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Cuban blogger receives Spanish award - in absentia 7 May 08, 21:53 ET AP - A Cuban woman who gained worldwide acclaim for a blog that offers stinging criticism of the Communist regime was honored Wednesday with a Spanish journalism award - in absentia. more 2 Japanese women freed after being kidnapped in Yemen 7 May 08, 19:50 ET AP - Two female Japanese tourists kidnapped in Yemen's Marib province Wednesday were freed after tribal mediation, a Yemeni security official said. more Hezbollah piles pressure on Lebanese government 7 May 08, 18:44 ET Reuters - Iranian-backed Hezbollah tightened its grip around Beirut airport on Thursday, the second day of a protest campaign against Lebanon's U.S.-backed government that has sparked gun battles in the city. more Jordan queen urges Arab oil states to spend on social causes 7 May 08, 18:39 ET AP - The huge national investment funds that Arab countries have created from their oil profits should be directed at building social equality and protecting the environment, Jordan's Queen Rania said Wednesday. more By ship and plane, Myanmar aid picks up pace 7 May 08, 17:50 ET AP - Ships and cargo planes carried relief supplies to Myanmar on Wednesday as aid groups distributed food and other supplies to people left homeless by a deadly cyclone. more Cyclone survivors: journey from horror to misery in Myanmar 7 May 08, 17:04 ET AP - Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes they scavenged from the dead. more Father in Austria incest case: 'I'm no monster' 7 May 08, 15:53 ET AFP - An Austrian accused of keeping his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years insisted Wednesday he was "no monster", as over 500 residents of his town staged a rally in support of the victims. more Pope underlines 'great importance' of Beijing Olympics 7 May 08, 15:18 ET AFP - Pope Benedict XVI described the Beijing Olympic Games as "an event of great importance for the entire human family" as he received the China Philharmonic at the Vatican on Wednesday. more Pope reaches out to China at unprecedented concert 7 May 08, 13:18 ET Reuters - Pope Benedict reached out to communist China on Wednesday at an unprecedented concert by its national orchestra in the Vatican that the Church hopes can help end decades of icy relations with Beijing. more Canadians hoarding cash, not investing: study 7 May 08, 13:12 ET AFP - Nervous Canadians are sitting on a record 45 billion dollars in cash instead of investing it, fearing volatility in stock markets, a Canadian bank said Wednesday. more US: Ex-Guantanamo prisoner carried out Iraq suicide attack 7 May 08, 12:55 ET AP - The U.S. military is confirming that a former Guantanamo detainee from Kuwait carried out a recent suicide attack in northern Iraq. more Olympic torch enjoying a smooth relay in China 7 May 08, 12:08 ET AP - Paramilitary police donned Hawaiian shirts and pink buses shuttled in more cops in camouflage. Security was heavy but officers were markedly relaxed as jubilant crowds, apparently free of protesters, helped kick off the Olympic torch's tour of China. more China urges authorities to step up education of deadly disease 7 May 08, 11:58 ET AFP - China on Wednesday urged local health authorities to step up public education of a highly contagious disease that has led to the deaths of 28 children. more Ex-prince wants Taliban brought into Afghan govt 7 May 08, 11:14 ET Reuters - Afghanistan should set-up a transitional government that includes members of the Taliban once President Hamid Karzai's term ends late next year if it is to escape unending crisis, a grandson of the late former king said on Wednesday. more Armenian leader condemns "genocide" before pope 7 May 08, 11:10 ET Reuters - Armenia's Orthodox leader on Wednesday used the pulpit of the Vatican to condemn the 1915 killing of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turks, saying the whole world should recognize it as a genocide. more Cyclone has devastated Myanmar's rice region, experts say 7 May 08, 10:17 ET AP - Myanmar's rice-growing heartland has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, posing worries of long-term food shortages for the impoverished country and political problems for its military regime, experts said Wednesday. more Lebanon's political conflict turns violent 7 May 08, 08:28 ET Reuters - Supporters of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government fought gun battles in Beirut on Wednesday with gunmen loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating the country's worst internal crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. more Colombia extradites paramilitary warlord to US 7 May 08, 04:26 ET AP - Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said. more Will Burma (Myanmar) let world in for aid? 7 May 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - The military government in Burma (Myanmar) is receiving an outpouring of emergency aid offers from the international community, as the death toll from Saturday's cyclone continues to soar. more Australia's koalas threatened by global warming: study 7 May 08, 02:54 ET AFP - Australia's koalas are threatened by global warming because higher temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could cripple their food supply, new research showed Wednesday. more Anti-government protesters block roads in Beirut 7 May 08, 00:38 ET Reuters - Demonstrators blocked several roads in and around Beirut with burning tires on Wednesday as part of an anti-government protest backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition, witnesses said. more

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