NKorea threatens to ban border traffic (AP)

NKorea threatens to ban border traffic (AP)
Bangladesh seizes 4 militant suspects, explosives (AP)
Reforms transform Syrian economy, but not politics (AP)
Thousands pray for peace in Bangkok (AP)
Mexico prosecutor quits in outcry over dead girl (AP)
Malaysia parents challenge gov't exile of teen son (AP)
BP to begin 'top kill' operation
Hon Hai in damage control blitz after worker suicides
BP to begin 'top kill' operation
US to boost Mexico border troops
Geithner in Europe to press for action on crisis (Reuters)
Thai capital prays for peace a week after riots
Geithner in Europe to press for action on crisis
China's Five-Star Infrastructure, Underused
Mexico arrests Cancun mayor on drug charges (AP)
US senator to visit Myanmar (AP)
Jamaica attacks: a legacy of ties between politicians and gangs (The Christian Science Monitor)
North Korea cuts ties with South
Politics and Gangsters: Behind the War on Jamaica's Streets (Time.com)
(AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:50 PM PDT

AP - North Korea threatened Wednesday to block all cross-border traffic and blow up any South Korean loudspeakers blasting propaganda northward after a six-year hiatus, as tensions soared over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Bangladesh seizes 4 militant suspects, explosives (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT

AP - Police have arrested four suspected Islamic militants and seized bomb-making materials in a raid in the Bangladeshi capital, the national police chief said Wednesday.

Reforms transform Syrian economy, but not politics (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

AP - After delivering a lecture on the increasing role of private banks in Syria, economist Mohammed Ayman al-Maydani got an uncomfortable request from members of the audience to elaborate on a brief reference he made to corruption in the country's private and public sectors.

Thousands pray for peace in Bangkok (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - Thousands of residents gathered at dawn Wednesday to pray for peace at sites across Bangkok where people were killed and high-rise buildings torched in two months of the worst political violence in the country's modern history.

Mexico prosecutor quits in outcry over dead girl (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:54 PM PDT

AP - A Mexican state attorney general resigned Tuesday amid a public uproar over his handling of the case of a little girl whose body was found in her bed nine days after parents launched a wide-scale search.

Malaysia parents challenge gov't exile of teen son (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:46 PM PDT

AP - A Malaysian teenager banished by the government for allegedly possessing a stolen motorcycle sought a court order Wednesday for him to be returned to his parents.

BP to begin 'top kill' operation

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

BP is to being trying to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in a so-called "top kill" operation.

Hon Hai in damage control blitz after worker suicides

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:52 PM PDT

LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Dressed in white, the traditional color of mourning in China, the father of 19-year-old Ma Xiangqian weeps outside the gates of a sprawling electronics complex. His wife and daughter kneel alongside.

BP to begin 'top kill' operation

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

BP is to being trying to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in a so-called "top kill" operation.

US to boost Mexico border troops

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Additional troops to be deployed along border to curb drug and human trafficking.

Geithner in Europe to press for action on crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Europe on Wednesday to press for united action to tackle a deepening debt crisis that has rekindled fears of a return to recession and sent global stocks tumbling.

Thai capital prays for peace a week after riots

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:28 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of Thais prayed for peace and unity in Bangkok on Wednesday, a week after a deadly military crackdown on protesters sparked a terrifying night of arson and riots that leveled buildings and killed 54 people.

Geithner in Europe to press for action on crisis

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:21 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Europe on Wednesday to press for united action to tackle a deepening debt crisis that has rekindled fears of a return to recession and sent global stocks tumbling.

China's Five-Star Infrastructure, Underused

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Now that the Olympics are gone, Beijing's grandiose hotels are oddly quiet.

Mexico arrests Cancun mayor on drug charges (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:42 PM PDT

AP - Mexican federal police have arrested the mayor of the resort city of Cancun on drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime charges.

US senator to visit Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 09:52 PM PDT

AP - A U.S. senator who secured the release of an American prisoner convicted of sneaking into the house of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will return to Myanmar for talks with the country's military rulers, his office said Wednesday.

Jamaica attacks: a legacy of ties between politicians and gangs (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:18 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When the US presses for the extradition of an alleged drug lord from Jamaica, it might seem a straightforward request.

North Korea cuts ties with South

Posted: 25 May 2010 09:18 PM PDT

Key communication links severed as tensions rise following sinking of South Korean ship.

Politics and Gangsters: Behind the War on Jamaica's Streets (Time.com)

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:50 PM PDT

Time.com - The same government trying to arrest an indicted gang leader had previously tried to shield him from extradition. Can Prime Minister Golding survive the showdown?