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Italy pledges to bolster security
Italy's interior minister says firm measures are needed to meet the country's 'security emergency'.
Categories: BBC News
Mitchell loses Jodi murder appeal
The mother of Jodi Jones speaks of her relief after teenage killer Luke Mitchell's appeal fails.
Categories: BBC News
Foreign envoys to see Burma delta
Foreign diplomats in Burma say the military junta has promised to take them on a tour of the delta disaster zone.
Categories: BBC News
Bush urges Saudi Arabia to raise oil output
President Bush is appealing to oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production just as oil prices have hit another record high.
Categories: MSNBC TV
Man's rare ability may unlock secret of memory
Give Brad Williams a date, and he can usually tell you not only what he was doing but what world events happened that day. He can do this for almost every day of his life.
Categories: CNN Headline News
Oil above $127 for the first time
Oil prices hit a record high above $127 a barrel for the first time on fresh worries about global supplies.
Categories: BBC News
Cleaning her mountains one bottle at a time
Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: "It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in."
Categories: CNN Headline News
Strong aftershock shakes quake zone
A strong aftershock hit already devastated southwestern China today, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported. Survivors still are being pulled from the rubble four days after being buried by the initial 7.9 magnitude quake.
Categories: CNN Headline News
Killer teenagers jailed for life
Four teenagers are jailed for life for the murder of a 55-year-old cyclist who was kicked to death.
Categories: BBC News
Bin Laden urges Muslims to liberate Palestine
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary -- urged his followers to liberate Palestine, a terrorism analyst told CNN today.
Categories: CNN Headline News
Housing starts post surprising rebound
Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.
Categories: MSNBC TV
Racism claim in 1994 murder case
A man accused of murdering a waiter was a racist who thought black people should be shot, a court hears.
Categories: BBC News
New head for Nigeria graft agency
A retired top policewoman is named to head Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Categories: BBC News
Chambers starts Beijing challenge
Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers will launch an appeal to win the right to compete at the Olympic this summer.
Categories: BBC News
Zimbabwe names date for run-off
Zimbabwe sets a date for its presidential poll run-off, as President Mugabe says the first round was a disaster.
Categories: BBC News
Rare interfaith meeting in Muslim heartland
More than a dozen rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance this week as this conservative Muslim sheikdom opened one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedicated to interfaith dialogue.
Categories: MSNBC TV

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