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Markets rise on hopes for Spain aid, US stimulus

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
LONDON (AP) -- Global markets rose on Thursday, boosted by hopes that Europe is preparing to give Spain financial aid to help it cope with the cost of saving its banks and that the Federal Reserve will consider additional support for the U.S. economy....

Clinton condemns latest violence in Syria

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
ISTANBUL (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Syria's recent violence is "simply unconscionable" and is blaming President Bashar Assad for "doubling down" on his harsh crackdown....
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Owen: EU referendum 'inevitable'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
A referendum on the UK's membership of the EU is "inevitable", former Foreign Secretary Lord Owen says.
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Michaela widower may be recalled

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
John McAreavey, whose wife Michaela was killed on their honeymoon in Mauritius, may be recalled to the stand to give further evidence in the trial of two men accused of her murder.
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Greek unemployment hits 21.9 pct in March

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's unemployment shot up to 21.9 percent in March, rising sharply from the 15.7 percent rate in the same month last year and up from 21.4 percent in February, the country's statistics agency said Thursday....

US patience on Pakistan 'limited'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
Washington is losing patience with Pakistan over alleged safe havens for Taliban militants, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warns.
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UN: Kenya police lists possible terror targets

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An internal U.N. security report says the Kenya police force has listed seven buildings, including the headquarters of the revenue authority, as being under immediate threat of a terror attack from an al-Qaida-linked militant group....

UN: Kenya police lists possible terror targets

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An internal U.N. security report says the Kenya police force has listed seven buildings, including the headquarters of the revenue authority, as being under immediate threat of a terror attack from an al-Qaida-linked militant group....

Togo extradites key Gbagbo ally

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
An ally of Ivory Coast's ex-leader is extradited from Togo, the first of Laurent Gbagbo's associates to be detained in connection to last year's post-poll crisis.
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Watch shark feast on giant squid

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
Shedd Aquarium's Tim Binder talks about how rare it is to see a giant squid, as a TV crew did in this viral video.
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Kanye to fan: Chill the &*!# out

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
Kanye West goes off on a fan with a laser pointer at his Paris concert. HLN's A.J. Hammer has more.
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Woman details personal porn battle

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
Breanne Saldivar, FightTheNewDrug.org, details her addiction to online pornography and other women's struggles with it.
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Panetta: Patience with Pakistan 'reaching limits'

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-05-20 00:04
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday pressured Pakistan to do more to root out the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani terrorist network from its territory, saying that U.S. officials are "reaching the limits of our patience."...
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