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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 Sri Lanka elections marred by irregularities 10 May 08, 23:34 ET AP - Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east Saturday despite the government's claims they would be a celebration of democracy for the region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels. 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 ManUnited stars confident of crossing finishing line 10 May 08, 23:05 ET AFP - Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has rejected taunts from Chelsea's Michael Ballack that Sir Alex Ferguson's squad are experiencing the 'longest week of their lives' ahead of Sunday's Premier League decider against Wigan. more Stefanovic backs old club over new employers Fulham 10 May 08, 22:58 ET AFP - Dejan Stefanovic has tipped old club Portsmouth to send his Fulham side tumbling into the Championship at Fratton Park on Sunday. 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 Bradley shatters Witter dreams 10 May 08, 21:17 ET AFP - Timothy Bradley sent Junior Witter to the canvas before triumphing by a split points decision to win the WBC light-welterweight title at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on Saturday. 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 US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,074 10 May 08, 19:35 ET AP - As of Saturday, May 10, 2008, at least 4,074 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. more Serbs weigh pride against prosperity in election 10 May 08, 18:45 ET Reuters - Serbs will decide whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo when they vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday. more Tests show no disease outbreak on Canadian train 10 May 08, 16:56 ET Reuters - Lab exams confirmed on Saturday that there was no infectious disease outbreak on a cross-Canada train that was held in quarantine on Friday in northern Ontario after a passenger aboard died. 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 Myanmar's junta holds referendum despite cyclone crisis 10 May 08, 16:09 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 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 Tamil Tigers attack as Sri Lanka holds key local polls 10 May 08, 14:00 ET AFP - Tamil Tiger rebels sank a navy cargo ship moored in the northeast of Sri Lanka on Saturday in an attack coinciding with key elections in the tense eastern province. more Sudan rebels say they entered Khartoum 10 May 08, 13:57 ET Reuters - A Darfur rebel commander said on Saturday his JEM group had entered Khartoum and was aiming to take power in Sudan. 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 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 Fuel shortage forces Gaza blackout 10 May 08, 12:07 ET Reuters - A fuel shortage forced the Gaza Strip's main power station to shut down on Saturday, leaving much of the Hamas-controlled territory without electricity, a senior official at the generating plant said. more Hamas militants fire rockets into Israel, no one hurt 10 May 08, 12:05 ET AP - Palestinian militants bombarded southern Israel with rockets and mortars on Saturday, part of a new outburst of violence that threatens fragile Egyptian efforts to broker a truce in the Gaza Strip. more Is It Time to Invade Burma? 10 May 08, 11:50 ET Time.com - The ruling junta will accept aid only with conditions. Should the U.S. strike to avert a humanitarian disaster? more Israel raids on Gaza kill five Hamas militants 10 May 08, 11:38 ET AFP - Israeli air raids on Gaza killed five Hamas militants on Saturday as the Jewish state warned the United Nations it will defend itself against Palestinian rocket attacks from the isolated territory. more Serb voters poised to decide -- Europe or isolation? 10 May 08, 11:34 ET AFP - A polarised Serbia on Saturday mulled the path it should take -- towards Europe or a likely return to isolation -- on the eve of polls seen as the most important since the fall of Slobodan Milosevic. more Clashes with Darfur rebels reported near Sudan's capital 10 May 08, 11:15 ET AP - A leader of a Darfur rebel group says hundreds of his fighters are on the outskirts of Sudan's capital, clashing with security forces. more Lebanon army in bid to end violence 10 May 08, 11:04 ET AFP - The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had frozen measures taken by the government against the Shiite Hezbollah movement, and called for all armed militants to withdraw from the streets. more Palestinian negotiator worries about Olmert impact 10 May 08, 10:05 ET Reuters - The Palestinians' top peace negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood. 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 Iraq govt, Sadr bloc agree truce 10 May 08, 08:31 ET Reuters - Iraq's government on Saturday agreed a truce with the movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end weeks of fighting in an eastern Baghdad slum between Shi'ite militia and security forces, officials said. 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 Pakistan Supreme Court to hear Malik's life ban appeal 10 May 08, 08:06 ET AFP - Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik Saturday said he hoped to overturn his life ban for alleged involvement in match-fixing after the country's top court granted him an appeal hearing. 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 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 Captive breeding to save Kashmir's rare red deer 10 May 08, 06:42 ET AFP - Kashmir's endangered red deer faces extinction without a captive breeding programme that will start this summer in the scenic Himalayan region, Indian wildlife officials said. 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 China's Hu ends 'satisfactory and successful' Japan visit 10 May 08, 06:16 ET AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao toured two ancient Buddhist temples and a leading electronics company Saturday on the last day of what he termed a successful Japan visit. more Colombia shows new rebel documents that link Venezuela 10 May 08, 06:15 ET AP - A newly disclosed set of documents that Colombia's government says were recovered from a slain rebel's computers indicate senior Venezuelan officials tried to help arm Colombia's main guerrilla army. more Cleric's aide says Shiites agree to cease-fire in Sadr City 10 May 08, 06:10 ET AP - An aide to a radical Shiite cleric says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Sadr City. more Iraqi army says al-Qaida offensive underway 10 May 08, 05:45 ET AP - An Iraqi army commander says U.S-backed forces have launched an operation against al-Qaida in Mosul. 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 coalition: Militants killed in Afghanistan 10 May 08, 05:15 ET AP - The U.S.-led coalition says it has killed several militants during an operation in eastern Afghanistan. more Missing Briton located in Philippines 10 May 08, 05:01 ET AFP - Philippine police have tracked down a British national in central Philippines two days after he went missing in the southern port city of Zamboanga, officials said. more UK's Brown taking tips from Blair, says Cherie 10 May 08, 04:27 ET Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking advice from his predecessor Tony Blair on how to win the next general election despite pressuring him out of office, the wife of the former prime minister said on Saturday. more Voters in eastern Sri Lanka worry about future 10 May 08, 03:59 ET AP - A climate of fear hung over elections in Sri Lanka's tumultuous east Saturday following a series of attacks blamed on the rebels and accusations of intimidation against a breakaway rebel group backing the ruling party. more US envoy has North Korea nuclear records 10 May 08, 03:37 ET AP - A U.S. diplomat left North Korea on Saturday with boxes of documents detailing activities at the nuclear reactor that is at the heart of the communist country's nuclear weapons program. more Military: 2 Gaza rockets hit Israel synagogue, college 10 May 08, 03:29 ET AP - The Israeli army says a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip fell next to a Jewish seminary in southern Israel and damaged the building. more Judge removes legal adviser from Guantanamo case 10 May 08, 01:40 ET AP - A military judge has disqualified a Pentagon legal official from participating in the Guantanamo war crimes trial against a former driver for Osama bin Laden, saying he lacks independence. more Taiwan wants US to lead push for WHO observer status 10 May 08, 01:23 ET AFP - Taiwan said it expected the United States to lead a push for observer status for the island at the World Health Organization (WHO) despite China's persistent opposition. more Military: 19 Kurdish rebels killed in southeast Turkey 10 May 08, 01:18 ET AP - The Turkish military says it has killed 19 Kurdish rebels in airstrikes in southeast Turkey. more Malaysia begins pullout of Philippine monitors 10 May 08, 00:33 ET Reuters - Malaysian peacekeepers began a phased withdrawal from the Philippines' troubled south on Saturday, raising worries that decades of Muslim rebellion in the mainly Catholic nation may resume. more

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