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On TV, Thai PM speaks about tensions
CNN International
A foreign tourist poses in front of Thai soldiers near the anti-government protester camp in Bangkok on Saturday. Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Thailand's prime minister acknowledged on Sunday he did not expect protesters would use weapons and apply ...
Anti-gov't protestors stage mini rally at PM's residence in BangkokXinhua
Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva warns Bangkok protestersBBC News
Thai PM rejects call for early electionThe Guardian
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New Tiger (blog)
Suicide attack kills 4 in southeastern Afghanistan
The Associated Press
KABUL — A suicide bomber attacked private security guards while they were at a bazaar in southeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four Afghans and wounding 12, the government said. Two of the dead and five of the wounded worked for the US Protection ...
Afghan protest turns violentWashington Post
Suicide bomber kills 3 in AfghanistanCNN
Suicide bomber kills 3 in AfghanistanABC Online
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National Geographic
'Serious spill' from sunken US oil rig
BBC News
Oil is leaking from a damaged well feeding a rig that sank off Louisiana on Thursday, in what US officials are calling "a very serious spill". The well is estimated to be leaking at a rate of about 1000 barrels (42000 gallons) of oil per day. ...
Weather delays oil cleanup at Gulf rig blast siteThe Associated Press
Oil Leaking Underwater From Well in Rig BlastNew York Times
Well beneath sunken rig US has serious oil leakReuters
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Sydney Morning Herald
SKorean minister: Torpedo likely sank warship
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — An explosion from a torpedo likely sank a South Korean warship that went down near the tense border with North Korea last month, the South's defense minister said Sunday amid growing speculation Pyongyang may be behind the blast. ...
Report: Close-range blast sank S. Korean shipCNN International
Torpedo May Have Sunk South Korea Ship, Minister SaysBusinessWeek
Initial investigation shows S Korean warship sinking caused by close-range ...Xinhua
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ABC News
There's no reason to fear terrorists' useless ranting
New York Daily News
Zarein Ahmedzay got his chance to rant in Brooklyn Federal Court and so what? Why not put Khalid Shaikh Mohammed on trial in New York and let him do the same? Do you think Khalid Shaikh Mohammed should be put on trial in New York? ...
Al-Qaeda leaders said to have ordered attack on New York subway systemWashington Post
Taxi driver pleads guilty in New York subway terror plotCNN
N.Y. Subway Bomb Plot Figure Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty (Update2)San Francisco Chronicle
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Globe and Mail
What do both parties have in common? Wall Street donations
MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON -- Although painting Republicans as pawns of Wall Street is a cornerstone of the Democratic strategy to overhaul financial regulation, financial interests have given campaign money generously to both political parties for ...
Obama lauds auto industry rebound and pushes for financial regulationsLos Angeles Times
Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaulThe Associated Press
Obama hails auto industry turnaroundDetroit Free Press
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CBC.ca
Clashes erupt as extreme rightists march through East Jerusalem
Ha'aretz
Hundreds of police officers deployed in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Sunday as extreme Israeli rightists set out to march in an attempt to demonstrate Israeli sovereignty over all of ...
Clashes as settlers march in IsraelAljazeera.net
Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas says he asked US to 'impose' peace solutionWashington Post
Palestinian official: Netanyahu did not offer temporary-border stateXinhua
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BBC News
Climate consensus collapses in Senate
Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — In one of the proudest moments of his long legislative career, Senator John F. Kerry was poised to unveil a long-awaited climate change bill tomorrow that would put a price on carbon emissions and provide ...
US senators postpone climate bill unveilingWashington Post
Senators to unveil energy-climate bill aimed at winning bipartisan supportBellingham Herald
US climate bill gives polluter and nuclear breaksReuters
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Los Angeles Times
Court fight looms on new immigration law
Arizona Republic
With Arizona's controversial immigration-enforcement bill now law, the battle will quickly shift from the state Capitol to the courts, where opponents plan to challenge it as an unconstitutional intrusion on ...
New York politicians rip into Arizona immigration lawNew York Daily News
Illegal immigrant law opponents to rally in Ariz.The Associated Press
Arizona immigration law stirs emotionsBoston Globe
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Globe and Mail
Avs Finish Up A Memorable Season
NHL.com
In this particular instance, the “good thing” was the Colorado Avalanche's 2009-10 season, which came to a close Saturday night at Pepsi Center with a 5-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals ...
Sharks-Avalanche SumsNew York Times
Craig Anderson: Anderson can't save Avalanche in lossfRotoworld.com
Pavelski scores twice as Sharks rally past Avs to advancekjrh.com
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BBC News
Armenians join together again to remember genocide of 1915
Los Angeles Times
There will come a day, some said, when Armenians won't need to take to the streets in protest, and they will simply honor slain ancestors with peaceful lament. But that day didn't appear any closer ...
Obama calls 1915 Armenia massacre an atrocityReuters
Armenians Mourn World War I-era KillingsVoice of America
Armenians mark mass killingsAljazeera.net
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Boston Globe
Sen. LeMieux's political future may be tied to Gov. Crist's
MiamiHerald.com
Florida's newest US senator could see his political future fade along with Gov. Charlie Crist's if his longtime confidante chooses to campaign as an independent -- and he sticks by his side. BY ALEX LEARY WASHINGTON -- For once, George LeMieux did not ...
Florida waits to see whether Crist will stay Republican or go independentWashington Post
Crist decision could fracture GOP grip on FloridaSarasota Herald-Tribune
Potential clouds over Fla. Senate front-runnerThe Associated Press
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Globe and Mail
Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva warns Bangkok protesters
BBC News
Thailand's prime minister has threatened to retake a fortified encampment set up by anti-government protesters in the capital Bangkok. But Abhisit Vejjajiva did not say when or how this would be done. He was speaking on national television alongside ...
Thai PM: I did not expect protesters to use weaponsCNN International
"Red-shirts" rally only part of problem: Thai PMXinhua
Thai PM warns Red Shirts of takeoverABC Online
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Fort Campbell tries to stop soldier suicides
The Associated Press
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Thousands of soldiers, their bald eagle shoulder patches lined up row upon row across the grassy field, stood at rigid attention to hear a stern message from their commander. Brig. Gen. Stephen Townsend addressed the 101st Airborne ...

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Times Online
Tornado kills 10 in Mississippi: officials
Reuters
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A tornado nearly a mile wide ripped through central Mississippi on Saturday, killing 10 people, including three children, and injuring dozens of others, state authorities said. The tornado struck at least 13 counties, ...
Lethal Mississippi Tornado Pushing Eastward 'dangerously'RTT News
Tornado hits Mississippi, 10 killedWorld Correspondents
10 killed in tornadoesTimes Daily
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MiamiHerald.com
Goldman executives cheered housing market's decline, newly released e-mails show
Washington Post
As the US housing market began its epic fall nearly three years ago, top executives at Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs cheered the large financial gains the firm stood to make on certain bets it had placed, according to ...
Lloyd Blankfein. King of Wall Street defiant under seigeThe Guardian
Goldman e-mails show how crash turned into cashThe Associated Press
Goldman Sach e-mail boast as subprime bubble burstsSeattle Times
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Telegraph.co.uk
Tourists likely won't skip Utah because of firing squad
Salt Lake Tribune
Economy » Media attention on Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution may hurt Beehive State's image, though, some say. By Mike Gorrell Although news of Ronnie Lee Gardner's selection of execution by firing squad traveled quickly around the world, ...
Convicted Utah killer to face firing squadLos Angeles Times
Utah death row inmate picks firing-squad optionSan Francisco Chronicle
Poll: Should Utah Execute Convicted Killer Ronnie Lee Gardner by Firing Squad?CBS News
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CBS News
Obama lauds auto industry rebound and pushes for financial regulations
Los Angeles Times
The president says the auto bailout will cost taxpayers 'a fraction' of what had been feared. In his weekly address, he also urges Congress to pass his regulatory package to help avert new economic crises. By Ken Dilanian, Tribune Washington Bureau ...
Obama links auto industry woes, financial overhaulThe Associated Press
Obama says auto bailouts have paid offReuters
Obama: Financial Overhaul to End BailoutsWall Street Journal
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Washington Post
FDIC closes Broadway Bank, Amcore, five others
Chicago Tribune
Ricky McCullough, associate ombudsman for the FDIC, talks to the media about the closing of Broadway Bank on Friday, April 23. (Phil Velasquez/ Chicago Tribune) By Becky Yerak | Broadway Bank, the family-run lender that helped launch US Senate ...
US Shuts 7 Banks; Year's Failures Rise to 57New York Times
Seven Illinois Banks Closed; 57 on YearWall Street Journal
Candidate for Obama's old US Senate seat undauntedThe Associated Press
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Telegraph.co.uk
A Lib-Con deal is a real possibility
Telegraph.co.uk
David Cameron and Nick Clegg could sink their differences more easily than you might think, argues Matthew d'Ancona. By Matthew d'Ancona Let us call it the Bath Party: not to be confused, of course, with Saddam Hussein's unmourned Ba'ath Party. ...
Jenny Hjul: Scots voters know enough to see through Lib Dem crazeTimes Online
David Cameron leaves door open for poll deal with Liberal DemocratsThe Guardian
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