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Hugo Chavez says new tumor was cancerous

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about eight months ago....

China cuts growth target to 7.5%

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
China says it is expecting economic growth of 7.5% this year as it looks for more sustainable expansion.
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Trial begins of Iceland's ex-PM

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, begins in Reykjavik.
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'Bionic' pancreas tested for diabetics

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
At 3:30 a.m., Stefany Shaheen awoke to a feeling of uneasiness. Something was not quite right with her daughter, Elle.
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Subsidy loophole costs millions

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
A BBC Scotland investigation reveals how millions of pounds is being paid out in an abuse of the agricultural subsidy system.
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'Slipper farmers' harvest money

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
Becoming a farmer and claiming a subsidy - without working the land
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Teen sex abuse tackled by adverts

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
An advertising campaign challenging teenagers on their views of rape and consent is being launched by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
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NHS risks publication 'insidious'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
A senior civil servant warns against publishing the document which allows officials to "think the unthinkable" about what might go wrong with the NHS changes.
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Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Muslim women in Australia's most populous state will have to remove veils to have their signatures officially witnessed under the latest laws giving New South Wales officials authority to look under religious face coverings....

Business group cuts UK forecast

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
The UK will avoid a double-dip recession but growth this year will be slower than previously forecast, the British Chambers of Commerce says.
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Tesco plans to create 20,000 jobs

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
Supermarket giant Tesco says it is to create 20,000 new jobs in the UK in what the prime minister is calling a massive confidence boost to the economy.
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VaTech parents seek answers in trial 5 years later

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The hours leading to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the actions of Virginia Tech administrators will be replayed in a Christiansburg courtroom when the parents of two students slain in the April 2007 massacre press their legal effort to hold school officials accountable....
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VaTech parents seek answers in trial 5 years later

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The hours leading to the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and the actions of Virginia Tech administrators will be replayed in a Christiansburg courtroom when the parents of two students slain in the April 2007 massacre press their legal effort to hold school officials accountable....
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Spider silk violin strings made

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings.
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China faces to watch: Xi Jinping

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
Get to know China's next generation of leaders
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Political lives: John Healey

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
John Healey: 'I was almost alone in arguing against NHS changes'
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Can White Heat emulate Our Friends success?

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
Can new BBC drama emulate Our Friends in the North's success?
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Were single mothers better off in the 19th Century?

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
Back in the 1800s single mothers were receiving generous benefits. So were they better off than today?
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206 killed in Republic of Congo arms depot blasts

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass, officials and witnesses said....

A tearful Putin claims Russian election victory

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-24 04:23
MOSCOW (AP) -- Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he defiantly proclaimed to a sea of supporters that they had triumphed over opponents intent on "destroying Russia's statehood and usurping power."...
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