Israelis, Palestinians resume direct talks (AP)

AP - Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S.

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SKorean president names new prime minister (AP)

AP - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak named a former provincial governor as his new prime minister on Sunday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Australia gets its 1st female PM as Rudd ousted (AP)

AP - Australia’s ruling Labor Party ousted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday in a sudden, stunning revolt that also delivered the country its first female leader.

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Defiant Israel says activists prepared to fight (AP)

AP - Israel’s prime minister claimed that the Turkish activists who battled Israeli naval commandos in a deadly clash last week prepared for the fight ahead of time, before boarding the ship in a different city from the rest of the passengers.

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Finance chief Kan to become Japan’s prime minister (AP)

AP - Japan’s ruling party picked grass-roots populist Naoto Kan as its new chief Friday, paving his way to replace political blueblood Yukio Hatoyama as prime minister while the party struggles to reclaim public support ahead of July elections.

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China offers condolence for sinking of SKorea ship (AP)

AP - The premier of China, North Korea’s main ally, offered condolences Saturday to South Korea for the sinking of a warship blamed on Pyongyang after promising his country would not defend anyone guilty of the attack, as it faced growing pressure to take punitive action.

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Primary Day: Testing themes for big fall elections (AP)

AP - For all the primaries testing tea party clout and veteran senators’ ability to survive, a special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania is the multimillion-dollar battleground of choice Tuesday for the two political parties, previewing themes for a fall campaign shadowed by recession and voter discontent.

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Iraq says it uncovered al-Qaida plot on World Cup (AP)

AP - Iraqi security forces have detained an al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month, an official said Monday.

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Britain’s David Cameron becomes PM; Brown out (AP)

AP - Conservative leader David Cameron became Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years Tuesday after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of Labour government.

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UK campaign gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot (AP)

AP - Britain’s Prime Minister blundered into the first major gaffe in his country’s short campaign season Wednesday when an open microphone captured him slamming a voter he’d just been trying to win over.

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