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Thousands march in Manila to demand higher wages 30 Apr 08, 23:17 ET AFP - Thousands of workers marched Thursday in the Philippines capital Manila under tight security to demand higher wages in the face of inflation that has sent food prices soaring. more Chilean town giving free Viagra to senior citizens 30 Apr 08, 20:19 ET AP - A working class suburb of Chile's capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because "an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life." more Hiding teen sends text message to foil alleged intruders 30 Apr 08, 20:11 ET AP - A teenager home alone pulled bed sheets over her head to hide from two intruders and sent a text message to her mother, whose 911 call led to the arrest of two suspects, authorities said Wednesday. more Israel to display rarely seen scroll 30 Apr 08, 17:55 ET AP - A rarely displayed segment of the Dead Sea Scrolls will be part of an exhibition for President Bush and other dignitaries attending Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations next month, a museum official said Wednesday. more Jewish woman being considered as Bahrain's envoy to US 30 Apr 08, 17:40 ET AP - The only Jewish woman lawmaker in Bahrain is a candidate to become this Persian Gulf kingdom's ambassador to Washington. more Austria case revives European debate on light prison terms 30 Apr 08, 15:22 ET AP - Police say Josef Fritzl left a lot of human wreckage in his wake: the daughter he imprisoned and raped for 24 years, the seven children he fathered with her and the wife whose life he shattered. more Venezuelan ex-general sentenced in 2003 bombings 30 Apr 08, 15:17 ET AP - A dissident former general has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for bombing attacks on Spanish and Colombian diplomatic missions in Venezuela's capital. more Germany opens huge Nazi crimes archive to public 30 Apr 08, 13:30 ET Reuters - Germany opened the world's largest collection of documents on Nazi crimes and their victims to the public on Wednesday. more Supreme Court Voter ID Decision Widely Denounced 30 Apr 08, 12:54 ET OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (OneWorld) - The mainstream League of Women Voters lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court this week, calling its decision on voter identification "a disgraceful decision by a court that has no credibility on election issues." more Russia stoking tension by Abkhazia troop boost: NATO 30 Apr 08, 12:38 ET Reuters - NATO accused Moscow on Wednesday of stoking tensions by announcing a troop build-up in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region which risked undermining stability in the country. more Blaming the victim: Abused Afghan women often end up in jail 30 Apr 08, 12:09 ET AP - Trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her 3-year-old son, Rukhma was handed to an Afghan who raped and abused her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched helplessly. more Food crisis unlikely to cause famine soon: U.N. 30 Apr 08, 12:02 ET Reuters - Global food shortages and higher prices are more likely to cause malnutrition than outright famine, at least in the near term, the coordinator of a new United Nations task force said on Wednesday. more Russia says remains of Tsar's children identified 30 Apr 08, 11:47 ET Reuters - Scientific tests have confirmed that remains found in Russia last year belong to the last Tsar's male heir and his daughter, missing since the royal family were executed in 1918, officials said on Wednesday. more Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland 30 Apr 08, 07:52 ET AP - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired - and arguably corrupted - millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102. more Iran not afraid of nuclear sanctions: Khamenei 30 Apr 08, 07:47 ET AFP - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday declared Iran was "not afraid" of sanctions over its contested nuclear programme and would further step up its progress. more WWW inventor says web only in infancy 30 Apr 08, 07:25 ET AFP - The World Wide Web is still only in its infancy, its British inventor said Wednesday, on the 15th anniversary of the web's effective launch. more Japan's oldest giant panda dies 30 Apr 08, 06:32 ET AP - Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died Wednesday of heart failure, zoo keepers said. more Madeleine's parents cling to hope, as anniversary nears 30 Apr 08, 05:46 ET AFP - The anguished parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann insist they have not given up hope, a year after their lives were shattered when she vanished from their Portugal holiday flat. more Five militants blow themselves up in Kabul siege 30 Apr 08, 02:56 ET Reuters - Five suspected Taliban militants blew themselves up in a house close to Kabul's old city on Wednesday, avoiding capture by besieging Afghan security forces, an Interior Ministry official told Reuters. more North Korea heading towards famine: report 30 Apr 08, 00:44 ET Reuters - Soaring global food prices and reluctant donors are pushing North Korea back towards famine, which could see the secretive government turn even more repressive to keep control, a paper released on Wednesday said. more

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