Libyan Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies
2012-05-20T14:01:39Z
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, died on Sunday, almost three years after being freed from jail on compassionate grounds.

Apple, Samsung CEOs head to court-ordered play date
2012-05-20T14:00:07Z
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chiefs of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation, have been instructed by a federal judge to appear for court-supervised mediation. A joint court filing in April said that "as directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate" in the discussions. ...

Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections
2012-05-20T13:59:49Z
Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.

U.S. army instructor shot in Yemen attack: security source
2012-05-20T13:57:02Z
SANAA (Reuters) - A U.S. military instructor was shot and seriously wounded in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Red Sea city of Hudaida on Sunday, a Yemeni security source said. The source said two other U.S. instructors travelling in the same car were not hurt in the attack. The U.S. instructors were training Yemeni coastguards. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Sami Aboudi; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Tropical storm Alberto forms off Carolinas' coast
2012-05-20T13:54:10Z
Tropical Storm Alberto emerged off South Carolina's coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn't officially begin until June 1.

U.N. seeks Iran nuclear deal before Baghdad talks
2012-05-20T13:52:04Z
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons sites - a potential breakthrough that Iran may hope could persuade the West to start lifting sanctions and deflect threats of war. But though IAEA chief Yukiya Amano scheduled Monday's talks with Iran at such short notice that diplomats said agreement on new inspections may be near, few see Tehran convincing Western governments to ease back swiftly on punitive measures when its negotiators meet big power officials in Baghdad on Wednesday. Amano, director general of the U.N. ...

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi has died in Libya: brother
2012-05-20T13:49:28Z
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, released from a Scottish prison in 2009 and returned to Libya because he was suffering from terminal cancer, had been in and out of hospital for weeks and was taken for an emergency blood transfusion in April. Megrahi's health had deteriorated quickly overnight, his brother Abdulhakim told Reuters. "He was surrounded by his family and died in his house," he said. He was 60. ...

Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem must be partitioned
2012-05-20T13:40:37Z
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is urging Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace.

UAE ruler cancels debts of defaulting borrowers
2012-05-20T13:36:40Z
Citizens of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates who defaulted on hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans could soon see their debts wiped away.

Yemen troops clash with al-Qaida in south; 17 dead
2012-05-20T13:34:32Z
Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the militants more than a year ago.