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Marriner to ref Manchester derby

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Andre Marriner is named as referee for Manchester City versus Manchester United on 30 April.
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Iceland ex-PM escapes punishment

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Former Icelandic PM Geir Haarde is cleared of the main charge of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, but is found guilty on a lesser charge
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Anderson battles on 'Jeopardy!'

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
CNN's Anderson Cooper reflects on the highs and lows of his past "Jeopardy" appearances and weighs his odds of winning.
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Zimmerman's body language

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
An expert in body language says George Zimmerman showed signs of anger in court in Florida.
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Ugandan women strip in protest

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
A group of women strip to their bras in protest at the alleged sexual assault by Ugandan police of Ingrid Turinawe, the women's league leader of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change.
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Man 'forced to work as slave'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
A man tells a court how he was picked up from the streets and forced to work as a "slave" before managing to escape six months later.
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Cavendish & Wiggins ride together

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins compete together in Team Sky colours for the first time at the six-day Tour de Romandie.
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Aging workforce strains Social Security, Medicare

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs....
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US eyes sanctions on tech used vs. rebels

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday announced a plan to impose sanctions against foreign entities and individuals who help authoritarian regimes use technology to crackdown on dissidents....
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Suspended term over sex assault

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
A teen receives an 18-month suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a girl he met online.
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Tate's oil tanks to fuel live art

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Tate Modern's underground oil tanks are to become the world's first permanent museum galleries dedicated to live art.
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Boy, 11, impaled on metal spike

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
An 11-year-old boy is held up by a passer-by for 45 minutes after becoming impaled on a metal fence.
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Pinterest clones flooding China

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
Pinterest clones have flooded China's web world - only months after the social image-sharing website reached massive popularity.
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Sanctions lifting could revive Myanmar industry

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Looking across a sea of young workers perched behind rows of buzzing sewing machines, factory owner Myint Soe has one main hope for Monday's suspension of European sanctions on Myanmar - the restoration of some of the 80,000 garment industry jobs lost here over the past 10 years....

Official: Sudan bombs South Sudan, killing a boy

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) -- Sudanese warplanes bombed a major town Monday in South Sudan, hitting a market and killing a boy while wounding at least 10 people. South Sudanese troops fired back as the threat of full-scale war between the two nations loomed....

Breivik claims 'racist' plot to cast him as insane

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anxious to prove he's not insane, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court Monday that questions about his mental health are part of a racist plot to discredit his extreme anti-Muslim ideology....

Breivik claims 'racist' plot to cast him as insane

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anxious to prove he's not insane, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court Monday that questions about his mental health are part of a racist plot to discredit his extreme anti-Muslim ideology....

UN: Crime generates trillions of dollars each year

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
VIENNA (AP) -- Criminality worldwide generates proceeds in the trillions of dollars each year, making crime one of the world's "top 20 economies," a senior U.N. official said Monday...

Officials and PM differ on Qatada

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
The Home Office refuses to agree with remarks made by the prime minister about the advice the government received about Abu Qatada's deportation appeal.
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Italy: body of German tourist found in Lake Garda

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 15:53
ROME (AP) -- Italian Coast Guard searchers on Monday found the body of one of three German tourists who went missing after they took a sailboat out on Lake Garda a few hours before a storm developed, authorities said....
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