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After bin Laden's death, a different kind of hunt

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The hunt for Osama bin Laden took nearly a decade. It could take even longer to uncover U.S. government emails, planning reports, photographs and more that would shed light on how an elite team of Navy SEALs killed the world's most wanted terrorist....
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Argentina targets Falklands oil

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
Argentina says it will take legal action against firms involved in oil exploration in Falkland waters - the latest bid to assert its claim to sovereignty.
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Ventilator error nurse struck off

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
A nurse who was filmed accidentally switching off the ventilator of a tetraplegic man is struck off.
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Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Man Utd (agg 5-3)

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
Manchester United are eliminated from the Europa League after being soundly beaten by Athletic in their last-16 tie in Bilbao.
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Suspect's allies decry French anti-terrorism laws

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
PARIS (AP) -- In emails, the nuclear physicist at one of Europe's most celebrated laboratories railed about a need to punish Western governments for allegedly anti-Muslim wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and conferred with an alleged al-Qaida contact about possible assassination or bombing plots....

The Pirate Bay probe 'cranked up'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
A web hosting company has confirmed that the Swedish police have asked it to hand over information on The Pirate Bay file-sharing site.
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iReporters: Why Romney can't seal it

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
CNN tapped the pool of passionate pundits and politics-watchers on iReport for their take on why Mitt Romney just can't seem to get conservatives to come to the altar and say "I do."
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Norway police in massacre apology

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
Norwegian police apologise and admit their response to last July's attacks which killed 77 people was much too slow.
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2nd African YouTube video stars Clooney in Sudan

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- In the second YouTube video in a week to highlight an African conflict, George Clooney makes an illegal and dangerous trip to the southern reaches of Sudan, where the actor witnesses what an American activist said Thursday was likely a Chinese-made missile sail overhead....

Day care killing: Guilty but mentally ill

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
A jury found Hemy Neuman guilty of murder but mentally ill in the shooting death of his co-worker's husband outside a suburban Atlanta day care center.
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US holds out hope for Afghan reconciliation talks

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said it would press on with trying to reconcile Afghanistan's government and Taliban forces willing to renounce terrorism, despite Thursday's announcement by the militant group that it was no longer interested in peace talks with the United States....

Iran cut off from global financial system

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Iran was largely cut off from global commerce Thursday after the company that handles worldwide financial transactions said it was severing ties with many Iranian banks to back EU sanctions against Tehran....

Uganda gay group sues US minister

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
A Ugandan gay rights group sues a US minister accusing him of involvement in a campaign to persecute gay people in the East African country.
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Justice Department: Record number of human-trafficking cases in 2011

The Justice Department initiated more than 120 cases against human traffickers during 2011 — a record number — in what Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Thursday was a part of the department's commitment to preventing human trafficking, bringing traffickers to justice and assisting their victims.

Mr. Holder, speaking ...

Suspect charged with stabbing 4 at Ohio office

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Police have charged a man with four counts of felonious assault in a stabbing spree at an Ohio downtown office building that left four people injured before he was shot on the street by a police officer....
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Ga. man found guilty but mentally ill in killing

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A corporate engineer was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday in the 2010 shooting death of a father who had just dropped his toddler off at day care in suburban Atlanta.

Hemy Neuman was charged with murder in the death of Russell Sneiderman. Prosecutors and defense ...

NATO raid rescues 4 aid workers in Afghanistan

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO forces swooped in by helicopter before dawn Saturday to rescue two female foreign aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues who were held by militants for nearly two weeks in a cave in northern Afghanistan....

Abuse probe priest was governor

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
A retired Anglican priest remained a school governor for more than a year after claims of child sex abuse against him were revealed, the BBC has found.
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Ga. man found guilty but mentally ill in killing

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- A corporate engineer was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday in the 2010 shooting death of a father who had just dropped his toddler off at a daycare in suburban Atlanta....
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Norway military plane feared crashed with 5 aboard

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-02 13:17
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A Norwegian military transport plane with five people aboard went missing Thursday during an exercise and was feared to have crashed in bad weather in a mountainous area in northern Sweden, officials said....
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