| World News  | Bush hails Israelis as 'chosen people' but ignores Palestinians on 'catastrophe' day
The Independent
President George Bush lavished anniversary praise on Israel yesterday, as Palestinians commemorated the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" when 700,000 were forced from or fled their homes 60 years ago. In a special address to the Israeli Knesset, Mr Bush declared that the US was proud to be the "closest ally and best friend in the world" of a nation that was a "homeland for the chosen people" and had "worked tirelessly for peace and... fought valiantly...
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|  | 'We have to kill Tutsis wherever they are'
The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of people were massacred during the genocide of 1994 in Rwanda. Now, in the crucible of the ensuing war in neighbouring Congo, the fugitive killers are training their children to carry on the Hutu mission of extermination, and awaiting their opportunity to return to the mother country. By Chris McGreal , Friday May 16 2008 Child soldiers from the Mai-Mai militia guard the headquarters of their leader in Kisharu, Democratic...
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|  | 4 questioned over deadly blasts
News24
Jaipur - Police questioned four people on Wednesday in connection with a string of bombings that killed 80 people and left about 200 injured, officials said. "We have picked them up for questioning in regards to the attacks last night but we have not booked them on any charge," a police spokesperson said in Jaipur, the site of the bombings late on Tuesday. Among those being questioned was one...
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|  | Italy. Naples: Come for the filth, stay for the memories
Canada Dot Com
Visitors must learn to love Naples for its rubbish and filth, the city's new head of tourism has said. Claudio Velardi, 53, took the job of luring tourists to Italy's dirtiest and most criminal city at a time when Neapolitans are rioting over the mountains of rubbish lying in the streets. The crisis, which arose after the city's dumps became full and collections halted, continues to worsen. Last week, piles of rubbish reappeared on the streets of...
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| Business News  | Dunkin' Donuts gives $1M to promote next-gen pastry making
Business Journal
> Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro comes to Reston [Washington, D.C.] Durham coffee roaster brews delicious deal [Raleigh/Durham] Woodsby family restaurant chain now in 3rd generation [Orlando] Get wired: Dunkin' Donuts to give away free iced coffee [Albuquerque] Dunkin' Donuts to give away free iced coffee [Dayton] Dunkin' Brands Inc. is giving $1 million to The Culinary Institute of America, it was announced Thursday. The gift will be spread out over...
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|  | Metrobank net income falls as foreign exchange gains, lending gains dip
The Manila Times
By Maricel E. Burgonio, Reporter METROPOLITAN Bank and Trust Co. (Metrobank) said its first-quarter profit fell by double-digits on significant declines in its foreign exchange gains and a slight reduction in its lending income. In a statement, the Philippines' largest lender said its net income decreased by 15.64 percent to P1.76 billion from P2.08 billion in the same three-month period last year. "This year's outlook will be muted by the...
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|  | The man who rehabilitated Ronald McDonald
The Guardian
After a torrid few years, the fast-food chain's efforts to reinvent itself have paid off with eight quarters of growth , Friday May 16 2008 In 1978 the 11-year-old Steve Easterbrook was at Watford grammar school for boys. During the holidays he could be found loafing around the nearest parade of shops, kicking his heels. "Me and my mate used to go across the park, jump on the Met line to get the tube into Harrow. There was a sports shop we always...
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|  | Clients cheer as insurance gets the Net edge
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: The benefits of de-tariffing in non-life insurance is finally trickling down to individuals. Insurance brokers have started providing aggregations services, offering quotes across a range of insurance companies to retail buyers of property, auto or health insurance. The key difference between a broker and an insurance agent is that unlike an agent, who pushes products for an insurance company, the brokers represent the...
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|  | The state's role in Bhopal clean-up
The Times Of India
We endorse idea of a site remediation fund The Bhopal gas tragedy prompted the world chemical industry to adopt Responsible Care. In India by now we have about 100 chemical factories as signatories to Responsible Care being driven by Indian Chemical Council (ICC). But it is unfortunate to note that even after 23 years of the tragedy, the affected site remains un-remediated. Since the affected site was under a long lease to Union...
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| Entertainment News  | Why Narnia Hits While Golden Compass Flops
Time Magazine
Can God make one movie franchise a hit and another a flop? That was the question hovering over the first film adaptations of two best-selling fantasy series for children, C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Lewis' series of seven books, published in the 1950s, was widely seen as a Christian allegory, presided over by the God-lion Aslan, who dies and rises again. Pullman's trilogy, written in the 1990s,...
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|  | (4) Utah Jazz (2-2) at (1) Los Angeles Lakers (2-2), 10:30 p.m.
The News & Observer
The Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz meet for Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series tonight at the Staples Center. This best-of-seven series is tied at 2-2. Game 6 is scheduled for Friday in Utah. The home team has won all four games in this set. In Game 4, Deron Williams poured in 29 points and dished out 14 assists as the fourth-seeded Jazz survived a late surge and downed the...
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|  | Beyonce's Pedophilia Chic
National Review
A fashion line designed for bootilicious seven-year-old. By Michelle Malkin If you thought the soft-porn image of Disney teen queen Miley Cyrus wearing nothing but ruby-stained lips and a bedsheet in Vanity Fair magazine was disturbing, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Pop diva Beyonce Knowles, 27, and her fashion-designer mother have launched a girls clothing line that makes Miley's bare-backed glam session look like a Shirley Temple photo shoot....
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|  | WINE within reach
The Press Democrat
By VIRGINIE BOONE Want to live the rock-star life without the debt? Luxury doesn't always have to be about shelling out the big bucks: the trick is quality, not quantity. If it's wine and beautiful surroundings you crave, there are plenty of oases to crawl to, enological escapes from the deserts of self-denial. There are free tasting rooms, of course, but also idyllic scenes of good value, where maybe a little something extra is offered, or a...
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|  | Madonna to build Malawi school
News24
Lilongwe - US pop diva Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls' school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said on Wednesday. "A task force of four prominent Malawians has already been formed to head the project which will be on the scale of what Oprah Winfrey has in South Africa," Madonna's lawyer Alan Chinula told Reuters. "It is a multi-million dollar project and we will get the real costs in...
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|  | Supermodel Hunter go-gos into Calgary movie
Canada Dot Com
Thousands of unsuspecting University of Calgary students roamed their campus Tuesday unaware of the presence of a supermodel go-go dancing in the basement of their pub. If any had taken the time to find out why movie camera equipment, dollies and lighting trucks were backed up to the shipping entrance of MacEwan Hall they would have found former supermodel Rachel Hunter dressed in a hot pink negligee, nine-inch platform heels and sassy fake...
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| Health News  | More Madness: Now Korean Beef is Scrutinized
Chosunilbo
KBS' "News Issue Ssam" news program recently showed a sick cow being sold on the black market and heading to a slaughterhouse. According to a livestock trader in an accompanying interview, the slaughtered cow would be sold for human consumption. The program also said Korean cattle farmers imported feed that contained meat and...
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|  | Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
The Boston Globe
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found -- adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing. The skin makes vitamin D from ultraviolet light. Too much sunlight can raise the risk of skin cancer, but small...
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|  | Global Warming Found to Cause Permanent Changes
Voa News
According to a sweeping analysis of physical and biological systems around the world, human activity has led to warming temperatures that have caused permanent changes to both plants and animals on a global scale. VOA's Jessica Berman reports. In the most sweeping study of its kind assessing...
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|  | Astronaut released from hospital
News24
Seoul, South Korea - A science official says South Korea's first astronaut has left a hospital after recovering from neck and back pain apparently caused by her Russian spacecraft's unexpectedly steep descent to Earth last month. Science Ministry official Jung Kyung-taek said Yi So-yeon was released on Wednesday from a...
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|  | Smoking 'triggers deadly changes'
BBC News
A key mechanism by which smoking triggers genetic changes that cause lung cancer has been unravelled. Researchers have shown exposure to cigarette smoke slows production of a protein called FANCD2 in lung cells. This protein plays a key role in repairing damage to DNA, and causing faulty cells to commit suicide before they go on to become cancerous. The study, led by Oregon Health and Science...
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|  | Midwife training delivers safer childbirth
The Guardian
Midwife training delivers safer childbirth A local health worker explains how the Katine project is helping improve survival rates for mothers and newborn children , Wednesday May 14 2008 This article was first published on on Wednesday May 14 2008. It was last updated at 12:55 on May 14 2008. Sister Josephine Achen, a traditional birth attendant in Katine. Photograph: Dan Chung Josephine Achen, known as Sister Josephine, is 60 years old and was...
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|  | More Americans are taking prescription medications
Examiner
TRENTON, N.J. (Map, News) - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. The most widely used drugs are those to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol - problems often linked to heart disease, obesity and diabetes. The numbers were gathered last year by Medco Health Solutions Inc., which manages prescription benefits for...
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| Politics News  | Voting starts in key Indian state election -
Yahoo Daily News
20 minutes ago BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Voters started turning out under heavy security Friday in a crucial southern Indian state election, hours after suspected Maoist rebels shot dead two men, officials and news reports said. Ten hours of polling began at 7:00 am (0130 GMT) in the second phase of the election, covering 66 seats spread across the central and coastal regions of Karnataka state, election commission...
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|  | No relief for Mayawati in DA case
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to restrain the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from proceeding with filing of chargesheet against UP chief minister Mayawati in a disproportionate assets case. The court, however, issued notices to Centre and CBI on Ms Mayawati’s petition alleging that UPA...
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|  | Dalai Lama heads for Germany
Taipei Times
SCHEDULE: The Tibetan spiritual leader will be meeting neither German Chancellor Angela Merkel nor Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his trip to Europe The Dalai Lama was due to arrive in Germany yesterday at the start of a tour of Western powers, two months after China’s crackdown on violence in Lhasa sparked international condemnation. The visit will keep the issue of Tibet center-stage until the Olympic Games start in Beijing in...
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|  | By M B Naqvi 5/16/2008
The News International
We Pakistanis have missed the bus of democracy by not implementing what had been clearly promised in the Charter of Democracy and Murree Declaration by the two main winners of Feb 18 election: the PPP and the PML-N. This is said not because of the collapse of the PPP-PML-N coalition. It's the primary task was to undo the mischief of Gen Pervez Musharraf's Nov 3, 2007, Emergency, PCO and media gagging laws. The record includes five former Chief...
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|  | Harare diary: Living in limbo
BBC News
Esther (not her real name), 28, a professional living and working in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is writing a regular diary on the challenges of leading a normal life. Zimbabwe is suffering from an acute economic crisis. The country has the world's highest rate of annual inflation and just one in five has an official job. We have all become politicians over here. We want to be ordinary citizens, just to live and let live, but our political...
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|  | Bush bemoans 'flawed' Iraq data
BBC News
President George W Bush has said he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Mr Bush said analysis of the material by many intelligence agencies had led to the "wrong conclusion" on weapons of mass destruction. In an interview with internet portal Yahoo and newspaper Politico, he also explained why he had given up golf. "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said....
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|  | Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed
Philadelphia Daily News
ALI AKBAR DAREINI The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its "annihilation." He spoke hours after President Bush arrived in Israel for the anniversary celebrations. | |
