May 31, 2007

Lebanon divided on UN Hariri court vote (AFP)

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Lebanese wave their national flags as they sit in front of a huge banner bearing a portrait of assassinated prime minister Rafiq Hariri in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, 30 May 2007. The UN Security Council has voted to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Hariri in a move at once applauded and condemned in the deeply-divided country.(AFP/Mahmoud Zayat)AFP - The UN Security Council has voted to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in a move at once applauded and condemned in the deeply-divided country.


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Taliban fire may have caused Afghan crash: NATO (Reuters)

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A soldier from the U.S. honour guard holds a U.N. flag during a remembrance ceremony honouring the late South Korean Staff Sergeant Yoon Jang-ho, at the U.S. army base in Seoul May 31, 2007. Yoon, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack outside the U.S. military base in Afghanistan on February 27, 2007, is the first South Korean soldier to die during an overseas dispatch of armed forces since the Vietnam War. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA)Reuters - Taliban fire may have brought down a
military helicopter in which seven NATO soldiers were killed,
alliance officials said, while in a separate incident 16
policemen died in a Taliban ambush.


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Suspect says British secret service behind murder of Russian agent (AFP)

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Andrei Lugovoi, the chief suspect in the murder of Russian ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko, speaks during a news conference in Moscow. Lugovoi said that the British secret services were behind the killing and had also tried to recruit him to spy against Moscow.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)AFP - The chief suspect in the murder of Russian ex-agent Alexander Litvinenko said Thursday the British secret services were behind the killing and had also tried to recruit him to spy against Moscow.


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Forecasters expect nine Atlantic hurricanes in 2007 (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Reuters - The Colorado State University hurricane
research team left unchanged its outlook for the 2007 Atlantic
storm season on Thursday and predicted there would be 17
storms, with nine growing to hurricane strength.

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All aboard for the Harry Potter rollercoaster (Reuters)

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British author JK Rowling, who created the bestselling Harry Potter series, wears her graduation gown at Marischal College in Aberdeen, Scotland, where she received a honorary Doctorate Of Laws degree from Aberdeen University, July 6, 2006. She has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard. (David Moir/Reuters)Reuters - J.K Rowling, who became the world's
first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter's
success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida
theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.


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Litvinenko suspect says British spies real killers (Reuters)

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Andrei Lugovoy gestures during a news conference in Moscow May 31, 2007. (Denis Sinyakov/Reuters)Reuters - The man charged by Britain with
murdering former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko denied
involvement on Thursday, saying British intelligence and a
self-exiled Russian multi-millionaire were far more likely
suspects.


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Lebanon speaker says U.N. ignores constitution (Reuters)

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Cars drive along on the road in Beirut May 31, 2007, where former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed by an explosion in February 2005. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)Reuters - Lebanon's parliament speaker said on
Thursday the U.N. Security Council had ignored the country's
constitution in voting to set up a tribunal for suspects in the
killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.


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Putin says missile test response to U.S. moves (Reuters)

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin anwers questions during a joint news conference with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker after a meeting at the Senningen Castle in Luxembourg in this May 24, 2007 file photo. Putin said on Thursday Russia's test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday was in response to U.S. steps that have upset the strategic balance. (Thierry Roge/Reuters)Reuters - Russia's test firing of an
intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday was in response
to U.S. steps that have sparked an arms race and undermined
world security, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on
Thursday.


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U.S. spars with Iran before Iran-EU nuclear talks (Reuters)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens during a news conference at the conference 'Women Leaders - Networking for Peace and Security in the Middle East' in Vienna May 31, 2007. (Herwig Prammer/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said on Thursday it was time for Iran to change its nuclear
course or be isolated, but Tehran remained defiant hours ahead
of talks on the issue with the European Union.


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White House unveils new climate strategy (Reuters)

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Traffic passes through a haze of smog in downtown Los Angeles in this November 19, 2005 file photo. The White House unveiled a long-term strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - The White House unveiled a long-term
strategy on climate change on Thursday, with plans to gather
the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases and to cut
tariff barriers to sharing environmental technology.


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