xNews® World News: Sunday, May 02, 2010

North Korea's Kim 'visits China'

North Korea's Kim 'visits China'
WITNESS - Out of the theater, into the drama in New York
Iran, US take their nuclear cases to UN stage (AP)
Raina hails Dhoni and Kirsten after hitting ton (AFP)
Pakistan Taliban leader threatens US cities
N.Korean leader on rare visit to China
Remains of Errol Flynn's War Reporter Son Spark Feud in Cambodia (Time.com)
Canadiens level Penguins series, Sharks take charge (Reuters)
Back to the Future: $100 Oil May Return Soon (Time.com)
Suicide blast outside foreign base in Afghanistan
Pakistani suspect in Mumbai attacks faces verdict (AFP)
Hunt on for culprits in failed New York car bomb
Ahmadinejad, Clinton face off at U.N. nuclear meeting
FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea
N.Korea's Kim fears flying, likes trains - bodyguard
Swastika on British parliament targets far-right
Snooker star vows to fight match-fixing allegations
Pakistan Taliban chief 'threatens US in new video'
N.Korea leader believed to be visiting China: report
The U.S. Is Not Going The Way Of Europe

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Reports say reclusive leader on trip that could ease inter-Korea tensions.

WITNESS - Out of the theater, into the drama in New York

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:58 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - We emerged, like many others on a Saturday night in Times Square, from a dark theater into a real drama on the streets outside.

Iran, US take their nuclear cases to UN stage (AP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:38 PM PDT

AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings his nuclear case to New York on Monday, turning a U.N. treaty conference into a stage for Tehran's long-running showdown with the Western powers over its uranium enrichment program.

Raina hails Dhoni and Kirsten after hitting ton (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT

AFP - Suresh Raina praised the influence of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten after he became only the third player to scored a Twenty20 international hundred.

Pakistan Taliban leader threatens US cities

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:18 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has vowed to attack major US cities in two purported new videos released months after his reported killing in a US missile strike.

N.Korean leader on rare visit to China

Posted: 02 May 2010 04:09 PM PDT

BEIJING - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il arrived in China on Monday, an official said, on a trip to his country's sole major ally which could lead to the revival of stalled nuclear talks.

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Forty years after war photographer Sean Flynn's abduction in Cambodia, two men say that a gravesite they uncovered in the Cambodian countryside is likely to be his

Canadiens level Penguins series, Sharks take charge (Reuters)

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Reuters - The Montreal Canadiens overcame the loss of top defender Andrei Markov to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in Game Two on Sunday and level their Eastern Conference series with the Stanley Cup champions.

Back to the Future: $100 Oil May Return Soon (Time.com)

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Oil prices have remained stable in recent months, but that could soon change due to rising energy consumption from emerging economies such as China

Suicide blast outside foreign base in Afghanistan

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:32 PM PDT

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck outside a foreign base in the southeastern Afghan town of Khost on Monday, killing one civilian and wounding two privately employed guards, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.

Pakistani suspect in Mumbai attacks faces verdict (AFP)

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:35 PM PDT

AFP - A Pakistani man accused of being part of a militant commando group that carried out the deadly Mumbai attacks nearly 18 months ago is due to learn his fate in court on Monday.

Hunt on for culprits in failed New York car bomb

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators are treating a car bomb defused in New York's Times Square as an attempted terrorist attack but have no evidence to support a Taliban claim of responsibility, police said on Sunday.

Ahmadinejad, Clinton face off at U.N. nuclear meeting

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran's president faces off with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday at the start of a meeting on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a pact Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violating.

FACTBOX - Ties between China and North Korea

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il may be visiting China, bolstering ties between the two neighbours as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean navy ship.

N.Korea's Kim fears flying, likes trains - bodyguard

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:51 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong-il is so terrified of being shot out of the skies by one of his many enemies that he never travels by plane, said a man who spent years guarding the reclusive leader.

Swastika on British parliament targets far-right

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:15 PM PDT

LONDON -Campaigners against the far-right in Britain Monday projected an image of a swastika on the side of parliament, amid fears extremists could be voted in at this week's general election

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:58 PM PDT

LONDON -The world's number one snooker player John Higgins has said he faces "the biggest match of my life" after being suspended over claims he agreed to take a huge bribe in return for fixing games.

Posted: 02 May 2010 06:18 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has appeared in a new video issued months after his reported death, vowing revenge attacks on the United States, US monitoring groups said Monday.

Posted: 02 May 2010 04:09 PM PDT

SEOUL -North Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-Il has arrived in China early Monday, an official with the tourism bureau at China's northeastern Dandong border crossing said.

The U.S. Is Not Going The Way Of Europe

Posted: 02 May 2010 09:01 PM PDT

Americans are too entrepreneurial to follow the European model.

Heads urged not to boycott Sats

Heads urged not to boycott Sats
Greece Seals Bailout Deal With EU, IMF
U.K. Conservatives Extend Their Lead
Violence Prompts Questions in China
Shrimpers Fear Ruin From Oil Slick
Greek PM: $145B Bailout deal reached with E.U., IMF
Foreign Digest: Nepal strike, India warnings, Greece protests
Egyptians protest over minimum wage
Local Stop | Gowanus: Brooklyn Area Defined by a Canal Comes Into Its Own
Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood' to cope with cold temperatures
Pakistani Taliban claims NYC bomb
Obama visits oil spill zone
Explosion damages HSBC branch in Athens, no injuries
In pictures
Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis
Buffett's age remains on Berkshire investor minds
Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis
New York police hunt failed bomber
Norsk Hydro in $4.9bn Vale deal
Live text - Australia v Pakistan

Heads urged not to boycott Sats

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:21 AM PDT

Schools Secretary Ed Balls urges head teachers not to go ahead with plans to boycott England's national school tests.

Greece Seals Bailout Deal With EU, IMF

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Greece reached a historic deal with the EU and IMF for a three-year, €110 billion ($146.5 billion) bailout, as the country's prime minister exhorted his nation to bear the harsh sacrifices needed to mend broken public finances.

U.K. Conservatives Extend Their Lead

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:38 PM PDT

The U.K.'s Conservative Party extended its lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday's hotly contested general election, but the Tories still face a fight to convert their lead into a clear parliamentary majority.

Violence Prompts Questions in China

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Chinese authorities issued an emergency decree for police to strengthen school security following a series of violent attacks against schoolchildren, but the tough response offered little comfort to those who see the atrocities as a symptom of deep-seated social problems in China.

Shrimpers Fear Ruin From Oil Slick

Posted: 02 May 2010 07:43 AM PDT

Almost exactly 35 years after his departure from Vietnam, Tuan Nguyen and his several hundred local compatriots face a seemingly uncontrollable oil spill encroaching into Louisiana's rich wetlands shore.

Greek PM: $145B Bailout deal reached with E.U., IMF

Posted: 02 May 2010 12:17 PM PDT

LONDON -- Greece has negotiated a massive financial rescue package with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, a $145 billion deal aimed at preventing the country's debt crisis from engulfing other nations in Europe.

Greek - Ethnicity - Greece - International Monetary Fund - European Union

Foreign Digest: Nepal strike, India warnings, Greece protests

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

NEPAL Tens of thousands of former communist rebels and their supporters rallied in Kathmandu on Saturday, demanding that Nepal's coalition government be disbanded and replaced by a Maoist-led government.

Nepal - India - Asia - Government - Maps and Views

Egyptians protest over minimum wage

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Workers demand an increase in the minimum wage, left unchanged since 1984.

Local Stop | Gowanus: Brooklyn Area Defined by a Canal Comes Into Its Own

Posted: 01 May 2010 09:31 PM PDT

The city's latest cultural outpost makes for a pleasant wander, despite the reputation of its namesake.

Mammoths had 'anti-freeze blood' to cope with cold temperatures

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

Mammoths had a form of "anti-freeze" blood to keep their bodies supplied with oxygen at freezing temperatures, scientists say.

Pakistani Taliban claims NYC bomb

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:28 AM PDT

Attack was launched in response to killing of two al-Qaeda leaders, website claims.

Obama visits oil spill zone

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:34 AM PDT

Slick moves towards Gulf of Mexico coast as US president arrives to view relief effort.

Explosion damages HSBC branch in Athens, no injuries

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:11 AM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a branch of HSBC bank in Athens on Sunday, damaging the entrance but causing no injuries, police said.

In pictures

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Oil clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico

Message Battle Heats Up in Thai Crisis

Posted: 02 May 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Viewers of Thai soap operas now have a choice: they can follow the weepy plot lines, or they can read political messages on the bottom of the screen.

Buffett's age remains on Berkshire investor minds

Posted: 02 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - As thousands of shareholders from around the world crowded into Omaha this weekend to attend Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting, many pondered the unthinkable -- life after Warren Buffett.