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Cable admits Vauxhall 'concerns'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Vince Cable tells the BBC he has "concerns" about the future of Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant, but that he is also "positive" it will stay open.
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Guantanamo sentences lighter than expected, so far

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The military tribunals held at this isolated U.S. outpost have been lambasted as kangaroo courts, heavily weighted in favor of the prosecution. But most of the convictions so far have led to lighter than expected sentences....

Ex-cricketer Cairns in libel suit

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Ex-New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns sues Lalit Modi, the former chairman of the IPL, for libel over claims of involvement in match fixing.
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VIDEO: Riots: Student 'not angry' at robbers

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Malaysian student Ashraf Rossli, who was injured and robbed during the riots in London in August 2011, says he wants the public to forgive the men who attacked and stole from him, and is ''not angry''.
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Analysis: Don't expect to see finality

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Since 1988, when Michael Dukakis beat his main Democratic rivals in a slew of March primary states, "Super Tuesday" has usually played a pivotal role in determining presidential nominees in both parties.
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Islamic groups hold rally in support of NYPD

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
NEW YORK (AP) -- Members of an Islamic coalition stood in front of police headquarters with signs Monday to support the New York Police Department's aggressive counterterrorism efforts, saying the agency is doing what is necessary to protect the city - and Muslims....
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Cancer patient fails in appeal

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
A cancer patient tells the BBC that pioneering radiotherapy treatment could help him see his young son grow up.
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Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....

Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....

Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....

Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....
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Obama focuses on unity, Netanyahu on sovereignty

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and Israel agree that diplomacy is the best way to resolve the crisis over potential Iranian nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama said Monday, an optimistic view that Israel's leader declined to publicly endorse....

Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets' owners must pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, a judge said Monday, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as $300 million more....
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Judge: N.Y. Mets owe up to $83M to Madoff trustee

NEW YORK — The New York Mets' owners must pay up to $83 million to the trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff investors, a judge said Monday, though he expressed doubt that the trustee will succeed in proving at a trial this month that he's entitled to as much as ...

VIDEO: How air ambulance will carry blood

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Dr Anne Weaver of London's Air Ambulance shows the new kit that will allow the service to carry blood supplies for the first time.
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Pupils 'won't ask for maths help'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Secondary school pupils are so scared of looking stupid in maths lessons they will not tell their teachers if they do not understand, suggests research.
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Former student in NJ webcam gay spying apologizes

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted of using a webcam to spy on his male roommate kissing another man days before the roommate killed himself has publicly apologized for the first time....
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Rugby star not guilty of assault

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
A Scotland rugby international is cleared by a jury of assaulting a man with a glass in an Edinburgh nightclub.
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US notes fraud charges in Russian vote

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
MOSCOW (AP) -- The Obama administration on Monday congratulated the Russian people for turning out to vote in big numbers in this weekend's presidential election but said it was concerned by allegations of massive fraud and pointedly did not mention victor Vladimir Putin by name....
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VIDEO: Amateur video of US tornadoes

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 17:59
Amateur video has emerged of the devastating tornadoes which wreaked havoc in the US at the weekend.
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