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Basra: State of emergency declared

Author: Bill Naked Teens
05 31st, 2006

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared Wednesday a month-long state of emergency in the southern city of Basra amid a flare-up in sectarian tensions, according to an official with the minister’s office.

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Scotland on Sunday

Vodafone Posts Loss on Writedowns; Increases Payouts (Update2)
Bloomberg - 18 minutes ago
May 30 (Bloomberg) — Vodafone Group Plc, the world's biggest mobile-phone company, reported the biggest annual loss in European corporate history on writedowns. The company said it will increase dividends
Vodafone sees huge £14.9bn loss BBC News
Vodafone plunges to near £15 billion loss Times Online
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05 30th, 2006


Chosun Ilbo

Timor gangs play cat and mouse
Melbourne Herald Sun - 25 minutes ago
By David Fox in Dili. FOR the gangs of youths behind a spree of looting and arson in East Timor's capital, evading the reach of Australian peacekeepers force is often simply a game of cat and mouse. Gangs loosely
Crisis talks continue as East Timor tensions intensify ABC Online
Girl, 14, mutilated in gang clashes Sydney Morning Herald
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05 30th, 2006


Boston Globe

CBS: Cameraman, Soundman Killed in Iraq
Forbes - 35 minutes ago
By KRISTA LARSON , 05.30.2006, 03:08 AM. A CBS news correspondent who had reported on the deteriorating conditions in Iraq for three years was in critical condition at a US military base in Germany, a day after a roadside bomb killed two of her colleagues.
2 CBS Crew Members, US Soldier Killed In Baghdad CBS 13
2 CBS Crew Members Killed in Iraq Bombing ABC News
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IrishExaminer.com

Three Ex-Guantanamo Prisoners Are Released
Los Angeles Times - 44 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia has freed three former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees who have completed their jail sentences in their home country, the state news agency SPA reported. It said the three were handed over last
Guantánamo: 75 detainees join hunger strike Centre Daily Times
75 inmates at Guantanamo on hunger strike Newsweek
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05 30th, 2006


Chosun Ilbo

Security Forces Guard Kabul After Riots
Forbes - 1 hour ago
By DANIEL COONEY , 05.30.2006, 01:53 AM. Security forces in tanks and on foot took up positions around the Afghan capital Tuesday to prevent a repeat of deadly anti-foreigner riots - the most widespread violence
US convoy crash sparks riots Hamilton Spectator
Riots breach Kabul 'island' Christian Science Monitor
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05 30th, 2006


CBC News

Sri Lanka rebels 'shoot dead 12'
BBC News - 2 hours ago
The Sri Lankan army says suspected Tamil Tiger rebels have shot dead 12 construction workers in the island's restive eastern province. Army spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe told the AFP news agency that the rebels
Sri Lanka's Overseas Donors Meet in Tokyo to Assess Peace Bid Bloomberg
EU set to put Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers on terrorist list Monsters and Critics.com
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05 30th, 2006


Portsmouth Herald News

Aid workers ramp up efforts in Java quake zone
ABC Online - 2 hours ago
In Java, aid workers around Yogyakarta are stepping up efforts to deliver emergency rations, clean drinking water and tents to the victims of last Saturday's earthquake. Domestic and international medical assistance is also gearing up.
Indonesia quake toll hits 5,427, cash aid tops $47 mln Xinhua
Aid trickles into quake-hit Java Calcutta Telegraph
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05 30th, 2006


FinFacts Ireland

Chip Producer to Expand Dresden Plant
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN. BERLIN, May 29 — Adding to its sizable investment in the former East Germany, the American chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said Monday that it planned to spend $2.5 billion over the next three years to expand production in Dresden.
AMD to invest $2.5 bln to expand Dresden factories Reuters
AMD investing $2.5bn in German chip factory Financial Times
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05 30th, 2006


CTV.ca

Bush Invokes the Fallen, Past and Present
New York Times - 6 hours ago
ARLINGTON, Va., May 29 — President Bush paid homage to fallen members of the nation's military on Monday, using his annual Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery to draw a link between those who fought in an earlier era and those killed in
Bush Says US Must Honor War Dead Forbes
Bush Says US Must Honor War Dead ABC News
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Washington Post

Community Tries To Grasp Doctor's Murder-Suicide
CBS2 Chicago - 11 hours ago
(AP) ALTON, Ill. Edward Van Dyk moved into the gated subdivision of rolling hills and sprawling, tree-shrouded brick-and-stone homes a year ago, yet Barbara Maggos and other neighbors never got to know the doctor, his wife and their two young sons.
Father throws sons, then himself, off hotel balcony Guardian Unlimited
Throwing children off balcony was `an act of insanity,' relative Charlotte Observer
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05 29th, 2006


Canoe.ca

Toronto transit on strike
National Post - 14 hours ago
Commuters make their way into the downtown core of Toronto on Monday morning, May 29, 2006. TTC riders woke up this morning to news of a wildcat strike, leaving transit users across the city scrambling to make alternate plans for the day.
Wildcat transit strike ends London Free Press
Toronto Transit Workers Agree to End Illegal Strike (Update1) Bloomberg
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05 29th, 2006


Buffalo News

Scientists shed new light on invisibility
Boston Globe - May 28, 2006
By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff | May 29, 2006. Fans of JK Rowling will recall that everyone's favorite boy magician can vanish at will. Potter just ducks under his magic cloak and swoosh . . . he is gone. Last
Scientists see a future for invisibility devices Seattle Times
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05 3rd, 2006


Metro Toronto

Time Warner rejects EMI offer
Times Online - 26 minutes ago
By Miles Costello. EMI today confirmed it approached Time Warner with a $28.5 a share takeover offer in a bid to bring together the British and American music giants - only to have its proposal rejected by its larger rival.
US Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed; Adobe Shares Slump Bloomberg
Warner rejects £2.3bn EMI offer Telegraph.co.uk
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05 3rd, 2006


Buffalo News

Final push to rescue trapped Australian miners
Reuters.uk - 38 minutes ago
By Michael Perry. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rescuers began digging a small rescue tunnel on Wednesday to free two Australian miners trapped a kilometre underground for eight days, using a small digital camera to help direct the excavation.
Rescuers to Drill Though 12-Meter Rock Wall to Australia Miners Bloomberg
Mine rescue mission 'difficult, dangerous' ABC Regional Online
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05 3rd, 2006


RTE.ie

Peace talks on Darfur extended
Boston Globe - 45 minutes ago
By Estelle Shirbon, Reuters | May 3, 2006. ABUJA, Nigeria — African Union mediators said they had again extended the deadline for reaching agreement in the Darfur peace talks, giving negotiators a further 48 hours until tomorrow night to strike a deal.
US Appeals for International Pressure for Darfur Accord Voice of America
African Union Extends Darfur Deadline ABC News
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Voice of America

Berlusconi relents, formally steps down as prime minister
Boston Globe - 45 minutes ago
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times | May 3, 2006. ROME — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned yesterday, formally and begrudgingly accepting defeat in last month's national elections and vowing to
Berlusconi: Out but not down BBC News
Reluctant Berlusconi quits with a threat Telegraph.co.uk
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Playfuls.com

Armenian Plane Crashes in Russian Black Sea; 113 Dead (Update1)
Bloomberg - 54 minutes ago
May 3 (Bloomberg) — An Armenian commercial jet carrying 113 people crashed into the Black Sea as it approached the Russian resort city of Sochi in stormy weather, killing all on board, Russia's Emergency Ministry said.
Plane Carrying 100 Crashes in Black Sea New York Times
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05 3rd, 2006


Washington Post

Key facts about Bolivia's energy nationalization
EiTB - 1 hour ago
- Bolivia's natural gas reserves: 48.7 trillion cubic feet, the second largest in South America after Venezuela. - Biggest producers, with natural gas reserves investments: Brazil's Petrobras (47.3 pct), Spain's
Bolivia's president nationalizes gas industry Taipei Times
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AXcess News

US says to form coalition to penalize Iran if UN fails
People’s Daily Online - 1 hour ago
The United States will form a coalition of countries to impose sanctions on Iran if the United Nations Security Council fails to take such measures on the country, US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said at a Congress hearing on Tuesday.
Western powers to present resolution on Iran in the UN Council EUobserver.com
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05 3rd, 2006


Washington Post

Sago Mine Hearing Opens With Questions
ABC News - 4 hours ago
Pam Campbell, left, sister in law of deceased Sago Mine worker Marty Bennett, and Peggy Cohen, daughter of deceased Sago Mine worker Fred Ware, ask questions to the International Coal Group at the Rockefeller Physical Education Center on the campus of
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