Archive for May 2010

After rain-out, Obama delivers speech back home (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country.

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Israel faces condemnation, protests after raid (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council as condemnations erupted across Europe and the Arab world over Israel’s deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip.

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Bloody Israeli raid on flotilla sparks crisis (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.

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Relief for Gulf is 2 months away with another well (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the [...]



Australian rules football: Maffra go a game clear ahead of Traralgon clash

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: Headlines

Monday, May 31, 2010
Maffra defeated Leongatha by six goals to take the outright top spot on the Gippsland Football League ladder, ahead of their round eight top of the table Gippsland Football League clash against Traralgon. Traralgon had a bye in round seven.
Playing at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve, the hosts and last year’s semi-finalists never [...]



6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks Andaman Islands

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: Headlines

Monday, May 31, 2010
A 6.4 moment magnitude earthquake has hit Andaman Islands, Bay of the Bengal, India, on Tuesday at 1:21:48 AM local time (Monday 19:51:48 UTC), USGS has reported.
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Bloody Israeli raid on flotilla sparks crisis (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.

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Gunmen attack hospital in Pakistan, kill 8 people (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – At least two gunmen disguised in police uniforms attacked a hospital in eastern Pakistan late Monday where doctors were treating a captured militant, killing eight people and taking several patients hostage, said officials.

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Scientists warn of unseen deepwater oil disaster (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: World News

AP – Independent scientists and government officials say there’s a disaster we can’t see in the Gulf of Mexico’s mysterious depths, the ruin of a world inhabited by enormous sperm whales and tiny, invisible plankton.

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Director quits ‘Hobbit’ film over production delay (AP)

May 31st, 2010 | By admin | Category: Entertainment News

AP – Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro said Monday that production delays have forced him to quit the planned film version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” a two-part prequel to New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson’s blockbuster trilogy “Lord of the Rings.”

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