2 suspects, vendor killed in Indonesia terror raid (AP)

2 suspects, vendor killed in Indonesia terror raid (AP)

2 suspects, vendor killed in Indonesia terror raid (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:16 PM PDT

Indonesian police officers and military personnel stand guard outside the house of a suspected militant following a pre-dawn raid in Sukoharjo, Central Java, Indonesia, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Indonesia's anti-terror forces killed two suspected terrorists in the raid, a police spokesman said Saturday. (AP Photo)AP - Indonesia's anti-terrorism forces killed two suspected militants in a predawn raid in Central Java on Saturday, a police spokesman said.

New president to take power in struggling Haiti (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:15 PM PDT

Commuters ride in a 'tap-tap' as Haiti readies for President-elect Michel Martelly's upcoming inauguration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Charismatic pop star-turned-president Michel Martelly takes over Haiti on Saturday promising to rebuild its earthquake-devastated capital, develop the long-neglected countryside and build a modern army.

Death toll climbs to 89 in Pakistan suicide attack (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Pakistani Frontier Constables (FC) arrange the coffin of paramilitary cadets who were killed in a double suicide bombing. The death toll from a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre in northwest Pakistan rose to 89 on Saturday, police said.(AFP/Str)AFP - The death toll from a double suicide bombing on a paramilitary police training centre in northwest Pakistan rose to 89 on Saturday, police said.

Money Growth DOES NOT Cause Inflation!

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:21 PM PDT

It is conventional wisdom that printing more money causes inflation. This is why we are seeing so ma


Targeting Corruption, Egypt Goes After Mubarak's Wife (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Suzanne Mubarak suffers what may be a heart attack as Egyptian prosecutors prepare to level corruption charges against her


Australia to send newest asylum seekers offshore (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Australian Minister of Immigration and Cittizenship Chris Bowen. The latest boatload of suspected asylum seekers to arrive in Australia will be sent to another country for processing, the government said Saturday as it implements its controversial new policy.(AFP/File/Sonny Tumbelaka)AFP - The latest boatload of suspected asylum seekers to arrive in Australia will be sent to another country for processing, the government said Saturday as it implements its controversial new policy.

Australia says 32 asylum seekers will go overseas (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:16 PM PDT

AP - A boat load of 32 asylum seekers found in Australian waters will become the first to be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or another Asia-Pacific country under the government's contentious new strategy to deter future refugees from making the same journey, an official said on Saturday.


Berating General Pasha: Pakistan's Spy Chief Gets a Tongue-Lashing (Time.com)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Time.com - In a closed door meeting with lawmakers, the controversial spy master offers to resign amid harsh criticism over the bin Laden episode


VIDEO: Clashes in Haiti ahead of inauguration

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:57 PM PDT

Activists have clashed with police in Haiti on the eve of the inauguration of a new president.


Man City face defining moment in FA Cup final (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:52 PM PDT

Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini (2nd L) speaks to his players during a team training session at the club's Carrington training complex in Manchester, north-west England, on May 12, prior to their FA Cup final against Stoke City at Wembley Stadium on May 14.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester City will attempt to end 35 years of failure on Saturday when they face Stoke in an FA Cup final which threatens to be upstaged by Manchester United's record 19th league title.

Pakistan lawmakers pledge no repeat of bin Laden raid (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:38 PM PDT

Students protest against the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden and US drone attacks, in Lahore. Pakistan's parliament Saturday demanded an end to US drone strikes on its territory and called for an independent probe into the raid by US troops that killed Osama bin Laden to ensure there is no repeat.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - Pakistan lawmakers pledged Saturday there must be no repeat of the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden and said drone strikes targeting terrorists near the border with Afghanistan must end.

The Failure of Mitt Romney

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:21 PM PDT

Mitt Romney delivered a big healthcare speech this week. The gist of it was a defense of his univers


Worker at Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant dies (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:09 PM PDT

An elderly man atop a seawall for tsunami watches an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Taro, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP - The operator of Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear power plant says a contract worker in his 60s has died after collapsing at the facility's waste disposal building.

Rangers winger Boogaard dead at 28 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:04 PM PDT

Reuters - New York Rangers winger Derek Boogaard died on Friday, aged 28, the team said in a statement.


Manchester United prepare for title party (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:29 PM PDT

25 years after taking over at Man United with the goal of knocking Liverpool AFP - Twenty-five years after taking over at Manchester United with the goal of knocking Liverpool "off their perch", Sir Alex Ferguson's long-held dream is likely to become reality on Saturday.

Musharraf says he will return to Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 photo, Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan, speaks during the launch of his new political party, the 'All Pakistan Muslim League' in central London. Foreign and Pakistani analysts, former operatives of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency and military men interviewed by The Associated Press say that some ISI agents, local police and local officials most likely did know about bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad. The question is, at what level, and how close to the top? (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Friday he will return to his homeland no later than next March to resume his political ambitions despite facing arrest warrants in connection with the slaying of an ex-prime minister.

India's politician of love (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:45 PM PDT

President of All India Lovers Party, Kumar Sri Sri. Motivated by the prejudices he had to overcome to marry his own wife, Kumar created the ILP in 2008 to support couples who wish to marry despite parental disapproval over differences in caste, religion, and social rank.(AFP/Noah Seelam)AFP - Kumar Sri Sri wants to bring a bit of love to India's parliament.

Sun Setting on British Power

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:24 PM PDT

The British intervention in Libya is fueling fresh anxiety about the nation's shrinking military muscle as the U.K. cuts defense spending in response to a record deficit.


U.K. Heads to Wine Cellar

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:54 PM PDT

British civil servants, in their struggle to sort out the country's debt woes, are heading to the cellar—opening its 100-year-old wine vaults for sale.


Egypt's former first lady said to have suffered a heart attack

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT

Suzanne Mubarak, wife of toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, suffered a heart attack Friday after being questioned in a corruption investigation, the manager of the Sharm el-Sheikh Hospital said.
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