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
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
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
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
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
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
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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