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Sweden triumphs in controversial Eurovision

BAKU (AFP) - Swedish star Loreen Saturday beat off a challenge from dancing Russian pensioners to win a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan that the host hoped would banish qualms over its rights record.
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Jordan hikes gasoline, power prices to ease budget deficit

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has raised the price of gasoline and electricity for major mining firms, hotels and banks, to ease its worsening budget deficit that could reach $4 billion this year, officials said on Saturday.
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Over 92 killed in Syria attack, 32 of them children - U.N.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising.
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U.N. says over 92 killed in Syria, 32 of them children

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising.
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Mali Tuaregs, Islamist rebels agree to merge, create new state

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's Tuareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine Islamist militants have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.
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Germany, Netherlands suffer Euro 2012 setbacks

PARIS (AFP) - Germany and the Netherlands, two of the sides widely-tipped as potential Euro 2012 winners, suffered worrying friendly international defeats on Saturday.
May 27, 2012, 7:30 am

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EADS head says helicopter cracks not comparable to A380 woes

BERLIN (AFP) - The head of European aerospace giant EADS said that cracks found in one of its most popular Eurocopter models were a minor glitch and not comparable to problems found on some superjumbo planes made by its subsidiary.
May 27, 2012, 6:47 am

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French back Hollande's first days in power - poll

PARIS (Reuters) - Close to two thirds of French people approve of President Francois Hollande's actions in his first days in power, a poll showed on Saturday, giving him a strong foundation to face a parliamentary election and the challenges of the euro crisis.
May 27, 2012, 6:31 am

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Islamists, ex-PM reach out to rivals after Egypt vote

CAIRO (AFP) - The apparent winners of the first round of Egypt's landmark presidential vote reached out to rival candidates on Saturday ahead of a June run-off, as international monitors called the initial voting process "encouraging."
May 27, 2012, 6:12 am

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Two separate attacks wound five in north east Kenya

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - Suspected grenade attacks at a hotel and a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya wounded at least five people on Saturday, police said, days after a similar strike in the same region.
May 27, 2012, 6:07 am
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Finland gunman kills two students

HELSINKI (AFP) - Police arrested Saturday an 18-year-old man in camouflage fatigues suspected of killing two students in a shooting targeting restaurants packed with teenagers in southern Finland.
May 27, 2012, 6:05 am

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UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre

DAMASCUS (AFP) - The head of a UN mission warned on Saturday of "civil war" in Syria after his observers counted more than 92 bodies, 32 of them children, in the central town of Houla following reports of a massacre there.
May 27, 2012, 5:58 am
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Greek pro-bailout conservatives regain lead: polls

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives have regained an opinion poll lead that would allow the formation of a pro-bailout government committed to keeping the country in the euro zone, a batch of new surveys showed on Saturday.
May 27, 2012, 5:27 am
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Islamist and ex-PM vie for mantle of Egypt's revolt

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood and a military man close to ousted leader Hosni Mubarak courted defeated first-round candidates in Egypt's presidential election on Saturday, each trying to claim the mantle of the uprising before a run-off next month.
May 27, 2012, 5:26 am
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Finnish rooftop gunman seems not to be extremist

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in the early hours of Saturday, killing two people and wounding several others, police said.
May 27, 2012, 5:24 am
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Putin promises $800 million to Serbian president-elect

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday warmly received Serbia's president-elect Tomislav Nikolic, saying Serbs are Russia's spiritual brothers and promising Belgrade an $800 million loan.
May 27, 2012, 5:23 am

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Double blasts wound five in north east Kenya

ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) - Two separate suspected grenade attacks at a hotel and a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya wounded at least five people on Saturday, police said, days after a similar strike in the region.
May 27, 2012, 4:56 am
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Error-hit Germany slump to defeat against Swiss

BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) - Germany slumped to an error-plagued 5-3 friendly defeat to Switzerland on Saturday, a worrying setback just two weeks out from Euro 2012 where they will be amongst the favourites.
May 27, 2012, 4:45 am

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Islamists walk out of Algeria parliament in protest

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist lawmakers walked out of the inaugural session of Algeria's parliament on Saturday to protest against an election they say was rigged to hand a majority to the ruling elite's party.
May 27, 2012, 4:36 am

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Strauss answers Sammy ton with unbeaten century

NOTTINGHAM, England (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss struck his second hundred in as many matches to answer one earlier Saturday from West Indies skipper Darren Sammy in the second Test here at Trent Bridge.
May 27, 2012, 4:22 am
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