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Bush: 'absolutely committed' to deal for Palestinian state (AP)

Saudi King Abdullah (R) and US President George W. Bush (L) listen to the US national anthem during the latter's arrival ceremony at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand.(AFP/Jim Watson)AP - President Bush, trying to reassure Palestinians wary of his dedication to their side in the Mideast peace dispute, said Saturday that he is "absolutely committed" to getting an Israeli-Palestinian accord by the end of the year.



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FA Cup final as it happened

Portsmouth beat Cardiff 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
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China clinch badminton's Uber Cup in Olympic warning (AFP)

Xie Xingfang of China returns the shuttlecock during their final match against Maria Kristin of Indonesia at the Uber Cup badminton tournament in Jakarta. Xie easily won 21-8, 21-15.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP - Invincible China clinched their sixth consecutive Uber Cup team championship Saturday, toppling Indonesia 3-0 to send an ominous warning ahead of the Beijing Olympics.



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Rain frustrates England at Lord's (AFP)

England's opening batsmen Andrew Strauss (L) and Alastair Cook at Lord's cricket ground, north-west London, on May 16. Strauss and Cook continued to blunt the New Zealand attack on the morning of day three of the first Test.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Rain continued to frustrate England's attempt to build a first innings lead in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's here Saturday.



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Edward Kennedy rushed to hospital

One of America's last unashamedly liberal politicians suffers symptoms of a stroke, US media reports
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Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital

Senator Edward Kennedy, one of America's last unashamedly liberal politicians, was rushed today to a hospital in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with symptoms of a stroke, US media reports
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Brazil's illegal logging hard to combat (AP)

The Santo Antonio sawmill is seen in Tailandia, Para state, Brazil, Sunday, May 11, 2008. Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging. (AP Photo/Renato Chalu)AP - Federal agents swooped in to close sawmills and confiscate wood in a government crackdown on illegal logging less than three months ago.



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Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)

Residents run as they evacuate to higher ground from the center of earthquake-hit Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan province, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from a river blocked by landslides. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblor.



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US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq (AP)

Iraqi soldiers checks a car for explosives at a checkpoint in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad Saturday, May 17, 2008. Sadr City appeared to be calm Saturday after weeks of bloody clashes between the US forces and Mahdi army fighters. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation.



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Lawyers up pressure on Pakistan coalition over judges (Reuters)

Reuters - Leaders of a Pakistani lawyers' movement served notice to the new coalition government it would hold a major protest on June 10 to champion the restoration of judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf last November.
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Nigerian security forces step up efforts to free hostages (AFP)

A naval officer inserts ammunition into a machine-gun before starting to patrol the crisis-ridden Niger Delta region in Buguma, September 2004. Nigerian security forces have intensified efforts to secure the release of two foreigners -- a Portuguese and a Ukrainian -- and nine Nigerians abducted early in the week.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Nigerian security forces intensified efforts Saturday to secure the release of two foreigners -- a Portuguese and a Ukrainian -- and nine Nigerians abducted early in the week.



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Spain arrests 5 suspected of hacking US sites (AP)

AP - Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by government agencies in the U.S., Latin America and Asia, authorities said Saturday.
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Marathon runner Radcliffe 'upbeat' despite hip injury (AFP)

AFP - World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe said she remains "upbeat and positive" about being ready for the Beijing Olympics despite having developed a hip injury.



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Assassination fears paralyse Zimbabwe opposition (AFP)

Zimbabwe'sopposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to the media during a press conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 16. Fears of an assassination plot against Tsvangirai have delayed his long-awaited homecoming ahead of an election showdown with Mugabe on June 27.(AFP/File/Arthur Allison)AFP - Fears of an assassination plot against Zimbabwe's opposition leader delayed his long-awaited homecoming on Saturday ahead of an election showdown with veteran President Robert Mugabe on June 27.



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Kidnapped Pakistan diplomat back home after end of captivity (AFP)

This undated handout photo from the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul shows Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin. Azizuddin, kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants more than three months ago, has been recovered safe, state television reported Saturday.(AFP/HO/File/HO)AFP - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan returned home safely Saturday after being released from his captivity by suspected Taliban militants who held him captive for 96 days, officials said.



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100 people brawl in western Sydney: police

Sydney police said they were at the scene of a major brawl in the inner western suburb of Lidcombe around 10:30pm (AEST).
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Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat (AP)

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, right, speaks at the Liberal International Congress in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday May 16, 2008. An election runoff between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Tsvangirai will be held June 27, Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Friday. Tsvangirai claims he won the March 29 presidential race outright. But official results released May 2 show he did not win enough votes to avoid a second round against Mugabe. (AP Photo)AP - Assassination threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party official said Saturday.



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French navy ship near Myanmar with aid (AP)

A homeless Myanmar girl salvages some items from their cyclone-ravaged house at the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Saturday May 17, 2008. The junta said Friday that the official death toll from the storm has nearly doubled to 78,000 with 55,917 missing. Aid groups have said the toll is probably about 128,000, with many more deaths possible from disease and starvation unless help is provided quickly to some 2.5 million survivors. (AP Photo)AP - A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta.



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Dog abuser caught in Adelaide

A South Australian man on the run for neglecting dogs has been caught in a city backpackers hostel in Adelaide.
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Abducted Pakistan envoy freed after Taliban released (Reuters)

Reuters - Taliban militants freed a kidnapped Pakistani envoy on Saturday, in what appeared to be part of a prisoner swap involving the release of more than 40 Taliban, according to senior Pakistani security official.
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No new poll watchers for Zimbabwe's run-off: state media (AFP)

A Zimbabwean policeman guards ballot boxes before the start of a vote recount in April 2008. Zimbabwe authorities have rejected opposition and international calls for additional election observers for the second round of presidential elections due on June 27.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Authorities in Zimbabwe have rejected opposition and international calls for additional election observers for the second round of presidential elections due on June 27, state media said on Saturday.



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Man stabs three at Sydney wedding: police

Police have arrested a man over a stabbing at a wedding in Sydney's south-west.
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Tsvangirai delays return to Zimbabwe

Opposition leader changes plans after assassination plot against him was uncovered, spokesman says
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Assassination threat delays Tsvangirai return to Zimbabwe

Opposition leader postpones his return home after an assassination plot against him was uncovered, a spokesman says
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Poor nations must repay British climate 'aid': report (AFP)

A child sits close to his home made of straw and metal sheets in the village of Southkhali, southern Bangladesh, in the aftermath of Cyclone 'Sidr' which struck the South Asian nation in November 2007. Poor countries will have to pay back aid given to them by Britain in an international aid project that was supposed to help them adapt to climate change, The Guardian newspaper said.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - Poor countries will have to pay back aid given to them by Britain in an international aid project that was supposed to help them adapt to climate change, The Guardian newspaper said Saturday.



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Lebanese leaders aim to end political crisis (AP)

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, left, walks into the conference room along with his Lebanese counterpart Faud Saniora, Saturday, May 17 in Doha, Qatar. Lebanon's squabbling political leaders held a meeting in Qatar for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud. (AP Photo/Sam Diaz)AP - Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition met behind closed doors in Qatar on Saturday for the highest-level talks so far in the country's 18-month-long political crisis, which turned violent a week ago.



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Spain arrests 'prolific' hackers

Spanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet.
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10 militants, 4 Afghans killed in violence (AP)

An Afghan police man investigates a vehicle after it was hit by bomb in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 17, 2008. In Kandahar, police officer Mohammad Nabi said a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded near a police convoy Saturday. Nabi said a boy was killed and another civilian was wounded. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A series of clashes, airstrikes and bomb blasts left 10 militants and four civilians killed in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.



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Pakistan lawyers mull street protests (AP)

In this Feb. 12, 2008 file photo, a portrait of missing Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin is shown to the media in Kabul, Afghanistan. Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has been freed unharmed three months after he vanished in a tribal area in Pakistan's border region, an official and a relative said Saturday, May 17, 2008. Azizuddin disappeared Feb. 11 along with his driver and bodyguard as they drove from the Pakistani city of Peshawar toward the border. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)AP - Pakistani lawyers met Saturday to decide whether to mount street protests against the government after its failure to reinstate judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf.



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Rights leader: Islamist fighters seize Somali town (AP)

A Somali refugee child smiles during a visit by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, to the Basateen slum area in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden May 16, 2008. Guterres is in Yemen for a first-hand look at his agency's efforts on behalf of African refugees in Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN)AP - Islamic insurgents in Somalia seized a major agricultural center overnight, sending hundreds of people fleeing, a human rights leader said Saturday.



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Brown condemns 'inhuman' Burma leaders over aid

PM issues Britain's strongest criticism of Burma's military rulers yet for blocking distribution of relief to cyclone survivors
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Report: 6 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey (AP)

AP - Turkey's state-run news agency says six Kurdish rebels have been killed in a clash with soldiers in eastern Turkey.
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Flood fears disrupt quake aid efforts

Official death toll rises to almost 29,000, as thousands of people are evacuated from areas near epicentre
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Flooding fears disrupt China quake rescue efforts

Official death toll in China rises to almost 29,000, as thousands of people are evacuated from areas near the epicentre amid fears of flooding
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One killed, three injured in boat accident

Police say one man has been killed and three injured in a boating accident off the New South Wales south coast.
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