Tuesday, May 25, 2010

World News Briefs -- May 25, 2010 (Evening Edition)



Jamaica Violence Over Drug-Lord Extradition Kills 31 -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Thirty-one people, 28 of them civilians, have been killed in three days of violence in Jamaica triggered by government moves to extradite an alleged drug lord to the United States, police said on Tuesday.


Police Director of Communications Karl Angell said 26 civilians were killed and 25 injured in the teeming Tivoli Gardens slum of West Kingston, which heavily armed soldiers and police assaulted on Monday hunting for the wanted man, Christopher "Dudus" Coke. He was not found.

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MIDDLE EAST

South Lebanon, 10 years later.

8 ships with aid, activists head for sealed Gaza.

Assassination and candidate prohibitions roil Iraq.

Gunmen rob gold shops in Iraqi capital, kill 15.

Iran says to reconsider fuel swap if sanctions imposed. Effectiveness of proposed UN sanctions on Iran debatable.

Airstrike kills Yemen mediator, tribes hit pipeline.

What Lebanon Prime Minister Saad Hariri seeks from White House visit.

ASIA

Ship collision off Singapore causes spill.

N. Korea severing all ties with S. Korea. Pentagon and U.N. Chief put new pressure on N. Korea. North Korea threatens military action in disputed waters.

Thai ex-PM Thaksin charged with terrorism.

Number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan exceeds total in Iraq for the first time.

Indian PM promises to normalize ties with Pakistan.

AFRICA

5 Somalis face piracy charges in Dutch trial.

Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: we won't need aid in 10 years.

Ethiopian Prime Minister declares victory in election. EU chief observer says Ethiopian poll was not fair.

Burundi starts vote - counting in district polls.

Nigeria, a failing state: state governor.

EUROPE

At least 13 Russian tourists dead, 26 injured in Turkish bus crash.

15 dead in Poland. Devastating floods heading for Germany.

U.N. envoy says Cyprus deal within reach.

Russia mulls buying naval ships from France, Spain, Netherlands.

Queen opens British Parliament amid pomp and ceremony.

AMERICAS

Salvadoran president to hold meeting on Honduras.

W.H. takes heat over spill response. The Gulf oil spill: A crisis The White House can't yet answer.

US warns Jamaica violence could spread outside Kingston.

Workers in Venezuela on alert after Chavez warning.

Private pay shrinks to historic lows in the U.S.

Colombia: 9 Marines die in firefight with rebels.

Former dictator could gain power in Suriname.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

US expands secret military operations: report.

Haqqani Network executed Kabul suicide attack.

Yemen’s resurgent al Qaeda wing.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Gold rising as Euro weakens spurs more speculation.

US plays down European crisis but China worried.

One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction.

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