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Clinton expects superdelegates to decide next week (AP)

30. May 2008

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she expects uncommitted superdelegates to begin making the choice that will decide her marathon Democratic primary race against Barack Obama soon after the Tuesday’s primaries. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban (AFP/File)

30. May 2008

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AFP/File - A landmark international convention banning cluster munitions was formally adopted by 111 countries here Friday, in a move organisers hope will stigmatise the lethal weapons as much as landmines. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Bahamian drug kingpin gets 35 years in U.S. prison (Reuters)

30. May 2008

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Reuters - A Bahamian designated by the White House as an international drug kingpin was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday by a federal court judge. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 3 dead (Reuters)

30. May 2008

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Reuters - A passenger plane skidded off a runway at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday on landing, veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building, killing at least three people. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...]

Vatican: excommunication for female priests (AP)

30. May 2008

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AP - The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web [...]

China warns evacuation possible with flood threat (AP)

30. May 2008

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AP - More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Sect members waiting for children to be returned (AP)

30. May 2008

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AP - Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites [...]

US court says polygamy kids must be returned to parents (AFP)

30. May 2008

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AFP - The Texas Supreme Court ruled that 468 children seized from a polygamist sect must be returned to their parents, saying state child welfare officials had overstepped their authority. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Myanmar criticized for still hindering foreign aid (AP)

30. May 2008

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AP - Human rights and aid groups complained Friday that Myanmar’s military government was still hindering the free flow of international help for victims of Cyclone Nargis. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Review: `Lost’ ends season with answers, mystery (AP)

30. May 2008

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AP - Like the island where so much of the action takes place, “Lost” giveth and it taketh away. Flashes of illumination for its viewers are routinely undone the next moment by bewilderment. Read More… Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.