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After Pope criticizes Marxism, Cuba diplomatic

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba will listen with respect to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit next week even if he differs with island leaders, the country's foreign minister said Friday after the pontiff described Marxism as out of step with the times....

After Pope criticizes Marxism, Cuba diplomatic

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba will listen with respect to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit next week even if he differs with island leaders, the country's foreign minister said Friday after the pontiff described Marxism as out of step with the times....

Blacks say history of bias against them in FL city

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Before the charges that police botched the investigation of the shooting of an unarmed black teen, there were complaints that they went easy on an officer's son who beat a black homeless man, or that officers pull over black kids for wearing the wrong color hat because they suspect gang associations....
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How I survived a plane crash

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
I fell two miles from a plane and survived
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Child sex trade accused remanded

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Six men are remanded in custody after appearing in court in connection with a child exploitation inquiry in Oxford.
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Pope: Cuba needs 'new model'

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to arrive in the geographic center of Mexico at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday to begin a visit there and then will head to Cuba.
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Call to regulate comparison sites

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
Price comparison websites should be regulated because the information they provide is not always fair, a consumer group says.
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Insurer confusion over drink driving

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
How much drink is too much for insurers?
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US man tells of 'humiliating' arrest in Dominica

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Southern Californian said Friday that he and his partner were taunted, humiliated and subjected to inhumane treatment when they were arrested and jailed after being escorted off a gay cruise in the Caribbean this week....

US man tells of 'humiliating' arrest in Dominica

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Southern Californian said Friday that he and his partner were taunted, humiliated and subjected to inhumane treatment when they were arrested and jailed after being escorted off a gay cruise in the Caribbean this week....

US man tells of 'humiliating' arrest in Dominica

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Southern Californian said Friday that he and his partner were taunted, humiliated and subjected to inhumane treatment when they were arrested and jailed after being escorted off a gay cruise in the Caribbean this week....

African Union force to step up hunt for Kony

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) -- The African Union says it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army....

African Union force to step up hunt for Kony

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) -- The African Union says it will send 5,000 soldiers to join the hunt for notorious rebel leader Joseph Kony, a new mission that comes amid a wildly popular Internet campaign targeting the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army....

Mali state TV goes off air; fear of countercoup

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Television screens throughout this landlocked country momentarily went black Friday, as residents near the building housing the state broadcaster saw troops erecting barricades, fearing a possible countercoup a day after a military takeover....

Mali state TV goes off air; fear of countercoup

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Television screens throughout this landlocked country momentarily went black Friday, as residents near the building housing the state broadcaster saw troops erecting barricades, fearing a possible countercoup a day after a military takeover....

Mali state TV goes off air; fear of countercoup

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Television screens throughout this landlocked country momentarily went black Friday, as residents near the building housing the state broadcaster saw troops erecting barricades, fearing a possible countercoup a day after a military takeover....

Assad family's media romance sours

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
The Assad family's relationship with the media reads like a romance gone sour.
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Accused celebrity hacker to plead guilty

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
A Florida man who said he became "addicted" to hacking into e-mail accounts, including those of celebrities Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, will plead guilty Monday to nine felony counts, according to court documents.
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Jim Kim: Obama makes surprise pick for World Bank

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Passing over better-known candidates, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated global health expert and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. It was a surprise pick aimed in part at fending off challenges from developing nations eager to end the U.S. monopoly of the top job at the international institution....
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