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Abbas sends forces to north West Bank 3 May 08, 15:01 ET Reuters - Hundreds of forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deployed to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday for a law-and-order campaign meant to show the government is laying the ground for statehood. more Despite high food prices, Haitians reluctant to head to US 3 May 08, 14:26 ET AP - When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States. more Dalai Lama envoys prepare for China talks 3 May 08, 14:18 ET AFP - Two Dalai Lama envoys will hold talks with Chinese officials Sunday in southern China, a spokesman for the exiled Tibetan leader said, even as Beijing kept up its barrage of criticism against him. more On Japan's secretive death row, inmate becomes cause celebre 3 May 08, 14:13 ET AP - Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced. more A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women come 3 May 08, 14:09 ET AP - It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience. more As Putin apprentice takes over, Russians weigh an enigma 3 May 08, 14:07 ET AP - It might be a tale out of a 19th century Russian storybook: A clerkish young lawyer apprenticed to a powerful man rises, through Byzantine political intrigue, to become ruler of Russia. more US rocket attack damages Baghdad hospital 3 May 08, 14:01 ET AFP - A US rocket attack damaged a hospital in the Iraqi capital's violent Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, wounding 28 people as American forces claimed to have killed 14 militants in the district. more Lebanon's Jumblatt wants ban on flights from Iran 3 May 08, 13:52 ET AFP - A leading member of Lebanon's Western-backed ruling coalition called on Saturday for a ban on flights from Iran to Beirut airport, saying the militant group Hezbollah could be flying in arms from Iran. more Despite peace, Belfast walls are growing in size and number 3 May 08, 13:28 ET AP - Lee Young, 8, and Cein Quinn, 7, live barely 200 yards apart, but they have never met, and maybe never will. more Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security 3 May 08, 09:22 ET Reuters - Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with rocketing prices of the region's staple in most meals. more Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public 3 May 08, 03:37 ET AP - Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. more US fighter pilots contend with crowded airspace in Iraq 3 May 08, 03:27 ET AP - U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians. more Japan war shrine film stirs free speech debate 3 May 08, 03:20 ET AP - Yasukuni war shrine is Japan's ultimate taboo subject. A symbol of the country's militaristic past, the shrine is revered by nationalists, despised by Japan's Asian neighbors, and rarely mentioned in public by anyone else. more Bolivian President Morales: Let voters solve autonomy fight 3 May 08, 00:34 ET AP - President Evo Morales said Friday that a political battle over demands for autonomy by Bolivia's largest state should be resolved by a nationwide referendum. more

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