At least four killed in jail fight in Iraq - sources |
- At least four killed in jail fight in Iraq - sources
- Singapore ruling party retains power but PM eyes change
- VIDEO: Bin Laden used base as control HQ
- VIDEO: Cairo's Muslims and Christians clash
- VIDEO: Opposition gain in Singapore poll
- Ecuador leader's brother urges tolerance
- Al Qaeda denies involvement in Morocco cafe bomb attack
- 8 May 2011
- U.S. rocket blasts off with missile-warning satellite
- Ecuador's Correa heading to referendum win
- Singapore's PAP retains power; opposition makes gains
- Russia's Putin wants fresh faces for ruling party
- Ecuador's Correa hails victory in referendum
- Tunisia declares curfew after renewed protests
- Libyan forces destroy Misrata fuel tanks - rebels
- Syria army attacks Banias, raising sectarian tension
- At least five dead in Egyptian sectarian clash
- Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound
- Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghan Kandahar
- Singapore’s PAP voted back to power, opposition makes gains
| At least four killed in jail fight in Iraq - sources Posted: 08 May 2011 01:08 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least four people were killed on Sunday in a skirmish at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad, security sources said. 
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| Singapore ruling party retains power but PM eyes change Posted: 08 May 2011 12:37 AM PDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's ruling party swept back to power as expected in the most contested general election since independence, but the opposition made historic gains and the prime minister signalled there would be change in the tightly governed city-state. 
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| VIDEO: Bin Laden used base as control HQ Posted: 08 May 2011 12:51 AM PDT Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was in active control of the terror network from his compound in northern Pakistan, say US intelligence services.
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| VIDEO: Cairo's Muslims and Christians clash Posted: 07 May 2011 11:58 PM PDT At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo, Egyptian officials say.
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| VIDEO: Opposition gain in Singapore poll Posted: 07 May 2011 11:51 PM PDT Singapore's governing party wins all but six seats in parliamentary elections but the opposition makes significant gains in what both sides call a watershed poll.
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| Ecuador leader's brother urges tolerance Posted: 07 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT QUITO (Reuters) - The brother and opponent of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa appealed for a tolerant attitude rather than a hard line against political foes after the government's apparent comfortable victory in a referendum. 
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| Al Qaeda denies involvement in Morocco cafe bomb attack Posted: 07 May 2011 10:34 PM PDT RABAT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) denied on Saturday it was involved in a bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh last week that killed 17 people including eight French nationals. 
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| U.S. rocket blasts off with missile-warning satellite Posted: 07 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday to put the first satellite of the U.S. Defense Department's new missile-warning system into orbit. 
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| Ecuador's Correa heading to referendum win Posted: 07 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa was on course for a comfortable victory in Saturday's referendum on judicial and media reforms opponents say are a power grab undermining the Andean nation's democracy. 
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| Singapore's PAP retains power; opposition makes gains Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) swept back to power as expected in the most contested general election since independence, but the opposition made historic gains in what both sides called a landmark vote. 
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| Russia's Putin wants fresh faces for ruling party Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday his United Russia party needed new ideas and had to look beyond its own ranks ahead of this year's parliamentary election. 
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| Ecuador's Correa hails victory in referendum Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa hailed victory on Saturday after two polls showed him winning a referendum on judicial and media reforms that opponents say are a power grab undermining the Andean nation's democracy. 
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| Tunisia declares curfew after renewed protests Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's government ordered an overnight curfew on Saturday after three days of forcefully suppressed protests and sacked an influential figure whose comments on a possible coup sparked the demonstrations. 
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| Libyan forces destroy Misrata fuel tanks - rebels Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan government forces destroyed four fuel storage tanks and set several others ablaze in rebel-held Misrata, dealing a blow to the port city's ability to withstand a government siege, rebels said on Saturday. 
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| Syria army attacks Banias, raising sectarian tension Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead six civilians in an attack on Sunni districts in the mixed city of Banias on Saturday, rights campaigners said, raising sectarian tension in a country gripped by pro-democracy protests. 
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| At least five dead in Egyptian sectarian clash Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - At least five people were killed in a sectarian clash in Egypt on Saturday over a Christian woman who allegedly had converted to Islam, according to officials. 
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| Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound Posted: 07 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was actively engaged in directing his far-flung network in plots against the United States from the compound in Pakistan where he was killed, a senior U.S. intelligence official said as new video images of the al Qaeda leader were released on Saturday. 
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| Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghan Kandahar Posted: 07 May 2011 08:34 PM PDT KANDAHAR, May 8 — Taliban insurgents, including at least six suicide bombers, hit government targets in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar yesterday, triggering gunbattles that killed two people in what the militants said was part of their "spring offensive". Dozens were wounded in the attacks, which began with a fusillade of rocket-propelled ... 
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| Singapore’s PAP voted back to power, opposition makes gains Posted: 07 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT SINGAPORE, May 8 — Singapore's long-ruling People's Action Party swept back to power as expected in the most hotly contested general election since independence, but the opposition made historic gains in what it called a landmark vote. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was among the winners as state television announced early on today that the PAP ... 
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