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- Fierce clashes resume in BeirutExternal
- BBC News +My News
- Fierce clashes between supporters of Lebanon's government and its opposition in Beirut escalated this week with at least five killed, according to officials. The United Nations as well as United States government have called for the conflict to cease and to re-open all roads across Lebanon.
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- Myanmar Rejects Foreign Aid Workers, Boots Team from QatarExternal
- ABC News +My News
- Myanmar's junta showed no signs of bending to international demands to admit foreign aid workers, saying it can distribute relief to the 1.5 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis by itself.
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- Gas prices rattle AmericansExternal
- USA Today +My News
- Record high gas prices are prompting Americans to drive less for the first time in nearly three decades, squeezing family budgets and causing major shifts in driving habits, federal data show.
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- India may ease rice curbs as supply worries lingerExternal
- Swiss Info +My News
- India said it may allow limited rice exports, a sign that a global supply crisis could start to ease, as Philippine traders held off purchases hoping for new crops soon from southeast Asia.
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- Big fall in French factory outputExternal
- BBC News +My News
- French industrial output fell four times more sharply than expected in March, increasing concerns over the state of France's economy. "The French economy is in the process of going from autumn to winter," said Global Equities economist Marc Touati.
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- NBC Offers Free, Full Length Episodes For iPhoneExternal
- Wired +My News
- iPhone and iPod Touch owners should head over to NBC.com to stream free, full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office directly to their handset.
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- Politics
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- Mountain State’s an uphill climb for ObamaExternal
- USA Today +My News
- The primary next week in West Virginia heavily favors Hillary Clinton due to the white, working class demographic that has voted for her consistently.
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- Pierce, Allen lift Celtics to 2- 0 leadExternal
- Charlotte Observer +My News
- Paul Pierce scored 19, Kevin Garnett added 13 with 12 rebounds, and Ray Allen broke out of a seven-quarter scoring drought with 16 points to help the Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 89-73 on Thursday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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- Painting of Heath Ledger wins art awardExternal
- CNN +My News
- A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award. It was awarded a secondary prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in its annual national portrait competition.
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- Health
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- Medical Expertise Ups Suicide Risk For MDsExternal
- CBS News +My News
- An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year - a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by. Doctors are less likely to get psychological help due to social stigma as well as easy access to prescription medication.
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