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Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race - with four short words....

Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race - with four short words....

Assad says Syrians back reforms

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the results of last week's widely-criticised parliamentary elections prove people support his reforms.
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Defense mum on whether John Edwards will testify

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The John Edwards corruption trial appears to be winding down without testimony, so far, from the former presidential candidate or his one-time mistress....
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Sexting threat comes from peers

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
A report commissioned by the NSPCC suggests that children are coming under pressure from friends to post explicit pictures
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China veterans urge Zhou sacking

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
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Appeal over potato laptop fraud

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
People across Manchester have fall victim to a scam in which they believe they are buying laptops but get a bag of potatoes.
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Facebook to sell 25% more shares

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.
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VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed a suggestion by Labour leader Ed Miliband that the police are "absolutely furious" with cuts to their budgets, retorting that cuts under Labour would be "deeper".
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VIDEO: Live England squad announcement

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Watch live coverage of the Euro 2012 England Squad announcement. (UK users only).
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Group: Congo ex-general recruiting children again

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another 149 boys and teenagers since April, according to a Human Rights Watch investigation published Wednesday....

US rendition 'torture' case heard

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
A German man who alleges he was subjected to "extraordinary rendition" by the CIA takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights.
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Royal party takes barge journey

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles are in East Lancashire for the latest leg of the Diamond Jubilee tour.
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Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await 'Lady A'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just begun. But for one night, students at a southern Indiana high school hope to put all that aside to enjoy an evening that one of country music's biggest acts planned just for them....
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Bringing back the punt

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Town takes a punt at bringing back an old Irish note.
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DRC rebel 'still recruits youth'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:27
Renegade general Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is still forcing youngsters to fight for him in the Democratic Republic of Congo, campaigners say.
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