News Headlines - 08 May 2012

▽Al-Qaeda Yemen plane bomb plot foiled by 'insider' - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17994493
A plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to attack a US-bound plane using an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by an insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.

▽Greece braced for repeat elections - Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a3b362da-9868-11e1-8617-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct#axzz1uI6zNBZS
Greece is bracing itself for a repeat general election after its centre-right leader failed to win leftwing support to form a “national salvation government” after Sunday’s inconclusive outcome at the polls.

▽Japan's royal couple to visit Britain in first trip overseas since 2009 - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/9251268/Japans-royal-couple-to-visit-Britain-in-first-trip-overseas-since-2009.html
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will attend a series of events while visiting the UK to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s ascension to the throne.

▽Japan summer power prospects look brighter - panel - Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/japan-nuclear-summer-idUKL4E8G735320120507
Summer power supply in nuclear-free Japan may be better than utilities' forecasts, a government-backed panel said on Monday.
However, the Kansai region - including the country's second-biggest metropolitan area of Osaka - will still see a significant shortage.
The findings are based on all of Japan's nuclear reactors remaining offline.

▽Maurice Sendak': ten insightful quotes - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9252605/Maurice-Sendak-ten-insightful-quotes.html
Maurice Sendak, the artist behind the Where the Wild Things Are children's books has died aged 83.
“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”