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Journalists being killed at `astonishing pace'

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders condemned the "astonishing pace" at which journalists are being attacked and murdered - 67 killed in 2011 and 22 more deaths since the beginning of the year....

Journalists being killed at `astonishing pace'

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders condemned the "astonishing pace" at which journalists are being attacked and murdered - 67 killed in 2011 and 22 more deaths since the beginning of the year....

Journalists being killed at `astonishing pace'

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders condemned the "astonishing pace" at which journalists are being attacked and murdered - 67 killed in 2011 and 22 more deaths since the beginning of the year....

Hunger strikers in Israel appeal

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
Israel's Supreme Court defers a decision on an appeal against their imprisonment by two Palestinians who have been on hunger strike for 64 days.
Categories: BBC, News

Activist's fate deepens US-China suspicions

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
BEIJING (AP) -- The diplomatic disarray deepened Thursday after a blind activist reversed course and asked to leave China with his family, abandoning an arduously negotiated agreement even though he had left the protection of the U.S. Embassy and was in a Beijing hospital ringed by Chinese police....

Cardiff 0-2 West Ham

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
Jack Collison scores twice to give West Ham control of their Championship play-off semi-final after the first leg at Cardiff City.
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Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

Romney criticizes Obama administration over Chen

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday the Obama administration had "failed" to protect a blind Chinese dissident by factoring political considerations into the negotiations that ultimately led him to leave the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The White House said the president wasn't concerned about the politics of the case....

VIDEO: Humanitarian concerns for Sudan nations

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
Weeks of border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan have led to fears that the two nations could end up in all-out war.
Categories: BBC, News

Blasts hit police post in Russia's Dagestan area

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
MAKHACHKAL, Dagestan (AP) -- Two powerful explosions went off Thursday night near a traffic police post in the capital of Russia's restive Dagestan region. There was no definitive word on casualties....

Yaseen 'showed no signs of abuse'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
A seven-year-old allegedly killed by his mother was a happy pupil who showed no signs of abuse, the boy's Koran teacher tells Cardiff Crown Court.
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US remains opposed to military action in Syria

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shocking as it was, the massacre of more than 100 Syrian villagers is unlikely to galvanize a military assault like last year's campaign in Libya to oust Moammar Gadhafi. The killings, however, did provoke the strongest international condemnation the United States and other nations could muster....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

The Galaxy S3: first impressions

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
Is Samsung's new phone a leap forward?
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French debate: No knockout punch from Sarkozy

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PARIS (AP) -- Socialist candidate Francois Hollande appeared to solidify his chances at winning France's presidency Thursday after his strong showing in a debate against beleaguered incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy....

French debate: No knockout punch from Sarkozy

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 21:13
PARIS (AP) -- Socialist candidate Francois Hollande appeared to solidify his chances at winning France's presidency Thursday after his strong showing in a debate against beleaguered incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy....
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