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India to test nuclear missile that can hit Beijing

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India is planning to test launch a new nuclear-capable missile that for the first time would give it the capability of hitting the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai....

India to test nuclear missile that can hit Beijing

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India is planning to test launch a new nuclear-capable missile that for the first time would give it the capability of hitting the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai....

Top Egyptian Islamic cleric visits Jerusalem

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
CAIRO (AP) -- A top Egyptian Islamic cleric paid a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday, breaking with decades of opposition by Muslim leaders on traveling to areas under Israeli control....

Ministers see off 'pasty' rebels

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
The government defeats an attempt by MPs to overturn changes to VAT charged on takeaway food, dubbed "the pasty tax".
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Kennedy makes new Rangers offer

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
Brian Kennedy makes an "improved offer" to take control of Rangers and awaits a response from the club's administrators.
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Panetta apologizes for photos with corpses

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and the Pentagon voiced regrets Wednesday for newly published photographs that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calling them a violation of America's "core values."...

Panetta apologizes for photos with corpses

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and the Pentagon voiced regrets Wednesday for newly published photographs that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calling them a violation of America's "core values."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: Pressure mounts on GB athletes

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
BBC Sport editor David Bond takes a look at the fitness of some of GB's medal hopes with 100 days until the London 2012 opening ceremony.
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White House condemns Afghan abuse

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
US President Barack Obama wants the American soldiers behind the "reprehensible" abuse of Afghan corpses to be held accountable, the White House says.
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Judge quits Trayvon Martin case, cites conflict

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had a possible conflict of interest that related to her husband.

Judge Kenneth M. Lester Jr. will preside over the case. The next judge who ...

Electron's split personality seen

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
Researchers see electrons turning into a never-before-seen "quasi-particle" that carries the electron's properties around in a material.
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Romney won't repeat McCain's mistake

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
Mitt Romney, presumptive GOP nominee, has begun his search for a running mate. This time around, it's clear what one rule will be: The vice presidential nominee needs to be qualified to be president.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

'Wardrobe malfunction' hits high court

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
An appeal over singer Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" and brief partial nudity on national television has reached the Supreme Court, the latest free speech episode over indecent, if fleeting, images and words on the public airwaves.
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VIDEO: UN wives ask Asma for Syria peace

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the UN have released a four-minute video urging President Assad's wife Asma to help end the violence in Syria.
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Should teachers and students be Facebook friends?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
NEW YORK (AP) -- Should students and teachers ever be friends on Facebook? School districts across the country, including the nation's largest, are weighing that question as they seek to balance the risks of inappropriate contact with the academic benefits of social networking....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Canada considering request to take US prisoner

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Wednesday that the U.S. wants to send back the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, and the Canadian government must now decide whether to take him....

Canada considering request to take US prisoner

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Wednesday that the U.S. wants to send back the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, and the Canadian government must now decide whether to take him....

Canada considering request to take US prisoner

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Wednesday that the U.S. wants to send back the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, and the Canadian government must now decide whether to take him....

Canada considering request to take US prisoner

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada said Wednesday that the U.S. wants to send back the last remaining Western detainee at Guantanamo, and the Canadian government must now decide whether to take him....

New hurdle in British bid to deport cleric

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:14
LONDON (AP) -- Radical Islamist Abu Qatada has appealed to Europe's human rights court to challenge Britain's move to deport him to Jordan, a court spokeswoman said Wednesday. The move raised another potential hurdle to long-standing efforts to expel the terror-linked cleric from Britain....
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