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  1. FLASH: Al Qaeda, islamic militants take over Yemeni coastal town of Zinjibar - Residents
  2. Cooling facility stops at Fukushima No. 5 nuclear reactor http://t.co/gTLXyKO
  3. FLASH: Lockheed Martin confirms it detected and warded off a "significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network on May 21
  4. Lockheed Martin hit by cyber incident, U.S. says http://t.co/8DX3U4J
  5. List of names puts human face on Joplin toll http://t.co/vCXTAsA
  6. Syrian forces fire on protesters in east, one hurt http://t.co/ZX61Hs4
  7. Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief http://t.co/KK22hqb
  8. Yemeni government and tribesmen agree truce http://t.co/rVk2JQM
  9. Abbas sees no hope for talks http://t.co/PgIGvSA
  10. Tenuous ceasefire eases conflict in Yemen http://t.co/rVk2JQM
  11. Leader says rebels not seeking office post-Gaddafi http://t.co/o4QCTZZ
  12. Eurogroup eyes Greek debt reprofiling http://t.co/hy2Aanh
  13. Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza travelers http://t.co/YvDZ20b
  14. Blast kills powerful Afghan police chief http://t.co/KK22hqb
  15. Ex-Bank of Italy chief sentenced to 4 years in jail http://t.co/cr2ENSo
  16. Iran's Khamenei aide calls Ahmadinejad to order http://t.co/ALWzla0
  17. Spain PM backs veteran Rubalcaba as successor http://t.co/7TqaSBB
  18. Obama reaffirms US security pledge to ally Poland http://t.co/wt0R2R3
  19. Sun is setting on rural post offices http://t.co/xAI41AQ
  20. NATO destroys Gaddafi compound guard towers | Reuters http://t.co/etK9cgV via @reuters