 IBNLive.com | Three killed in northern Italy earthquake BBC News An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least three people and caused thousands of others to flee into the streets, officials say. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna. Reports: 3 dead in quake near Bologna Italy earthquake kills three in country's north Quake kills 3, knocks down church bell in northern Italy |
 NEWS.com.au | 9 killed in car bomb blast Detroit Free Press A car bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in a city in eastern Syria on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest blast targeting security installations, the country's government-run news media reported. The blast in Deir al-Zour ... Car bomb in eastern Syrian city kills 9 Syria bomb kills 9, Damascus blames foreign plot Powerful car bomb hits Syrian city of Deir al-Zour |
 Boston Globe | Bombing at Italian school kills 1 Boston Globe By Elisabetta Povoledo AP Commentators noted that the school bombing occurred as runoff elections were being held in several cities on Saturday. ROME - A bomb exploded Saturday in front of a school in the southern city of Brindisi, ... Italy bomb blast kills girl outside school Bomb left outside school in Italy kills girl and injures seven Italy hunts for clues in deadly school bomb attack |
 Toronto Star | G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby Reuters * Obama winning support for tapping government-held oil stocks * G8 effectively puts IEA on standby for action (Updates with G8 statement) By Jeff Mason CAMP DAVID, Md., May 19 (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the ... Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO G-8 Summit opens at Camp David, as Iran and Syria among top topics Russia Tells G-8 Mideast Should Be Treated as Chess Game |
 NEWS.com.au | Heading Into Talks With Iran, US Sees Hopeful Signs New York Times WASHINGTON — American negotiators, heading into a crucial round of talks with Iran over its nuclear program next week in Baghdad, are allowing themselves a rare emotion after more than a decade of fruitless haggling with Tehran: hope. UN Atomic Chief Tries Tehran Gambit UN nuclear chief to visit Iran, deal may be near Poll: Opposition to Iran gaining nuclear weapons widespread in 21 nations ... |
 AFP | Sri Lanka president orders ex-army chief freed AFP COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's president has ordered the release of his jailed electoral rival, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, bowing to US-led international pressure three years after the end of the island's long ethnic war. The 61-year-old former four-star ... Rajapaksa orders Fonseka's release Sri Lanka president orders release of jailed rival Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief |
 AFP | Suicide blast kills 13 in eastern Afghanistan The Associated Press By RAHIM FAIEZ, AP – 1 minute ago KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in a volatile area of eastern Afghanistan, killing 13 people, police said. The bomber walked up to a checkpoint in Ali Sher ... Suicide bomber kills 13 along Afghanistan-Pakistan border Suicide blast 'kills 10' at Afghan checkpoint in Khost Afghan suicide arrack kills 13 |
 CBS News | Taiwan's Ma Signals No China Change as Term... ABC News Taiwan's president began his second term Sunday and signaled he will maintain a China policy that has reduced tensions between the sides, offering Beijing little early hope of realizing its long-term goal of unification. Speaking at a low-key inaugural ... Taiwan's Ma signals no China change as term starts |
 BBC News | Cameron and Hollande have first meeting BBC News David Cameron has emerged from his first meeting with the new French President, Francois Hollande and said they both shared a desire to see deficits cut, markets stabilised and economic growth. The two leaders met at the British embassy in Washington, ... France's Hollande: Learned At G-8 Not Alone To Back Eurobonds At EU Summit France's Hollande to make Eurobond proposals at EU summit France's Hollande sticking to early Afghan pullout |