Maya lunar calendar notes discovered in Guatemala

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• Maya lunar calendar notes discovered in Guatemala
• Senior Mexican judge says Frenchwoman Cassez should go free
• F.D.A. Panel Weighs Preventive Use of H.I.V. Drug
• Colombian Rebels Kill Seven Police
• EU Downturn Seen Worsening
• France's Hollande to fight firms that fire workers
• Cameron allowed ex-aide access to top secrets
• Nadal feels the blues in Madrid
• Why not let Greece sink?
• Two Sudans Brace for a War Both Thought Was Over
• Deutsche Bank Settles U.S. Mortgage Suit
• French PM favourite sees no taint from conviction
• Informant in foiled bomb plot was British citizen: officials
• German police suspend officer over Salafist links
• Insight: Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears
• The Lede Blog: Live Updates on Egypt's Presidential Debate
• Algerian elections offer gradual change
• Dutch court bans Pirate Bay links
• Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran
• Indian police to visit Iran to probe attack targeting Israeli diplomats in New Delhi

Maya lunar calendar notes discovered in Guatemala Posted: 10 May 2012 12:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the wall of a tiny structure buried under forest debris in Guatemala, archaeologists have discovered a scribe's notes about the Maya lunar calendar, which they say could be the first known records by an official chronicler of this ancient civilization.

Senior Mexican judge says Frenchwoman Cassez should go free Posted: 10 May 2012 12:44 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Frenchwoman imprisoned for participating in a kidnapping ring in Mexico should be released, according to the Mexican judge in charge of reviewing a case that has caused a rift between the two nations, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

F.D.A. Panel Weighs Preventive Use of H.I.V. Drug Posted: 10 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT With 50,000 new cases each year in the United States, government advisers are considering whether Truvada, an antiviral medicine, should be given to healthy people at high risk of infection.

Colombian Rebels Kill Seven Police Posted: 10 May 2012 10:55 AM PDT Seven members of Colombia's national police were killed and 12 were injured near the border with Venezuela in an ambush blamed on leftist guerrillas, state-run radio reported.

EU Downturn Seen Worsening Posted: 10 May 2012 11:45 AM PDT The European Commission will issue its latest round of economic forecasts for member states Friday that are expected to show a further deterioration in the Euro-zone's peripheral economies that is beginning to affect the core of the currency bloc.

France's Hollande to fight firms that fire workers Posted: 10 May 2012 12:32 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French president-elect Francois Hollande aims to make it financially painful for healthy firms to fire workers and will "arm wrestle" big employers like General Motors to force them to take a more "moral" approach, a senior adviser said on Thursday.

Cameron allowed ex-aide access to top secrets Posted: 10 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT Inquiry looking into press standards told ex-editor of News of the World tabloid did not have full security clearance.

Nadal feels the blues in Madrid Posted: 10 May 2012 12:17 PM PDT World number two Rafael Nadal has sensationally lost to Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the third round of the Madrid Open.

Why not let Greece sink? Posted: 10 May 2012 12:17 PM PDT Greece may have given us the word democracy and many of the principles of civil society. But now it is "the sick man of Europe," and the people of other European democracies are asking whether it's worth saving with billions more dollars of their money. Put crudely, their argument is this: So what if Greece slides ignominiously out of the eurozone?

Two Sudans Brace for a War Both Thought Was Over Posted: 10 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT Years of fighting were supposed to end when South Sudan won its independence from Sudan last July, but instead both countries are once again mobilizing for war.

Deutsche Bank Settles U.S. Mortgage Suit Posted: 10 May 2012 12:13 PM PDT Deutsche Bank will pay the government $200 million to settle accusations that it misled the Department of Housing and Urban Development about the quality of mortgages that later defaulted.

French PM favourite sees no taint from conviction Posted: 10 May 2012 11:55 AM PDT NANTES, France (Reuters) - Socialist Jean-Marc Ayrault, a favourite to become prime minister under French president-elect Francois Hollande, said on Thursday a 15-year-old conviction for an improperly tendered town hall contract did not taint him personally.

Informant in foiled bomb plot was British citizen: officials Posted: 10 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The undercover informant in the foiled underwear bomb plot linked to al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate was a British citizen, possibly of Saudi origin, counter-terrorism officials said.

German police suspend officer over Salafist links Posted: 10 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT Berlin (Reuters) - German police have suspended an officer over links to ultra-conservative Salafist Muslims after violent clashes between supporters of the radical group and police this month.

Insight: Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears Posted: 10 May 2012 11:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - Shortly after sending U.S. troops to Afghanistan in October 2001, President George W. Bush focused so intently on freeing Afghan women from the shackles of Taliban rule that empowering them became central to the United States' mission there.

The Lede Blog: Live Updates on Egypt's Presidential Debate Posted: 10 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT Two of the leading candidates to be Egypt's next president square off in a televised debate on Thursday evening in Cairo, and The Lede will report on the clash between Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Amr Moussa, a former diplomat under Hosni Mubarak, as it unfolds.

Algerian elections offer gradual change Posted: 10 May 2012 11:30 AM PDT Opposition parties cautiously optimistic that they might make gains, but few voters show up to polls.

Dutch court bans Pirate Bay links Posted: 10 May 2012 11:22 AM PDT The Netherlands' Pirate Party is banned from telling users how to bypass blocks to The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.

Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran Posted: 10 May 2012 11:11 AM PDT GAZA (Reuters) - The Islamist movement Hamas will not let itself be dragged into a war against Israel if it attacks the nuclear facilities of Hamas ally Iran, Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday.

Indian police to visit Iran to probe attack targeting Israeli diplomats in New Delhi Posted: 10 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT NEW DELHI — An Indian police team will visit Tehran this month as part of an investigation into the role of three Iranians suspected of carrying out a bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat's car in New Delhi in February, a police official said Thursday. Read full article >>

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