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Syrian rebels outgunned, struggling for supplies

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
GORENTAS, Turkey (AP) -- Syrian rebel commander Ahmad Mihbzt and his ragtag fighters grabbed their aging rifles to fight Syrian troops advancing on their village, but soon fled under a rain of exploding artillery shells....

Syrian rebels outgunned, struggling for supplies

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
GORENTAS, Turkey (AP) -- Syrian rebel commander Ahmad Mihbzt and his ragtag fighters grabbed their aging rifles to fight Syrian troops advancing on their village, but soon fled under a rain of exploding artillery shells....

GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Starting with a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Strong, long 7.4 quake shakes Mexico City

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country, sending a pedestrian bridge crashing atop a transit bus and swaying high-rises in Mexico City. At least one building in the capital appeared on the verge of collapse....

It's official: Manning joins Broncos

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Free agent quarterback Peyton Manning will play for the Denver Broncos, the team announced Tuesday.
Categories: CNN, News

Best of the Web Today: 'Nice Guys' Finish Last

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Romney's condescending approach may be the best way to beat Obama.


VIDEO: John Carter set to lose Disney $200m

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Fantasy film John Carter is on course to be the biggest movie flop of all time
Categories: BBC, News

Osborne cuts 50p top rate of tax

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
George Osborne cuts the 50p top rate and the amount of income tax millions of lower earners pay - but pensioners face a future hit from the Budget.
Categories: BBC, News

Cut spending much more deeply, House GOP plan says

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mixing deep cuts to safety-net programs for the poor with politically risky cost curbs for Medicare, Republicans controlling the House unveiled an election-year budget blueprint Tuesday that paints clear campaign differences with President Barack Obama....

Strong earthquake strikes Mexico

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
A major earthquake measuring 7.4 in magnitude strikes near Acapulco, in central southern Mexico, with some houses reportedly damaged.
Categories: BBC, News

Iraqi Kurd leader denounces Baghdad 'power grab'

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region threatened Tuesday to pull support from the nation's already wobbly coalition government, criticizing the central government for a power grab he denounced as ideological terrorism....

Obama to visit heavily fortified Korean border

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama will make a first visit as president to the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea....

House GOP budget raises 2012 stakes

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
House GOP leaders unveiled a 2013 budget blueprint Tuesday that has little chance of becoming law, but draws a clear contrast with Democrats on taxes, spending, and a host of hot-button political issues -- all of which could play a pivotal role in the 2012 campaign.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Villagers: Afghan slayings were act of retaliation

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Residents of an Afghan village near where an American soldier is alleged to have killed 16 civilians are convinced that the slayings were in retaliation for a roadside bomb attack on U.S. forces in the same area a few days earlier....

Attacks kill 46 across Iraq ahead of Arab summit

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Insurgents plotting to derail next week's Arab League meeting in Baghdad unleashed bloody attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, killing 46 people. The government vowed not to be scared off from hosting the summit - the first in the country in a generation and a chance to prove it is moving toward normalcy after years of war....

Feds, Fla. probe teen's shooting by watch captain

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- An unarmed black teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain told his girlfriend he was being followed shortly before the confrontation that killed him, a lawyer said Tuesday as federal and state prosecutors announced they would investigate....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: House of Commons

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Labour has failed in a last-ditch attempt to block the government's plans to reform the health service in England during a rare emergency debate in the House of Commons.
Categories: BBC, News

Malia Obama safe after earthquake in Mexico

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama's oldest daughter, Malia, is safe and never was in danger during a strong earthquake Tuesday in Mexico....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: Soldiers repatriated, one by one

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
The bodies of six soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been flown to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
Categories: BBC, News

US gives exemption on Iran sanctions to 11 nations

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Tuesday exempted 10 European Union countries and Japan from U.S. economic sanctions because they have significantly reduced their purchases of petroleum from Iran....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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