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VIDEO: Bomb squad moves V2 rocket fragment

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Bomb disposal teams have recovered a section of a German V2 rocket from World War II buried in the mudflats at Harwich Harbour.
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30 years after Falklands war, visible scars remain

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Thirty years after Argentina and Britain spilled blood over these remote islands in the South Atlantic, the scars of war are still being scratched raw....

Last Titanic menu fetches £76,000

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
A menu of the last meal served to first-class passengers on board the Titanic sells for £76,000 at auction.
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Mali rebels seize garrison town

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Mali's coup leader confirms Tuareg-led rebels have taken control of the town of Gao, which has the largest military base in the north.
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Injury sidelines Lin

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Jeremy Lin, who brought "Linsanity" into the lexicon when he came off the bench and led the New York Knicks to a string of wins, suffered a knee injury and will be out about six weeks, the team said Saturday.
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'Friends' raise pressure on Syria

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
The "Friends of Syria" summit in Istanbul tries to increase pressure on Damascus to implement a UN-Arab League peace plan.
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Stricken cruise ship repaired, heading to Malaysia

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that had drifted for 24 hours after being disabled by a fire was headed toward Malaysia following repairs and was expected to reach shore Sunday, the ship's company said....

Stricken cruise ship repaired, heading to Malaysia

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that had drifted for 24 hours after being disabled by a fire was headed toward Malaysia following repairs and was expected to reach shore Sunday, the ship's company said....

Myanmar's Suu Kyi poised to win parliamentary seat

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government....

Dates of potential jamming issued

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Potential dates and times when GPS could be jammed in the north of Scotland during a major Nato exercise are published.
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Low paid 'fail to get pay rise'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Union leaders accuse ministers of reneging on a promise to give low-paid council workers a pay rise of £250, saying they have not received the money.
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'Training for all' scheme active

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
A scheme which offers training "opportunities for all" is now active, the youth employment minister says.
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The modern-day Shakespearean fools

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Shakespeare loved a fool and not just on April 1, but who would their modern equivalents be?
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3 winners, over 100 million Mega Millions losers

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
RED BUD, Ill. (AP) -- The Mega Millions winners - at least three of them - stayed out of sight. The losers, who could number 100 million, had plenty to say Saturday about losing out on the world's largest-ever lottery jackpot and their dashed dreams of colossal wealth....
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UK air passenger duty rises by 8%

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Air passenger duty rises by 8%, as announced by the government in the Autumn Statement last year, but airlines call for the tax to be reviewed.
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Mali rebels attack northern town in coup aftermath

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Rebels on Saturday attacked Mali's strategic northern city of Gao, a day after they took the provincial capital of Kidal, witnesses and an official said. The move deepens the crisis in the landlocked nation at the feet of the Sahara after a coup earlier this month by Malian soldiers angry at the government's handling of the rebellion....

Falklands 30: Hanrahan's memories

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
Key moments of the Falklands conflict, in sound and pictures
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NYTimes: "Police Are Using Phone Tracking as a Routine Tool"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13

NYTimes: Police Are Using Phone Tracking as a Routine Tool by Eric Licthblau:

Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has grown into a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials as well, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, new documents show.

The practice has become big business for cellphone companies, too, with a handful of carriers marketing a catalog of “surveillance fees” to police departments to determine a suspect’s location, trace phone calls and texts or provide other services. Some departments log dozens of traces a month for both emergencies and routine investigations.

Search suspended for Colo. woman missing in fire

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
CONIFER, Colo. (AP) -- The search for a Colorado woman missing in a wildfire has been suspended after rescuers found human remains in her burned home....
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Search suspended for Colo. woman missing in fire

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 07:13
CONIFER, Colo. (AP) -- The search for a Colorado woman missing in a wildfire has been suspended after rescuers found human remains in her burned home....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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