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One year on, Scottish leader makes hay as Brown struggles 10 May 08, 23:59 ET AFP - A year after becoming Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond is wearing a broader grin than usual after his dream of splitting from London was boosted by his old rival Gordon Brown's Labour Party. more Six people detained over fatal China rail accident: report 10 May 08, 23:17 ET AFP - Six people, including a train driver, have been detained over a train crash in eastern China that killed 72 people in the nation's worst rail accident in over a decade, state press have said. more Australian woman saves swimmer from shark: report 10 May 08, 23:08 ET AFP - An Australian woman raced into the water and dragged to safety a swimmer who was being attacked by a large shark which had already removed "huge chunks" from his leg, reports said on Sunday. more Dominican Republic ups food subsidies 10 May 08, 21:48 ET AP - The Dominican Republic has expanded subsidies on basic food staples to maintain calm after deadly food riots recently struck neighboring Haiti. more Top policeman killed in northern Mexico 10 May 08, 21:27 ET AP - The No. 2 police officer in a Mexican border city across from Texas was shot dead Saturday, the latest high-ranking official killed in an onslaught of attacks blamed on gangs resisting a crackdown. more Eric Staal leads Canada as Ovechkin lifts Russia 10 May 08, 20:33 ET Reuters - Eric Staal scored four goals and Martin St. Louis chipped in with five assists to lift Canada to a crushing 10-1 win over Germany and a place in the world championship quarter-finals. more Panama tracking down poison victims 10 May 08, 20:21 ET AP - Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid. more Myanmar's junta holds referendum despite cyclone crisis 10 May 08, 17:30 ET AP - Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed. more Cubans should be free to travel, says Castro daughter 10 May 08, 16:42 ET AFP - The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview published in a Spanish newspaper on Saturday that Cubans should be free to leave the country as they wish. more Khartoum says Darfur rebel attack on capital 'failed' 10 May 08, 16:03 ET AFP - Sudanese authorities said on Saturday that the army had repulsed an unprecedented attack on the capital Khartoum by Darfur rebels following heavy clashes and the imposition of an emergency curfew. more Stifled by regime, Myanmar cyclone victims suffer in silence 10 May 08, 15:47 ET AP - Apart from the sound of children crying, the town of Labutta is strangely silent. more Serbia haunted by Milosevic's ghost 10 May 08, 15:21 ET AP - Serbia is haunted anew by the ghost of Slobodan Milosevic. more ANALYSIS: Myanmar set for political, economic shocks 10 May 08, 14:20 ET AP - Military-ruled Myanmar, among the globe's poorest and most authoritarian nations, is reeling from a natural disaster of such magnitude that both the people's suffering and political aftershocks are certain to persist long after the last emergency aid has been doled out. more Iraqi refugee rejects Danish order to divorce one wife: report 10 May 08, 14:15 ET AFP - An Iraqi refugee ordered by Denmark to divorce one of his two wives if he wants to stay in the Scandinavian country is willing to move to Britain or even back to Iraq to avoid splitting his family, media reported Saturday. more As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap 10 May 08, 14:03 ET AP - A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. more Tsvangirai opts to fight Mugabe in Zimbabwe runoff 10 May 08, 13:56 ET AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said Saturday he would return home to face Robert Mugabe in a presidential runoff poll despite the risk of "more violence, more gloom, more betrayal." more Lawyer's plight highlights perils of fighting China's system 10 May 08, 13:48 ET AP - He wanted to go to church - the only chance for a brief escape from house arrest. But Zheng Enchong knew the police by the elevator might stop him, so he decided to try something new. more Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm 10 May 08, 13:43 ET AP - Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans. more Clashes with Darfur rebels reported near Sudan's capital 10 May 08, 12:36 ET AP - Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan's capital and were clashing with security forces, a rebel leader said Saturday. more Curfew imposed on Khartoum as Darfur rebels attack 10 May 08, 10:35 ET Reuters - An overnight curfew has been imposed on Khartoum after Darfur rebels attacked a suburb of Sudan's capital on Saturday, state television said. more Iraq agrees ceasefire with Sadr bloc 10 May 08, 09:57 ET Reuters - Iraq's government on Saturday agreed a truce with the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to halt weeks of fighting in eastern Baghdad between Shi'ite militia and security forces, officials said. more Nigeria placed on alert for Al-Qaeda attacks 10 May 08, 09:57 ET AFP - Nigeria's security services were on high alert on Saturday after a warning from the police chief that Al-Qaeda could be planning a bombing campaign in Africa's most populous country. more Man loses 35,000 dollars in 'marinaded money' scam 10 May 08, 09:41 ET AFP - A Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media reported Saturday. more Shell losing 30,000 barrels per day after Nigeria oil attacks 10 May 08, 09:31 ET AFP - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said Saturday it was losing the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day because of recent attacks against its installations in Nigeria. more Lebanon PM urges army to restore order as 11 more killed 10 May 08, 09:21 ET AFP - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora called on the army to restore order on Saturday after a fourth straight day of violence between government and opposition supporters left another 11 people dead. more Police: 2 killed in Beirut shooting after Hezbollah takeover 10 May 08, 08:18 ET AP - A Shiite Muslim shop owner opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday, killing two people and wounding six others in a Sunni neighborhood, police and witnesses said. more The New Gangsterism 10 May 08, 08:10 ET Time.com - The New Gangsterism more Zimbabwe opposition to take part in presidential runoff 10 May 08, 08:00 ET AP - Zimbabwe's top opposition leader said Saturday he will take part in a presidential runoff against longtime leader Robert Mugabe and soon will return to the country. more Million cyclone survivors still without aid: UN 10 May 08, 07:51 ET AFP - At least one million survivors remain without aid more than a week after a deadly cyclone ripped through Myanmar, the UN said Saturday, with emergency supply shipments still held up by the regime. more Prague zoo sets out to save Indian gharial 10 May 08, 07:47 ET AFP - The Prague zoo has launched a test programme to save the Indian crocodile-like gharial from the brink of extinction with a million-dollar pavilion for the animals to bask, and hopefully reproduce, in. more Cleric spokesman: Cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City 10 May 08, 07:34 ET AP - Shiite militants agreed on a ceasefire in Baghdad's embattled neighborhood of Sadr City, an aide to a high level cleric said Saturday, holding out hope that weeks of clashes in the capital could be at an end. more Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe 10 May 08, 07:33 ET Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a run-off against President Robert Mugabe and deal him a "final knock-out" after almost three decades in power. more Tony Blair's wife publishes autobiography; Iraq war a topic 10 May 08, 07:30 ET AP - Tony Blair considered not running for a third term as British prime minister but his wife and others persuaded him it would be seen as an admission that he had been wrong about the Iraq war, she says in her newly published autobiography. more Myanmar holds vote despite cyclone devastation 10 May 08, 07:29 ET AFP - Myanmar held a national referendum Saturday despite warnings that more people would die unless the government focussed on delivering emergency aid for survivors of last week's cyclone. more South Korea to double Tamiflu stockpile 10 May 08, 06:37 ET AP - South Korea says it will double its stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu as bird flu spreads among poultry across the country. more Hamas militants fire rockets into Israel; no one injured 10 May 08, 05:37 ET AP - Hamas fired rockets at southern Israel on Saturday, hitting a house and a Jewish seminary just hours after five Hamas policemen were killed in Israeli air strikes. more China's Hu winds up rare visit to Japan 10 May 08, 05:35 ET AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday wound up his five-day visit to Japan, which has seen the traditional rivals commit to closer ties but also met with protests over Beijing's rule in Tibet. more US envoy has North Korea nuclear records 10 May 08, 05:28 ET AP - A U.S. diplomat left North Korea on Saturday with boxes of documents detailing two decades of activities at the nuclear reactor that has been at the heart of the communist country's nuclear weapons program. more Malaysian peacekeepers leave Philippines 10 May 08, 03:36 ET AP - The first group of Malaysian peacekeepers left the Philippines on Saturday as peace talks between the government and Muslim rebels were stalled. more Is it Time to Invade Burma? 10 May 08, 01:40 ET Time.com - The ruling junta will only accept aid with conditions. 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