International Headlines

Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 20:02:04 -0400
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 01 June, 2010

> ISRAEL CONDEMNED OVER GAZA CONVOY RAID
International condemnation pours in after nine people die in an
attack by Israeli commandos on a flotilla of six ships carrying
aid for Gaza in defiance of a blockade.

> NETANYAHU CANCELS MEETING WITH OBAMA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled this
week's scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama,
Israeli government officials said Monday. The two leaders were
slated to meet Tuesday during a visit by Netanyahu to
Washington, D.C.

> BP'S UNDERWATER OIL CLAIMS DISPUTED
BP could try to cap a massive oil gusher again early this week
in an attempt to solve what the Obama administration has called
"probably the biggest environmental disaster we've ever faced in
this country."

> BALLOONS CARRY PROPAGANDA INTO N. KOREA
Park Sang Hak and his family jammed 150,000 sheets of paper,
dollar bills, DVDs and tiny AM/FM radios inside bags attached to
giant inflatable helium balloons.

> NADAL TO MEET ALMAGRO IN FRENCH OPEN
Rafael Nadal battled past Thomaz Bellucci at the French Open to
record his 200th win on clay and set up an all-Spanish
quarterfinal with Nicolas Almagro.

BUSINESS
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> GOVERNMENT, BP SPAR OVER OIL LEAK SIZE
A top White House aide and the managing director of BP disagreed
about who provided the initial inaccurate estimates of the size
of the oil spill.

> HONDA PRESSES STAFF NOT TO STRIKE
Honda has asked workers at one of its Chinese factories, closed
since last week by an unprecedented strike, to pledge that they
will refrain from further industrial action.

> STOCKS: NEW MONTH, SAME MALAISE
Investors in the United States will return from a long holiday
weekend having bid adieu to the Dow's worst May since 1940. But
the issues that caused the collapse haven't gone anywhere.