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    Venezuela says troops kill Colombian "subversive" (Reuters)

    A demonstrator holds up a copy of the Venezuelan national constitution in front of police officers during a protest in Caracas, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. University students marched to protest last year's removal of an opposition-sided television station from the airwaves.  (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Reuters - Venezuelan troops killed a Colombian "subversive" in a border gun battle, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, an incident that could fuel new tensions between the two countries.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:48:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Voting halted in Macedonia ethnic Albanian area (Reuters)

    Workers paint the road next to election posters in Skopje May 31, 2008. (Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)Reuters - Voting in Macedonia's parliamentary election was halted for security reasons in an ethnic Albanian area in the north of the country, the electoral commission said on Sunday.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:53:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    France calls on Iran to open nuclear plants for scrutiny (Reuters)

    France's Minister of Defence Herve Morin waits to speak during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)Reuters - Iran should open its nuclear installations to international scrutiny to clear suspicions about its nuclear ambitions, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said on Sunday.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:49:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Two U.S. soldiers injured in Iraq helicopter crash (Reuters)

    A US soldier patrols a highway in Tikrit, 2005. Nineteen US soldiers were killed in Iraq in May, the lowest monthly death toll since the US-led invasion of 2003.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)Reuters - A U.S. helicopter crashed south of Baghdad on Sunday, injuring two soldiers, the U.S. military said.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:21:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Myanmar rejects criticism of junta cyclone response (Reuters)

    Myanmar's Deputy Defence Minister Aye Myint speaks during a plenary session at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore June 1, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)Reuters - Myanmar's military junta, widely condemned for its slow response to Cyclone Nargis, said on Sunday it had reacted swiftly to the disaster and remained open to foreign aid with "no strings attached."


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:46:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    China quake-lake fears ease as angry parents grieve (Reuters)

    A helicopter takes off after transporting facilities to the Tangjiashan 'quake lake' in the quake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 30, 2008. China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked rivers near the epicentre of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month's earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China's deadliest natural disaster in more than 30 years.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:38:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama breaks with controversial church (Reuters)

    Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks in Aberdeen, South Dakota May 31, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama said on Saturday he quit his Chicago church in the aftermath of inflammatory sermons that could become a lightning rod in the November election.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:43:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Back to campaign trail after Florida and Michigan (Reuters)

    Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets a supporter in a restaurant during a campaign rally in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2008. (Ana Martinez/Reuters)Reuters - Front-runner Barack Obama turned to wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination after a party committee dealt rival Hillary Clinton a blow by seating the disputed Michigan and Florida convention delegations at half-strength.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:07:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Red Wings beat Penguins to close in on Stanley Cup (AP)

    Detroit Red Wings' Jiri Hudler (26) of the Czech Republic, scores the second goal against Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury during the third period in Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals Saturday, May 31, 2008 in Pittsburgh. The Red wings won 2-1. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)AP - The Detroit Red Wings wrecked the Pittsburgh Penguins' home-ice advantage and gave themselves a shot to hoist the Stanley Cup in Hockeytown. Jiri Hudler snapped a third-period tie for the Red Wings, who rallied from an early deficit to beat the Penguins 2-1 Saturday night and grab a 3-1 lead in the finals.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:32:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Brangelina buzz sweeps south of France (AP)

    View of the Miraval property in Correns, near Brignoles, southern France, Saturday, May 31, 2008. News broke during the Cannes film festival that U.S. actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who already have four children, are expecting twins. Jolie, 32, could give birth on the French Riviera in the coming days. The pair recently moved into the Miraval Estate villa in the French hamlet of Correns, in the Provence region, according to the mayor and a local inn owner.  (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - Brangelina must be cocooning. The paparazzi swarming France's Cote d'Azur can't find Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Locals mutter or giggle about the invasion of Hollywood glam. A flyover of their new home in a luxurious villa turned up no clues about a report they've added a set of twins — which Pitt's manager says is "not true."


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:58:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread (AP)

    The headquarters of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis in Basel, Switzerland, are seen in this file picture taken Aug. 12, 2006. A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. The study was led by Dr. Michael Gnant of the Medical University of Vienna and reported Saturday May 31, 2008 at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt, FILE)AP - A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:57:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Helicopter carrying 14 crashes in China quake zone (AP)

    A Mi-171 military helicopter takes off after providing aid supplies in Hanwang, in Southwest Sichuan province, China, on May 20, 2008. A Mi-171 similar to this carrying 10 people injured in China's earthquake disaster crashed in fog and turbulence Saturday, May 31, 2008, sparking a search Sunday for any survivors, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - A military helicopter carrying 10 people injured in China's devastating earthquake and four crew members crashed in fog and turbulence, and authorities were searching for survivors, state media reported Sunday.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:35:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    AP IMPACT: Hurricane season outlooks of little use (AP)

    A solitary sunbather, a renourishment pipe and a condemned oceanfront home is shown in North Topsail Beach, N.C., Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The island has ongoing difficulties with erosion that may make it particularly vulnerable to hurricane strikes. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)AP - Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow near the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:54:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Deaths in Iraq plunge, but will it last? (AP)

    CORRECTS date on foot-note;  Graphic shows  number of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq by month; two sizes; two sizes; 1c x 3 3/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 95.3 mm; 2c x 2 7/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 73 mmAP - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:52:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Discovery en route to space station (AP)

    A woman watches from Titusville, Florida as the space shuttle Discovery launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 31, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)AP - Lugging an enormous new lab, shuttle Discovery was in fast pursuit of the international space station on Sunday following a spectacular launch that one astronaut called "the greatest show on Earth."


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    Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:58:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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