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Guard jailed over runaway inmate

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
A female prison officer who harboured an inmate after he absconded from an open prison is jailed.
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Sacrificial scams

The real class warfare in this country isn't rich vs. poor, it's government employees vs. we, the taxpayers, who pay their salaries.

Travolta accuser drops suit

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
The withdrawal of one of two massage therapists from a sex battery lawsuit against John Travolta "completely vindicated" the actor, Travolta's lawyer said Tuesday.
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Opposition: Syria refugees attacked

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Syrians seeking cover at a camp for displaced residents came under attack Wednesday by government forces, an opposition group said, unable to escape the violence that has tormented the country for 14 months.
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Viewpoint: Is it time to get rid of traffic lights?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
We rely on traffic lights to tell us when to go. And when to stop. We should replace that with common sense, argues traffic campaigner Martin Cassini.
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Doctor: Zimmerman's nose was broken

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
The report also said George Zimmerman had black eyes and cuts on his head a day after fatally shooting unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. An autopsy showed Martin's knuckles were injured, a CNN affiliate reports.
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China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
BEIJING (AP) -- China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule....

Mladic 'slices throat,' growls at victims

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Mladic seemed to taunt victims in court, pretending to slice his throat, staring and growling. The ex-Bosnian Serb general is on trial for war crimes stemming from Yugoslavia's civil war.
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UK unemployment falls by 45,000

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Drivers protest over Olympic pay

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Off-duty bus drivers will visit depots in London in an open-top bus to demand extra pay during the Olympic Games.
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The War Next Door

Every single day, atrocities take place just south of our border in Mexico that are nearly unimaginable in the United States.

Masseur drops Travolta sex claim

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
One of the two male masseurs who have accused actor John Travolta of sexual assault withdraws his legal action.
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Unemployment down 1,000 in Wales

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Unemployment in Wales fell by 1,000 in the first three months of the year, with 132,000 people out of work.
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Abducted Honduras reporter killed

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
The body of Honduran radio journalist Alfredo Villatoro, abducted on his way to work a week ago, is found near the capital, Tegucigalpa.
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Breivik victim 'hid under body'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
A teenager who survived Anders Behring Breivik's attack on Utoeya island tells his trial in Oslo that she only lived because she hid under another victim's body.
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Howe: Time for UK to go metric

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
The UK's two measurement systems are a "confusing shambles" and must be reformed before the London Olympics, a former foreign secretary says.
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$1M settlement in Calif. beating death

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
The City of Fullerton, California, has reached a $1 million settlement with the mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died last year after a beating he received at the hands of police officers.
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Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal accused of 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes....

I am still the champ - Peterson

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Lamont Peterson rejects calls from Amir Khan to surrender his WBA and IBF title belts despite failing a drugs test.
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Webber column: Williams win 'unreal'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:52
Red Bull's Aussie charger on his former boss Frank Williams's birthday win in Barcelona, and the "incredible" Premier League season.
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