Wednesday, June 1, 2011

World News Briefs -- June 1, 2011



Yemen's Saleh Losing Grip As Fighting Rages -- McClatchy News

SANAA, Yemen — After four months of widespread anti-government demonstrations, numerous defections of high-ranking officials and mounting pressure from powerful tribes, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh appears to be losing his increasingly fragile grip on the southern Arabian nation.

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MIDDLE EAST

Yemen: 37 killed in Sanaa clashes. Street battles in Yemeni capital leave 41 dead.

Syrian troops bomb southern town, killing at least 8 people as regime crackdown continues. Syrians protest at night as President Assad’s amnesty offer is rejected. Syria's opposition dismisses amnesty gesture.

Bahrain martial law ends, military trials continue.

Turkish nationalists held in pre-poll tension.

ASIA

Pakistan general rules out N. Waziristan offensive.

Seven security force personnel killed in NW Pakistan. About 200 "launch cross-border attack" on Pakistan post.

Pakistan forms commission to probe bin Laden raid.

India, Pakistan glacier talks yield no progress.

IAEA team says Japan underestimated tsunami threat.

China steps up drilling, intimidation.

Is Three Gorges Dam making China's worst drought in decades worse?

AFRICA

NATO formally extends Libya mission for 90 days. Col Gaddafi plots retaliatory strikes if forced from leadership. In Tripoli, support for Gaddafi is shallow.

Ethiopia offers peacekeepers for Abyei in Sudan.

US says Somalia needs governance to defeat piracy.

Egyptians outraged over 'virginity tests' on female protestors.

EUROPE

CIA now thinks Greece military coup possible.

Greece to complete bailout talks by Thursday: paper.

War crimes suspect Mladic to be charged on Friday.

Another 365 new E. coli cases found in Germany.

Georgia passes law to destroy Soviet-era monuments and street names.

AMERICAS

Chavez condemns US sanctions, jokes about missiles.

U.S. debt-limit hike fails in House in symbolic vote. 150 economists back Republicans in debt fight.

Mexicans turn to social media for news about drug crimes.

Another narco tank seized in Mexico.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Glimpse of bin Laden techniques in captured records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq.

New charges for 9/11 suspects held at Guantanamo.

Iraqi refugees in Kentucky charged with planning to help arm Al Qaeda.

What Pakistan's ISI doesn't want the world to know about Osama bin Laden's couriers.

Report: al Qaeda infiltrated Pakistani navy.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Eric Schmidt admits he 'screwed up' over Facebook's networking power.

Australian economy suffers worst GDP decline in 20 years.

China factories feel credit squeeze as expansion slows.

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