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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The United States will prod Sunni Arab states to offer more support to the Iraqi government at a conference in Sweden this week as a way of countering the growing influence of non-Arab Iran in Iraq. Read more
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MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed on Sunday by tornadoes and violent thunderstorms spawned by a powerful spring storm system that moved across the United States’ midsection, authorities said. Read more
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The UN nuclear watchdog has said it believes Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme. Read more
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“The Agency is of the view that Iran may have additional information, in particular on high explosives testing and missile related activities which … Iran should share with the agency,” said the report. It was referring to two alleged sets of tests that agency officials say could be linked to a nuclear program. Read more
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Republican strategists said yesterday that Senator Barack Obama‘s failure to win over blue-collar voters would deliver the White House to Senator John McCain, despite his faltering campaign. Read more
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The parents of five-year-old Madeleine McCann are backing a scheme to trace missing children using the social networking websites Facebook and Bebo. Read more
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (May 25) – Lebanon’s parliament elected a new president Sunday, taking a step to stabilize the country after a long, violent political crisis and ushering in a shift in the balance of power in favor of Iranian-backed Hezbollah. The election of army chief Michel Suleiman brought palpable relief to ordinary Lebanese who feared [...]
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An Asian teenager battered to death in a town centre park may have been the victim of a racist gang, it emerged today. Read more
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San Clemente, California – Authorities say five people who are apparently related have been found dead inside a Southern California home. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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John Demjanjuk will now have to leave the country, after having his citizen stripped in 1986, restored in 1998, and stripped again in 2002: “In 2006, the Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the order stating that his past as a Nazi guard has been ‘conclusively established.’ ItÂ’s still not clear though where Demjanjuk [...]
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Did you know–I didn’t–that the U.S. General Accounting Office has identified 1,049 federal laws and programs in which a person’s marital status confers a special benefit, right, privilege or obligation? Read more
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That’s a question I asked myself this morning when I watched our interview with Minnie Driver. She says she wants to prove her critics wrong. Maybe she is a good singer, but when I think of actors who launch singing careers I think of Scarlett Johansson, Lindsay Lohan and Keanu Reeves. But what about Will [...]
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Fears of additional disasters in the region had already been heightened at the weekend by a 6.4 magnitude aftershock that killed at least two people, injured 480 and destroyed more than 71,000 homes, according to government officials. Read more
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Rex Features Kylie Minogue has decided to celebrate her 40th birthday by splashing out on gifts for her close pals. The Aussie pop star will take a break from her tour of Europe on Wednesday to party with friends and family in Paris. She has told her guests that they need not buy her anything [...]
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A powerful aftershock jolted southwestern China Sunday, killing at least one person nearly two weeks after a deadly earthquake devastated the region. Read more
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AFTERSHOCK ROCKS CHINA AP May 26, 2008 — CHENGDU, China – A massive aftershock killed six people, injured more than 500, and destroyed 71,000 homes in Central China yesterday. The tremor strained already maxed-out recovery efforts following the nation’s worst earthquake in three decades. Soldiers, meanwhile, rushed to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood [...]
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Michael Savage Mocks Ted Kennedy Tumor Even Ted Kennedy’s political enemies spoke kindly of him when they learned that he had a malignant brain tumor. But not conservative talk show host Michael Savage. As a form of “respect” to Kennedy on his syndicated talk show Tuesday, Savage played The Dead Kennedy’s “California Uber Alles” – [...]
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What’s up with all the violence against foreigners in Gauteng, the province of South Africa in which the city of Johannesburg is located? Recent assaults on people who have arrived from politically unstable Zimbabwe, in particular, and even on individuals who were only assumed to have been foreigners, have included mob attacks. Read more
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WASHINGTON — Early last week, the government of Colombia extradited 13 commanders of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia to the United States. They are among the most feared men in Colombia, accused of unconscionable acts of torture, massacres and the displacement of entire villages. Read more