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UN rights body condemns Syria over massacre

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:41:16 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of global condemnation following a string of horrific massacres....

Pope to attend La Scala concert

By COLLEEN BARRY — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 03:42:35 GMT

MILAN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI praised the performance of Beethoven's Ninth symphony on Friday evening at Milan's La Scala theater as "a moment of elevation of the soul."...

PepsiCo's Mexico snack subsidiary attacked again

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:22:04 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Assailants in western Mexico burned another delivery truck of a PepsiCo-owned Mexican snack company, shortly after a drug cartel claimed responsibility for last week's arson attacks against the company, police said Friday....

Canada police: Body parts victim a Chinese student

By ROB GILLIES and SEAN FARRELL — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:13:48 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) -- The man killed in a videotaped attack that was discovered after body parts were mailed to Canada's top political parties was a Chinese student, police said Friday, as authorities in France searched for the suspect, a Canadian porn actor....

Suu Kyi visits Myanmar refugees in Thailand

By TODD PITMAN — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:12:15 GMT

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi turned her attention to Myanmar's long-standing refugee crisis Saturday with a visit to a sprawling camp on Thailand's border to get her first glimpse of the hardships faced by hundreds of thousands who have fled war in her homeland....

French president says Syria's Assad has to go

By SYLVIE CORBET and FRANK JORDANS — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:33:39 GMT

PARIS (AP) -- France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."...

Egyptians rally against Mubarak-era candidate

By AYA BATRAWY — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:35:28 GMT

CAIRO (AP) -- Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Egypt on Friday to demand that Ahmed Shafiq, a former senior official in Hosni Mubarak's ousted regime, be disqualified from next month's presidential runoff....

Diamond Jubilee: Britain marks Queen's reign

By GREGORY KATZ — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:09:17 GMT

LONDON (AP) -- The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royal souvenirs....

Irish say yes to EU pact, now seek EU growth deal

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:09:33 GMT

DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's voters have agreed to ratify the European Union's deficit-fighting treaty with a resounding 60.3 percent "yes," results Friday showed, but government leaders and pro-treaty campaigners alike expressed relief rather than joy because of the stark economic challenges ahead....

Queen Elizabeth II to make horses part of Jubilee

ROBERT BARR — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:56:35 GMT

LONDON (AP) -- Don't call her at the office Saturday - Queen Elizabeth II will be off to the races....