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Wagner's `Siegfried' in Vienna a treat 27 Apr 08, 22:24 ET AP - Wotan's moment of truth has been depicted thousands of times in opera houses across the world since Wagner's "Siegfried" premiered 132 years ago - but probably seldom as starkly as Sunday at the Vienna State Opera. more Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan battle 27 Apr 08, 22:17 ET AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned Australians Monday to expect more soldiers to die in the growing conflict in Afghanistan after a commando died in a gun battle overnight. more Singapore, hit by food cost, promotes $1.50 meals 27 Apr 08, 21:37 ET Reuters - Singapore's government is advertising food stalls that offer S$2 ($1.47) meals to help people in Asia's second-richest country cope with consumer prices at a three-decade high, a newspaper reported on Monday. more COMMENTARY: Global Food Crisis, Global Turning Point? 27 Apr 08, 20:43 ET OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Apr 27 (OneWorld) - Occasionally, OneWorld.net will put out an alert when many of the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) we work with are taking on a breaking issue. Over the past year, we've done this for the crisis in Kenya, Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the earthquake that struck Peru in August. But this week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent. more Iran demands Russian nuclear shipment 27 Apr 08, 18:09 ET AP - Iran demanded Sunday that Azerbaijan deliver a Russian shipment of nuclear equipment blocked at its border with Iran for the past three weeks. more Hamas tightens restrictions in Gaza 27 Apr 08, 18:04 ET AP - The ruling Hamas militant group has issued tough new restrictions on public gatherings in the Gaza Strip. more Baghdad museum receives artifacts stolen from Iraq 27 Apr 08, 15:47 ET AP - Iraq's National Museum on Sunday welcomed the return of more than 700 antiquities stolen during the chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion five years ago. more Doomed Chernobyl reactor to be buried in giant steel coffin 27 Apr 08, 14:07 ET AP - Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant. more Israel open to meeting with Syrians: officials 27 Apr 08, 13:32 ET Reuters - Israel would be open to participating in a senior-level meeting with the Syrians brokered by Turkey to test the waters for renewed peace negotiations, Israeli officials said on Sunday. more Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba 27 Apr 08, 13:24 ET AP - Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access. more Scholars run down more clues to a Holocaust mystery 27 Apr 08, 13:06 ET AP - Budapest, November 1944: Another German train has loaded its cargo of Jews bound for Auschwitz. A young Swedish diplomat pushes past the SS guard and scrambles onto the roof of a cattle car. more Austrian woman says imprisoned, abused for 24 years 27 Apr 08, 12:27 ET Reuters - An Austrian man has been arrested after a woman said she was abused and kept prisoner by her father for 24 years, bearing him seven children, Austrian police said on Sunday. more Austrian woman says father held her in cellar for 24 years 27 Apr 08, 10:54 ET AP - Police have found a woman missing since 1984, who told authorities that her father had kept her in a cellar for almost 24 years and that she had given birth to seven children after being repeatedly raped by him. more Superbug deaths on the rise in British hospitals: report 27 Apr 08, 07:41 ET AFP - Hospital deaths due to the superbug clostridium difficile among over 65-year-olds in Britain occur at ten times the rate of any other country, a report said Sunday. more Myanmar nationals protest constitution in Singapore 27 Apr 08, 07:12 ET Reuters - Hundreds of Myanmar nationals, many wearing red or t-shirts with the word "No," gathered outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore on Sunday to protest against the country's proposed new constitution. more Thousands attend pro-China rally in New Zealand 27 Apr 08, 04:47 ET AFP - About 3,000 Chinese supporters rallied here Sunday to show their support for China and the Beijing Olympics. more Defense Min.: Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire 27 Apr 08, 02:41 ET AP - Automatic gunfire broke out at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover. more WITNESS: From war to election - Nepal's exhilarating ride 27 Apr 08, 00:44 ET Reuters - Simon Denyer is India bureau chief for Reuters, with responsibility for Nepal and Bhutan. He has visited Nepal several times to cover what often seemed like intractable political and social problems, including a Maoist revolution, and most recently for April 10 parliamentary elections. more Britain braces for oil refinery strike 27 Apr 08, 00:24 ET AFP - Workers at a key British oil refinery were to start a two-day strike Sunday, forcing a major North Sea pipeline to shut down and sparking fuel shortages. more

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