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Cunard worker abused young boys

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
A man admits sexually abusing boys in his care while working as a children's activity supervisor on Cunard luxury cruise ships.
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Watergate figure Charles Colson in grave condition

LANSDOWNE, Va. (AP) — The chief executive at the prison ministry founded by Watergate figure Charles Colson says he is in grave condition two weeks after undergoing brain surgery.

Jim Liske, chief executive of Lansdowne-based Prison Fellowship Ministries, issued a statement Wednesday saying Colson "will soon be home with the ...

AP photographer describes Gulf oil spill then, now

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
ON THE BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) -- I had been taking pictures of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for about a month before I made my first visit to Cat Island on May 22, 2010. I will never forget what I saw there....
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Convicted murderer captured after Kansas jailbreak

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A convicted murderer who escaped from a county jail in Kansas after being transferred from an overcrowded state prison has been caught, the state Department of Corrections said Friday....
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Company logo on police uniforms

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
A uniform combining the name of a police force with a private company logo is introduced for what is thought to be the first time.
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Opinion: Agents still best and brightest

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Stop condemning a venerable and proud law enforcement force, says Jeffrey Robinson, for the misbehavior and idiocy of the few.
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George Zimmerman apologizes for shooting; bail set at $150K

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Telling Trayvon Martin's parents and a national TV audience "I am sorry for the loss of your son," neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman took the witness stand in an extraordinary move Friday during his bail hearing, making his first public comments since fatally shooting the unarmed ...

Labour back in touch - Miliband

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Labour leader Ed Miliband says his party is "back in touch" with people as he hits the local council election campaign trail in Merthyr.
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Williams 'hates' Crucible Theatre

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Two-time winner Mark Williams says he "hates" Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on the eve of the World Snooker Championship, staged at the venue.
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Jet alert 'triggered by alarms'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
An emergency evacuation of a plane at Gatwick was caused by "a number of alarms being triggered in flight", the airline Virgin Atlantic says.
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Rosberg heads Webber in practice

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg is fastest ahead of Mark Webber in the second practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Firefighters 'died for no reason'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Four firefighters died after being sent into "an obviously dangerous situation" in a blazing warehouse for no good reason, a court hears.
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Bail hearing for Florida gunman

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
The Florida man accused of murder over the killing of an unarmed black teenager appears in court for a second time as he seeks bail.
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Universities 'doubled senior pay'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Leading universities doubled their spending on senior staff in less than a decade, a report claims.
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Farewell, the New Frontier

As the space shuttle Discovery flew three times around Washington, thousands on the ground gazed upward with marvel and pride. Yet what they were witnessing, for all its elegance, was a funeral march.

South Sudan 'to withdraw troops'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
South Sudan's leader orders the withdrawal of troops from Heglig oil field in Sudan, which his Sudanese counterpart says his forces have recaptured.
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Day in pictures: 20 April 2012

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
24 hours of news photos: 20 April 2012
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YouTube loses music court battle

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
YouTube could face a huge bill for royalties after it loses a court battle in Germany over music videos.
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Murray overwhelmed in Monte Carlo

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Andy Murray produces a stuttering performance to lose 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-3 to Tomas Berdych in the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals.
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Opinion: A game changer for Syria?

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:03
Randa Slim says that with the country still stuck in a violent stalemate, one way out if if the protest movement becomes more widespread
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