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ANC upholds Malema's expulsion

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
Firebrand youth leader Julius Malema has lost his appeal against expulsion from South Africa's ruling ANC, the party says.
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Obama visit to spotlight Iowa's high student debt

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- President Barack Obama's visit to Iowa to talk about college costs is drawing attention to a surprising fact about a state known for education and frugality: its college students graduate with some of the highest debt in the nation....

Egypt comedian found guilty of offending Islam

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
CAIRO (AP) -- An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld a conviction against one of the Arab world's most famous comedians, sentencing him to jail for offending Islam in some of his most popular films....

California 'mad cow' case found

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
The US Department of Agriculture confirms it has detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or 'mad cow' disease, in a California dairy cow.
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Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it's unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along....
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Obama pushes low-rate student loans, wooing young

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- President Barack Obama went after the college vote Tuesday, pitching cheaper student loans as he courted the one age group where he has a decided advantage over Republican rival Mitt Romney. The twist? Romney, too, has endorsed the idea, though it's unclear whether deficit-leery Republicans in Congress will go along....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Top military officers targeted in Syrian conflict

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
BEIRUT (AP) -- The gunmen walked into an apartment building before dawn earlier this month in the quiet Damascus suburb of Jaramana, went to the fifth floor and knocked on the door. When the police commander opened up, the men shot him dead and left....

Gov't: New case of mad cow disease in California

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no danger, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday....
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South Sudan president: Sudan has 'declared war'

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- South Sudan's president said Tuesday its northern neighbor has "declared war" on the world's newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his country....

South Sudan president: Sudan has 'declared war'

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- South Sudan's president said Tuesday its northern neighbor has "declared war" on the world's newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his country....

Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages that said the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the Justice Department said Tuesday....
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Islamists clash with Tunisia state TV employees

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Islamists protesting outside Tunisia's state television building clashed with its employees, leaving five wounded, the state news agency said Tuesday....

Mexican migration slows, not debate

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
Mexican migration to the United States may have stalled, as a new study shows, but the political and social debates over immigrants living in the United States aren't going anywhere, experts say.
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Judge seeks WikiLeaks damage assessments

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- A military judge said Tuesday that she wants to see several federal agencies' assessments of the damage caused by WikiLeaks' publication of government secrets....
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Olympic torch wins design award

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
The London Olympic torch wins the prestigious Design of the Year award 2012.
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Etan Patz case: Another 'plunge to hell'

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
It seemed a promising development, a team of investigators tearing up a basement in hopes of answering a three-decade-old question: What happened to Etan Patz?
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Supreme Court hears migrant law

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 21:09
US Supreme Court justices appear sceptical of challenges to a controversial Arizona immigrant law requiring immigrants to produce ID on demand.
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