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Ukraine downplays football racism

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych denies that racist hooliganism will be a problem during this year's Euro 2012 matches in his country.
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Court: Heart of gay marriage law unconstitutional

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Court: Heart of gay marriage law unconstitutional

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
BOSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Cook nears Olympic Games reprieve

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
European Champion Aaron Cook edges closer to competing at London 2012 after BOA vetoes Lutalo Muhammad's nomination.
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Al-Shabab lose major Somali town

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
African Union and government forces in Somalia capture the southern town of Afmadow, an important strategic base for al-Shabab militants.
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Bedouins free 2 US tourists abducted in Egypt

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Two American tourists abducted by Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were released unharmed Thursday following negotiations between local tribesmen and the kidnappers, a security official said....

Bedouins free 2 US tourists abducted in Egypt

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Two American tourists abducted by Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were released unharmed Thursday following negotiations between local tribesmen and the kidnappers, a security official said....

Lower pay for NHS staff suggested

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
South West NHS staff could face pay cuts and have to reapply for jobs if regional pay is introduced, a leaked document suggests.
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Hunt in the clear, says Cameron

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
David Cameron will not order an inquiry into whether Jeremy Hunt broke the ministerial code after the culture secretary's grilling at the Leveson Inquiry.
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THE RACE: Obama, Romney both wooing business

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is showcasing his private-sector experience and trying to persuade voters his business savvy makes him the best suited to lift the economy out of its long funk....

THE RACE: Massachusetts is campaign target again

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Once again, Massachusetts is in the cross hairs of a presidential race....

THE RACE: Just 2 WH candidates took federal cash

AP - Politics - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Only two presidential candidates have sought and received federal matching campaign funds this election cycle, and they're hardly household names....

US Border Patrol Says Borders Safer than Ever

TruthNews.US - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
World News Resource | Acting Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection Agency tells NBC that agents hold the line between good and evil.

Sister 'lied to protect parents'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Shafilea Ahmed's sister tells a court she lied to police about her disappearance because she was "covering up for her parents".
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Rangers sanctions 'meaningless'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
The 10-point penalty applied to Rangers for going into administration was "relatively meaningless", the SPL chief executive says.
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Ireland votes on Europe's deficit-fighting treaty

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
DUBLIN (AP) -- Saying yes could mean dooming Ireland to more long, hard years of austerity. But saying no could mean national bankruptcy next year....

Ireland votes on Europe's deficit-fighting treaty

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
DUBLIN (AP) -- Saying yes could mean dooming Ireland to more long, hard years of austerity. But saying no could mean national bankruptcy next year....

Phone detects radiation in Japan

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-03 11:26
Japan's latest phone sensation has a Geiger counter to read radiation. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
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