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Matalin: Primaries good for GOP

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
GOP strategist Mary Matalin writes: With each contest, more Americans have the chance to cast a vote against President Obama. More voters become engaged with the Republican Party.
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Eurozone backs new Greek bailout

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
The eurozone group has backed Greece's second bailout of 130bn euros pending a contribution from the IMF, after last week's private debt swap.
Categories: BBC, News

Gunmen shoot Philippine reporter who covers Aquino

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Gunmen have shot and seriously wounded a journalist who is assigned to cover the Philippine president. Police are hunting down the suspected attackers....

Whitney's daughter 'doing good'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Singer Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina tells Oprah Winfrey she "is doing as good as I possibly can" since the sudden death of her mother.
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Global media watchdog names enemies of Internet

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
PARIS (AP) -- Reporters Without Borders says the Arab Spring is changing the face of Internet freedom....

Randazza: It's un-American to silence Limbaugh

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Marc Randazza says he loathes the radio host, but not as much as he loathes the notion of urging the government to infringe on his First Amendment right to express his political and social views
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Administration blocks Texas voter ID law

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
A controversial new Texas law requiring voters to present personal identification before going to the polls has been blocked by the Obama administration.
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Candidates turn on the Southern charm

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
As the Republicans campaign for the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, they do their best to appeal to Southern voters.
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Iftikhar: Leave Afghanistan now

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Arsalan Iftikhar says the U.S. is losing the hearts and minds of Afghans, and the U.S. soldier's massacre of civilians might be the last straw. It's time to count our successes and leave.
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Karzai: US failed to consult Afghans on airstrike

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president said Saturday that the United States has put the two countries' security pact at risk with a unilateral airstrike that killed 18 civilians, while a Taliban suicide bomber killed four French soldiers responding to a tipoff about a bomb hidden under a bridge....

Afghan killings could impact military mission

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
A new incident inflaming tensions between the United States and Afghanistan -- this time the alleged massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier -- calls into question the chances for stability as the U.S.-led military mission shifts security responsibility to Afghan forces in coming months.
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The stabbed governor of Sarawak

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
The governor, the stabbing and the secret evidence
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ICJ opens Habre extradition case

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
The International Court for Justice starts hearing Belgium's request to extradite Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre over alleged atrocities.
Categories: BBC, News

Pinsent hails ‘world best’ squad

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent says Britain's rowers are the best in the world after the GB trials.
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Deadly air strikes hit Gaza Strip

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
At least two civilians and four militants have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, medics say, as cross-border violence continues.
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VIDEO: Dartmoor Zoo gets a Hollywood look

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
When a brochure was dropped through the Mee family's letterbox, advertising a 30-acre zoo for sale, they found it very difficult to turn down.
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Suppliers refusing to serve Game

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Struggling retailer Game Group confirms that suppliers are now refusing to do business with it, sending its shares down 68%.
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'Many dead' in fresh Homs attacks

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
As many as 47 civilians, many of them women and children, have been found tortured and killed in the embattled Syrian city of Homs, activists say.
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Railway line 'collapses' in China

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
A newly built section of a high-speed rail line has collapsed in China's central Hubei province following heavy rain, state media reports.
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AUDIO: Do we overuse 'literally'?

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 21:16
Writer and comedian Paul Parry and Mark Forsyth, author of the book The Etymologicon, which looks the origin and meanings of words, discuss the overuse of the word "literally".
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