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Czech and Romanian govts face confidence votes

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Governments in Romania and the Czech Republic on Friday face no confidence votes with opposition parties tapping into widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption....

£25k reward in Ding murder case

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Police increase the reward for information on the murders of a family of four in Northamptonshire to £25,000.
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Ex-MP is unfit for expenses trial

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Former MP Margaret Moran, who is accused of fiddling her parliamentary expenses, will not face a jury, a judge decides.
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Blasts injure 27 in east Ukraine

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Four explosions rock the city of Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine, injuring at least 27 people.
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Pakistan leader refuses to go away

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani refuses to step down following his conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court, saying only parliament can force him out.
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PRUDEN: It's Romney vs. guilt and gilt

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Mitt Romney's finally the last man standing, and he finally found the voice he'll need to overcome the formidable Democratic weapons of money, guilt and gilt.

"After 43 primaries and caucuses," he told a boisterous crowd in Manchester, N.H., where the marathon began, "after many long days and more ...

'Crucify them': The Obama way

This White House treats politically incorrect private industries as public enemies who deserve regulatory death sentences.

Parliament protest rules upheld

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
New rules designed to stop protesters sleeping near the Houses of Parliament are upheld in a High Court ruling.
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Jobless figures up as French election nears

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
PARIS (AP) -- France's bleak economic outlook has returned to the forefront of the country's presidential campaign after new figures showed the number of job seekers rose for the 11th consecutive month in March....

Revenge pact killing man jailed

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
A man is jailed for 10 years for killing another man who agreed to be stabbed as part of a revenge pact.
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Spain urged to come clean on bank bailout plan

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
MADRID (AP) -- The European Union urged Spain on Thursday to come clean on how it plans to finance the overhaul of its banking sector, warning that uncertainty over this has contributed the recent market turmoil and the country's soaring borrowing costs....

Blind Chinese activist escapes custody

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
A prominent blind Chinese activist made a dramatic escape from house arrest and fled to Beijing, a friend says.
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Why did Claire Squires' death strike such a chord?

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
The death of Claire Squires less than a mile from the finish of the London Marathon has prompted people to donate £1m to charity. Why?
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Birmingham delays accounts again

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
The holding company of Championship club Birmingham fails for a fourth time to file its financial results for the year to 30 June 2011.
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VIDEO: From drought to flood in one week

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
The UK has seen a dramatic change in the weather in the past few days, changing from drought warnings to flood alerts.
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Clarkson loses Manx land dispute

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Jeremy Clarkson loses a legal battle in a dispute over public access to a path near his Isle of Man lighthouse property.
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Silent Witness prompts complaints

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
The BBC says it received nearly 500 complaints over last week's episode of Silent Witness, with people saying the show was "too violent".
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Ticketus pull out of Gers bidding

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
Ticketus withdraw their commitment to funding a takeover of Rangers, as Paul Murray and Brian Kennedy discuss a joint bid.
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Australia bushfire starter jailed

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
An Australian ex-firefighter is jailed for 17 years and nine months for starting what became known as a "Black Saturday" blaze that killed 10 in 2009.
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VIDEO: China dissident releases video

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 15:23
One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, escapes house arrest and releases a video addressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
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