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No ruling on Rangers ticket deal

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
A judge has declined to rule on whether Rangers can rip up its season-ticket deal with Ticketus, which it emerges was worth more than £30m.
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EU approves pirate base attacks

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
The European Union expands its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea.
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McCoist focused on Old Firm win

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
Manager Ally McCoist wants to give Rangers supporters "something to shout about" in Sunday's Old Firm game.
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Mexico crowds cheer Pope Benedict

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
Thousands of supporters greet Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to Mexico, as he denounces the "evil" of drug-related violence in the country.
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Solar tariff loss for government

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
The government fails to get permission to appeal to the Supreme Court over its plan to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes.
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VIDEO: Obama: Trayvon death 'a tragedy'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
As an investigation gets under way into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, the US President was asked to comment on the case.
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Facebook: Employers risk lawsuit

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
Facebook has weighed in on a practice by some businesses asking employees or job applicants for their passwords to the popular social-media site.
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Army: PTSD treatable; some diagnosed return to war

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- It is still not known if the soldier accused of killing 17 Afghans was ever diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder - but even if he had been, that alone would not have prevented him from being sent back to war....
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Opinion: Etch A Sketch dig hard to shake

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
Mitt Romney is in a bind. He must present himself as a staunch conservative in order to appeal to skeptical right-wing voters in the Republican presidential primary, but if he plays it too conservative, he'll alienate moderate voters in the general election.
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Exxon Valdez sold, likely destined for scrap heap

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The notorious Exxon Valdez tanker, responsible for one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history two decades ago, has been bought by an Indian company almost certainly to be scrapped for its steel and spare parts....

Exxon Valdez sold, likely destined for scrap heap

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The notorious Exxon Valdez tanker, responsible for one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history two decades ago, has been bought by an Indian company almost certainly to be scrapped for its steel and spare parts....

Warning over co-codamol tablets

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
The UK medicines regulator has issued a warning after the wrong strength of tablets was put into some packets of the painkiller co-codamol.
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VIDEO: The Queen opens BBC Salford base

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
The Queen has visited Salford and officially opened the BBC's base in the MediaCityUK complex.
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Student criticized by Limbaugh to speak in Denver

DENVER — A law student who made headlines when radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh criticized her opinion on contraception health coverage is in Denver to speak at a health care panel.

Sandra Fluke landed in the spotlight when she appeared before Congress testifying about her troubles paying for contraception ...

Will living alone make you depressed?

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
It's long been known that elderly people are more prone to depression and other mental-health problems if they live on their own. New research suggests the same pattern may also be found in younger, working-age adults.
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VIDEO: Hundreds wrongly told of lottery win

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
Three hundred people in Denmark were wrongly told they had won three billion euros in their country's national lottery.
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Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
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Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....

Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
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US-Pakistan talks to restart after airstrike probe

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 06:04
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States and Pakistan will resume talks on the possible reopening of supply routes to Afghanistan after Pakistan completes its probe into an airstrike that killed 24 of its soldiers, a senior U.S. official said Friday....
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