AP Top International News  Activists put Syria attack death toll at over 90May 26, 20126:08 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) — Activists on Saturday raised the number of those killed in an alleged massacre by Syrian regime forces in a region in the center of the country to more than 90.   Iran: Enriched uranium traces a 'technical issue'May 26, 20126:15 AM ET TEHRAN,Iran (AP) — A top Iranian nuclear negotiator said traces of enriched uranium discovered at an underground bunker came from a "routine technical issue," the country's official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.   Pakistan: US missile attack kills 4 in northwestMay 26, 20125:01 AM ET PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American drone fired two missiles at a bakery in northwest Pakistan Saturday and killed four suspected militants, officials said, as the U.S. pushed on with its drone campaign despite Pakistani demands to stop. This was the third such strike in the country in less than a week.  Militants post appeal of kidnapped Saudi diplomatMay 26, 20125:57 AM ET CAIRO (AP) — Militants have posted online a video in which a man identifying himself as a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen appeals to Saudi Arabia's rulers to respond to his captors' demands and save his life.    Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its ownMay 26, 20123:21 AM ET RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor — even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics.   UN observers heading to site of Syria attackMay 26, 20125:07 AM ET GENEVA (AP) — A spokesman for the United Nations' envoy to Syria says international monitors are heading to a region where activists say at least 50 people were killed by government troops.    Myanmar power protests put new reforms to the testMay 26, 20122:47 AM ET BANGKOK (AP) — Protests in Myanmar over persistent power shortages have provided a test of how the country's elected but military-backed government will respond to rising expectations sparked by the past year's democratic reforms. 
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