AP - On the eve of Friday's Olympic torch relay through Hong Kong, officials allowed actress Mia Farrow into the Chinese territory so she could bash China's cozy ties with Sudan, although they had earlier kicked out pro-Tibet activists.
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Mia Farrow in Hong Kong as city prepares for Olypmic torch (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 1:06pm EDT
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Iraqi police: Double suicide attack kills 30, wounds 65 (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 1:02pm EDT
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AP - Iraqi police say a double suicide bombing has struck a wedding convoy, killing at least 30 people and wounding 65 others.
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Zimbabwe begins checks of presidential votes (Reuters)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 1:00pm EDT
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Reuters - Officials began verifying the results
from Zimbabwe's March 29 presidential election on Thursday,
bringing a step closer the release of the long delayed vote
count, the electoral commission said.
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Battle of London dominates election test for Brown (AFP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:52pm EDT
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AFP - A high-profile battle for control of London dominated local elections Thursday seen as a key test for embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Bin Laden's son denied British residency (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:10pm EDT
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AP - One of Osama bin Laden's sons has been denied British residency because London authorities believe his presence in the country would cause "considerable public concern," the man's wife said Thursday.
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Official: Iraqi delegation goes to Iran to discuss militias (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:05pm EDT
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AP - An Iraqi delegation traveled to Iran with evidence that proves the Islamic republic is arming and training of Shiite militias in Iraq, an official said Thursday.
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Police: Austrian father warned captives they would be gassed (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:58am EDT
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AP - An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to escape, a spokesman for investigators said Thursday.
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Leader of al-Qaida in Somalia reportedly dies in airstrike (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:46am EDT
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AP - The U.S. military killed a man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said Thursday.
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Human rights activist is released by captors in Argentina (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:31am EDT
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AP - A human rights activist whose disappearance prompted an intense government manhunt was released by his captors after being tied up and beaten, he said Thursday. -
Six killed in Sydney Harbour boat crash (AFP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:23am EDT
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AFP - Six people were killed as a result of a boat crash in Australia's famed Sydney Harbour on Thursday when a fishing vessel slammed into an overcrowded cruiser apparently out on an illegal overnight joyride.
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Zimbabwe government tally shows presidential runoff needed (AP)
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 11:16am EDT
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AP - A runoff will be necessary to decide Zimbabwe's presidential election, a Cabinet minister said Thursday, citing the government's own election results.