Germany hunts source of E-coli outbreak Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:45 PM PDT Search comes as laboratory in Rome says there is no evidence to prove vegetables were source of deadly infection.  
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Final push for votes in Portugal Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:24 PM PDT Both the main rival parties in Portugal appeal for a strong mandate ahead of Sunday's election as the burden of the 78bn euro bail-out looms.  
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Pakistan Budget Seen Lackluster Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:14 PM PDT Pakistan failed to take drastic steps to raise taxes on the country's elite, a move that the U.S., the IMF and other donors say is needed to slash an unsustainable budget deficit.  
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UK reports four new E. coli cases Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:58 AM PDT The Health Protection Agency has announced four more cases of E. Coli infection in the UK linked to the outbreak in Germany.  
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Britons told to 'leave Yemen now' Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT Britons should leave Yemen on commercial flights immediately and not bank on UK government help as violence there escalates, the foreign secretary says.  
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Taking root? Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT How Cuba's local officials are handling reforms  
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Qatar deports Libyan woman who said she was raped Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:08 PM PDT DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar deported a Libyan woman who claimed that she had been gang raped by pro-government militiamen, after spending nearly a month in the Gulf Arab country, a United Nations refugee group said on Friday.  
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Rebel fighters make gains in western Libya Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:57 AM PDT Opposition fighters make major advance towards capital, after claiming series of victories against Gaddafi forces.  
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'Dr Death' Kevorkian dies at 83 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:42 AM PDT Controversial right-to-die activist who assisted more than 100 people in ending their lives passes away at US hospital.  
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House Rebukes Obama Over Libya Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT The resolution, which passed 268 to 145, has no practical effect, but it underscored the anger in Congress over being bypassed by the president.  
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US experts examine refinery blast Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT The owners of a Pembrokeshire oil refinery are flying in experts from the US to help investigate the cause of an explosion which killed four people.  
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Protests simmer as Bahrain wins back Formula One Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain scored a public relations coup on Friday by winning back its Formula One Grand Prix, canceled earlier this year after pro-democracy protests erupted in the Gulf Arab island kingdom.  
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James Arness, Marshal on ‘Gunsmoke,’ Dies at 88 Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:42 PM PDT Mr. Arness burnished the legend of America's epic West as the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City on one of the longest-running dramatic series in television history.  
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Walsh to Leave Knicks, Turnaround Unfinished Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT The Knicks announced that Donnie Walsh, the team president, would leave after his contract expires at the end of the month.  
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Albanian fugitives 'hiding in London' Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:36 AM PDT More than 100 dangerous Albanian criminals could be in hiding in the UK and London, according to a secret dossier sent to Scotland Yard.  
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Meerkat theft teenager sentenced Posted: 03 Jun 2011 06:14 AM PDT A teenager who stole a meerkat from a Kent wildlife park to take home as a pet is given a suspended jail term.  
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Peru's Humala edges ahead in polls; markets nervous Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT (Note: Election law forbids publication of polls in Peru a week prior to June 5 voting)  
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At War: History Repeats for a Correspondent in Tripoli Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:10 PM PDT For the second time in eight years, a reporter finds himself living under a nightly fusillade of bombs and missiles.  
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At War: History Repeats for a Correspondent in Tripoli Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:10 PM PDT For the second time in eight years, a reporter finds himself living under a nightly fusillade of bombs and missiles.  
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Hostage held in cage reveals ordeal Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:51 AM PDT It was the life they dreamed of and they were finally living it in the temperate mountains of Central Mexico. Eduardo Garcia Valseca, a Mexican businessman, and his American wife Jayne, had rehabilitated an old, abandoned ranch near a quaint, colonial town.  
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