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Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution....

Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution....

Romney releases first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency....

Romney releases first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency....

Obama's North Carolina math problem

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
The state Democratic Party here is consumed with an ongoing sex scandal. The embattled governor is so unpopular she decided not to run for a second term. And supporters of same-sex marriage were dealt a crushing defeat.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

'Two wives' Tory chief given tag

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
The former leader of the Conservative Party on Slough Borough Council who admitted having two wives at the same time is to be electronically tagged.
Categories: BBC, News

Yahoo jumps on Alibaba deal talk

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Shares in internet giant Yahoo rise 5% on reports that it is close to selling its valuable stake in Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce company.
Categories: BBC, News

India charges prompt Italy row

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Indian police charge two Italian marines with the murder of two Indian fishermen, prompting Italy to recall its ambassador.
Categories: BBC, News

Plan to raise sunken cruise ship

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site.
Categories: CNN, News

Norwich reject Holt transfer plea

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Norwich City striker Grant Holt submits a transfer request but the Premier League club choose not to accept it.
Categories: BBC, News

UK surveillance program could expose private lives

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
LONDON (AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."...

UK surveillance program could expose private lives

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
LONDON (AP) -- British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."...

Stabbed Ohio woman hits child with car, both dead

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A woman was stabbed during an argument while sitting behind the wheel of a car, tried to drive away and struck her attacker's 2-year-old daughter, authorities said Friday. The woman and the girl both died, and the toddler's mother was found naked several blocks away and arrested....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
ATLANTA (AP) -- Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Sex abuse Pakistani issue - Warsi

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Conservative co-chair Baroness Warsi says a "small minority" of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game".
Categories: BBC, News

Facebook jumps, slumps on first day of trading

Facebook investors gave the stock a resounding thumbs down on the first day of trading.

In the most anticipated technology initial public offering since Google in 2004, Facebook's stock on Friday never lived up to the hype the company had hoped for, closing at $38.23.

"Investors figured out it was ...

Final moments call to girlfriend

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
Trayvon Martin's girlfriend, talking to him on the telephone, heard the teenager saying, "get off, get off" in the moments before his cell phone cut off and he was shot dead, according to a recording of the girl's interview with a prosecutor released Friday.
Categories: CNN, News

Kennedy clan gathers for funeral again

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 05:26
She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy.
Categories: CNN, News
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