Mexico town stands up to drug gangs with barricade (AP)

Mexico town stands up to drug gangs with barricade (AP)

Mexico town stands up to drug gangs with barricade (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

In this photo taken Saturday May 14, 2011, local masked men, one holding a stick with nails on it , stand guard at a barricade in Cheran, Michoacan State, Mexico. The men of Cheran started taking security into their own hands last month by setting up checkpoints at the entrance of town with tires and sandbags and using guns they stole from local police after loggers, who residents say are backed by cartel henchmen and local police, killed two residents and wounded several others. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Masked and wielding rifles, the men of this mountain town stand guard at blockades of tires and sandbags to stop illegal loggers backed by drug traffickers. Their defiance isn't just about defending their way of life; it's one of the first major challenges to the reign of terror unleashed by Mexico's drug cartels.

South Africa votes in test for ANC (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:56 PM PDT

A handout photo provided on May 16, by the South African government shows former South African president Nelson Mandela casting his vote with his granddaughter Ndileka Mandela (C) at his home in Johannesburg in a special arrangement for the infirm. South Africa began voting Wednesday in a local polls test for the ruling party after a frenzied campaign to woo disillusioned voters(AFP/South African Government/Elmond Jiyane)AFP - South Africa began voting Wednesday in a local polls test for the ruling party after a frenzied campaign to woo disillusioned voters that has evoked God and even frail icon Nelson Mandela's health.

Japan TEPCO workers enter reactor building (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Workers check tanks at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said.(AFP/TEPCO)AFP - Workers briefly entered a reactor building at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant Wednesday to measure radiation levels and check for damage, the operator said.

Dorothy Parvaz is free

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:49 PM PDT

The Al Jazeera journalist, who disappeared in Syria 19 days ago, is back in Doha.


VIDEO: NYC's new ripple-style skyscraper

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:29 PM PDT

The Manhattan skyline is changing yet again, with the completion of an acclaimed new "rippled" skyscraper designed by architect Frank Ghery.


VIDEO: Will Medvedev run for president again?

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev is set to hold his first news conference since taking office.


VIDEO: Will Medvedev run for president again?

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev is set to hold his first news conference since taking office.


Report: Apple About To Update MacBook Air

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:44 PM PDT

? Oh now Apple?s just running up the score. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker wi


Angel Investor Mark Goines Switches Sides, Joins Morgenthaler Ventures

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:39 PM PDT

Compared to the sudden proliferation of angel investors and seed firms, venture capital firms have s


VIDEO: NYC's new ripple-style skyscraper

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:29 PM PDT

The Manhattan skyline is changing yet again, with the completion of an acclaimed new "rippled" skyscraper designed by architect Frank Ghery.


VIDEO: US-Pakistan relationship now

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Muhammad Ali Qasim, thought to be a Yemeni national, was detained in the southern city of Karachi.


China denies it is conduit for North Korea-Iran weapons trade (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:28 PM PDT

U.S. special envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth answers a reporter's question after his meeting with South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac at Foreign Ministry in Seoul May 17, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - China rejected on Wednesday reported allegations by U.N. diplomats that it was a trans-shipment point for banned nuclear missile technology between North Korea and Iran.

Mexico detains 2 migration agents on abuse charges (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:19 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors have detained two officials of Mexico's National Immigration Institute for allegedly prostituting female Central American migrants in the southern state of Chiapas.


Local SAfrican polls have national implications (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:15 PM PDT

AP - South Africans are voting across the country in local elections that have national implications.


Singapore enters new era as founder Lee steps down (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 27, 2011 file photo, Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew waves to supporters as he arrives at an elections nomination center in Singapore. Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew resigned from the Cabinet on Saturday, May 14, 2011, ceding leadership to a younger generation after his party's worst election result since independence in 1965. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)AP - The surprise resignation of Singapore's founding father may herald a new, softer approach by the city state's long-ruling authoritarian regime in response to growing opposition voices and voters' desire for a more open system of governance.

China denies it is conduit for North Korea-Iran weapons trade

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:28 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China rejected on Wednesday reported allegations by U.N. diplomats that it was a trans-shipment point for banned nuclear missile technology between North Korea and Iran.

Why Japan's Shift Away from Nuclear Is Good for Business (Time.com)

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis could be an opportunity to move away from the country's focus on nuclear power development and imported fossil fuels toward solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and other renewable energy sources


EU president says EU recovery, euro strong (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:28 PM PDT

European Union President Herman van Rompuy speaks at the Central Party School in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - The European Union's economic recovery is gaining momentum and the euro remains a strong, well trusted currency despite debt and deficit crises, the president of the 27-member block said Wednesday.

China's premier to visit tsunami-hit area in Japan (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:41 PM PDT

AP - China says Premier Wen Jiabao will visit the devastated area of Fukushima when he travels to Japan this weekend to show his country's support for reconstruction efforts after the twin earthquake and tsunami disasters.


Public Spaces Like Tahrir Square Aided Arab Spring Protests (Time.com)

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - From Egypt's Tahrir Square to Tunisia's central Bourguiba Avenue to the plazas of Syria's ancient cities, public squares have been at the center of the Arab Spring


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Mubarak's wife released from detention

Mubarak's wife released from detention

Mubarak's wife released from detention

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Suzanne Mubarak still faces investigation regarding wealth she amassed during time spent as Egypt's first lady.


Myanmar prisoner release fails to impress

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Thousands are freed but critics say most were common criminals and not political prisoners.


Myanmar prisoner release fails to impress

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:56 AM PDT

Thousands are freed but critics say most were common criminals and not political prisoners.


Bahraini activist said threatened with rape: report

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent Bahraini human rights activist said he had been threatened with rape while in custody after he refused to apologize to the king over his role in anti-government protests.

At I.M.F., Maneuvering to Replace Jailed Chief

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has not yet resigned his position at the fund, but jockeying has already begun to replace him.

Parties in France Adjust to Changed Landscape

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:40 AM PDT

The Socialist Party, facing an unpopular president and a rising far-right party, has lost its top candidate for president.

Pomp and substance

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Serious business looms behind the pagentry of Obama's UK visit


Dmitry Medvedev could shed light on Russian election plans

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev could shed more light on whether he or Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will run in the 2012 presidential election Wednesday, when he holds his biggest news conference since taking office.

Egypt watchdog slams teenager's death sentence

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:59 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian rights group said on Tuesday it was "deeply troubled" by the sentencing of a teenager to death and called for the verdict to be overturned.

Sudan carries out air strikes in Darfur: U.N.

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:13 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has carried out air strikes against two villages in Darfur and restricted the movement of aid groups in the troubled western region due to "ongoing" operations, the international peacekeepers said.

Brawling benefits cheat is jailed

Posted: 17 May 2011 08:06 AM PDT

A man caught on camera brawling with police is jailed for benefit fraud.


Man jailed for 70s and 80s abuse

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:51 AM PDT

A retired architect and former scout leader from Gwynedd is jailed for six years for abusing two boys between 1976 and 1984.


VIDEO: Symbolic healing of Queen's visit

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT

People in County Sligo, where the Queen's cousin Lord Mountbatten was killed by the IRA in 1979, have shown overwhelming support for her four-day state visit to Ireland.


Live - Tuesday football

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT

Cardiff and Reading meet in their play-off semi-final second leg for a place at Wembley, while there is a repeat of the FA Cup final as Man City meet Stoke in the Premier League.


Wife of Mubarak released but still faces probe

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:49 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - The wife of Egypt's ousted president was released from detention on Tuesday after giving up assets but is still being investigated, said an official leading a probe into whether she amassed wealth illegally.

China blocks U.N. report on N.Korea-Iran ties: envoys

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:52 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China on Tuesday blocked the publication of a U.N. expert panel's report that suggests North Korea and Iran have been sharing ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions, diplomats said.

Abbas urges U.N. recognition of Palestinian state

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the international community on Tuesday to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September and support its admission to the world body.

U.S., China Military Officials Meet

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:59 AM PDT

Senior American and Chinese military officers met in Washington, part of a weeklong getting-to-know-you tour of U.S. bases that the Pentagon hopes will warm chilly defense relations.


Documents Illustrate Desperate Hours at Plant

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Thousands of pages of documents released by Tokyo Electric Power paint a grim picture of the atmosphere inside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's control rooms during the hours following Japan's massive earthquake.


Agreement Between BP and Russian Oil Giant Collapses

Posted: 17 May 2011 10:41 AM PDT

The deal to explore the Arctic with Rosneft was intended to help BP turn the page after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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