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- NY police defuse car bomb in Times Square
- NY's Times Square evacuated over apparent car bomb
- Thai PM talks tough, police told to clear protesters
- U.N. says Congo pull-out would undermine aid work
- "Inevitable" oil slick will hit U.S.; Obama to visit
- Times Sq evacuation was for failed explosive device
- Arab League backs resumption of Middle East talks
- Obama defends government power ahead of elections
- New polls point to Labour loss days before UK vote
- Thai PM warns of "clashes and losses" in Bangkok
- New York's Times Sq. evacuated for suspicious vehicle
- Bolivia takes over energy firms
- Arizona immigration law protests
- 'Spill threatens our way of life'
- Somali blasts kill 'at least 30'
- May Day marked around the world
- Protesters confront Greek police
- U.S. fights to protect shore from massive oil spill
- UK's Brown hit by poll, media back rivals
- Arizona police chief criticizes immigration law
| NY police defuse car bomb in Times Square Posted: 02 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police have "rendered safe" a car bomb found inside a sport utility vehicle that triggered the evacuation of New York's Times Square on Saturday night in an incident that the city's mayor said early on Sunday could have turned into a very deadly event.
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| NY's Times Square evacuated over apparent car bomb Posted: 01 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - An apparent failed car bomb in a vehicle that was smoking and emitted a small "flash" caused police to evacuate New York's Times Square as bomb specialists worked to dismantle the device on Saturday night, Broadway's busiest night.
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| Thai PM talks tough, police told to clear protesters Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva warned anti-government protesters on Sunday there was a risk of "losses" if they did not end a rally that has closed down a shopping district in Bangkok for a month. "From now on, what the government will do may risk clashes and losses, but the government knows what it's doing. What needs to be done must be done," he said, speaking on his normal Sunday television slot. It was not clear what he meant by "losses".
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| U.N. says Congo pull-out would undermine aid work Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 PM PDT BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A hasty withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from Democratic Republic of Congo will undermine humanitarian work in the restive central African state, the top U.N. aid official said.
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| "Inevitable" oil slick will hit U.S.; Obama to visit Posted: 01 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT VENICE, La. (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Saturday conceded it is "inevitable" that oil from an uncontrolled leak in the Gulf of Mexico will hit the U.S. coast, threatening an environmental and economic catastrophe.
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| Times Sq evacuation was for failed explosive device Posted: 01 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dark-coloured sports utility vehicle which triggered the evacuation of Times Square on Saturday night was found to contain explosives, gasoline, propane and burned wires, a New York Fire Department officer told Reuters.
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| Arab League backs resumption of Middle East talks Posted: 01 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League nations on Saturday endorsed a resumption of negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, raising hopes that indirect talks brokered by the United States could revive the stalled peace process.
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| Obama defends government power ahead of elections Posted: 01 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, whose legislative priorities include reforms that critics say make the government too powerful, offered a broad defence on Saturday of government itself before November elections.
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| New polls point to Labour loss days before UK vote Posted: 01 May 2010 08:47 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Four new polls on Saturday reinforced the Conservative party's momentum just five days before Britain's closely fought parliamentary election, which increasingly looks set to end Labour's 13-year rule.
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| Thai PM warns of "clashes and losses" in Bangkok Posted: 01 May 2010 08:20 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva warned anti-government protesters on Sunday that there was a risk of "losses" if they did not end a rally that has closed down a shopping district in Bangkok for a month.
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| New York's Times Sq. evacuated for suspicious vehicle Posted: 01 May 2010 08:20 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police evacuated New York's Times Square on Saturday night after a dark-coloured sports utility vehicle was found to be smoking and a small "flash" was observed by firefighters on the scene.
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| Bolivia takes over energy firms Posted: 01 May 2010 07:13 PM PDT Bolivian President Evo Morales has ordered the nationalisation of four private electricity companies.
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| Arizona immigration law protests Posted: 01 May 2010 01:01 PM PDT Thousands of people have taken to the streets of cities in the US to protest against a new immigration law in Arizona.
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| 'Spill threatens our way of life' Posted: 01 May 2010 03:19 PM PDT Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has told reporters the Gulf of Mexico oil slick literally threatens the local way of life.
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| Somali blasts kill 'at least 30' Posted: 01 May 2010 01:58 PM PDT At least 30 people have been killed by two bomb blasts in a mosque in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, reports say.
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| May Day marked around the world Posted: 01 May 2010 11:06 AM PDT Traditional May Day rallies and marches have been held all around the world.
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| Protesters confront Greek police Posted: 01 May 2010 10:30 AM PDT Greek riot police have used tear gas to disperse angry protesters in Athens, during a march against government cuts to tackle the country's crippling debt.
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| U.S. fights to protect shore from massive oil spill Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT VENICE, La (Reuters) - The U.S. government scrambled on Friday to ward off an environmental disaster that could cost billions of dollars as a huge oil spill reached coastal Louisiana, imperiling shrimp fishing grounds, oyster beds and fragile wetlands with a rich variety of wildlife.
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| UK's Brown hit by poll, media back rivals Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT LONDONReuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering election campaign suffered fresh blows on Friday as support for his Labour Party slid in one new poll and leading newspapers came out in support of his rivals.
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| Arizona police chief criticizes immigration law Posted: 01 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT PHOENIX/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The police chief of Arizona's largest city said on Friday the state's controversial new crackdown on illegal immigrants would likely create more problems than it solved for local law enforcement.
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ATHENS – Hundreds of thousands of people joined May Day marches across the world Saturday, as police and protestors clashed in debt-riven Greece and a bomb killed a World War II veteran in Russia.
