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Round 3 for Greek power-sharing talks

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek power-sharing talks enter a third and final round Thursday, as parties in the crisis-hit country struggled to hammer out a coalition deal after general elections produced no outright winner....

Armenia ruling party 'wins poll'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
Armenia's ruling Republican Party looks set to win parliamentary elections with more than 44% of the vote, according to exit polls.
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Polls open across France in presidential election

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
PARIS (AP) -- France voted in a presidential run-off election on Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over the government's austerity policies....

Mayweather beats Cotto in Vegas

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
Floyd Mayweather holds off Miguel Cotto to take the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday and maintain his undefeated record.
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Clinton warns against undermining Grameen Bank

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged the government of Bangladesh not to do anything that could undermine the effectiveness of the internationally acclaimed Grameen Bank micro-lender....

Clinton warns against undermining Grameen Bank

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday urged the government of Bangladesh not to do anything that could undermine the effectiveness of the internationally acclaimed Grameen Bank micro-lender....
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AUDIO: Criticism 'hurts' says Tim Minchin

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
Tim Minchin discusses the song he wrote about a journalist who gave him a bad review early in his career.
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Mayweather beats Cotto to remain undefeated

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
Floyd Mayweather Jr. had his nose bloodied midway through the fight, but maintained his poise to remain undefeated and claim the WBA junior middleweight title from Miguel Cotto.
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France's Sarkozy loses to Hollande

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
President-elect Francois Hollande declares his victory "a new start for Europe." France is a key player in plans to lead the eurozone out of its debt crisis, making the election vital to the region.
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Look! Up in the sky! It's Supermoon!

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
NEW YORK (AP) -- The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual....
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9/11 defendants ignore judge at Guantanamo hearing

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The second attempt to prosecute the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four men accused of helping orchestrate the plot got off to a rough start, with the defendants disrupting their arraignment and forcing the proceedings to drag on late into the night....

9/11 defendants ignore judge at Guantanamo hearing

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The second attempt to prosecute the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four men accused of helping orchestrate the plot got off to a rough start, with the defendants disrupting their arraignment and forcing the proceedings to drag on late into the night....
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Netanyahu emerges as strongman with unity deal

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Now backed by a parliamentary supermajority, Benjamin Netanyahu has tremendous room to maneuver on Israel's most pressing issues: peace with the Palestinians, possible war with Iran, and the growing rift at home between religious and secular Jews....

US eyes more cuts in India's oil imports from Iran

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use a two-day visit to India this week to urge further reductions in Indian imports of Iranian oil....

US eyes more cuts in India's oil imports from Iran

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use a two-day visit to India this week to urge further reductions in Indian imports of Iranian oil....

Papers consider coalition's future

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
Stern words in the papers for coalition government
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VIDEO: Greeks go to the polls

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
The people of Greece, where the eurozone crisis first erupted, have begun voting in parliamentary elections.
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Greek election critical and uncertain

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic straits....

'Nine dead' in S Korea bar fire

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
A fire in a karaoke bar in the South Korean city of Busan leaves nine people dead, including three Sri Lankans, according to police.
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2 bodies found in Miss. amid search for mom, girls

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 12:51
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Two unidentified bodies have been found at a Mississippi residence associated with a man suspected of abducting a Tennessee woman and her three young daughters, who are believed to be in "extreme danger," authorities said Saturday....
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