Kerry visited Israel for the fourth time in his four months in office to try to revive a peace process that has been moribund for more than two years. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/repatriating-detainees-yemen-key-closing-guantanamo-235432843.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_6iAaYWWW8v4yghVKhlxeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T235432Z_1_CBRE94M1UEZ00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-OBAMA-GUANTANAMO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" align="left" title="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" border="0" /></a>By Susan Cornwell and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama&#039;s pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp. Of the 86 detainees who have been cleared for transfer or release, 56 are from Yemen, where al Qaeda has a dangerous presence. There are 80 more prisoners who are not cleared and an unknown number of those are Yemeni as well. Most of the Yemeni prisoners were captured more than a decade ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/repatriating-detainees-yemen-key-closing-guantanamo-235432843.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:54:32 -0400Reutersrepatriating-detainees-yemen-key-closing-guantanamo-235432843<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/repatriating-detainees-yemen-key-closing-guantanamo-235432843.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_6iAaYWWW8v4yghVKhlxeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-23T235432Z_1_CBRE94M1UEZ00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-OBAMA-GUANTANAMO.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" align="left" title="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" border="0" /></a>By Susan Cornwell and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama&#039;s pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp. Of the 86 detainees who have been cleared for transfer or release, 56 are from Yemen, where al Qaeda has a dangerous presence. There are 80 more prisoners who are not cleared and an unknown number of those are Yemeni as well. Most of the Yemeni prisoners were captured more than a decade ago. ...</p><br clear="all"/>MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia's eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 385 miles in the Sea of Okhotsk, 244 miles west of the nearest city, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/magnitude-8-2-earthquake-strikes-russian-far-east-062626435.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:20:31 -0400Reutersmagnitude-8-2-earthquake-strikes-russian-far-east-062626435<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-prosecutor-open-probe-over-leaked-recording-025316423.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r5LiZX4rbvPoPOMgaO80DQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-24T025316Z_1_CBRE94N081600_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela&#039;s President Maduro embraces National Assembly President Cabello in La Orchila" align="left" title="Venezuela&#039;s President Maduro embraces National Assembly President Cabello in La Orchila" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela&#039;s prosecutor&#039;s office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new president. Opposition deputies on Monday broadcast the recording of a conversation they said was between powerful state television commentator Mario Silva and a Cuban intelligence agent and later requested an investigation of it. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-prosecutor-open-probe-over-leaked-recording-025316423.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:53:16 -0400Reutersvenezuela-prosecutor-open-probe-over-leaked-recording-025316423<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-prosecutor-open-probe-over-leaked-recording-025316423.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r5LiZX4rbvPoPOMgaO80DQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-24T025316Z_1_CBRE94N081600_RTROPTP_2_VENEZUELA-POLITICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Venezuela&#039;s President Maduro embraces National Assembly President Cabello in La Orchila" align="left" title="Venezuela&#039;s President Maduro embraces National Assembly President Cabello in La Orchila" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela&#039;s prosecutor&#039;s office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new president. Opposition deputies on Monday broadcast the recording of a conversation they said was between powerful state television commentator Mario Silva and a Cuban intelligence agent and later requested an investigation of it. ...</p><br clear="all"/>In his widely anticipated foreign-policy speech Thursday, President Obama rejected the wisdom of a global ?war on terror? and warned, in the words of President James Madison, that ?No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.?http://news.yahoo.com/obama-talks-drones-increase-transparency-pentagon-lead-011607130.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:16:07 -0400Christian Science Monitorobama-talks-drones-increase-transparency-pentagon-lead-011607130The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to approve the admission of openly gay youth members but left in place a ban on homosexual adult scout leaders, raising the prospect of gay scouts having to leave the group when they become adults.http://news.yahoo.com/boy-scouts-allow-gay-scouts-leave-ban-gay-001631810.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 20:16:31 -0400Christian Science Monitorboy-scouts-allow-gay-scouts-leave-ban-gay-001631810Bipartisan immigration reformers in the House haven?t yet managed to clinch a deal, missing their self-imposed deadline, but neither has the group called it quits.http://news.yahoo.com/immigration-reform-stuck-house-gang-resolute-235629125.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:56:29 -0400Christian Science Monitorimmigration-reform-stuck-house-gang-resolute-235629125President Obama is renewing his stalled effort to close the military detention center at Guant?namo Bay, Cuba. It was a promise he made when he first ran for president, but one he couldn?t keep when Congress began blocking funds for releasing or transferring hundreds of prisoners captured as part of the war on terror.http://news.yahoo.com/obama-renews-push-close-guant-namo-military-prison-230806647.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 19:08:06 -0400Christian Science Monitorobama-renews-push-close-guant-namo-military-prison-230806647<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover-191630324.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iOrECetp94zyitm_V7AmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2f12b1b24694b211320f6a706700b1dc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)" align="left" title="In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover-191630324.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:18:31 -0400Associated Pressclashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover-191630324<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/clashes-lebanon-feed-fear-syria-spillover-191630324.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3iOrECetp94zyitm_V7AmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2f12b1b24694b211320f6a706700b1dc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)" align="left" title="In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition group said. The group said scores of pro-regime troops and more than a dozen rebels were killed in the battle for the base, near the northwestern town of Nairab. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus-212342227.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zuQybH7I.0pyZp8v5qJmfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6af82107e8f36610320f6a70670005ca.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)" align="left" title="China&#039;s Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus-212342227.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:46:28 -0400Associated Pressscientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus-212342227<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientific-red-tape-mars-efforts-vs-virus-212342227.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zuQybH7I.0pyZp8v5qJmfQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6af82107e8f36610320f6a70670005ca.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)" align="left" title="China&#039;s Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (AP) ? International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swedens-riots-raise-questions-inequality-185602510.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVhPsV03jT46qRK0vyJeYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d4bfd87746b3b311320f6a706700c12d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fourth consecutive night, late May 23, 2013. Youths in immigrant-heavy Stockholm suburbs torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to a deadly police shooting of a local resident in the suburb of Husby. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fourth consecutive night, late May 23, 2013. Youths in immigrant-heavy Stockholm suburbs torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to a deadly police shooting of a local resident in the suburb of Husby. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>HUSBY, Sweden (AP) ? Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/swedens-riots-raise-questions-inequality-185602510.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 15:34:52 -0400Associated Pressswedens-riots-raise-questions-inequality-185602510<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swedens-riots-raise-questions-inequality-185602510.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vVhPsV03jT46qRK0vyJeYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d4bfd87746b3b311320f6a706700c12d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fourth consecutive night, late May 23, 2013. Youths in immigrant-heavy Stockholm suburbs torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to a deadly police shooting of a local resident in the suburb of Husby. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUT" align="left" title="Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm for a fourth consecutive night, late May 23, 2013. Youths in immigrant-heavy Stockholm suburbs torched cars and threw rocks at police in riots believed to be linked to a deadly police shooting of a local resident in the suburb of Husby. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Fredrik Sandberg) SWEDEN OUT" border="0" /></a>HUSBY, Sweden (AP) ? Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during rioting in several largely immigrant areas near Stockholm this week.</p><br clear="all"/>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building.http://news.yahoo.com/police-suicidal-jumpers-fall-kills-skorean-girl-062751857.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 02:27:51 -0400Associated Presspolice-suicidal-jumpers-fall-kills-skorean-girl-062751857<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-media-north-korea-envoy-offers-talks-025632723.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nNdfc4Hmz0OCf3X1Kn4oeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/953aa63361b0b911320f6a7067004039.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, right, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North&#039;s chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES" align="left" title="In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, right, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North&#039;s chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing&#039;s wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-media-north-korea-envoy-offers-talks-025632723.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:57:12 -0400Associated Presschinese-media-north-korea-envoy-offers-talks-025632723<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-media-north-korea-envoy-offers-talks-025632723.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nNdfc4Hmz0OCf3X1Kn4oeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/953aa63361b0b911320f6a7067004039.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, right, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North&#039;s chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES" align="left" title="In this May 23, 2013 photo released by China&#039;s Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yunshan, right, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with North Korean envoy Choe Ryong Hae in Beijing, China. On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, Choe paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North&#039;s chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing&#039;s wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muslim-hard-liners-id-suspect-london-attack-213703062.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzJ6ttYxKiRZqGK1Vl8ueQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa0e237b45c5ae11320f6a7067005da2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Police and forensic officers work near the scene of an attack in which two men are accused of butchering a British soldier near Woolwich barracks in London, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighborhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" align="left" title="Police and forensic officers work near the scene of an attack in which two men are accused of butchering a British soldier near Woolwich barracks in London, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighborhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/muslim-hard-liners-id-suspect-london-attack-213703062.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 17:57:37 -0400Associated Pressmuslim-hard-liners-id-suspect-london-attack-213703062<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muslim-hard-liners-id-suspect-london-attack-213703062.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzJ6ttYxKiRZqGK1Vl8ueQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/fa0e237b45c5ae11320f6a7067005da2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Police and forensic officers work near the scene of an attack in which two men are accused of butchering a British soldier near Woolwich barracks in London, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighborhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" align="left" title="Police and forensic officers work near the scene of an attack in which two men are accused of butchering a British soldier near Woolwich barracks in London, Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighborhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital, with one in serious condition. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>LONDON (AP) ? A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-oldest-human-rights-group-fights-foreign-agent-072824932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m2TUEOl1zFAUq.ZtWqSYjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-24T072824Z_1_CBRE94N0KRF00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-NGOS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign of Russian human rights organisation Memorial is seen outside their offices in Moscow" align="left" title="The sign of Russian human rights organisation Memorial is seen outside their offices in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia&#039;s oldest human rights group went to court on Friday to try to stop state prosecutors forcing it to register as a &quot;foreign agent&quot; under a law it says is intended by President Vladimir Putin to silence dissent. Memorial, which has fought political repression since Soviet times, refuses to comply with the law which critics describe as a crude attempt to reassert Putin&#039;s authority after tens of thousands called for him to quit during protests last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russias-oldest-human-rights-group-fights-foreign-agent-072824932.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:28:24 -0400Reutersrussias-oldest-human-rights-group-fights-foreign-agent-072824932<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russias-oldest-human-rights-group-fights-foreign-agent-072824932.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/m2TUEOl1zFAUq.ZtWqSYjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-24T072824Z_1_CBRE94N0KRF00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-NGOS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sign of Russian human rights organisation Memorial is seen outside their offices in Moscow" align="left" title="The sign of Russian human rights organisation Memorial is seen outside their offices in Moscow" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia&#039;s oldest human rights group went to court on Friday to try to stop state prosecutors forcing it to register as a &quot;foreign agent&quot; under a law it says is intended by President Vladimir Putin to silence dissent. Memorial, which has fought political repression since Soviet times, refuses to comply with the law which critics describe as a crude attempt to reassert Putin&#039;s authority after tens of thousands called for him to quit during protests last year. ...</p><br clear="all"/>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country.http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-passes-bill-restricting-alcohol-sales-ads-071945098.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:19:45 -0400Associated Pressturkey-passes-bill-restricting-alcohol-sales-ads-071945098MOSCOW (AP) ? A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter.http://news.yahoo.com/earthquake-hits-russias-far-east-063635354.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 03:11:39 -0400Associated Pressearthquake-hits-russias-far-east-063635354BANGKOK (AP) ? The price of oil was knocked lower Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand.http://news.yahoo.com/oil-falls-below-94-weak-outlook-demand-055257811.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:52:57 -0400Associated Pressoil-falls-below-94-weak-outlook-demand-055257811KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) ? A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.http://news.yahoo.com/5-climbers-feared-dead-worlds-3rd-highest-peak-055118774.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:51:18 -0400Associated Press5-climbers-feared-dead-worlds-3rd-highest-peak-055118774<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-extend-losses-big-sell-off-054558985.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cAJlYnz7aa.GxVpbmfz4.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14f77ec94456a811320f6a706700c352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-extend-losses-big-sell-off-054558985.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:45:58 -0400Associated Pressasia-stocks-extend-losses-big-sell-off-054558985<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-extend-losses-big-sell-off-054558985.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cAJlYnz7aa.GxVpbmfz4.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14f77ec94456a811320f6a706700c352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.</p><br clear="all"/>KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) ? A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.http://news.yahoo.com/5-climbers-missing-worlds-3rd-highest-mountain-054100177.htmlFri, 24 May 2013 01:41:00 -0400Associated Press5-climbers-missing-worlds-3rd-highest-mountain-054100177<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stock-markets-edge-big-sell-off-025630695.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cAJlYnz7aa.GxVpbmfz4.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14f77ec94456a811320f6a706700c352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stock-markets-edge-big-sell-off-025630695.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:56:30 -0400Associated Pressasia-stock-markets-edge-big-sell-off-025630695<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stock-markets-edge-big-sell-off-025630695.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cAJlYnz7aa.GxVpbmfz4.A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/14f77ec94456a811320f6a706700c352.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" align="left" title="A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>BANGKOK (AP) ? Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stricken-japan-nuke-plant-struggles-keep-staff-081936734.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oDZQTNH2xaWOsf815ihDvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a07dbab4453a811320f6a706700bc0a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March 2011 after being hit by a tsunami, is finding that it can barely meet the headcount of workers required to keep the three broken reactors cool while fighting power outages and leaks of tons of radiated water, said current and former nuclear plant workers and others familiar with the situation at Fukushima. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March 2011 after being hit by a tsunami, is finding that it can barely meet the headcount of workers required to keep the three broken reactors cool while fighting power outages and leaks of tons of radiated water, said current and former nuclear plant workers and others familiar with the situation at Fukushima. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant&#039;s operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/stricken-japan-nuke-plant-struggles-keep-staff-081936734.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:42:17 -0400Associated Pressstricken-japan-nuke-plant-struggles-keep-staff-081936734<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stricken-japan-nuke-plant-struggles-keep-staff-081936734.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oDZQTNH2xaWOsf815ihDvA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/6a07dbab4453a811320f6a706700bc0a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March 2011 after being hit by a tsunami, is finding that it can barely meet the headcount of workers required to keep the three broken reactors cool while fighting power outages and leaks of tons of radiated water, said current and former nuclear plant workers and others familiar with the situation at Fukushima. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant that melted down in March 2011 after being hit by a tsunami, is finding that it can barely meet the headcount of workers required to keep the three broken reactors cool while fighting power outages and leaks of tons of radiated water, said current and former nuclear plant workers and others familiar with the situation at Fukushima. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool)" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (AP) ? Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant&#039;s operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks-021723723.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5ftN0BaKKkFfGW6i91o5Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e242b7ab46dfb411320f6a706700a58f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A soldier wounded in a car bombing attack on a military camp, lies in a hospital in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. Both attacks were claimed by a spinoff of al-Qaida, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, which earlier vowed to avenge the four-month-old French-led military intervention which ousted them from town&#039;s in Mali&#039;s north.(AP Photo)" align="left" title="A soldier wounded in a car bombing attack on a military camp, lies in a hospital in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. Both attacks were claimed by a spinoff of al-Qaida, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, which earlier vowed to avenge the four-month-old French-led military intervention which ousted them from town&#039;s in Mali&#039;s north.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>NIAMEY, Niger (AP) ? Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks-021723723.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 22:18:55 -0400Associated Pressextremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks-021723723<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks-021723723.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5ftN0BaKKkFfGW6i91o5Qw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e242b7ab46dfb411320f6a706700a58f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A soldier wounded in a car bombing attack on a military camp, lies in a hospital in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. Both attacks were claimed by a spinoff of al-Qaida, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, which earlier vowed to avenge the four-month-old French-led military intervention which ousted them from town&#039;s in Mali&#039;s north.(AP Photo)" align="left" title="A soldier wounded in a car bombing attack on a military camp, lies in a hospital in Agadez, in northern Niger, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. Both attacks were claimed by a spinoff of al-Qaida, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, which earlier vowed to avenge the four-month-old French-led military intervention which ousted them from town&#039;s in Mali&#039;s north.(AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>NIAMEY, Niger (AP) ? Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/writer-chinua-achebe-honored-nigeria-funeral-145616638.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/crBW4jL0wegJvGXBIbv.TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/18ef6e5c462bb011320f6a70670012d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pallbearers carry the coffin of late author Chinua Achebe at his funeral service, held at St. Philip&#039;s Anglican Church in Ogidi, Nigeria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria?s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticizing those he felt ruined a country he once supported breaking away from. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country?s elite came to him. Hundreds attended Achebe?s funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw even President Goodluck Jonathan literally hold up the writer?s books. The gold plaque on his coffin simply called him the ?eagle atop the Iroko tree? in his native Igbo language. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" align="left" title="Pallbearers carry the coffin of late author Chinua Achebe at his funeral service, held at St. Philip&#039;s Anglican Church in Ogidi, Nigeria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria?s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticizing those he felt ruined a country he once supported breaking away from. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country?s elite came to him. Hundreds attended Achebe?s funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw even President Goodluck Jonathan literally hold up the writer?s books. The gold plaque on his coffin simply called him the ?eagle atop the Iroko tree? in his native Igbo language. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)" border="0" /></a>OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) ? Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria&#039;s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country&#039;s elite came to praise him.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/writer-chinua-achebe-honored-nigeria-funeral-145616638.htmlThu, 23 May 2013 21:27:23 -0400Associated Presswriter-chinua-achebe-honored-nigeria-funeral-145616638http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/world

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