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Eurozone crisis 'hits mortgages'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Mortgages - along with other loans - could become more scarce and more expensive if the eurozone crisis persists, a lenders' group says.
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Three climbers die on Mt Everest

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Three climbers have died as they returned from the summit of Mount Everest, officials in Nepal say, with fears the toll may rise.
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Why are locked room mysteries so popular?

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Locked room mysteries still captivate modern detective fiction fans, writes Miles Jupp.
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Fixing bodies broken in years of Arab world violence

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Fixing bones after years of Arab world violence
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Gang rape allegations for Strauss-Kahn

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
French officials investigating the ex-IMF chief's alleged participation in a prostitution ring say police will begin looking into incidents in Washington.
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Obama pursues higher tax rates, growth be damned

In the run-up to this weekend's G-8 summit at Camp David, journalists have unfavorably compared European "austerity" with Barack Obama's economic policies.

Strauss-Kahn faces new rape case

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
A French prosecutor orders an initial inquiry into claims that ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in a "gang rape" in Washington.
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Queen to tour Chelsea Flower Show

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are set to embark on a private tour of this year's Chelsea Flower Show.
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Nato upbeat on Pakistan dispute

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Nato's chief says he is optimistic Pakistan will reopen key supply routes to Afghanistan, as world leaders discuss a future Afghan strategy.
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Protesters attack Mali president

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Interim Mali President Dioncounda Traore is briefly hospitalised with a head wound after being attacked in his office by demonstrators, officials say.
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Live - England v West Indies

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
England resume their victory push against the West Indies on the final day of the first Test at Lord's.
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Mom with rare bug has 7 surgeries

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Lana Kuykendall has been fully conscious for all but a few days of her not-yet-3-week-old twins' lives. And after seven surgeries thus far to tackle a rare flesh-eating bacteria, the South Carolina mother's family realizes all too well that she "still has a long road ahead."
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Modified wheat trial vandalised

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
A man has been charged with criminal damage following a break-in at the Rothamsted Research centre where a trial of GM wheat is being held.
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Two patients get eye stem cells

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Two people in Scotland have stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight.
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Angela Merkel against the world

The G8 becomes 7 against 1 on stimulus spending.

AUDIO: 'We had to fight our way out'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Former British Army Captain David Blakeley discusses his new book about a secret mission to Iraq in 2003.
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Facebook closes below float price

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Shares in Facebook close 11% below Friday's initial flotation price, sparking debate that one of the world's biggest stock market listings may have been over-valued.
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The 'Wright Stuff:' Examining the Jeremiah Wright election

The Washington Post's front-page story on Mitt Romney's high school pranks proved that there is no statute of limitations on old political news.

Edward Lazear: Three Views of the 'Fiscal Cliff'

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
It's the tax increases we have to fear. Spending cuts won't hurt the economy.


Crovitz: Will Regulators Unfriend Facebook?

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-03 16:38
Plaintiff lawyers sued the company for $15 billion the day it went public.


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