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VIDEO: Nato's exit strategy in Afghanistan

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
How will Nato withdraw troops and their kit?
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Further arrests over rape naming

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
Police arrest four more people in an inquiry into claims a rape victim was named on social media sites after the conviction of Wales footballer Ched Evans.
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Sarkozy, Obama, Romney, Ron Paul and the recent European elections

In the past few weeks, a number of elections in Europe have offered telling signs for American politics about the effect of the current pain on voters.

Asia's superrich build their own art museums

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Border agency paid £3.5m bonuses

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
The UK Border Agency - recently branded "not fit for purpose" - paid £3.5m in performance-related bonuses to staff in one year, the BBC learns.
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Twitter resists US court's demand

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
Twitter objects to a US court order ordering it to hand over old messages posted by a Occupy Wall Street protester.
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Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

Double agent hands al-Qaida its 3rd failed bombing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States....
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Double agent hands al-Qaida its 3rd failed bombing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Double agent hands al-Qaida its 3rd failed bombing

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the past three years, al-Qaida bomb makers in Yemen have developed three fiendishly clever devices in hopes of attacking airplanes in the skies above the United States....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US targets Mexico drug lord sons

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
The US adds two sons of Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin Guzman to its drugs kingpin blacklist, saying they play key roles in his Sinaloa cartel.
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India's top court refuses entry to Exxon Valdez

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst U.S. oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated....

Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers....
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Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

'Collapse' threat for hospitals

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
Some hospital services in Wales are in danger of "collapse" unless radical changes are made, an NHS Confederation report warns.
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Asia's superrich build their own art museums

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....

Creating a risk-free world

When government gets in the business of deciding which risks are acceptable and which aren't, nasty things happen.

UK ban for US self-defence expert

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:51
An American expert in violent self-defence has been stopped from entering the UK after the Home Office said his presence was against the "public good".
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