* Erdogan: Israel must pay the price Turkish PM meets Assad, demands UN investigation of flotilla raid.

* IDF foils attack close to Gaza Five terrorists killed by Navy commando; “large scale attack averted.”

* As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history.

* Bilderberg 2010: Final List of Participants Sitges, Spain 3-6 June 2010

* Ahmadinejad Cozies Up to Turkey Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to attend a three-day regional summit in Istanbul, to be chaired by Turkish President Abdullah Gul.

* Vatican: ME Christians threatened Pope concerned that persecution and conflict driving out Christians.

* Russia says euro must be stabilized Russia’s president says Europe needs to stabilize the euro or face the possibility of a financial crisis worse than the 2008 recession.

* EU states competing over Israel policy France and the UK have proposed that the EU should monitor cargo entering the Gaza strip from Israel, with Spain, Portugal and Ireland also coming forward with fresh initiatives in the wake of the flotilla attack.

* Biden meets Mubarak to discuss Gaza Leaders discuss nuclear Iran and Palestinian issue in Sharm e-Sheikh.

* Video: Free Gaza – from Hamas A “Free Gaza from Hamas” video intersperses its terror with evidence of plenty of food and merchandise as the government reported on Monday that Hamas still is blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza residents.