Headlines

Here are a few more headlines -- just to keep you up to date, and allow me to get some work done. (chuckle, chuckle)

# Clinton: NKorea must face consequences for attack (AP) "- 2 hours ago"

AP - Citing "overwhelming" evidence that North Korea sank a South Korean warship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned the communist state Friday of international consequences.
# Car bomb in Shiite town near Baghdad kills 23 (AP) "- 1 hour ago"AP - A car bomb exploded Friday at an open-air market in a Shiite town northeast of Baghdad, killing 23 people and wounding more than 50, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.
# Thai PM, saying violence quelled, calls for unity (AP) "- 4 hours ago"AP - Claiming order has been restored after a spasm of violence, Thailand's prime minister made an emotional appeal to the nation Friday to heal the political wounds that divide it. But one of his sen...
# Moms of Americans jailed in Iran head home (AP) "- 2 hours ago"AP - The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months were returning home Friday without securing an immediate release for their children, witnesses said.
# US warns of terror link to Pakistan catering firm (AP) "- 4 hours ago"AP - The U.S. Embassy warned Friday that terrorist groups may have "established links" to a high-class catering company in Pakistan that a security official said is owned by a suspect arrested over th...
# Farmers vs. Lions: A Battle to the Death in Kenya (Time.com) "- 2 hours ago"Time.com - A massive drought has helped distort the relationship between cattle-raising Maasai and the country's endangered lions -- and the big cats may end up losing
# Paris judge defers decision on Noriega release (AP) "- 1 hour ago"AP - A Paris appeal court judge on Friday deferred a decision until May 28 on whether to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega before his trial on money laundering charges.
# Gaza gunmen infiltrate Israel, die in firefight (AP) "- 1 hour ago"AP - Israeli troops killed two Palestinian militants who had infiltrated Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday, the military said.
# `Immediate' US aid in drug war slow to help Mexico (AP) "- 1 hour ago"AP - The United States has spent a fraction of the $1.1 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make "an immediate and important impact" on surging drug cartel violence, according to docum...
# Congolese rights groups urge Obama to help tackle rebels (AFP) "- "