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• Monsoon rains hit mainland two days early (Reuters)
• Vettel wins crash-hit Monaco thriller (Reuters)
• Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back (Reuters)
• Sepp Blatter cleared for new term as FIFA president (Reuters)
• Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches - study (Reuters)
• Afghans say NATO air strike kills 12 children (Reuters)
• Brilliant Barcelona lift European Cup again (Reuters)
• Tharanga tests positive for banned drug (Reuters)
• Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief (Reuters)
• China tightens grip on Inner Mongolia before planned protest (Reuters)

Monsoon rains hit mainland two days early (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 05:35 AM PDT Reuters - India's annual monsoon rains have hit Kerala two days earlier than expected, weather officials said on Sunday, boosting prospects for a harvest that could spur Asia's third-largest economy.

Vettel wins crash-hit Monaco thriller (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel celebrated his fifth victory in six races after winning a crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix thriller for Red Bull on Sunday.

Strauss-Kahn assembles crisis team to fight back (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.

Sepp Blatter cleared for new term as FIFA president (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - FIFA cleared a path for Sepp Blatter to win a fourth presidential term despite the corruption crisis at the heart of soccer when an ethics committee decided on Sunday he had no case to answer in a bribes-for-votes case.

Ice melt to close off Arctic's interior riches - study (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 10:56 AM PDT Reuters - Global warming will likely open up coastal areas in the Arctic to development but close vast regions of the northern interior to forestry and mining by mid-century as ice and frozen soil under temporary winter roads melt, researchers said.

Afghans say NATO air strike kills 12 children (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 08:35 AM PDT Reuters - An air strike called in by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed 12 children and two women, Afghan officials said on Sunday, one of the worst civilian death tolls by foreign forces in months.

Brilliant Barcelona lift European Cup again (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT Reuters - Pep Guardiola's Barcelona cemented their place in soccer's pantheon when they overwhelmed Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final to lift the European Cup for the fourth time on Saturday.

Tharanga tests positive for banned drug (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka opening batsman Upul Tharanga tested positive for an banned substance at this year's World Cup, an International Cricket Council (ICC) source told Reuters on Sunday.

Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief (Reuters) Posted: 28 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber killed one of the most powerful men in north Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining the spread of insurgent violence in once peaceful parts of the country and casting a shadow over plans for Afghans to take control of security.

China tightens grip on Inner Mongolia before planned protest (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT Reuters - Security forces sealed off parts of the capital of China's vast northern region of Inner Mongolia on Sunday to prevent residents from staging a planned mass protest after the hit-and-run death of a herder sparked six days of protests by ethnic Mongolians.

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