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A Myanmar woman displaced following Cyclone Nargis, fans her baby at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by AP)

Junta seizes aid flown to Myanmar

A United Nations official says Myanmar's junta has seized all food and equipment the World Food Program flew in. He says the WFP "has no choice" but to suspend further aid shipments until the matter is resolved.

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'Full-court diplomatic press' on cyclone aid

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UN criticizes Myanmar aid access

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BBC

Judge may make CIA torture memo public

The CIA must let a judge view a 2002 memo purportedly including waterboarding among interrogation methods to be used on prisoners in U.S. custody so he can decide whether it should be made public.

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Shiite gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods

Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of large areas of Beirut's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.

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Lebanon

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Obama takes lead in superdelegate tally

Sen. Barack Obama moved into the lead today in the last category that Sen. Hillary Clinton had claimed to have an edge -- support among the Democratic Party's superdelegates.

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Obama takes first steps to unify Dems

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Mexican army can't stop drug lords' war on cops

Execution-style murders remain commonplace as heavily armed drug cartels battle for control of lucrative drug-smuggling routes into the United States.

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A University of Wisconsin Madison student races through the endurance portion of the Formula Hybrid competition, in Loudon, N.H. (Photo by Jim Cole / AP)	A crescent moon is seen in the sky with the crosses of a Catholic church in the Belarusian capital Minsk. (Photo by Sergey Grits / AP)	Pakistani villagers walk on a dry river bed in search of water in Kotli, near Hyderabad, Pakistan. (Photo by Pervez Masih / AP)

NATION

Contractors seek offshore havens

U.S. defense contractors large and small have been heading offshore to shield piles of taxpayer dollars, but irate lawmakers are thundering that they'll put an end to it.

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American Airlines plane lost panel in flight to Paris

Federal regulators are investigating how an American Airlines jet lost a panel shortly after taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport before continuing on and landing safely in Paris.

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Severe storms blast Southeast

An apparent tornado hit a Mississippi shopping mall as a line of severe storms swept across the Southeast and was headed to the Mid-Atlantic.

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POLITICS

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Obama: World wants to see US lead

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Remark by Clinton aide fuels talk of a smooth exit

A top aide to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said that he expected the Democratic nomination to be decided by mid-June.

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US House approves Democratic anti-foreclosure bill

The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to let the government insure up to $300 billion in mortgages to help homeowners avert foreclosure.

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Bush vows veto on housing plan

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ENVIRONMENT

Once lush Sahara dried up over millennia, study says

The grassy prehistoric Sahara turned into Earth's largest hot desert more slowly than previously thought, a new report says—and some say global warming may turn the desert green once again.

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National Geographic

Judge orders EPA to hurry on carbon monoxide standards

The Bush administration has violated legal deadlines for updating the nation's clean-air standards on carbon monoxide, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled.

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SPORTS

Webb is the first pitcher in 3 years to win first 8 starts

Webb became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, pitching his 13th career complete game to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3.

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Wins for Celtics and Spurs in playoffs

The Boston Celtics opened up a 2-0 lead in their playoff against Cleveland while defending champions San Antonio clawed their way back into their series with New Orleans after a 110-99 win.

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EDUCATION

North Carolina's governor supports college for illegal immigrants

North Carolina's Gov. Mike Easley told community colleges that they can set their own admission standards, which currently welcome students regardless of their immigration status.

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Diverse student bodies have some graduation speakers tongue-tied

Deans, professors and outsourced public speakers are gearing up to perform one of academia's tougher jobs — getting every name right, so nobody leaves campus feeling angry toward his or her alma mater.

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At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact for the developing world

Instructor Amy Smith at MIT exports simple solutions to the developing world straight from her basement laboratory, D-Lab.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

‘Speed Racer’ runs the audience over

Imagine someone pouring hot, melted Starburst candies into your corneas, and you are close to the experience of “Speed Racer,” whose ADD editing makes it all but impossible to follow what little plot there is.

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Richard Gere, Mia Farrow, Steven Spielberg skipping Olympics

Politically minded stars are split on whether to boycott the Beijing Olympics.

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Olympic soccer: Heather O'Reilly May 9 at 2 pm

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GOOD NEWS

Olympics to be carbon neutral

This summer's Beijing Olympics will be "basically" carbon neutral thanks to a series of energy saving measures such as the use of solar power and an afforestation program, a senior Chinese official said.

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Facebook adds new safeguards

Facebook is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, attorneys general from several states said.

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Bush signs Wild Sky Wilderness into law

Washington is getting a new wilderness area for the first time in 20 years because President Bush signed a law that protects more than 106,000 acres in the Mount Bakr-Snoqualmie National Forest.

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WORLD

US: Al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured

U.S. military officials were surprised by reports of Abu Ayyub al-Masri's capture- first reported by Iraqi media. Intelligence officials were skeptical, though Iraqi officials said he was in military custody.

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Arrest of al-Qaida leader in Iraq

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US agrees to EU's Iran nuclear plan

The United States has signed off on a European plan that would offer increased incentives for Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program.

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Josef Fritzl: ‘The Nazis were to blame’

In a bizarre attempt to defend himself, Josef Fritzl has blamed the Nazis for fostering the twisted morality which led him to imprison his daughter for 24 years.

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Incest dad: I am not a monster

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BUSINESS

Oil climbs above $126 to record as dollar weakens against euro

Crude oil rose above $126 a barrel in New York to a record as the dollar weakened against the euro and yen, prompting investors to buy commodities as a hedge against the currency's decline.

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Bloomberg

US stocks rise, consumers still spending

Stocks rose modestly after the largest drop in a month as retail sales showed consumers changing their habits but still spending.

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Europe and US unite on stronger dollar

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Financial Times

Corn rises to record as rains threaten US yield potential

Corn rose to a record for the seventh time since March on speculation that planting delays caused by wet weather will reduce yields in the United States, the world's largest producer and exporter of the crop.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Suicide risk higher for doctors

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own.

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USA Today

The 'ewww!' on your shoe

Our shoes are filthy, and we'd be smart to leave them at the door, like they do in Japan. Even microbiologist Charles P. Gerba was surprised to discover what we track into the house on our footwear.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Platypus genome a link to evolution

Australia's unique animal is in fact part bird, part reptile and part mammal according to its gene map.

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Reuters

TorrentSpy won't pay $111 million court order, lawyer says

A day after a U.S. judge dinged TorrentSpy with one of the largest fines in copyright history, the lawyer for the torrent-tracking search engine said the $111 million judgment won't get paid.

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Wired

When and how did humans first come to the Americas?

Half-chewed seaweed in Chile and fossilized feces in an Oregon cave are helping scientists build a case for the arrival of the first migrants in the Americas thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

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Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION

Chinese orchestra performs for Pope in landmark Vatican concert

The China Philharmonic Orchestra performed for Pope Benedict XVI in a landmark concert that could indicate warming relations between Beijing and the Vatican.

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God made pre-humans into people, Vatican newspaper says

While apes evolved naturally into pre-human creatures, it was the will and desire of God that turned them into humans, an article in the Vatican newspaper said.

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Catholic News Service

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Age-related worries vary by country

Faced with the prospect of getting older, Germans worry most about losing their memory. The Dutch fear gaining weight, and Thais worry about fading eyesight, according to international survey.

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BITS AND PIECES

Spain files suit to claim sunken treasure

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Want to help the environment? Eat insects.

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Discover

Architect's wicked wit cuts through red tape

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Daily Telegraph

NASA pays you to stay in bed for 90 days

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'Ark' built on the side of freeway

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Iraqi men in a boat throw a fishing net into the waters of the Euphrates river, 20 miles south of Najaf, Iraq. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani / AP)

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