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Tracking call for sex offenders

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
An independent report calls for satellite tracking of serious sex offenders following the case of Aberdeen offender Ryan Yates.
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Girl with deformed face learns to navigate world

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) -- What if you knew, even before your child was born, that she wouldn't look like everyone else?...
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Girl with deformed face learns to navigate world

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) -- What if you knew, even before your child was born, that she wouldn't look like everyone else?...
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Trial hears brother's convictions

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
The brother of a disabled girl who died after an alleged sexual assault has convictions for assault, indecency, and burglary, a court hears.
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VIDEO: Blind man 'excited' at eye implant

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
A British man who has been totally blind for many years has had part of his vision restored after surgery to fit a pioneering eye implant.
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Jon Will's gift

When Jonathan Frederick Will was born 40 years ago, the life expectancy for people with Down syndrome was about 20 years.

UK crime agency site taken down

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
The website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency is taken offline following a cyber-attack.
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Chen 'unable to meet US envoys'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he has been unable to meet US officials to discuss his desire to leave the country, he tells the BBC.
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VIDEO: Tymoshenko daughter speaks out

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Eugenia says a hunger strike is the only way her mother can highlight her treatment by Ukraine authorities
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Public asked what MPs should earn

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
The body in charge of setting MPs' salaries and pensions launches a public consultation on whether MPs are giving taxpayers value for money.
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Theft post mistress escapes jail

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
A sub-postmistress, involved in a £14,000 fraud to help keep a community shop open, is given a suspended jail sentence.
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Day in pictures: 3 May 2012

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
24 hours of news photos: 3 May
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Academy ex-employee admits fraud

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
The former finance director at the Royal Academy of Music admits defrauding the institution of £203,950 between March 2007 and January 2011.
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French mull testy presidential debate they saw

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
PARIS (AP) -- French voters who watched the only televised debate before this weekend's presidential election appeared to emerge with two impressions: Nicolas Sarkozy, who trails in the polls, did not pull off the clear victory he needed, and Francois Hollande was surprisingly resilient in the bitter back and forths....

Trial postponed for fugitive Iraqi VP

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case that has touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide....

Fixing scam cricketer Asif freed

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released after serving half of a 12-month sentence for a fixing scam, his lawyer says.
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ECB leaves rates unchanged as economy slows

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged despite worsening growth forecasts for the 17 countries that use the euro....

Egypt pledges civilian handover

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
Members of Egypt's ruling military council say they are committed to civilian rule, a day after violence explodes during a protest in Cairo.
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British crime agency website knocked out by attack

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack....

Family concerns key to Chinese activist's choices

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 23:08
BEIJING (AP) -- Chen Guangcheng's sudden urge to leave China after insisting for days he wanted to stay has caught his American supporters offguard, but a simple truth underlies his change of heart: Then and now, he put his family first....
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