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G8 targets 'growth and stability'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
G8 leaders begin talks in the US, with President Obama saying they are "absolutely committed" to growth and fiscal consolidation.
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Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?
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'Debt deterring would-be doctors'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
The prospect of high student debt and increased pension contributions could discourage young people from entering medicine, a senior doctor warns.
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Olympic torch begins UK trip

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
The Olympic torch began its 70-day, 8,000-mile journey around Britain Saturday from Land's End in Cornwall, with three-time Olympic gold medal winner Ben Ainslie the first to carry the torch.
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VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
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VIDEO: Huge crowds greet Olympic torch

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Sailing champion Ben Ainslie starts the London 2012 Olympic torch relay from Land's End amid tight security.
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Soldier to stand trial in 5 killings

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
A sergeant accused of killing five comrades at a combat stress clinic at a U.S. base in Iraq more than three years ago is mentally fit to stand trial on charges of premeditated murder, the Army said.
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School bomb kills girl in Italy

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
A bomb outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi kills a teenage girl and injures five other people as children gather for classes.
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Bid to scrap carrier bag charges

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Charges for single use carrier bags is a burden on small businesses and harming tourism in Wales, it is claimed by the TaxPayers' Alliance .
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China activist Chen heads for US

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.
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Hating the rich

Today, many Democrats believe the wealthy are bad to the bone. A new Gallup poll asks: "Do you think the U.S. benefits from having a class of rich people or not?"

Blind Chinese activist prepares to leave for US

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an airport waiting to leave for the United States....

Amid apparent rift, kin mourn Mary Kennedy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Mary Richardson Kennedy had been close to the Kennedys for much of her life, as a teenage friendship led to a marriage into one of America's most famous families....
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73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain....

Electric car network gets first test in Israel

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel (AP) -- Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come?...

LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two University of Southern California graduate students from China who were shot in an apparent robbery attempt last month near campus, police said....
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Divided but peaceful 2 years after Thai violence

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
BANGKOK (AP) -- Just two years ago, Thailand was at war with itself. Rifle shots and exploding grenades rang out in Bangkok as troops crushed through barricades to disperse a nine-week-old insurrection. A retired nurse was the last to capitulate....

Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 01:13
LIVERMORE, Colo. (AP) -- Warm, dry weather hindered hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze in northern Colorado that federal officials say started with a camp stove....
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