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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies - The Associated Press

Boston Globe
UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
The Associated Press - 41 minutes ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's junta seized UN aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday.
Video: Questions About Aid Plague Myanmar Cyclone AssociatedPress
Myanmar blocks UN aid shipments Aljazeera.net
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Harper dismisses revelations about minister - Toronto Star

Times Colonist
Harper dismisses revelations about minister
Toronto Star - 6 hours ago
OTTAWAâ€“The Tories rallied around their foreign affairs minister and dismissed revelations that he dated a woman with past links to outlaw biker gangs as a private matter that posed no risk to national security.
'Busybodies' told that Bernier's life is private Globe and Mail
Minister rejects 'personal attack' questions Vancouver Sun
CTV.ca - Canada.com - The Province - National Post
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Hezbollah imposes control on Beirut - Washington Post

Boston Globe
Hezbollah imposes control on Beirut
Washington Post - 49 minutes ago
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major blow to the US-backed government.
Hezbollah tightens its grip on Beirut Sydney Morning Herald
Hezbollah tightens grip on Beirut The Age
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Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap - New York Times

Voice of America
Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap
New York Times - 2 hours ago
Senator Barack Obama came to the Capitol on Thursday, trying to rally Democrats around him. By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama began trying to rally the Democratic Party around him on Thursday and struck a tougher ...
Obama in exultant return to Congress The Age
Don't Expect Clinton to Quit Before Superdelegates Decide Washington Post
Telegraph.co.uk - Times Online - Globe and Mail - Toronto Star
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Blast in Sri Lanka cafe kills at least 8 - Reuters

BBC News
Blast in Sri Lanka cafe kills at least 8
Reuters - 1 hour ago
COLOMBO, May 9 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka killing at least eight people on Friday, the military said, a day before the first provincial council elections in the region in two decades.
UK transfers renegade Tamil Tiger BBC News
Lankan military says bomb blast kills 11 in eastern town Hindu
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Sarkozy takes strong stand on Canadian unity - Globe and Mail

Leader Post
Sarkozy takes strong stand on Canadian unity
Globe and Mail - 6 hours ago
QUEBEC - French President Nicolas Sarkozy firmly realigned France's foreign policy toward Canada yesterday, distancing himself from Quebec sovereigntists and saying he no longer wants to choose between Canada and Quebec.
Sarkozy wants to 'bring together' Que., Canada CTV.ca
France Commemorates May '68 Protests Voice of America
Toronto Star - The Canadian Press - National Post - Canada.com
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Israeli Prime Minister Says He Will Resign if Indicted in ... - Voice of America

Citizen
Israeli Prime Minister Says He Will Resign if Indicted in ...
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By Jim Teeple Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will resign if he is indicted in a corruption investigation involving an American businessman long involved in Israeli politics.
Olmert resists calls to quit over bribery probe Reuters
Talansky: Olmert might try to hurt me Ynetnews
Jerusalem Post - The Associated Press - International Herald Tribune - Xinhua
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Russia Parades Military Might - New York Times

Turkish Press
Russia Parades Military Might
New York Times - 34 minutes ago
By CJ CHIVERS MOSCOW - Nuclear missile launchers and columns of tanks rolled through Red Square Friday in a display of martial hardware not seen in front of the Kremlin since the waning days of the Soviet Union.
Video: Russia parades its military might AlJazeeraEnglish
Russia parades tanks and missiles Aljazeera.net
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Honeymooners back in BC after horrific Egypt crash - Canada.com

Times Colonist
Honeymooners back in BC after horrific Egypt crash
Canada.com - 3 hours ago
A BC couple seriously injured in a fiery bus crash in Egypt May 1 arrived at Vancouver International Airport Thursday night and were immediately taken by ambulance to Vancouver General Hospital.
Egypt crash victim's homecoming 'huge relief' CTV.ca
Injured Canadian couple back from Egypt Vancouver Sun
Globe and Mail - Toronto Star - The Province - Canada.com
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Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case - Reuters

Sydney Morning Herald
Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Tanja Daube ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said.
Fritzl blames Nazis and speaks of mother love The Age
Josef Fritzl could be charged with murder over death of newborn Times Online
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US says Qaeda chief in Iraq not captured - AFP

Sydney Morning Herald
US says Qaeda chief in Iraq not captured
AFP - 56 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military denied on Friday that Al-Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who carries a US bounty of five million dollars, had been captured by security forces.
Video: Iraqi Army: Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Arrested AssociatedPress
US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest The Associated Press
Xinhua - Voice of America - Reuters UK - Globe and Mail
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PM vows Israel friendship - Toronto Sun

Edmonton Journal
PM vows Israel friendship
Toronto Sun - 5 hours ago
By THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada has stood by Israel even when it wasn't popular to do so and will continue to support the Jewish people in the future.
Canada stands with Israel, PM tells 60th anniversary Toronto Star
Canada's backing of Israel unshakeable, Harper says Globe and Mail
National Post - The Canadian Press - Canada Free Press - Vancouver Sun
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Pregnant women off limits for taser use, inquiry hears - Vancouver Sun

Pregnant women off limits for taser use, inquiry hears
Vancouver Sun - 7 hours ago
Vancouver police won't use a Taser on a pregnant woman because of concern she would fall and be injured, a police trainer told a Taser inquiry Thursday.
Tasers aren't firearms, says trainer 24 Hours Vancouver
Stun-gun probe upsets BC mom Canoe.ca
Globe and Mail - Toronto Star - CTV.ca - Canada.com
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Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis - The Age

Voice of America
Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis
The Age - 37 minutes ago
South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday held intensive talks with veteran counterpart Robert Mugabe over Zimbabwe's post-election crisis as doctors reported a dramatic rise in violence.
Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll' BBC News
Mbeki faces Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis talks AFP
Toronto Star - AllAfrica.com - Reuters - Christian Science Monitor
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Khadr probe covered up, lawyer says - Toronto Star

GlobalTV
Khadr probe covered up, lawyer says
Toronto Star - 6 hours ago
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cubaâ€“ Lawyers for Omar Khadr are accusing the US government of a cover-up after revealing that a military investigation into allegations that he was abused in Afghanistan was halted.
US derailed probe that could have scuttled Khadr case: lawyer Canada.com
Teens march against Khadr detention Globe and Mail
The Canadian Press - CTV.ca - CBC.ca - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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ANALYSIS-Investors, neighbours brace for ripples of Serb vote - Reuters

BBC News
ANALYSIS-Investors, neighbours brace for ripples of Serb vote
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE, May 9 (Reuters) - A tight race between nationalist Radicals and pro-Western Democrats in Sunday's Serbian general election will be closely watched by investors, neighbours and the European Union as its outcome ripples across ...
Kosovo PM: Serbian elections won't affect Kosovo, still hopes for ... International Herald Tribune
Kostunica May Be Serbia Kingmaker as Pro-West Tadic Group Slips Bloomberg
Aljazeera.net - CNN - RIA Novosti - Sofia Echo
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Poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever rating - Reuters UK

ITN
Poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever rating
Reuters UK - 5 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party fell to its lowest-ever poll rating in a survey published on Friday, a week after big losses in local elections cast doubt on the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Britain's ruling Labour suffers new low in poll ratings People's Daily Online
UK Labour Party Scores Worst Poll Rating Since 1968 (Update2) Bloomberg
guardian.co.uk - AllAfrica.com - Independent - Times Online
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Somali militants raid police base - BBC News

PRESS TV
Somali militants raid police base
BBC News - 3 hours ago
Islamist insurgents attacked a police station in the heart of Somalia's capital in a night raid as preparations are under way for weekend peace talks.
Several Dead Following Insurgent Raid on Mogadishu Police Station Voice of America
In bold attack, Somali insurgents seize police headquarters in ... International Herald Tribune
The Associated Press - Reuters - PRESS TV - Aljazeera.net
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Australia to Investigate Afghan Prisoner Mistreatment Claims - Voice of America

Australia to Investigate Afghan Prisoner Mistreatment Claims
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Phil Mercer The Australian military is investigating claims that its soldiers mistreated prisoners in Afghanistan. A senior Afghan commander made the allegations.
Inquiries into abuse claims by Taliban Sydney Morning Herald
Three more probes on Afghan claims The Age
ABC Online - BBC News - The Associated Press - AFP
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Pakistan's Sharif says only 'political will' required to restore ... - International Herald Tribune

TopNews
Pakistan's Sharif says only 'political will' required to restore ...
International Herald Tribune - 4 hours ago
AP ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has stepped up the pressure for the restoration of Pakistani judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf.
Meeting on Pakistan judges issue BBC News
Pakistan's Sharif intensifies pressure over restoration of judges GulfNews
Khaleej Times - PakTribune.com - Thaindian.com - Pakistan Dawn
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