1. Kuwait replaces oil officials at KPC after $2.2 bln Dow payment
  2. MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 19
  3. Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
  4. TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - May 19
  5. UPDATE 2-Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
  6. BoE governor King warns of risks in UK mortgage scheme
  7. Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governor's race
  8. U.S. state cancels subsidy for investment from Pakistani company
  9. UPDATE 1-Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
  10. UPDATE 1-Workers stage illegal strike at South Africa chrome mine
  11. Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
  12. Bidding nears for $9-14 bln Congo hydropower plant
  13. Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute-finance minister
  14. EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil
  15. Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
  16. Rate cuts possible as Polish inflation set to stay low-central banker
  17. Greece's Piraeus hire banks to advise on share issue-sources
  18. Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
  19. Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta
  20. TABLE-UAE April inflation eases to 0.9 pct y/y
  21. UPDATE 2-China April housing inflation quickens to two year high
  22. Bulgarian truck drivers end blockade of traffic to Turkey
  23. Hopes fade for those still trapped in Freeport Indonesia mine
  24. UPDATE 1-China April housing inflation quickens
  25. UPDATE 4-Commuter trains collide in Connecticut, injuring up to 60 people
  26. Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 pct
  27. TABLE-China property price changes in April
  28. China April home prices rise 4.9 pct y/y-Reuters calculation
  29. Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws
  30. CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting