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- Floods subside; Suitcase emits smoke at Houston airport
- Mahmoud Abbas warns fire at West Bank mosque could imperil peace talks
- Kyrgyzstan investigating firms that sold fuel supplied to U.S. air base
- Flight restrictions imposed again in Ireland
- Calm U.S. Gulf weather aids spill fight, for now
- U.S. oil spill hurting energy moves in Congress
- NY bomb suspect nearly escaped US
- Greek strikers hit Athens streets
- Philippine polls may be delayed
- Greece hit by anti-austerity general strike
- UK leaders in frantic last minute polls push
- NY bomb suspect nearly escaped US
- Greek strikers hit Athens streets
- Nepal's Maoists block roads to government offices (AP)
- Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear
- Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspect
- Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets
- SCENARIOS - Japan PM's dilemma deepens after Okinawa trip
- Greece braces for mass protests
- Philippine polls 'may be delayed'
| Floods subside; Suitcase emits smoke at Houston airport Posted: 04 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT The Cumberland River finally began receding Tuesday, exposing mud-caked homes and submerged cars as officials searched door to door for more victims of a record-busting flash flood and weekend storm already blamed for nearly 30 deaths.
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| Mahmoud Abbas warns fire at West Bank mosque could imperil peace talks Posted: 04 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT MIDDLE EAST The Palestinian Authority president warned Tuesday that a fire in a West Bank mosque, which he blamed on extremist Jewish settlers, could endanger Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as they are set to resume.
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| Kyrgyzstan investigating firms that sold fuel supplied to U.S. air base Posted: 04 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT Kyrgyzstan's interim government has begun a criminal investigation of local companies -- allegedly controlled by the son of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev -- that were sources of fuel supplied to a key U.S. air base in the Central Asian country.
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| Flight restrictions imposed again in Ireland Posted: 04 May 2010 11:09 PM PDT DUBLIN (Reuters) - All flights in and out of Ireland's main Dublin airport were to be halted as of mid morning on Wednesday due to a cloud of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland, the Irish Aviation Authority said.
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| Calm U.S. Gulf weather aids spill fight, for now Posted: 04 May 2010 11:18 PM PDT VENICE, La. (Reuters) - Teams of oil spill workers were set to take to advantage of at least one more day of calm in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to keep fighting to contain a huge and growing slick before winds turn against them.
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| U.S. oil spill hurting energy moves in Congress Posted: 04 May 2010 11:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The massive, uncontrolled oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is roiling President Barack Obama's carefully laid plans to open up America's coasts to drilling again, while rattling Congress to a point where the oil industry's exploratory plans could face a big shake-up.
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| NY bomb suspect nearly escaped US Posted: 04 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT Details emerge of how the New York bombing suspect was arrested just minutes before leaving the country.
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| Greek strikers hit Athens streets Posted: 04 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT Greek public sector workers storm the Acropolis and scuffle with riot police during a strike against austerity measures.
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| Philippine polls may be delayed Posted: 04 May 2010 06:36 PM PDT MANILA –The Philippine elections scheduled for next week may need to be delayed because of technical problems with vote counting machines, a spokesman for President Gloria Arroyo said Wednesday.  "I would imagine that the success of the automation... is more important than
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| Greece hit by anti-austerity general strike Posted: 04 May 2010 06:34 PM PDT ATHENS – A nationwide general strike gripped Greece on Wednesday in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown.
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| UK leaders in frantic last minute polls push Posted: 04 May 2010 03:08 AM PDT LONDON – Britain's main party leaders will crisscross the country Wednesday on a frantic last day of campaigning, as the closest election battle for a generation enters its final strait.
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| NY bomb suspect nearly escaped US Posted: 04 May 2010 10:47 PM PDT Details emerge of how the New York bombing suspect was arrested just minutes before leaving the country.
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| Greek strikers hit Athens streets Posted: 04 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT Greek public sector workers storm the Acropolis and scuffle with riot police during a strike against austerity measures.
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| Nepal's Maoists block roads to government offices (AP) Posted: 04 May 2010 10:42 PM PDT
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| Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After the failed bombing of a passenger jet on Christmas Day, U.S. intelligence officials told the White House what kept them awake at night was the risk that militants could launch waves of small scale attacks on hard-to-protect targets on U.S. soil.
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| Investigators still interviewing NY bomb suspect Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities were still questioning a Pakistani-American man on Wednesday, who they say admitted trying to bomb New York's Times Square and receiving training in a Taliban and al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan.
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| Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand held their ground on the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday and said they would stay there until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva set a date for dissolving parliament.
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| SCENARIOS - Japan PM's dilemma deepens after Okinawa trip Posted: 04 May 2010 10:45 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister, his ratings diving ahead of a mid-year poll, faces a deepening dilemma that could cost him his job, after angry residents of Okinawa rebuffed his proposal to keep part of a U.S. airbase on the island.
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| Greece braces for mass protests Posted: 04 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT Rallies planned in Athens as 48-hour strike begins over budget cuts and tax rises.
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| Philippine polls 'may be delayed' Posted: 04 May 2010 10:05 PM PDT President's spokesman voices concern over technical glitches in vote counting machines.
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