Israel to display rarely seen scroll (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

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.

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5 killed in boat collision in Sydney (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

AP - Police say a fishing trawler has collided with a smaller boat on Sydney Harbor, killing five people and injuring nine.

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Jewish woman being considered as Bahrain’s envoy to US (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

AP - The only Jewish woman lawmaker in Bahrain is a candidate to become this Persian Gulf kingdom’s ambassador to Washington.

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Drogba gets revenge on Benitez to set up United showdown (AFP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

Chelsea's Didier Drogba(R) powers through the Liverpool defence during their second leg of a UEFA Champions League semi-final game at Stamford Bridge in London. Chelsea won 3-2 to qualify for the final in which they will play Manchester United.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Didier Drogba sent Chelsea to their first Champions League final and got revenge on Rafa Benitez as his double strike clinched a 3-2 win against Liverpool in Wednesday’s semi-final second leg.

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DNA confirms IDs of czar’s children, ending mystery (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

In this undated file photo Russia's Czar Nicholas II, seated second from left, Czarina Alexandra, center rear, and their family are shown. Bottom row left to right, Princess Olga, Czar Nicholas II, Princess Anastasia, Prince Alexei and Princess Tatiana. Top row letf to right, Princess Maria and Princess Alexandra. DNA tests performed by a U.S. laboratory have proved that bone fragments exhumed in the Ural Mountains belong to two children of Russia's last czar Alexei and Maria, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday, April 30, 2008. (AP Photo/File)AP - For nine decades after Bolshevik executioners gunned down Czar Nicholas II and his family, there were no traces of the remains of Crown Prince Alexei, the hemophiliac heir to Russia’s throne.

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Gitmo detainee allowed to contact top suspects (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

A guard watches from a guard tower at Camp #4 at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba. A US lawyer for the only Canadian held at Guantanamo Bay detention camp urged Ottawa on Tuesday to press for his repatriation, arguing that it was his only hope of a fair trial.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Osama bin Laden’s former driver can ask senior al-Qaida suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo for help in his war-crimes tribunal, a military judge said Wednesday, overruling concerns that any communication between the detainees could threaten national security.

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Five killed as boats collide in Sydney Harbour (AFP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is seen in 2007. Five people were killed and nine injured when two boats collided in Sydney Harbour, it was reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)AFP - Five people were killed and nine injured when two boats collided in Sydney Harbour, it was reported Thursday.

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Giant squid has world’s largest eyes (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

Museum of New Zealand technician, Mark Fenwick thaw out the largest known specimen of a colossal squid, caught in the Ross Sea, in a pool of brine in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, April 30, 2008.  Marine scientists in New Zealand were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts. (AP Photo/NZPA, Ross Setford)AP - Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across — bigger than a dinner plate — making it the largest animal eye on Earth.

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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai wins vote: sources (Reuters)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses supporters at an election rally south of Harare, March 16, 2008. Tsvangirai beat Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election, winning 47 percent of the vote against the president's 43 percent, senior government sources said on Wednesday. (Philimon Bulawayo/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat
Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, winning 47
percent of the vote against the president’s 43 percent, senior
government sources said on Wednesday.

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Japan’s SoftBank to seek 40 pct stake in Chinese Web company (AP)

Posted by on Apr 30, 2008

AP - Japanese Internet services and telecommunication company SoftBank said Wednesday it hopes to boost its stake to 40 percent in a major Chinese Internet company, eyeing booming demand.

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