http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=59257">Two dead, 30 wounded, Israel opens fire at Turkish Gaza aid ship
Israel opened fire at a Turkish aid ship sailing for the Gaza Strip, Turkish TVs reported early Monday.
http://aliabunimah.posterous.com/screenshots-of-israel-assault-on-turkish-ship">Screenshots of Israel assault on Turkish ship
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/world/middle_east/10195838.stm" target="_blank">Israeli navy storms Gaza aid ship
Israel attacks at least one of a convoy of ships trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip, amid reports of casualties.
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Gaza flotilla: 2 dead, dozens injured in navy boarding
Passengers tried to wrest weapons from soldiers, Army Radio reports; Turkish leadership call emergency meeting to discuss response to attack at sea, call in Israeli ambassador.
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Israeli troops attack ship carrying aid to Gaza
Israeli warships have attacked at least one of the six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for blockaded Gaza, killing at least two people and wounding 30, according to reports.
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Santos wins Colombia 1st-round vote, faces runoff
Former Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos easily won a first-round presidential vote on Sunday that puts him in a strong position in a June runoff to succeed U.S. ally President Alvaro Uribe.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/cE5pS6Nj2IM/idUSTRE64R35J20100530" target="_blank">France warns on credit rating
France admitted on Sunday that keeping its top-notch credit rating would be "a stretch" without some tough budget decisions, following German hints that Berlin may resort to raising taxes to help bring down its deficit.
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New China rules rule out torture in confessions
Embarrassed by a murder victim who turned up a decade after his "killer" was convicted, China's security and judicial authorities issued rules on Sunday to make it harder to convict suspects based on confessions secured under duress.
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General McChrystal says Afghan insurgents trained in Iran
Afghan insurgents are being trained inside Iran and given weapons to fight security forces, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Sunday, joining a rising drumbeat of criticism of Iran's role in the country.
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill 'will continue to gush until August'
Millions of gallons of oil could be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico at least until August, the White House admitted on Sunday, as BP confirmed the failure of the "top kill" attempt staunch the flow.
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3492/s/ad2f1c1/l/0L0Sindependent0O0C" target="_blank">Qatari watchdog tells Vodafone to file complaint
Qatar's telecom watchdog yesterday told Vodafone Qatar to file a complaint with it if the company had concerns about the entry of Virgin into the market. The regulator was responding to a threat of legal action from Vodafone Qatar, which believes Virgin's entrance into the gulf state is a violation of the conditions of its licence – bought at a cost of 7.7bn riyals (£1.5bn). Virgin has signed a partnership with Qatar Telecommunications to launch Virgin Mobile Qatar in a brand licensing deal.
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3492/s/ad2deb" target="_blank">The euro is entering its final phase
The euro is in a mess. Even some of its stoutest defenders now agree that its survival is threatened. But the problem is being misdiagnosed. Although the catalyst was Greece and southern Europe, the underlying cause lies to the north, in Germany. The euro is the latest crisis in modern German history and the German political elite's search for a stable identity.
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Gulf Coast Fishermen Fear Disruption of Their Way of Life
Even adequate financial compensation might not mute the loss that many fishermen say centers on the nature of what they did as much as on the money they made doing it.
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Turkey, US to tackle deepening rift over Iran in talks
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is flying to Washington for talks on Tuesday with his US counterpart, Hillary Clinton, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to meet with President Barack Obama next month as the two NATO allies work to contain a deepening dispute over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/hamas-leader-americans-contact" target="_blank">Hamas says US is making contact
The United States is sending a succession of envoys to engage with Hamas but lacks the bravery to talk to the Islamist movement openly, its leader, Khaled Meshal, said in an interview with the Guardian.
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Spain's debt rating is downgraded
The euro is expected to come under further pressure tomorrow as Spain's minority government teeters on the brink of collapse and traders fear contagion throughout the eurozone after a senior French minister admitted that his country's top-notch credit rating was under threat.
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Afghan aid group 'spreading religion'
Officials in Afghanistan have begun an investigation into the activities of hundreds of aid groups after a local media report accused a Norwegian organisation of preaching Christianity, a crime punishable by death, the government said on Sunday.
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Italy's coastal palm trees under attack by army of weevils
They provide shade to sunbathers on scorching hot days and a stunning backdrop to some of Europe's most fabled coastal scenery, but Italy's palm trees are being devastated by a voracious bug.
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French admit they are racist
One in seven French people admit to being racist and many have prejudicial views of immigrants, homosexuals, blacks, Arab and Jews, according to a survey released on Sunday.
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Great Wall of China's strength 'comes from sticky rice'
The secret of the strength and longevity of the Great Wall of China lies in the sticky rice that was used as its mortar, Chinese scientists have found.
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Update: Georgia leader's party wins first post-war vote
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's party swept to victory in dozens of municipal votes on Sunday in the first electoral test for the pro-West leader since he lost a 2008 war to Russia, exit polls showed.
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Guardian S. Africa nukes story slammed
Watchdog: Distortion and innuendo used to delegitimize Israel.
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Farmers slowly cultivate a new image
Growers and wholesalers witness the gentle winds of change as industrialization takes hold in agriculture
Why today is 'Quit Facebook Day'
The social network has more than 400 million members but not everyone is enamoured with sharing their life with the rest of the world.
US shields Israel from a nuclear reckoning
Israel is not likely to give up on nuclear arsenal despite an Arab-led resolution calling for a 2012 conference on establishing a nuclear-free Middle East
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