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Afghanistan: Suicide attack on provincial governor's compound, 7 killed

Associated Press, Saturday May 28, 2011, Kabul

A suicide bomber attacked a provincial governor's compound Saturday, causing a number of casualties among members of the international military coalition and Afghan security forces in an area of northern Afghanistan where security has deteriorated, coalition and Afghan police said.

3 killed, 8 injured in chemical plant blast in China

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Beijing

Three people were killed and eight others injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in east China. The blast occurred last night in a chemical plant of Shandong Baoyuan Chemical Co Ltd in Zibo City, Shandong Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.

For anarchist, details of life as FBI target

Colin Moynihan and Scott Shane, New York Times, Sunday May 29, 2011, Austin (Texas)

A fat sheaf of FBI reports meticulously details the surveillance that counterterrorism agents directed at the one-story house in East Austin. For at least three years, they traced the license plates of cars parked out front, recorded the comings and goings of residents and guests and, in one case, speculated about a suspicious flat object spread out across the driveway.

US: Model, friend fall out of 10th-storey hotel window

Associated Press, Sunday May 29, 2011, Atlanta

A model celebrating her birthday died and another woman was critically injured when they plunged from a 10th-storey window of a luxury Atlanta hotel early Saturday morning, investigators said.

Cyber attack on US defence contractor; 'secrets safe'

Associated Press, Sunday May 29, 2011, New York

A major defense contractor says it sustained a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack but kept its secrets safe. Lockheed Martin and the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Saturday night that the contractor had come under a cyber attack.

Arnold Schwarzenegger 'begs' wife for second chance

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, London

Former California Governor and action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who split from wife Maria Shriver after 25 years, following revelations of a secret love child, is reportedly begging her to give him another chance.

Egypt court fines Mubarak for Internet, phone disruptions

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Cairo

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been ordered to pay US $90 million together with his two ex-ministers for "damaging the economy" by enforcing a shutdown of telephone and Internet connections during the country's popular uprising.

Nepal's Constituent Assembly gets 3-month extension

Press Trust of India, Sunday May 29, 2011, Kathmandu

Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Sunday got three-month extension after a last-minute deal between key political parties under which Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal will step down.

Taliban aims to take over Pakistan, its nukes

Press Trust of India, Saturday May 28, 2011, Washington

The Taliban has said they have no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, asserting that it is the only Muslim state possessing such weapons and the terror group aims to take over the country as well as its nukes.

No clean chit to Pakistan’s ISI, says US

Press Trust of India, Saturday May 28, 2011, Washington

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not given clean chit to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) over Osama bin Laden's presence in the country, State Department spokesperson said today.

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