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Indian bombings fit pattern of efforts to foment interreligious strife
Christian Science Monitor - 4 hours ago
By Mian Ridge | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor New Delhi - Seven synchronized bombs exploded in the picturesque city of Jaipur Tuesday evening, killing more than 80 people and wounding more than 200.
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Palestinian Rocket Hits Israeli Mall, Injuring Five (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By David Rosenberg May 14 (Bloomberg) -- A Palestinian rocket struck a shopping mall in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, causing injuries, hours after President George W. Bush arrived to celebrate the country's 60th anniversary.
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Heavy rains head toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar
The Associated Press - 59 minutes ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday.
UN feeds 28000 in Myanmar Reuters
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Rescuers reach epicenter of China quake
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
HANWANG, China (AP) - Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened mountain villages for thousands of victims and distributing air-dropped supplies to survivors.
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New deadline for Zimbabwe's vote
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Zimbabwe's government has extended the deadline by which the presidential run-off vote must be held to 31 July. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairman told the BBC that the 21 days previously given to organise the second round was not enough ...
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Beirut Residents Fear Renewed Violence
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By Challiss McDonough The Arab League has dispatched a delegation to Lebanon to try to resolve the crisis that has threatened to plunge the country back into civil war.
Lebanon set to cancel anti-Hezbollah measures Reuters
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Disputed French bill on GM crops to make come-back
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Emile Picy PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - A French bill on genetically modified crops will be re-submitted to parliament unchanged, a committee said on Wednesday, a day after it was blocked by legislators in an embarrassment for President Nicolas Sarkozy ...
Sarkozy Suffers Legislative Blow TIME
Setback for Sarkozy as parliament throws out GM bill AFP
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Bush opens visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary and begins ...
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg JERUSALEM: A rocket launched Wednesday from Gaza struck a shopping mall in southern Israel, hours before President George W. Bush, here on a visit to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding, was to address a major peace ...
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Arabs mourn Palestinian "Nakba", deplore Israel's policy
Monsters and Critics.com - 5 hours ago
Cairo - Arab commentators and officials Wednesday deplored the conditions in which the Palestinians live and berated Israel for its 'crimes' on the 60th anniversary of its establishment, which Arabs mark as the 'Nakba,' or catastrophe.
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Khartoum Seeks Terrorist Label for Darfur Rebels
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Derek Kilner Thousands of people demonstrated in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, against a rebel group that attacked the capital this weekend.
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Pakistan's Zardari Tries to Ease Concerns About Fragile Coalition
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News The leader of Pakistan's main ruling party says he is optimistic the country's six-week-old governing coalition will remain intact despite the Cabinet resignations of a key coalition partner.
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Mounting Tensions in Abkhazia Could Spark Caucasus War
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Peter Fedynsky Tensions are high in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region as all parties accuse one another of provocations that could lead to war across the volatile Caucasus Mountains.
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US financier to testify in Olmert probe: report
AFP - 1 hour ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US millionaire businessman Morris Talansky who authorities suspect of illegally funding Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will testify in the investigation on May 25, public radio reported Wednesday.
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The Boris Yeltsin Russians Remember
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By Clifford J. Levy The second and third presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, placed flowers at the grave of the first, Boris Yeltsin, when a monument to Mr.
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Sri Lanka Blames Rebels for Killing of Tamil Minister's Adviser
Bloomberg - 14 hours ago
By Michael Heath May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan authorities blamed gunmen from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for killing an adviser to Douglas Devananda, a Tamil minister in the government.
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In France, 7 Are Convicted on Terrorism Charges
Washington Post - 59 minutes ago
By Molly Moore PARIS, May 14 -- A French judge on Wednesday convicted seven men on terrorism charges for recruiting young French Muslims to fight against US forces in Iraq.
France Convicts Seven in Iraq Jihadist Recruitment Trial New York Times
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Attack, Blamed on ETA, Kills 1 in Northern Spain
New York Times - 9 hours ago
By VICTORIA BURNETT MADRID - A bomb blamed by local authorities on the violent Basque separatist group ETA exploded early Wednesday outside a police barracks in the Basque region of northern Spain, killing one policeman and wounding four others, ...
One dead, four hurt in Spanish barracks bombing blamed on ETA AFP
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Austrian man brutally murders entire family
Times Online - 2 hours ago
A 39-year-old Austrian man walked into a police station today covered in blood and confessed to the "extremely brutal" axe murders of his wife, their 7-year-old daughter, his parents and his father-in-law.
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Palestinians mourn as Bush fetes Israel's 60th year
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By Nidal al-Mughrabi JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - As US President George W. Bush celebrated Israel's birth on Wednesday, Ahmed Abdallah was marking a milestone of his own -- 60 years since Jewish forces killed his relatives and forced him into exile ...
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Bounty on al-Qaida leader Masri lowered
United Press International - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) -- The bounty on al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri is down from $5 million to $100000 because he is no longer an effective leader, US officials said.
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