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• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Israeli PM suspected of massive bribe-taking: police

  JERUSALEM, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Prosecutors are investigating whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took "significant sums" in illegal payments from one or more foreigners, police said on Thursday in a move likely to raise pressure on Olmert to resign and upset peace talks with the Palestinians. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Gas tax battle was a political gift to Obama

  WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — The heated presidential campaign battle over a federal gas tax holiday turned out to be a much needed gift for Barack Obama -- and he can thank Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Detained Reuters photographer released in Zimbabwe

  JOHANNESBURG, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — A Reuters photographer detained for three days in Zimbabwe for allegedly using a satellite phone to send pictures was released on bail on Thursday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Ex-Patriots employee sends league eight tapes

  NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Videotapes to be sent to the NFL by a former New England Patriots employee will show the team violated league rules by recording coaches' signals from opposing teams between 2000 and 2002, the NFL said Thursday. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Clinton aide predicts race will be over by June

  WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman said on Thursday he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June and that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign for rival Barack Obama. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Austrian father reveals his "addiction" to incest

  VIENNA, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from the outside world. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-08
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  Vietnam to try U.S., Thai citizens for "terrorism"

  HANOI, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. citizen and a Thai citizen will be put on trial in Vietnam on charges of "terrorism," a government spokesman said on Thursday, six months after they were arrested with leaflets calling for political change. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-07
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  Technical flaws mar hearing in new Guantanamo court

  GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, May 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Osama bin Laden's suspected "media director" rejected U.S. terrorism court proceedings and renewed his allegiance to the al Qaeda leader on Wednesday in a hearing marred by technical flaws in a new Guantanamo courtroom. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-07
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  U.S. and NATO battle on uneven Afghan patchwork

  MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan, May 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Last week U.S. Captain Roger Hill led a patrol into the Jaldez valley, just southwest of Kabul, and was immediately ambushed from three sides by 50 Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades. ... > full story
• Posted 2008-05-07
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  Iran's influence in Latin America worries U.S.

  WASHINGTON, May 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran is making allies in Latin America to counter Washington's traditional influence in the region and could use them to threaten U.S. security, a top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday. ... > full story

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