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Posted 2008-05-09
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Dalai Lama says understands anger over Everest torch

BERLIN, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
at 10:05 am EDT

McCain girding for battle with Obama

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Now that Democrat Hillary Clinton is fading, Republican John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign is girding for a tough election battle against Barack Obama and McCain aides believe he has weaknesses to exploit. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader

BAGHDAD, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
at 7:05 am EDT

Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case

ST POELTEN, Austria, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
at 6:05 am EDT

Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis

GENEVA, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
at 1:05 am EDT

McCain likely to be outspent in election

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — He backs an unpopular war in Iraq, represents an unpopular political party and is endorsed by an unpopular president in the midst of an economic downturn. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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U.S. said to shift plans for top brass in Pakistan

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. military has dropped plans to assign the former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Pakistan, after sharp criticism of his Guantanamo command in Pakistani media, the New York Times reported in its Friday editions. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
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U.S. says 5-10 percent of Guantanamo inmates fight again

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Between 5 and 10 percent of inmates freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorism since their release, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
at 6:05 pm EDT

Judge orders CIA to turn over "torture" memo: ACLU

NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. judge ordered the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002 memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists held abroad. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
at 6:05 pm EDT

U.S. declines to help present nuclear deal to Iran

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — World powers will in the coming days offer a revised package of incentives to Iran but Washington has refused to send its own envoy to help present the deal, diplomats and a U.S. official said on Thursday. ... > full story