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2 arrested after U.K. scrambles fighter jets to intercept Pakistani passenger jet from Lahore
CBS News:Plane en route to Manchester from Lahore diverted to airport northeast of...
Sources: CBS News, The Boston Globe, NY Times, Huffingon Post...
Blasts, gun battle erupt in key Kabul district
Washington Post:KABUL — Bomb blasts and gunfire erupted in the center of the Afghan capital Friday afternoon, shattering the quiet after weekly prayer services as an intense battle raged into the night between Afghan security forces...
Sources: Washington Post, CBS News, The Boston Globe...
Pakistan welcomes Obama stance on force
CNN:Pakistan on Friday welcomed President Barack Obama's stance that "force alone cannot make us safer" in battling terrorism.
Stocks Snap 4-Week Win Streak
Wall Street Journal:U.S. stocks were virtually unchanged Friday, posting their first weekly decline in five weeks, as investors weighed the prospects for central-bank stimulus measures and recent volatility in global markets.
ING Gets 3 Bids for Korean Life Insurer
Wall Street Journal:ING Groep received bids from a Korean life insurer and two Seoul-based private-equity firms for its Korean life insurance unit, just months after a previous attempt to sell the operations for $2.1 billion fell through.
Indonesia Bank Chief to Fight Inflation
Wall Street Journal:Former Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo began a five-year term as Indonesia's central bank governor Friday, taking the reins as Southeast Asia's biggest economy faces the prospect of higher inflation and political...
P&G's Lafley Begins New Talent Hunt
Wall Street Journal:Procter & Gamble's A.G. Lafley, newly returned as CEO, must repopulate a depleted pool of top executives as he prepares a major overhaul and...
Bond Turbulence Hits Japan's Insurers
Wall Street Journal:Japan's life-insurance companies say market turbulence is making it harder to purchase Japanese government bonds—though recent yield rises may have made them more attractive.
In Letter, North Korea Seeks Dialogue
Wall Street Journal:A North Korean envoy gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a handwritten letter from Kim Jong Un and said Pyongyang wanted to solve diplomatic issues through dialogue, Chinese state media reported, signaling some...
United Nations
RT @UN_Spokesperson: #UNSG strongly condemns today's attack in Kabul, #Afghanistan, involving compound of #IOM bit.ly/ZjlHhk @IOM_…
Cynthia Yildirim
China Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear Talks, via @nytimes nyti.ms/12B590J
Pranay Gupte
Q & A: Answering Readers' Queries on Drones nyti.ms/ZfDohO
Afghans must find their own military solutions
Regarding the May 20 front-page article “Afghan troops lose an airlift lifeline”: The international coalition in Afghanistan has invested in training and funding to provide the Afghan military with a...
Terrorism... Again: Old Threats, Alternative Solutions
Edit Schlaffer
Huffingon Post Blog
Western anti-Muslim sentiment needs to be balanced by Muslims voicing their determination to confront the Islamist threat and expose the abuses of Islam by a small minority of extremists.
Admit It, You'd Do Anything for a Cheap Airfare
Christopher Elliott
Huffingon Post Blog
The future of travel will be filled with steals and deals for a lucky few, but for the rest of us? Not so much. With the busy American Memorial Day holiday weekend just around the corner, many...
London terror attack video -- the last straw for freedom-loving people?
Dr. Keith Ablow
Fox News Opinions
One man dies horrifically in Woolwich, England, and the whole world hears the rant of his depraved killer.
Memorial Day poppies and the woman who launched a movement
Cathy Maxwell
Fox News Opinions
Every Memorial Day, when I run into the grocery store to pick up those last minute items for the three day weekend’s picnic, I’m met with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) selling their...