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Myanmar regime says 'massive turnout' in vote (AFP)

People arrive to vote in a nationwide referendum in Hlegu. Myanmar's ruling generals have said there was a AFP - Myanmar's ruling generals said Sunday there was "massive turnout" in their national referendum, held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving more than a million victims of a devastating cyclone.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 10:00:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Army deploys in Tripoli as Beirut takeover ends (AFP)

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora speaks at a press conference in Beirut.Lebanese soldiers have deployed in the northern city of Tripoli after fierce battles between rival clans as the Hezbollah-led opposition handed over control of west Beirut to the army.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)AFP - Lebanese soldiers deployed in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday after fierce battles between rival clans as the Hezbollah-led opposition handed over control of west Beirut to the army.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 09:27:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign (AP)
AP - When members of an anti-illegal immigration group offered to sponsor litter cleanup on local roads, they never imagined California officials would offer them an Adopt-a-Highway stretch near a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 5, the main artery carrying illegal migrants north from the U.S.-Mexico border. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 10:43:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties (AP)

In this March 24, 2005 file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton walks to the Federal Communications Commission office  in Washington. Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as New York City's most prominent civil rights leader. Government records reviewed by The Associated Press indicate that Sharpton and his business entities owe nearly $1.5 million in overdue taxes and associated penalties, mostly dating from the years leading up to his run for president in 2004. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)AP - Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.


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Sat, 10 May 2008 11:41:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
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Australian woman saves swimmer from shark: report (AFP)

File photo shows a White Pointer shark. An Australian woman dragged a swimmer to safety after he was being attacked by a large shark on the west coast of the country(AFP/File/Theo Ferreira)AFP - An Australian woman raced into the water and dragged to safety a swimmer who was being attacked by a large shark which had already removed "huge chunks" from his leg, reports said on Sunday.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 03:08:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq (AFP)

Turkish soldiers patrol on a mountain on the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak earlier this year. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel positions in neighbouring northern Iraq overnight in what was the latest in a series of air strikes in the region, the Turkish army has said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern Iraq, killing an unknown number of militants in the latest in a series of air strikes in the region, the Turkish army said Sunday.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 10:28:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain (AP)

Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, on  Friday May 9, 2008.  The U.N. blasted Myanmar's military government Friday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers to help victims of the devastating cyclone was 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work. (AP Photo)AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain.


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Fri, 09 May 2008 23:55:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics News
Justice Stevens contrasts lethal injection methods (AP)
AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:30:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics News
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March trade deficit drops by bigger-than-expected amount (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful,  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., leads a discussion on the economy at  Vernier Software & Technology in Beaverton, Oregon Friday,  May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)AP - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending. Analysts forecast that trade would continue to be one of the economy's few bright spots this year.


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Sat, 10 May 2008 10:56:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
Shell pulls out of Iran gas deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has pulled out of a planned gas project in Iran, after coming under pressure not to participate from U.S. lawmakers who were concerned about Iran's nuclear programme. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 12:52:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
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Google, IBM Join Forces To Offer Cloud Computing Services (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - "The cloud has higher value in business," says Google CEO Schmidt. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:01:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology News
SAP Is The Latest Convert To Software-Plus-Services Vision (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - It envisions selling "component" services to its big ERP customers beginning next year. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:01:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Technology News
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Sorenstam takes 3-shot lead into final round at Kingsmill (AP)

Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, right, watches as Annika Sorenstam, of Sweden, left, finishes her round on the 18th hole during the third round of the Michelob Ultra Open LPGA Golf tournament at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., Saturday, May 10, 2008.  (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Annika Sorenstam knows there was speculation that her best days as a golfer were behind her, and that an injury-plagued 2007 was the beginning of the end.


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Sat, 10 May 2008 22:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Sports News
Djokovic and Wawrinka last men standing in Rome (AFP)

Serbian Novak Djokovic returns a forehand to Czech Radek Stepanek during their ATP Tennis Open in Rome. Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka will emerge from all the fallen and broken bodies around them to contest the Rome Masters Series final on Sunday.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - Novak Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka will emerge from all the fallen and broken bodies around them to contest the Rome Masters Series final on Sunday.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 09:02:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Sports News
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New Carter book tells life of 'remarkable mother' (AP)

In this photo provided by NBC, showing former President Jimmy Carter, left talking with Jay Leno during the taping of 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter often sent his mother to meet with foreign dignitaries and attend state funerals, but it wasn't until he started researching a new book about her life that he learned just what the woman known as "Miss Lillian" did on those visits.


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Sat, 10 May 2008 17:25:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
News Corp unexpectedly drops bid for Newsday (Reuters)

NewsCorp CEO Rupert Murdoch arrives for Time magazine's 100 most influential people gala in New York May 8, 2008. News Corp has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, a spokesman said on Saturday. (Lucas Jackson - UNITED STATES/Reuters)Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Saturday dropped its $580 million bid for Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, just days after Murdoch said a deal was imminent, leaving cable television operator Cablevision as the likely winner of the Long Island daily.


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Sat, 10 May 2008 19:05:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Entertainment News
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Genetically modified crops get mixed response in Asia (AFP)

A researcher inspects rice specimens inside a Philippines rice gene bank in Los Banos, south of Manila on May 2. With food prices hitting record highs the debate in Asia about whether genetically modified crops can ensure food security remains unsettled(AFP/File/Jes Aznar)AFP - With food prices hitting record highs the jury is still out in Asia as to whether genetically modified crops hold the key to future food security.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 06:19:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts (AFP)

File photo shows pedestrians passing an Olympic Games billboard in Beijing. The sporting event will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, say industry analysts(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts.


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Sun, 11 May 2008 03:44:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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Newer Prostate Cancer Treatment Similar to Traditional Surgery (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Clinical practice may be trumping science when it comes to treatments for prostate cancer. -- read full article
Sun, 11 May 2008 03:45:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
Acrylamide Raises Kidney Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Consuming large amounts of acrylamide, a chemical commonly found in French fries, cakes, snacks and even coffee, appears to raise the risk of kidney cancer, especially in smokers, Dutch researchers report. -- read full article
Sat, 10 May 2008 03:46:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Health News
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Court upholds limits on Navy sonar training
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Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:24:25 EST - CNN.com - Law
Inmate shot dead after brazen escape
Shots were fired Wednesday morning at Maryland's Laurel Regional Hospital, not far from the nation's capital, law enforcement sources told CNN.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:43:05 EST - CNN.com - Law
Travel | view all travel news
Troubleshooter: Lost luggage in Las Vegas
On a nonstop flight to Las Vegas, Spirit Airlines loses Michael Germano's checked luggage. He files a missing luggage report and a lost luggage claim, but the airline is ignoring his requests for compensation. What's going on, and how can Germano get Spirit to respond?

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Thu, 08 May 2008 14:51:13 EDT - CNN.com - Travel
Quiet on the set in Wilmington, N.C.
Some people call Wilmington, North Carolina, "Hollywood East" because of all the movies and TV shows filmed here. In the last three decades, more than 400 feature films, documentaries and television series have been shot and edited around town, drawing notable actors from Andy Griffith to Richard Gere.

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Fri, 09 May 2008 11:37:07 EDT - CNN.com - Travel
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