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Zardari cases 'must be reopened'

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
Pakistan's Supreme Court orders the government to ask the Swiss authorities to reopen a corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Categories: BBC, News

Stem cells beat kidney rejection

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
An injection of stem cells given alongside a kidney transplant could remove the need for a lifetime of drugs, say scientists.
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Panel: US should rethink nuke emergency plans

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. should customize emergency plans for each of the nation's 65 nuclear power plants, a change that in some cases could expand the standard 10-mile evacuation zone in place for more than three decades, an expert panel is recommending....
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Police find family of dead twins

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
It took 11 days and the help of dozens of strangers, but police have finally been able to locate the family of a pair of reclusive twin sisters who were found dead in their California home last month....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Makeovers for disenfranchised women in Paris salon

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
PARIS (AP) -- The Josephine beauty parlor in northern Paris is celebrating its first birthday Thursday and the success of a simple idea: When life is ugly, make women feel beautiful....

Makeovers for disenfranchised women in Paris salon

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
PARIS (AP) -- The Josephine beauty parlor in northern Paris is celebrating its first birthday Thursday and the success of a simple idea: When life is ugly, make women feel beautiful....

Hunt for missing US troops set to resume in NKorea

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wounded in both legs and wearing a U.S. Army field coat peppered with bullet holes, 1st Lt. Robert Schmitt led a desperate U.S. hilltop assault against advancing Chinese forces in one of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War. He never returned....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Mozambique police storm opposition camp

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- Police say they have stormed a camp of about 300 armed opposition supporters in northern Mozambique, arresting 20 and wounding two....

62 die in Syria

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
Blasts rocked several Syrian cities early today leaving at least eight dead. Also, Syria's deputy oil minister reportedly defected to join the "revolution."
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GOP activists fear primary takes a toll on Romney

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican activists foresee a long, lumbering presidential campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Barack Obama....

GOP activists fear primary takes a toll on Romney

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican activists foresee a long, lumbering presidential campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Barack Obama....

On Iran and entitlements, Obama kicks the can down the road

Kicking the can down the road. That's been the Obama administration's response to so many issues.

China unveils new detention law

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
China's parliament unveils new legislation on police powers to detain dissidents, on the fourth day of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
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Jobs bill would aid small businesses

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
The House is expected to vote Thursday on a jobs bill that would mark rare agreement between the Obama administration and House Republicans.
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Remploy 'social enterprise' hope

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
The Welsh government wants to look into whether there are alternatives to help save jobs at Remploy factories threatened by closure.
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Ore. nurse aide posted Facebook photos of patients

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon nursing assistant convicted of taking graphic photos of elderly or disabled patients and posting them on Facebook was sentenced to jail and ordered to write an "insightful" apology....
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Ore. nurse aide posted Facebook photos of patients

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon nursing assistant convicted of taking graphic photos of elderly or disabled patients and posting them on Facebook was sentenced to jail and ordered to write an "insightful" apology....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Bargain hunters boost Morrisons

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
The UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, Morrisons, reports an 8% rise in profits saying it was helped by bargain-hunting "professional shoppers".
Categories: BBC, News

Anscombe to be new Ulster coach

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
New Zealand Under-20 coach Mark Anscombe is to take over at Ulster next season.
Categories: BBC, News

A backhand slap from end of solar storm

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-04-30 18:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Space weather forecasters say the solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger overnight. It's now the most potent solar storm since 2004....
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