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Pietersen wants cheats 'finished'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
England batsman Kevin Pietersen calls for anybody who gets caught being involved in match fixing to be "finished" in the game.
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Were signs missed on French gunman?

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
After a dramatic end to a 31-hour standoff, France is asking how intelligence agencies missed vital clues about self-described al Qaeda jihadist Mohammed Merah before his series of deadly attacks.
Categories: CNN, News

Australia deports British rapist

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
A British man convicted of raping a woman in Australia in 1999 is deported to the UK after losing an appeal.
Categories: BBC, News

Ex-Rutgers student denies bias claims

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
A former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate says he was not bullying his roommate and he doesn't hate gay people.
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Coroner: Cocaine helped kill Houston

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
Whitney Houston drowned in a bathtub, but "atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" were contributing factors, coroner says.
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BT pays £2bn into pension scheme

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
BT says it will pay £2bn into its pension scheme under a new nine year plan to wipe out the scheme's deficit.
Categories: BBC, News

Say good night, Newt

Winning is about much more than brilliant verbal parry-and-thrust on a single night in a debate. Winning the presidential nomination is about the long haul.

Peacocks boss pledges added value

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
The new chief executive of Peacocks says the clothes store chain will look at giving "added value" to win customers back.
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Battles over Libya's dangerous migrant smuggling routes

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
Will a desert wall of wrecked cars stop Libya's migrant trafficking?
Categories: BBC, News

The Spanish link in cracking the Enigma code

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
How the Spanish Civil War helped Britain break Hitler’s codes
Categories: BBC, News

U.S. soldier could face death in killings

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales could face the death penalty for the Afghanistan killings, the U.S. military said. Officials have said nine children were among the civilians slain.
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VIDEO: Servicemen and women honoured

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
Servicemen and women have been honoured for their bravery.
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Tea and statistics: Digesting the Budget

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
A tour of the think tanks chewing over the Budget
Categories: BBC, News

Three pension tales

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
The telling tale of three pension schemes
Categories: BBC, News

Toulouse: The dark side of diversity

As an act of pure evil it was difficult to match...

Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations....
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New Zealand yields to world on quirky road rules

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand is finally yielding to the rest of the world when it comes to its unique set of road rules, after decades of confounding drivers from overseas....

Highway bill becomes House Republican headache

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 01:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill that Republican leaders were promoting as the centerpiece of their job-creation agenda has instead turned into one of their biggest headaches, thanks largely to tea party conservatives who want to get the federal government out of transportation programs and hand them over to the states....
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