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Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60.
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Lorenzo eases to win at Le Mans

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Jorge Lorenzo beats Valentino Rossi in France on a wet Le Mans track to go top of the MotoGP standings ahead of Casey Stoner.
Categories: BBC, News

Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off Carolina coast

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

The first storm of the season, which officially begins June ...

Salmond: Remember Lockerbie dead

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
First Minister Alex Salmond says the victims of the Lockerbie bombing should be remembered, after the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
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Tropical storm Alberto forms off Carolinas' coast

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Alberto emerged off South Carolina's coastline Sunday, the first storm of its kind to form in a hurricane season that doesn't officially begin until June 1....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Clarke: PM has right to 'chillax'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
A senior cabinet colleague defends David Cameron's work ethic after a book outlined weekend relaxations including tennis, karaoke and drinking wine.
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Lockerbie bomber Megrahi is dead

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi dies at home in Tripoli, nearly three years after he was controversially freed from a Scottish prison.
Categories: BBC, News

21 dead in Yemen al-Qaeda clashes

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN.
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'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
President Obama tells a Nato summit there are "hard days ahead" in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to withdraw troops at the end of 2014.
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Yemen troops clash with al-Qaida in south; 17 dead

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the militants more than a year ago....

Blind Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice

NEW YORK (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest and endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York before taking up a familiar fight.

Taken from a hospital in his homeland and put on a ...

Protesters prepare for larger NATO demonstration

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
CHICAGO (AP) -- Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from a downtown park to the lakeside convention center where President Barack Obama and dozens of other world leaders will meet....
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Syria town shelling 'kills 34'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
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Euro banks 'in tatters' - Clarke

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Former chancellor Ken Clarke says Europe's banking system is "in tatters" and warns the UK is "heavily exposed" to potential problems.
Categories: BBC, News

Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60....

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials....

Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials....

Guns Drawn on Journalists, Car Raided at NATO

TruthNews.US - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 19:32
Infowars.com | Luke Rudkowksi, Tim Pool, Jeoff Shively, Dustin & Jess were driving home after covering a NATO protest in Chicago only to have their car raided by police.
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