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Athens cafes abuzz with political talk

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Kiki Sarakinou doesn't think the Greeks owe their European peers anything. "Whoever lent us money, we don't owe them anything," she says. "They owe us."
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Mandelson fears Labour infighting

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Lord Mandelson warns trade unions attempting to expel Progress - the New Labour pressure group he founded - not to reopen old divisions.
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Olympic officials deny Greek ticket 'boasts'

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
LONDON (AP) -- Organizers of the London Olympics have denied claims that the head of the Greek Olympic Committee had persuaded London officials to allocate extra premium tickets to the country by spurious means....

Source: Sandusky, psychologist to meet

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, on trial on child rape charges, is expected to be examined Sunday by a prosecution psychologist, according to a source with knowledge of the case.
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Greeks vote in critical election

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greeks voted Sunday for the second time in six weeks in what was arguably their country's most critical election in 40 years, with the country's treasured place within the European Union's joint currency in the balance....

Dozens dead in Nigerian violence

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
At least 36 people are killed in multiple blasts at several churches in northern Nigeria and in subsequent rioting, reports say.
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Questions swirl over Egypt's transition

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
As Egyptians cast ballots Sunday in the second and final day of a runoff that will decide the country's first popularly elected leader, questions swirl about whether the military will actually relinquish power.
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Man arrested following road death

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
A 53-year-old man is arrested following a road death in Clydebank in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set mattresses and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, authorities said Sunday....

13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set mattresses and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, authorities said Sunday....

13 inmates killed in Turkish prison fire

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Inmates in a prison in southeast Turkey set mattresses and blankets alight, starting a fire that killed 13 prisoners, authorities said Sunday....

Inquiry after kayaker river death

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Police urge people to be careful on swollen Snowdonia rivers as an inquiry into the death of a kayaker continues.
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Business warning on 'living wage'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Business leaders warn the Welsh government not to push for private sector pay rises as ministers look at introducing a "living wage" in the public sector.
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Striking workers' benefits axed

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
Low-paid workers who take strike action will no longer have their wages topped up by the state, the government confirms.
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Saudi king awaits burial of crown prince

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is in the holy city of Mecca as officials prepare for the burial of the country's crown prince....

Saudi king awaits burial of crown prince

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is in the holy city of Mecca as officials prepare for the burial of the country's crown prince....

Kitchen fire collapses building

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
A fire in a restaurant kitchen destroys a 17th Century listed building in Suffolk.
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Summit lets Obama, Putin size up the competition

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will use their meeting Monday, the first since Putin returned to Russia's top job, to claim leverage in a mutually dependent but volatile relationship....
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Wildfire destroys most homes in Colo. history

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-04-21 00:22
DENVER (AP) -- Crews in northern Colorado braced for powerful fire-fanning winds Saturday as they battle a blaze that has scorched about 85 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history....
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