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Pope's butler vows to help Vatican scandal probe

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The biggest scandal to rock the Vatican in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler, arrested for allegedly having confidential documents in his home, agreeing to cooperate with investigators - raising the specter that higher-ranking ecclesial heads may soon roll....

Romney promises world's strongest military

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised Monday to maintain an American military "with no comparable power anywhere in the world."...

Montgomerie misses out on US Open

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Colin Montgomerie makes a 900-mile round trip for a new putter but fails to qualify for the US Open on Monday.
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Quebec in fee talks with students

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
The provincial government of Quebec, Canada, resumes talks with student groups in Quebec City in an effort to end a standoff over tuition fee hikes.
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Watchdog to examine gypsy adverts

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
The advertising watchdog reverses its decision not to investigate a billboard campaign for Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings.
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Fifa appoints human rights lawyer

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Fifa is set to appoint top human rights lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first head of the ethics committee's investigations arm.
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Egypt's Brotherhood scrambling to broaden support

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
CAIRO (AP) -- The Muslim Brotherhood is scrambling to broaden its appeal to liberals, leftists and Christians after official results Monday showed that the Islamist group's candidate will face ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister in next month's runoff for president of Egypt....

Obama says Vietnam veterans too often 'denigrated'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming....
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Obama says Vietnam veterans too often 'denigrated'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming....
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Obama says Vietnam veterans too often 'denigrated'

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming....

Despite downgrade, Beryl still soaks Memorial Day

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- Joyce Connolly and her daughters left their home in Hurricane, W.Va., to head south for a Memorial Day beach vacation - and ended up in the center of Tropical Storm Beryl....
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Qatar says 13 children among dead in mall fire

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Qatar's Interior Ministry said 13 children were among 19 people killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country's fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state....

Michigan wildfire destroys nearly 100 buildings

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) -- Homes and cabins make up a third of the nearly 100 structures destroyed by a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, officials said Monday....
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U-turn over 'Cornish pasty tax'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
The government is to reverse its plan to impose VAT on Cornish pasties and reduce the proposed charges on static caravans, the BBC learns.
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Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance....
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'SNN,' YouTube amplify Syrian voices

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
You've heard of CNN, but unless you pay close attention to photo and video credits on news sites, you've probably never heard of the Syrian group SNN.
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Rangers' CVA proposal on Tuesday

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Rangers' administrators say notice of company voluntary arrangement meetings will be sent to creditors on Tuesday.
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'Tip-toeing back to third runway'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Boris Johnson on Newsnight has accused the government of trying to kick a decision about a new airport into "the long grass" until after the next election.
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13 children die in fire at Qatar mall

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Six other people -- four teachers and two members of the civil defense -- also died in the blaze at Doha's Villaggio shopping mall, a government official said.
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Opinion: Russia, China can save Syria

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-06-09 22:11
Asher Kaufman says Bashar al-Assad's regime has the upper hand in Syria's civil war, and the only way to end the violence is to persuade China and Russia to withdraw support for al-Assad.
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