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<style type="text/css">.rsspal{max-width:;}</style><table class="rsspal" style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;border-width:2; border-style:solid; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; border-color: #d4d0c8; " cellpadding="3"><tr><th style="background-color: #999999; color: #ffffff; "><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/world" style="color: #ffffff; " target="_blank">Yahoo! News: World News</a></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_syria" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Syrian forces attack northern town, residents flee <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_syria"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110611/i/r1861288458.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=jFjdQXmezSRa630Dgc9S9Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Syrian people attend a funeral in a rural area on the Syrian side of the border zone between Turkey and Syria near the Turkish village of Guvecci, 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Hatay city centre, June 11, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Syrian tanks and helicopters stormed the town of Jisr al-Shughour on Sunday, residents said, and state television reported heavy clashes between army troops and gunmen opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_turkey_election" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Turkey votes with expectations for another Erdogan win <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_turkey_election"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110611/i/r566548305.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=f9Sd8TgiuBvz7zZhaG3hjQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), and his wife Emine Erdogan greet their supporters during an election rally in Istanbul June 11, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. REUTERS/Murad Sezer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Turks voted in an election on Sunday that is expected to return Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to office for a third consecutive term and could give him a mandate to rewrite the constitution.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110611/wl_nm/us_pakistan_blasts" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Suspected suicide bombing kills 34 in Pakistan <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110611/wl_nm/us_pakistan_blasts"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110611/i/r863308489.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=tv9XCfQ3nCszQv97gT8c7w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Security officials survey the site of multiple bomb blasts in Peshawar on June 12, 2011. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - At least 34 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar late Saturday, the latest attack since Osama bin Laden's killing last month.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_china_lead" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">China lead pollution outbreak poisons 103 children <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Reuters - Lead pollution from workshops in eastern China seriously poisoned 103 children and has affected hundreds of other residents in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_bahrain" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Thousands rally for reform in Bahrain <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110612/wl_nm/us_bahrain"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110611/i/r2970222975.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8CDbsch_Q_Sg0PveaWEY2Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Anti-government protesters flee after riot police fire rounds of tear gas to disperse them in the mainly Shi'ite village of Diraz, west of Manama, March 25, 2011. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thousands of Bahrainis shouting "we are victorious" gathered for a rally for political reform on Saturday, in the first large demonstration since the Gulf Arab state crushed a democracy protest movement in March.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110611/wl_time/08599207706900" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Turkey's Election Offers a Last Chance to Integrate the Kurds <br /> (Time.com)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Time.com - The status of Turkey's estimated 14 million ethnic Kurds remains a hotly contested issue, but Sunday's vote offers new hope for finding a political solution</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_uk_afp/fblengbirminghammcleish" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">McLeish resigns as Birmingham football manager <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_uk_afp/fblengbirminghammcleish"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110612/capt.photo_1307894166211-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Z2I4XlidNeGKbIHUfMq21Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Alex McLeish has resigned as the manager of Birmingham City following the team's relegation from the Premier League. The club said he had told acting chairman Peter Pannu in an e-mail he was leaving the Midlands side.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Alex McLeish resigned as the manager of Birmingham City on Sunday following their relegation from the Premier League, with the club saying he had told acting chairman Peter Pannu in an e-mail he was leaving the Midlands side.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_israel" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Egyptian authorities detain alleged Israeli spy <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">AP - An Egyptian security official says authorities have detained an alleged Israeli agent and are interrogating him on suspicion he tried to recruit protesters during the popular uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Mexican judge gives 60 years to killer of top cop <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110612/capt.5de2284987884fe68580db30f3d1d7b5-5de2284987884fe68580db30f3d1d7b5-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=zw9Kllmb1IqRhX5TizGs8A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 17, 2007 file photo, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary hearing on the prosecution of Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos, two former Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a drug smuggler in the backside as he sprinted toward Mexico. Rohrabacher's suggestion Friday, June 10, 2011, during a trip to Baghdad, that Iraq repay the United States for the money it has spent in the country has stirred anger, with an Iraqi lawmaker ridiculing the idea as 'stupid' and others saying Iraqis should be compensated for the hardships they've endured. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge sentenced a man to 60 years in prison for the 2008 murder of Mexico's acting federal police chief Edgar Millan Gomez, federal prosecutors said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_africa_afp/libyaconflict" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Libya battles rage in western flashpoints: rebels <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_africa_afp/libyaconflict"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110612/capt.photo_1307812339861-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=DK_2WHfynJMhHl4MCv6ccQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Libyan rebel fighters flash the victory sign as they drive in Ajdabiya. Tribal fighters opposed to Moamer Kadhafi have clashed with the strongman's forces in the oasis city of Sabha, rebels said, as regime troops went on the offensive at key Libyan flashpoints.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fighting between Moamer Kadhafi's forces and Libyan insurgents raged Sunday across swaths of western Libya, with casualties reported in Zawiyah where rebels launched an offensive after a two-month lull.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_elections" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Turkey's ruling party leads in early vote count <br /> (AP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110612/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_elections"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110612/capt.3f499ee333654eb6bbaf35373ed6e2af-3f499ee333654eb6bbaf35373ed6e2af-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=0CWI7PyWST6LgWFJ3WZToQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="A polling station official hands over a ballot paper and a stamp at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, June 12, 2011. About 52 million Turks vote in the Sunday general elections that have been marred by the release on the Internet of sex videos that have led to the resignation of 10 prominent opposition politicians and the ruling party seeking a strong electoral victory to rewrite the country's constitution. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)" border="0" /></a>AP - State-run television says Turkey's ruling party is leading by a wide margin in early returns from parliamentary elections.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110611/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_aircanada" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Air Canada customer agents serve strike notice <br /> (Reuters)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Reuters - The union representing customer service and ticket sales agents at Air Canada Inc on Friday gave the airline 72 hours notice of a strike after negotiators failed to agree on a new labor contract.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_asia_afp/australiaenvironmentarsenic" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Arsenic scare prompts evacuation in Australia <br /> (AFP)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; "><p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110612/wl_asia_afp/australiaenvironmentarsenic"><img class="rsspal" style="float:left; margin:5px" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20110612/capt.photo_1307861196715-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=.HpdfaVfGpjtKqmo1bxbdQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Photo illustration. Australian officials on Sunday urged residents and visitors to a remote outback cattle station to leave, after a number were found to have high levels of arsenic in their blood.(AFP/Illustration/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian officials on Sunday urged residents and visitors to a remote outback cattle station to leave, after a number were found to have high levels of arsenic in their blood.</p><br clear="all"/></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110610/wl_csm/389822" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Spain police crack Anonymous cell accused of hacking PlayStation <br /> (The Christian Science Monitor)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">The Christian Science Monitor - Spanish police today said they have arrested three key members of Anonymous a group of hacker-activists involved in denial-of-service computer attacks on government and corporate websites as well as the Sony PlayStation online store.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110611/wl_time/08599207710300" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Sources: Panetta Confronts Pakistan Over Collusion With Militants <br /> (Time.com)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Time.com - In a development certain to further strain relations between the U.S. and its nuclear-powered ally, the next Secretary of Defense flies in to confront Islamabad's military establishment</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110610/wl_csm/389787" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">In Albania, a mayoral vote gone awry threatens EU membership bid <br /> (The Christian Science Monitor)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">The Christian Science Monitor - As Albanias two-year political crisis risks spiraling out of control, the opposition is now calling for international intervention.</td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20110610/wl_oneworld/45361670681307726715" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Cote d'Ivoire: Free Health Care Window Highlights Challenges <br /> (OneWorld.net)<br /> </a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">OneWorld.net - DAKAR, Jun 10 (IRIN) - The Ivoirian government has extended a special period of free health care to help a population reeling from months of turmoil. But in a country where cost recovery for health services has long been the policy, an abrupt change to free care is posing challenges.</td></tr> </table>