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Writer: Should U.S. kill al-Assad?

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
CNN's Brooke Baldwin speaks to a writer about his article on killing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
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Clarity needed over Army changes

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
The UK government needs to clarify the details of changes planned for the Armed Forces in Scotland, Bruce Crawford says
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Doctors transplant vein grown with patient's own stem cells

For the first time, doctors have successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells, another example of scientists producing human body parts in the lab.

In this case, the patient was a 10-year-old girl in Sweden who was suffering from a severe vein blockage to her liver. ...

More teachers to learn on the job

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Extra cash is being offered to graduates to teach maths in primary schools and to teachers training in the most challenging schools.
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University complaints rise by 20%

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Disputes over plagiarism have driven a rise in complaints by students against universities in England and Wales, says the official adjudicator.
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Obama gives Medal of Freedom to Israel's Peres

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is presenting Israeli President Shimon Peres (shee-MOHN' PEHR'-ehs) with the Medal of Freedom, calling him the essence of Israel itself....
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'Obama Boy's crush song a hit

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
The latest internet video features a voter who can't help but sing about his crush on Obama.
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Opinion: Ban swearing? WTF?

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
A Massachusetts town's recent ban on public swearing is a hopeless cause in a time when even mild-mannered Americans curse like sailors and the F-bomb fails to shock, John McWhorter writes.
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Green man 'too fast for elderly'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Pedestrian crossings do not allow older people enough time to cross the road, study warns.
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American Scene: Soldier gets life sentence for killing two roommates

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FORT STEWART — A soldier was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for the 2010 slayings of two Army roommates, both shot at a U.S. base camp in Iraq hours after the suspect complained their room was too messy.

A military jury at Fort Stewart spent just ...

Ten-year-old gets lab-grown vein

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
A 10-year-old girl has had a major blood vessel in her body replaced with one grown in the laboratory, Swedish doctors report.
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'Stop opposing assisted dying' - BMJ

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
The British Medical Journal has called on doctors' organisations to stop opposing assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
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Pollutant turns fly-traps veggie

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Why some carnivorous plants are giving up meat
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Gamers gravitating to multiscreens

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Multiscreen gaming is emerging as a major trend as consumers increasingly access games through their PCs, consoles, tablets and smartphones.
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Rio hears call for sustainability

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Scientists worldwide join forces to demand tougher action on consumption and population at next week's Rio+20 summit.
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Canadian porn actor ordered held in dismembering

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin court has ordered the Canadian suspect in the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student in Montreal be held in pre-extradition custody as his likely return to Canada edges closer, authorities said Wednesday....

Canadian porn actor ordered held in dismembering

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
BERLIN (AP) -- A Berlin court has ordered the Canadian suspect in the slaying and dismembering of a Chinese student in Montreal be held in pre-extradition custody as his likely return to Canada edges closer, authorities said Wednesday....

Police looking for NY surgeon in woman's death

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Police were searching for a trauma surgeon Wednesday as a "person of interest" in a fatal shooting at a Buffalo hospital, and warned the public that the former Army Special Forces weapons expert may be armed and dangerous....
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VIDEO: Redknapp departure a 'shame' - McClaren

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
Former England manager Steve McClaren believes Harry Redknapp's decision to leave Tottenham Hotspur is "not a footballing one".
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John Edwards is officially in the clear

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-05-08 21:33
The move comes less than two weeks after a jury acquitted the former presidential candidate on one of six counts in his corruption trial and deadlocked on the other five.
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