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AP - Only scratches remain on the white walls where the four Impressionist masterpieces once hung. No metal detectors, no armed guards, no cameras were in sight Tuesday, underscoring just how vulnerable many of Europe's small museums are to thieves enticed by soaring art prices.

Photos of North Korean leader add to uncertainty (AP)

Iceland officially requests IMF help for crisis (Reuters)

UAE extends deposit guarantee to foreign banks (AP)

American man arrested in Pakistani border region (AP)

Canada PM, rival go coast to coast before election (AP)

NKorea lifts ban on UN inspectors at nuclear site (AP)

Assailants attack US consulate in Mexico (AP)

Somali pirates may extend deadline on ship's fate (AP)

Columnist Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize (AP)

British soldier in Afghanistan on Iran spy charges (Reuters)

Mbeki in bid to save Zimbabwe power-sharing deal (AFP)

Thai queen attends funeral for anti-government protester (AFP)

South Korea may expand projects with North Korea (AP)

AP IMPACT: Iraq calmer but kidnappings spread (AP)

EU allows top Belarus officials to travel to EU (AP)

Iraq: Christian businessman killed in Mosul (AP)

Australia considering formally outlawing Tamil Tigers (AFP)

China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death (AP)

Official: Gunmen shoot at US consulate in Mexico (AP)

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,181 (AP)