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   Defiant Clinton rides West Virginia poll lead

   AFP - Wednesday, May 14

   FAIRMONT, West Virginia, (AFP) - - Hillary Clinton looks set to win West Virginia's presidential primary by a landslide Tuesday, but that is unlikely to break Barack Obama's stranglehold on the Democratic nomination. More »

2. Asia Pacific

   Singapore leaders to testify against opposition: lawyers

   AFP - Tuesday, May 13

   SINGAPORE, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Singapore's political leaders are expected to testify later this month at a hearing to assess damages against an opposition political party found to have defamed them, lawyers said Monday. More »

3. Local

   Malaysian Islamic court allows convert to renounce faith

   AFP - Friday, May 9

   PENANG, Malaysia (AFP) - - A Malaysian Islamic court Thursday allowed a Chinese convert to renounce Islam in a rare decision for this conservative Muslim-led nation. More »

4. Top Stories

   Fritzl planned incest dungeon years before, say police

   AFP - Tuesday, May 6

   AMSTETTEN, Austria (AFP) - - Austrian police said Monday that Josef Fritzl had started planning a secret dungeon when his daughter was 12, years before he imprisoned her and started forcing her to bear seven children. More »

5. Asia Pacific

   Beijing latest victim of China virus outbreak: state media

   AFP - Tuesday, May 6

   BEIJING (AFP) - - A deadly viral outbreak that preys on children has appeared in Olympic host city Beijing, and the number of infections in China has grown to more than 8,000, state media reported Monday. More »

6. Top Stories

   Japan warns rising food prices could lead to unrest in Asia

   AFP - Monday, May 5

   MADRID (AFP) - - Soaring prices for food staples, especially for rice which have tripled over the past year, could lead to social unrest in Asia, Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga warned Sunday in Spain. More »

7. Asia Pacific

   Free meals salvation for poor in wealthy Singapore

   AFP - Sunday, May 4

   SINGAPORE (AFP) - - Singapore may be one of Asia's wealthiest nations but soaring food prices have hit its poor hard, as can be seen by the queues at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, which serves daily free vegetarian meals. More »

8. World

   OAS backs Bolivia's territorial integrity ahead of vote

   AFP - Saturday, May 3

   WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The Organization of American States late Friday expressed support for Bolivia's territorial integrity ahead of an autonomy referendum in the country's biggest province. More »

9. Asia Pacific

   Tiny Guam has its say on US presidential outcome

   AFP - Saturday, May 3

   HAGATNA, Guam (AFP) - - On the distant Pacific island of Guam, nearly a day's plane ride from Washington, a few thousand voters seized centre stage Saturday in the race for the US Democratic presidential nomination. More »

10. Asia Pacific

    Support for Japan's govt at seven-year low: poll

    AFP - Saturday, May 3

    TOKYO (AFP) - - Support for embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet has plunged below 20 percent, the lowest for a government in more than seven years, a poll showed Friday. More »