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Texas |
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Champions San Antonio win series |
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Sudan |
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Al-Jazeera: Cameraman freed from Gitmo |
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Washington |
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U.S. broadens Myanmar sanctions |
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Bush offers $770m for food crisis George W Bush has offered an international food aid to help ease the effects of surging food prices that have sparked riots in some countries
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Detroit |
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Wings bury Avs in four straight |
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Washington |
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Rice rebukes over Palestinian funds |
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| May.2 |
Somalia |
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Militants vow to avenge U.S. airstrike |
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Washington |
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Cavaliers win series over Wizards |
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| May.3 |
 Belarus |
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U.S. diplomats leave Belarus 11 diplomats left after being declared persona non grata amid escalating diplomatic tensions between Washington and Belarus govermant
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Kentucky |
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Big Brown wins Derby |
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Microsoft |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price
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Montreal |
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Flyers win playoffs over Canadiens |
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Jerusalem |
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Rice in Mid-East for fresh talks |
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| May.4 |
Texas |
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Sharks lost series to Stars in Game 6 |
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| May.6 |
Indiana |
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Last big primaries for Democrats |
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Iraq |
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3,500 U.S. troops to head home from Iraq |
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North Carolina |
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Obama wins North Carolina vote Barack Obama has beaten Hillary Clinton in the N. Carolina primary, but it is too early to call Indiana's vote
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US Georgia |
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Death row inmate executed |
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Indiana |
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H. Clinton narrowly won Indiana primary Senator Clinton won 51% of the vote. A win was seen as critical for Mrs Clinton
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| May.7 |
USA |
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Clinton vows to continue campaign |
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Guantanamo |
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Gitmo detainee became suicide bomber Pentagon: Kuwaiti man Abdullah Saleh al-Ajmi released from U.S. custody in 2005 blew himself up in a suicide attack in Iraq last month
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Brazil |
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Man acquitted in U.S. nun's assassination |
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Washington |
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Colombian warlord pleads not guilty |
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| May.8 |
Moscow |
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Russia expels US embassy staff
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New Jersey |
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Global manhunt ends in pedophile's arrest 
Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, who became the subject of an manhunt after an appeal from Interpol has been detained
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Washington |
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U.S. agrees to EU's Iran nuclear plan |
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| May.9 |
Iraq |
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U.S.: al Qaeda in Iraq leader not captured
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| May.10 |
USA |
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Obama takes super-delegate lead
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Oklahoma |
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Severe storms kill 18 in two U.S. states Tornadoes and other severe weather swept across Oklahoma and Missouri. A tornado touched down in Ottawa County, killing six people
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| May.11 |
 Myanmar |
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U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar A U.S. military airplane with relief supplies has taken off on a mission that American officials say they hope will 'build trust'
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| May.12 |
Washington |
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Bush offers help for Lebanon army
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| May.13 |
USA |
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Clinton wins W Virginia primary Hillary Clinton has beaten Barack Obama in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary by a large margin
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New York |
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Freud work sets new world record
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USA |
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Clinton fights on after victory
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Detroit |
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Pistons eliminate Magic in five games |
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| May.14 |
USA |
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Edwards endorses Obama in US race
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Israel |
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Bush arrives in Israel
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| May.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Investor launches Yahoo challenge
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California |
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California lifts gay marriage ban
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| May.16 |
Myanmar |
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U.S. to bypass junta to send aid
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Pioneering winemaker Mondavi dies
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| May.17 |
Boston |
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Edward Kennedy taken to hospital Democratic Senator is resting and undergoing tests in a hospital after experiencing what his office says was a 'seizure
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Baghdad |
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U.S. soldier uses Quran for target practice
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Baghdad |
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Speaker Pelosi leads delegation
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| May.18 |
Utah |
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Lakers edge Jazz to seal progress |
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Ohio |
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Celtics ousted Cavs 97-92 in Game 7 |
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Pittsburgh |
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Penguins ice Flyers, reach Cup Finals |
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| May.19 |
 Venezuela |
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U.S. plane strays into Venezuela Map of La Orchila Venezuela| A U.S. anti-drug aircraft strayed into Venezuelan airspace, ratcheting up tensions between the two nations. Venezuela has demanded an explanation. The US ambassador in Venezuela has bee... | |
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U.S. Supreme Court |
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Nazi guard loses last US appeal
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Dallas |
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Wings advance to Cup finals |
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New Orleans |
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Spurs bounce Hornets |
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| May.20 |
U.S. Senate |
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Gates: U.S. 'stuck' in Guantanamo Defense Secretary told a Senate subcommittee that Efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are at 'a standstill'
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Kentucky |
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Clinton wins primary Hillary Clinton has won state Democratic presidential election primary. Surveys suggest Barack Obama will win
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Washington |
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Inquiry clears FBI in harsh interrogations
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Oregon |
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Obama 'within reach' of victory| Barack Obama says he is now within reach of winning the Democratic Party's nomination to run in the presidential election in November | |
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| May.21 |
USA |
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U.S. handling of child detainees under fire Human Rights Watch is saying 'some children have been detained for more than a year without charge or trial'
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| May.22 |
New York |
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Oil soars to new record over $135| The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude | |
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| May.23 |
Nigeria |
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Violence ripples to gas prices
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USA |
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McCain bid to reassure on health US Republican presidential hopeful has released his medical records for the years 2000-2008
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USA |
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Clinton 'sorry' for RFK reference
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| May.24 |
 Kabul |
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Afghans appalled Marines not charged Afghan officials expressed outrage at the decision by the U.S. military not to charge Marines involved in a shooting that left 19 Afghan civilians...
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| May.25 |
Zimbabwe |
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Mugabe threat to expel US envoy
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USA |
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Historic pictures sent from Mars 
Map of Phoenix USA The Mars Phoenix lander, a Nasa spacecraft, has sent back the first historic pictures of an unexplored region of Mars
| It touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 423 million-mile journey from Earth
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Indiana |
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Dixon drove to his first Indy 500 victory |
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| May.26 |
South Korea |
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Protests over US beef
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| May.29 |
Los Angeles |
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Lakers win Western Conference
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| May.30 |
CIA |
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CIA chief: Al-Qaeda in retreat
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New York |
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Chaos as crane collapses
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Washington |
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U.S., Libya discussing terrorism
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Paris |
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Serena and Venus make shock exits |
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Detroit |
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Boston back in NBA finals over Pistons
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Washington |
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Burma policy costs lives, says US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has accused Burma of causing the loss of tens of thousands of lives by hindering international relief efforts
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Washington |
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Libya to resolve claims with US
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| May.31 |
Washington |
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US Democrats hold key poll talks The Democratic Party is meeting to decide the fate of two states left out of the dramatic race to find its candidate for president
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Washington |
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Democrats reach delegate deal | Hillary Clinton's efforts to secure the Party's nomination for president have suffered a setback.. The Democratic Party is voting to decide the fate of two states debarred for the presidential nomination process. A compromis... | |
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Florida |
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Shuttle leaves for space station
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