Sunday, May 29, 2011

World News Briefs -- May 29, 2011



Mladic To Be Extradited To The Hague Early Next Week -- RIA Novosti

A former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic who is facing trial on war crimes and genocide charges, will be extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Monday or Tuesday, French TF1 TV channel cited a tribunal's judge, Mehmet Guney as saying.

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MIDDLE EAST

Egypt opens Gaza border crossing, easing four-year blockade.

Syrian troops kill 2 in besieged town: witness.

Suspected Al-Qaida militants take over Yemen coastal town.

Yemen: Hashid tribal fighters in ceasefire with Saleh.

Arab League backs UN recognition of Palestine.

Hamas, Fatah leaders to meet soon on implementing reconciliation pact.

ASIA

Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief. Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14. Afghans say NATO air strikes killed 52.

Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan 'unready for typhoon'.

8 die in bombing of Pakistan restaurant.

China hits back at Vietnam over territorial spat.

AFRICA

Gadhafi forces try to break rebel line near Misrata. Libyan rebels may have to settle for half country. Libya: Nato planes target Gaddafi's Tripoli compound.

Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan sworn in as president.

UN: Security Council to decide Sudan mission future. North and South Sudan to meet to defuse tensions over region.

Egyptian court fines Mubarak, ex-officials $90 million for telecom shutdown.

EUROPE

Ratko Mladic denies Srebrenica massacre role - son. Serbia braces for protests over Mladic arrest.

IMF says reports on Greece missing fiscal targets untrue.

German E.coli outbreak death toll rises to 10.

Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops.

AMERICAS

US tornado death toll at 139.

Ousted ex-President Zelaya returns to Honduras.

Mexico police raid 'La Familia drug cartel', killing 11. Mexico detains nearly 50 members of 2 drug gangs.

Barack Obama to honour tornado victims in Joplin.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Raid on bin Laden compound avenged CIA deaths.

Pak Navy official confirms al Qaeda’s infiltration within naval ranks.

Bin Laden's death hastens al-Qaeda's decline in Jordan.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Lockheed Martin hit with 'significant and tenacious' cyber attack.

Shale boom in Texas could increase U.S. oil output.

U.S. says China yuan undervalued, but not manipulated.

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