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PM offers China death probe help

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Prime Minister David Cameron offers help to China in its investigation into the death of British businessman Neil Heywood.
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Opinion: West's troubling view of Islam

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Tim Stanley says the man on trial for mass murder holds a distorted and paranoid image of Islam and multiculturalism that has been alluded to by Western politicians
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Shuttle makes Washington flypast

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
The retired space shuttle Discovery lands after a dramatic flypast over the centre of the US capital, on its way to retirement in a national museum.
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767 pilot dives to miss Venus

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
It's happened to most of us. We suddenly wake up and find ourselves disoriented, wondering where we are, and possibly mistaking a light in the distance for something completely different. Usually it's no big deal -- you shake it off, wake up and move on.
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Fatal fire 'started deliberately'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Police believe a flat fire which claimed the lives of a mother and daughter in County Tyrone was started deliberately.
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VIDEO: From Wickes cashier to millionaire crook

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
James Ibori was a petty criminal who once worked for the DIY store Wickes, but he re-invented himself as one of the richest - and most corrupt - of Nigeria's regional governors.
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Space shuttle Discovery salutes nation's capital

WASHINGTON — The space shuttle Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol in a high-flying salute to the nation's capital Tuesday.

The world's most traveled spaceship, hitching a ride on top a Boeing 747 jet, took a couple of leisurely spins at an easy-to-spot 1,500 ...

African Union suspends G-Bissau

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
The African Union suspends Guinea-Bissau following last week's military coup, and calls for the "restoration of constitutional order".
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Bid Laden's family to leave Pakistan at midnight

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's three widows and their nine children are scheduled to be deported to Saudi Arabia around midnight Tuesday, almost a year after U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida chief at a compound in northwest Pakistan, their lawyer said....

Goldman profits decline to $2.1bn

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
US banking giant Goldman Sachs profits fell to $2.1bn (£1.3bn) in its latest quarter, but still beat expectations.
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Royal sites to host Olympic torch

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
The Olympic Torch relay will take in four Royal residences on its journey to the stadium for the opening of the London 2012 games.
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Jail for boiler death gas fitter

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
A gas fitter is jailed for the manslaughter of a woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning following his shoddy work.
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Homes green upgrade plan 'axed'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Proposals to require people carrying out home improvements to pay more for energy upgrades "will not happen", say Downing Street sources.
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Is China's Bo Xilai victim of political dispute?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Is China's murder investigation really a political purge?
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PC faces riots race abuse charge

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
A Metropolitan Police officer is to be charged with racially abusing a suspect during last summer's riots, the Crown Prosecution Service says.
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Protests hit Egypt football trial

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
The trial of dozens of people charged in connection with Egypt's worst football violence in the city of Port Said opens amid chaotic scenes.
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Trump: Wind policy 'is suicidal'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
US business tycoon Donald Trump warns Scotland will "go broke" due to wind power, in a written submission to the Scottish Parliament.
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VIDEO: Discovery's final journey begins

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
The space shuttle Discovery has taken off on its final voyage. It was carried on top of a jumbo jet from Florida to a museum near Washington DC
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How dangerous are swans?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
After US man dies following swan attack - are they dangerous?
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Balotelli 'not leaving Man City'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:52
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli says he has "no intention of leaving" the Premier League club this summer.
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