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Al-Qaida’s number three has been killed, according to a statement attributed to the group that was posted on Islamist websites Monday.

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Al-Qaida’s number three has been killed, according to a statement attributed to the group that was posted on Islamist websites Monday.

Osama bin Laden – Al-Qaida – Al-Qaeda – Terrorism – Terrorist Organizations

Central American rescuers struggle to help communities smashed by a deadly storm, as the death toll continues to rise.

Colombia’s presidential poll goes to a run-off in June as former defence minister Juan Manuel Santos falls just short of victory.

Oil firm BP begins preparations for a new attempt to cap the huge flow of oil from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Police discover up to 25 bodies thrown down a ventilation shaft in an abandoned mine in southern Mexico.

The Duchess of York tells Oprah Winfrey she was drinking before allegedly offering to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew.

US scientists say they have developed a vaccine which prevents breast cancer in mice. and they plan trials in humans.

The remains of 12 Mexican heroes are exhumed as part of ceremonies to mark 200 years of independence.

Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan cancels his Argentina trip after Buenos Aires officials call off an event honouring Ataturk.

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AP – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.

AP – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.

AP – President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.

AP – Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world over Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

A man has been accused of stabbing his pregnant girlfriend and her grandmother to death in a dispute at their Connecticut apartment.

Police are investigating a series of shootings that left seven people dead and three more injured over a violent Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore.

Robot submarines are carrying equipment and cutting small pipes at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, preparing to place a cap-like containment valve over the blown-out oil well.

Attorney General Eric Holder plans to visit the Gulf Coast to see areas affected by the oil spill and meet with state attorneys general and U.S. prosecutors.

which has for weeks downplayed everything from the amount of oil spewing into the Gulf to the environmental impact — said there is “no evidence” that huge amounts of oil are suspended unde…

Vice President Joe Biden hails America’s fighting men and women as the “spine of this nation,” while President Barack Obama’s Land of Lincoln tribute gets washed out by a severe storm.

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The U.N. Security Council holds an emergency meeting  on Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

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The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate more than two miles into the earth.

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Streaming video of oil pouring from the seafloor and images of dead, crude-soaked birds serve as visual bookends to the natural calamity unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Israeli naval commandos storm a flotilla of ships carrying aid and activists to the Gaza Strip, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provokes international outrage.

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Giving up your airline seat may become a little less painful.

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Iran has two tons of enriched uranium, enough for two nuclear warheads and prompting concerns from the West

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The Enfield school board says it voted to hold services June 23 and 24 at The First Cathedral in Bloomfield because it had enough space at the right price. 

AP – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.

AP – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt.

AP – Vice President Joe Biden hailed America’s fighting men and women Monday as the “spine of this nation,” while President Barack Obama’s Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds.

AP – Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world Monday over Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

AP – At least two gunmen disguised in police uniforms attacked a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore late Monday, killing six people in a failed attempt to free a captured militant being treated there, officials said.

U.S. prosecutors say a Canadian national and one-time bank robber swindled $70 million from investors on six continents while warning clients to avoid such scams.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he will introduce a bill to repeal a law that could allow the owner of the oil drilling rig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico to limit its liability for the disaster…

A federal judge has ruled two Connecticut public high schools can’t hold their graduations inside a church because that would be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.

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Two climbers from Canada have died in an avalanche in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve.

About two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the “Race to the Top” program, but at least nine others with more than 7 million childr…

A congressman is questioning BP CEO Tony Hayward’s claim that the oil company has not found evidence of underwater oil plumes. Scientists have reported plumes as long as 22 miles.
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President Obama Rained out of Memorial Day ceremonies at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., Monday, May 31, 2010.

Paulo Sergio Alfaro-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant being held at a detention center in Washington state, had no idea that the federal government would count him in the census.

Tourists along the Gulf coast are enjoying the beaches despite the nation’s worst oil spill.

U.S. government and BP officials warned that the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico may not be stopped until August.

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