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Venezuela poll finds Hugo Chavez ahead of rival

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A new poll in Venezuela has found that more than 44 percent of respondents say they would vote for President Hugo Chavez, giving him a 13-point lead ahead of his opposition rival....

VIDEO: Spanish strikers vent fury at 'reforms'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Spanish unions are holding a general strike to protest against changes in labour law which the new government hopes will help cut unemployment
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Tea party sours on WH, eyes Senate

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
After six terms in the Senate, Indiana's Richard Lugar finds himself the latest target of the tea party movement's desire both to have more influence over the policy agenda in Congress and to make the Republican Party more conservative.
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Gunman funeral held near Toulouse

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Gunman Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in three shootings, is buried near his hometown in the French city of Toulouse.
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Venezuelan soldiers die in crash

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Seven Venezuelan soldiers on anti-drug operations are killed in a helicopter crash in Apure state.
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Transplant fluid 'contaminated'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
The solution used to preserve some donor organs could be contaminated with bacteria, the government says.
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Union wants wider zone round leak

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
An offshore workers union calls for the exclusion zone around the crippled Elgin platform in the North Sea to be extended.
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VIDEO: Reform call over police death cases

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
The Metropolitan Police has supported calls for changes to the law to allow more details to be revealed in cases where the police have shot people.
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Bergen: Growing risk from Afghans

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Nearly one out of every five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year were killed by Afghan police or army forces. Nine of the 16 victims were U.S. soldiers.
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Insecticide blamed for bee deaths

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Use of a specific group of insecticides is having a serious impact on bumblebee populations, according to a team of Scottish scientists.
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Antrim company in food warning

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
A chemical company in Antrim is at the centre of an investigation following the death of a woman in Italy.
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Review of child cardiac services

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
There is to be an external review of children's congenital cardiac services in Belfast.
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Opinion: Health care act keeps us well

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Melody Barnes says the health care act offers peace of mind for families. Those who want it repealed have no credible alternatives.
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Feds: Crips gang ran teen prostitution ring in Northern Virginia

The Crips, one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States, has spread its network of crime into high schools across the country, including Virginia, where gang leaders recruited young girls as prostitutes with promises of "lots of money" and then maintained their allegiance through beatings, ...

French gunman buried after terror attacks

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The gunman who claimed responsibility for France's worst terror attacks in years was buried Thursday in a Toulouse cemetery, ending a tortured debate over what to do with the body of a man the president called a "monster."...

French gunman buried after terror attacks

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The gunman who claimed responsibility for France's worst terror attacks in years was buried Thursday in a Toulouse cemetery, ending a tortured debate over what to do with the body of a man the president called a "monster."...

French gunman buried after terror attacks

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- The gunman who claimed responsibility for France's worst terror attacks in years was buried Thursday in a Toulouse cemetery, ending a tortured debate over what to do with the body of a man the president called a "monster."...

Ben Stiller film trailer pulled

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Trailers for a new film starring Ben Stiller have been withdrawn because of 'sensitive' issues involving the shooting of an unarmed teenager in Florida.
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JetBlue captain's unraveling baffles friends

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) -- No one recalls JetBlue Airways captain Clayton Osbon coming unhinged before. Not the airline that let him fly for 12 years, the neighbors in his secluded waterfront community or the friends he tried selling weight-loss shakes to on the side....
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Robinson to remain as Scots coach

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 07:33
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson is to continue in his role "with the support of his revised coaching structure".
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