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Morning News


May.1   Baghdad     Iraq al Qaeda leader reported dead
  There are reports that Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed come from local tribes and not Iraq's intelligence services or military
 Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Egyptian, has led al Qaeda since June 2006 when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a US air strike


  Istanbul   Hundreds detained amid protests   Police charged crowds of demonstrators, spraying tear gas, kicking and clubbing leftist protesters marking a deadly 1977 May Day rally

  Cuba     Castro fails to appear on May Day  80-year-old Fidel was not present at the start of Havana's annual parade, despite speculation that he would make an appearance

  Venezuela Chavez takes control of oil giants  Venezuela stripped the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects in nationalization drive

Day News


  Turkey   Presidential vote annulled
  Coutry highest court halted a parliamentary vote that looked certain to install an Islamist president
 PM Erdogan to ask for early poll


  Washington     Bush vetoes Iraq withdrawal bill
  US President has vetoed a Congressional bill that would have linked war funding to a timetable for withdrawal of troops from Iraq


  Baghdad   Office having sectarian agenda  Prime minister has created an entity within his government that is being used as a smokescreen to hide an extreme Shiite agenda

  Northern England   Liverpool in final over Chelsea  Liverpool wins 4-1 on penalties to reach the Champions League final for the 2nd time in 3 seasons

  Iraq British sailors held by Iran return to duty  7 of the 15 Royal Navy personnel are back in the Persian Gulf searching for smugglers on the frigate HMS Cornwall

  Colombia Colombia cuts drugs haul figure  The authorities have revised the total of drugs seized in a haul from around 25 tons of cocaine to just over 13 tons

Evening News


  Mali President keeps office, campaign says  Amadou Toumani Toure has been re-elected with over 70% of votes and no need for a second-round ballot

  Somalia AU peacekeepers patrol Mogadishu  African Union peacekeepers are patrolling Somalia's capital for the first time since they arrived in March
San Francisco Bay Area , May 1, 2007 Timeline