Palestinian negotiator worries about Olmert impact (Reuters)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gives a statement at his house in Jerusalem May 8, 2008. Olmert admitted on Thursday that he accepted campaign donations from an American businessman but denied that they were bribes and said he would only resign if he were indicted. The Palestinians' top peace negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation of Olmert could damage the chance of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - The Palestinians' top peace negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood.


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Puntland frees broadcast chief

AFP MOGADISHU - Authorities in Somalia's breakaway region of Puntland freed a broadcast corporation chief held on charges that his media outlets incited political upheaval, he told AFP today. Mowlid Haji Abdi was released late yesterday after being detained for hours. . . .

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SpongeBob fanatics hunted over vandalism

The U.S. Forest Service is looking for "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building.

 

Crawford readies to catch bouquet

So close and yet so far: Tiny Crawford is sort of like a bridesmaid at arm's length from Jenna Bush's wedding Saturday.


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U.S. diplomat to visit N. Korea Thursday for talks over nuke issue

The U.S. State Department's top Korea expert will visit North Korea again on Thursday for talks with the country's officials over Pyongyang's declaration of its nuclear programs, the department said Tuesday. The visit by Sung Kim, director of the department's Office of Korean Affairs, follows his trip to the country in late April, which North Korea later said yielded progress.

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ADB chief Kuroda announces $500 mil. aid to cope with rising food prices

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda announced Tuesday that the Manila-based lender will offer $500 million in emergency funding to developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region to help the poor and needy in the region cope with surging food prices across the world. The ADB chief unveiled the plan after the bank wrapped up a two-day annual meeting in Madrid amid calls from developing countries in the region to help them cushion the impact of rising food prices.

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More than 20% of school library budget misappropriated

More than 20 percent of the central government's budget of around 20 billion yen provided to municipal governments for the purchase of books for school libraries in fiscal 2007 was misappropriated, education ministry officials said Saturday. Most local governments told the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology that they had used the money for other purposes because of financial difficulties, the officials said.

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Colombia shows new rebel documents that link Venezuela (AP)

Ecuadorian soldiers look at weapons and equipment found in this March 2, 2008, file photo, in Angostura, Ecuador, near the border with Colombia, were Colombian security forces killed Saturday 17 leftist rebels including Luis Edgar Devia, known as Raul Reyes, a top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. A newly disclosed set of documents, on Friday, May 9, 2008, that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army. (AP Photo/Diego Norona)AP - A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army.


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Dungeon dad requests a visit from his wife!

Incest monster Josef Fritzl has requested a visit from his wife after an Austrian court extended his remand custody.

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Myanmar holds referendum despite chaos

As if the junta's grudging response to Cyclone Nargis isn't mind boggling enough, Myanmar's generals diverted manpower from the aid effort Saturday to oversee a referendum on a new constitution.


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Boozer, Jazz find home cookin better, beat Lakers 104-99

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Jazz are back in the Western Conference semifinals thanks to another performance at home that was nothing like the way they play on the road....

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Governor considered commuting death sentence

Montana’s governor told a top Canadian consular official last year that he was willing to consider commuting the death sentence of Alberta-born killer Ronald Smith — the only Canadian on death row in the U.S. — and transfer him to a Canadian prison if Canada would guarantee he’d be kept behind bars for at least five years.


 

Sri Lanka holds vote in liberated east !

Eastern Sri Lanka residents voted Saturday in their first major election, less than a year after the separatist rebels lost control of the region. The poll was hailed as a democratic milestone but marred by a rebel attacks, one that left 11 people dead.

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Putin Is Approved as Prime Minister

Vladimir V. Putin won an overwhelming vote in Russia?s lower house of Parliament, a day after he passed formal power as president to his protégé, Dmitri A. Medvedev.

World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Jihadist Cleric Released on Bail

An appeals panel ordered the release on bail of Abu Qatada, a Muslim preacher from Jordan once described by a Spanish judge as Osama bin Laden?s ?ambassador to Europe.?

11 killed in fresh Lebanon violence

Violence raged in Lebanon for a fourth straight day, leaving 11 people dead as tension gripped the country after Hezbollah seized control of west Beirut in what the Western-backed coalition branded an armed coup.

 

Iraq govt, Sadr bloc agree truce - officials

Source: Reuters * Iraq govt agrees truce with Sadr bloc to end clashes * Iraqi military to halt activities for 4 days - Sadr aide * U.S. military makes no comment on agreement (Adds government, Sadrist ...

Darfur rebels clash with Sudanese army

Darfur rebels and Sudan's army have fought heavy battles in the North Kordofan province near Khartoum, a local government official and witnesses said.

Huge Texas sinkholes appetite decreasing, officials say

Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable.

UKs Brown taking tips from Blair, says Cherie

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking advice from his predecessor Tony Blair on how to win the next general election despite pressuring him out of office, the wife of the former prime minister said on Saturday.


Curfew imposed on Khartoum as Darfur rebels attack

Source: Reuters (updates with curfew in Khartoum) By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, May 10 (Reuters) - An overnight curfew has been imposed on Khartoum after Darfur rebels attacked a suburb of Sudan's capital on ...

 

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Mercurio: Female trouble?

Democratic presidential hopeful New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a ?Generations of Women? fundraiser in Washington, DC on May 07, 2008.  Rival Barack Obama closed in on the Democratic presidential nomination May 7, 2008, as Hillary Clinton refused to abandon her fading White House hopes after pumping 6.4 million dollars into her campaign.   George McGovern spoke volumes when he called for Hillary Rodham Clinton to drop out of the race for the White House. By John Mercurio, National Journal.


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Egypt opens border to sick Gazans

Egypt began allowing hundreds of Palestinians to cross from the besieged Gaza Strip for advanced medical treatment, a senior Palestinian medical official said.

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Malaysia begins withdrawing truce team from southern Philippines

Malaysia on Saturday began pulling out its contingent in a 60-member international team that has been monitoring a ceasefire agreement between the Philippine government and Muslim separatist rebels on the southern island of Mindanao. ''Our mission is accomplished. We have laid down the foundation for peace,'' Malaysia's Maj. Gen. Yasin Mat Daud, who heads the team, told reporters in Cotabato after the first batch of 28 of the 41 Malaysian members of the truce team was flown out of the central Mindanao city earlier in the day.

 

Caught in a Swirl of Drug Violence, Mexico Vows to Fight Back

From Tamaulipas State, the site of repeated clashes between drug dealers and federal police, President Felipe Calderón said that his administration would not be intimidated.

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Singapore foreign minister arrives in N. Korea

Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo and his party arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported. The KCNA report, monitored in Beijing, gave no further details of Yeo's visit, but Singapore's Foreign Ministry said Friday that he would be making a five-day official visit to North Korea from Saturday, accompanied by a business delegation.

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Vietnam starts construction on 6 billion dollar oil-refinery

NGHI SON (AFP) - Energy-hungry Vietnam started building its second oil refinery on Saturday, a 6.2 billion dollar complex, in a bid to feed the nation's booming economy, the State Oil company announced.

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Beliefs: 40 Years Later, an Uprising in Paris Is Still a Puzzle

Was it adolescent hormones, the death of Communism, the death of capitalism or, as Andre Malraux suggested at the time, the death of God?

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Militants die in Afghanistan clash

Dozens of protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, claiming U.S.-led coalition forces killed three civilians, and a local official said police fatally shot one of the protesters and injured three of them.

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US war dead cremated in same facility as pets: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a review of the handling of the remains of US war dead and apologized after learning that some were cremated in a commercial facility that also cremates pets, the Pentagon said.

Russia Parades Its Military in an Echo of Soviet Days

A ceremony marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany was a display of martial hardware not seen since the waning days of the Soviet Union.

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McCain girding for battle with Obama

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., reads a sheet of paper given to him by an audience member while speaking at a town hall meeting at Oakland University Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Rochester, Mich. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Now that Democrat Hillary Clinton is fading, Republican John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign is girding for a tough election battle against Barack Obama and McCain aides believe he has weaknesses to exploit.


 

Brian McClair: We wont produce a group like Beckham, Butt and Scholes again

The business of dominating English football never stops. Which means that even if they beat Wigan tomorrow to seal their 10th Premier League title, Manchester United will ask themselves the big question: what next? Central to United's dynasty of success is the production of young footballers which, in the 50th anniversary year of the Munich air disaster, has never been quite so poignant.

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