Swiss vote on anti-immigration initiative (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

AP - A referendum began Saturday on whether to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that bars Swiss communities from putting citizenship applications to a popular vote.

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Prince William to patrol Caribbean with Royal Navy (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

In this May 9, 2008 photo, Britain's Prince William, looks on, in his Royal Navy uniform. It was announced Saturday May 31, 2008, that Prince William is expected to join Royal Navy patrols searching for drug runners in the Caribbean waters during an attachment with the service. The future King could also find himself helping to provide humanitarian relief if a hurricane strikes the region during his deployment on the Frigate HMS Iron Duke. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, pool)AP - Prince William is heading to the azure waters of the Caribbean as part of a two-month deployment in the Royal Navy despite his request to be as close as possible to conflict.

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Prince William to join navy Caribbean drug patrols (AFP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

Prince William, seen here on May 5, 2008, is to patrol for drug smugglers in seas around the Caribbean during a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy, it said Saturday.(AFP/POOL/File/John Stillwell)AFP - Prince William is to patrol for drug smugglers in Caribbean seas during a two-month attachment with the Royal Navy, it said Saturday.

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Tropical Storm Arthur hits Yucatan (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 02:15 PM EDT shows clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Arthur that formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma. The storm is expected to make its way into the Bay of Campeche over the next few days.   (AP Photo/Weather Undergound)AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.

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Suicide bomber kills at least 10 west of Baghdad (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

Map locates Hit, Iraq where suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint ; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76.2 mmAP - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local police chief, an official said.

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Over a million wait as China prepares to drain ‘quake lake’ (AFP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

AFP - China on Saturday made final preparations to drain a dangerous “quake lake” in an audacious attempt to avert a disaster that could flood the homes of over a million people.

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Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

An earthquake survivor carries  a chair from  the rubble of a building that collapsed in  the May 12 earthquake in Hanwang town, Sichuan province China  Saturday May 31, 2008. The confirmed death toll from China's worst quake in three decades was raised Saturday to 68,977, an increase of about 120 people from a day earlier. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands downstream.

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Suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq (AP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) meets Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad May 31, 2008. (Ali Yussef/Pool/Reuters)AP - The top official in a town west of Baghdad says 10 people have been killed when a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint.

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Former Pakistan minister stopped from entering India (Reuters)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

Ansar Burney (R), a member of an advisory committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council from Pakistan, gestures as Justice R.S. Mongia, chairman of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, looks on during a news conference in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh April 4, 2008. (Ajay Verma/Reuters)Reuters - A former Pakistani minister was
denied entry to India because he arrived at the New Delhi
airport without proper papers, not as reports said because he
was mistaken for a criminal, the government said on Saturday.

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Spain to approve economic stimulus measures: PM (AFP)

Posted by on May 31, 2008

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, seen here in Madrid, on May 6, 2008, said Saturday his government is planning new measures to stimulate economic growth and make Spanish business more competitive.(AFP/File/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Saturday his government is planning new measures to stimulate economic growth and make Spanish business more competitive.

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