Djokovic into semi after walkover Posted: 30 May 2011 04:50 AM PDT Serbia's Novak Djokovic is one victory away from becoming the world number one after reaching the last four at the French Open when Fabio Fognini pulled out of their quarter-final with injury.  
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North Korea Threatens to Close Hotline With South Posted: 30 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT South Korean officials downplayed the threat, saying the military hotline, located in the eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, is used only about once a week -- mostly to make sure it is still working.  
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Dissident Plans a More Active Role in Myanmar Posted: 30 May 2011 12:48 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on a video link from Yangon to tell an audience in Hong Kong that she would seek to broaden her audience in her country since being released from house arrest.  
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Suicide blast hits Somali capital Posted: 30 May 2011 12:59 PM PDT At least two African Union soldiers killed in attack on peacekeeping base in capital, Mogadishu.  
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North, south Sudan discuss Abyei as tension simmers Posted: 30 May 2011 01:01 PM PDT KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - North and south Sudan have agreed to negotiate an end to the crisis in the disputed Abyei region, the southern vice president said Monday, in an effort to defuse tensions ahead of the south's scheduled secession.  
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Officials: E. coli kills 6, sickens hundreds in Germany Posted: 30 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT German health authorities have confirmed that an E. coli outbreak linked to some raw vegetables has killed least three people and sickened more than 300 in the country.  
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Spanish court indicts 20 Salvadoran military officials Posted: 30 May 2011 09:57 AM PDT Spain's National Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for 20 Salvadoran military officials in connection with the slayings of six priests, their housekeeper and her daughter more than two decades ago.  
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Cucumber scare prompts Russian ban Posted: 30 May 2011 12:38 PM PDT Russia bans the import of some fresh vegetables from Germany and Spain amid a deadly E.coli outbreak, as Spain denies its cucumbers are to blame.  
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'Tupac alive and living in NZ' - hackers hoax website Posted: 30 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT Hackers have posted a fake story about dead rapper Tupac Shakur being alive on to the website of US public broadcaster PBS.  
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The Doctor’s World: 30 Years In, We Are Still Learning From AIDS Posted: 30 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT In the decades since the disease emerged, the fight against it has shaped research, medical treatment and the public sphere, and highlighted the challenges that remain.  
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VIDEO: Mladic files extradition appeal Posted: 30 May 2011 12:27 PM PDT The lawyer acting for the former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, has posted an appeal against his extradition to The Hague where he faces trial on war crimes charges.  
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Obama selects new top US military officer Posted: 30 May 2011 12:07 PM PDT US president names Iraq war veteran General Martin Dempsey to replace Mike Mullen as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.  
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Eight Libya officers join rebels Posted: 30 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT Eight Libyan officers abandon Col Gaddafi and urge other soldiers to back the rebels, as South Africa's president goes to Tripoli on a peace mission.  
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'Tupac alive, lives in NZ' - hackers hoax US website Posted: 30 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT Hackers have posted a fake story about dead rapper Tupac Shakur being alive on to the website of US public broadcaster PBS.  
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Salvador Jesuit murder indictment Posted: 30 May 2011 11:59 AM PDT Twenty Salvadoran military officers, including two former defense ministers, have been indicted by a judge in Spain over the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women.  
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Mladic Appeals Extradition on Health Grounds Posted: 30 May 2011 11:44 AM PDT The lawyer for Ratko Mladic mailed an appeal of his extradition order on health grounds, asserting that Mr. Mladic is physically and mentally unfit for trial.  
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Suu Kyi Plans Tour of Myanmar Countryside Posted: 30 May 2011 08:01 AM PDT Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she plans to tour rural Myanmar next month in her first trip into the provinces since a 2003 political tour ended in her lengthy house arrest.  
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Egypt Denies EasyJet Access to Cairo Posted: 30 May 2011 08:41 AM PDT Egyptian authorities are refusing to award low-cost carrier easyJet takeoff and landing slots at Cairo airport unless it overhauls its no-frills approach and offers other services, according to people familiar with the matter.  
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Alstom: Baghdad Metro Deal Closer Posted: 30 May 2011 12:14 PM PDT French engineering and train company Alstom said it has moved closer to signing a deal to build an aerial rail system in Baghdad in response to congestion in the Iraqi capital.  
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Deaths as blasts hit Nigeria towns Posted: 30 May 2011 11:43 AM PDT Series of explosions in cities across the country's north leave at least 12 people dead.  
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