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• 1. French Left in crisis talks over Strauss-Kahn case (Reuters)

• 2. Tanks storm south Syria city as U.S. piles on pressure (Reuters)

• 3. DSK Sex-Crime Case: Ex-Prosecutor Explains Charges (Time.com)

• 4. Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes (Reuters)

• 5. Official: 4 journalists held in Libya to be freed (AP)

• 6. Rwanda ex-army chief jailed for 30 years over genocide (AFP)

• 7. NATO helicopter attacks Pakistani army post (AP)

• 8. Mexican Soap Opera Turns Cops into Narcowar Heroes (Time.com)

• 9. Child soldiers add questions for Pakistan (OneWorld.net)

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French Left in crisis talks over Strauss-Kahn case (Reuters)  

2011-05-17 14:31

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Reuters - French Socialist leaders produced a rare public display of unity on Tuesday as they struggled to respond to the sexual assault case against their favored candidate for the 2012 election, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

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Tanks storm south Syria city as U.S. piles on pressure (Reuters)  

2011-05-17 16:32

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Reuters - The West warned of more pressure on Syria on Tuesday if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle of an uprising against Baathist rule.

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DSK Sex-Crime Case: Ex-Prosecutor Explains Charges (Time.com)  

2011-05-17 15:55

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Time.com - Famed former sex-crime prosecutor Linda Fairstein discusses the charges against IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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Russia arrests man who ate human liver with potatoes (Reuters)  

2011-05-17 16:34

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Reuters - Russian police said on Tuesday they had detained a man who was caught eating an acquaintance's liver.

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Official: 4 journalists held in Libya to be freed (AP)  

2011-05-17 16:27

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AP - Four journalists detained in Libya since early April have completed an administrative hearing and will be released Tuesday or Wednesday, a government spokesman said.

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Rwanda ex-army chief jailed for 30 years over genocide (AFP)  

2011-05-17 16:32

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AFP - The UN court for Rwanda handed former army chief Augustin Bizimungu a 30-year jail term for his role in the 1994 genocide, including for calling for the murder of minority Tutsis.

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NATO helicopter attacks Pakistani army post (AP)  

2011-05-17 16:26

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AP - Pakistani troops and a NATO helicopter that crossed into Pakistani territory exchanged fire on Tuesday, wounding two soldiers, local officials said, and Pakistan protested, further straining relations with the West following the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

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Mexican Soap Opera Turns Cops into Narcowar Heroes (Time.com)  

2011-05-17 15:55

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Time.com - In an attempt to improve the image Mexico's police, a telenovela turns them into heroes in the war against the narcos. But real life isn't as black and white

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Child soldiers add questions for Pakistan (OneWorld.net)  

2011-05-17 14:46

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OneWorld.net - May 17 (OneWorld.net) - A new focus on Pakistan in the UN Secretary-General's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict may complicate the task of rebuilding relations with the US in the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

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