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All rights reservedMon, 06 May 2013 08:08:07 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/topstories/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-inspired-wall-street-rally-u-data-003717961.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zlQs41Xt4xM1XSe_iCHVKQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T120807Z_3_CBRE9450ASO00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-GLOBAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Office workers are reflected on a screen displaying share prices as they walk past the Australian Securities Exchange building in central Sydney" align="left" title="Office workers are reflected on a screen displaying share prices as they walk past the Australian Securities Exchange building in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen on Monday and stocks held near last week&#039;s multi-year highs thanks to a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy generated by last week&#039;s strong employment data. Stock index futures pointed to a mixed day ahead for Wall Street, though this follows steep gains on Friday in the wake of the payrolls report that took the Dow and S&amp;P 500 indexes to new closing highs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-inspired-wall-street-rally-u-data-003717961.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 08:08:07 -0400Reutersasian-stocks-inspired-wall-street-rally-u-data-003717961<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/asian-stocks-inspired-wall-street-rally-u-data-003717961.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zlQs41Xt4xM1XSe_iCHVKQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T120807Z_3_CBRE9450ASO00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MARKETS-GLOBAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Office workers are reflected on a screen displaying share prices as they walk past the Australian Securities Exchange building in central Sydney" align="left" title="Office workers are reflected on a screen displaying share prices as they walk past the Australian Securities Exchange building in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Richard Hubbard LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen on Monday and stocks held near last week&#039;s multi-year highs thanks to a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy generated by last week&#039;s strong employment data. Stock index futures pointed to a mixed day ahead for Wall Street, though this follows steep gains on Friday in the wake of the payrolls report that took the Dow and S&amp;P 500 indexes to new closing highs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges.http://news.yahoo.com/singer-lauryn-hill-faces-tax-evasion-sentencing-102501826.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 08:05:52 -0400Associated Presssinger-lauryn-hill-faces-tax-evasion-sentencing-102501826Shares of BMC Software climbed before the opening bell on new reports that a team of private equity firms may attempt to buy the information technology company as soon as Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/ahead-bell-reports-detail-bmc-buyout-120515931.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 08:05:15 -0400Associated Pressahead-bell-reports-detail-bmc-buyout-120515931BAGHDAD (AP) ? Officials say a bomb that went off at a Baghdad restaurant has killed four civilians.http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-baghdad-restaurant-kills-4-120400216.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 08:04:00 -0400Associated Pressbomb-baghdad-restaurant-kills-4-120400216By Lawrence Summers (Reuters) - The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff (RR). Their work had been widely interpreted as establishing that economic growth was likely to stagnate in a country once its government debt-to-GDP ratio exceeded 90 percent. ...http://news.yahoo.com/column-lessons-reinhart-rogoff-120121468.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 08:01:21 -0400Reuterscolumn-lessons-reinhart-rogoff-120121468<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-seek-revive-protests-against-putin-115934459.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hTzG41fpNUnUWs9eVTVM7Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T115934Z_1_CBRE9450XBW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-RUSSIA-PUTIN-PROTEST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after talks with Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after talks with Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin in Moscow" border="0" /></a>By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner demanding the release of &quot;political prisoners&quot; on Monday, at the start of a day of protest against President Vladimir Putin intended to revive their flagging opposition movement. The banner, declaring &quot;Freedom for the May 6 prisoners!&quot;, rippled over three floors at the top of a high-rise apartment block on Novy Arbat, one of Moscow&#039;s busiest streets. It was quickly taken down and one man was arrested. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-seek-revive-protests-against-putin-115934459.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:59:34 -0400Reutersrussian-opposition-seek-revive-protests-against-putin-115934459<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russian-opposition-seek-revive-protests-against-putin-115934459.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hTzG41fpNUnUWs9eVTVM7Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T115934Z_1_CBRE9450XBW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-RUSSIA-PUTIN-PROTEST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after talks with Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin in Moscow" align="left" title="Russia&#039;s President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after talks with Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Kremlin in Moscow" border="0" /></a>By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian protestors unfurled a huge banner demanding the release of &quot;political prisoners&quot; on Monday, at the start of a day of protest against President Vladimir Putin intended to revive their flagging opposition movement. The banner, declaring &quot;Freedom for the May 6 prisoners!&quot;, rippled over three floors at the top of a high-rise apartment block on Novy Arbat, one of Moscow&#039;s busiest streets. It was quickly taken down and one man was arrested. ...</p><br clear="all"/>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Billionaire Warren Buffett says he doesn't like owning bonds right now, and he doesn't think average investors should either.http://news.yahoo.com/buffett-says-bonds-terrible-investments-today-115928483.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:59:28 -0400Associated Pressbuffett-says-bonds-terrible-investments-today-115928483LONDON (AP) ? Lawyers for Kenyans suing Britain over alleged torture during an anti-colonial uprising say they are negotiating with the British government over a possible settlement.http://news.yahoo.com/uk-lawyers-kenya-torture-victims-talks-115908451.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:59:08 -0400Associated Pressuk-lawyers-kenya-torture-victims-talks-115908451DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ? A South African company which specializes in the removal land mines has reached out to the government of Senegal and to the United Nations to try to win the release of their 12 Senegalese employees who were kidnapped last weekend in Senegal's southern Casamance region.http://news.yahoo.com/safrican-firm-tries-free-12-workers-senegal-115847802.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:58:47 -0400Associated Presssafrican-firm-tries-free-12-workers-senegal-115847802<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-state-tv-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-113728591.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Yp.iGZDW9aKEnuK7DPyZHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ec2ad6237cf130f310f6a706700ff30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2001 file photo Italian life senator Giulio Andreotti gestures during a press conference. Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier, has died at age 94. At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy&#039;s most powerful men: he helped draft the country&#039;s constitution after World War II, sat in parliament for 60 years and served as premier seven times. Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/Files)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2001 file photo Italian life senator Giulio Andreotti gestures during a press conference. Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier, has died at age 94. At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy&#039;s most powerful men: he helped draft the country&#039;s constitution after World War II, sat in parliament for 60 years and served as premier seven times. Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/Files)" border="0" /></a>ROME (AP) ? Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/italy-state-tv-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-113728591.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:56:58 -0400Associated Pressitaly-state-tv-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-113728591<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italy-state-tv-ex-premier-giulio-andreotti-dies-113728591.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Yp.iGZDW9aKEnuK7DPyZHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ec2ad6237cf130f310f6a706700ff30.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2001 file photo Italian life senator Giulio Andreotti gestures during a press conference. Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier, has died at age 94. At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy&#039;s most powerful men: he helped draft the country&#039;s constitution after World War II, sat in parliament for 60 years and served as premier seven times. Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/Files)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2001 file photo Italian life senator Giulio Andreotti gestures during a press conference. Italian state television says Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier, has died at age 94. At his prime, Andreotti was one of Italy&#039;s most powerful men: he helped draft the country&#039;s constitution after World War II, sat in parliament for 60 years and served as premier seven times. Andreotti was hospitalized last year with heart problems stemming from a respiratory infection. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/Files)" border="0" /></a>ROME (AP) ? Giulio Andreotti, Italy&#039;s former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.</p><br clear="all"/>PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) ? A Pakistani official says a bomb blast has killed at least 14 people at an election campaign rally of a pro-Taliban party in the country's northwest.http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-islamist-party-rally-pakistan-kills-14-115523858.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:55:23 -0400Associated Pressbomb-islamist-party-rally-pakistan-kills-14-115523858By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - China issued veiled criticism of Israel on Monday as its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, began a visit, saying China opposed the use of force and urged restraint and the respect of sovereignty after Israel launched strikes in Syria. Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. ...http://news.yahoo.com/china-urges-restraint-syria-israeli-strikes-115458663.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:54:58 -0400Reuterschina-urges-restraint-syria-israeli-strikes-115458663<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/creditors-submit-portugals-austerity-plan-test-114840619.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/o5O7q97wGbg8Vi6NjyXeNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2ba06afddcf4d40e300f6a70670025cc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Portugal&#039;s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho addresses to the nation at Lisbon&#039;s Sao Bento palace, the premier&#039;s official resident, Friday, May 3, 2013. Passos Coelho said he plans to raise the retirement age to 66 from 65 and lay off some 30.000 government workers in measures that aim to save 4.8 billion euros (USD6.3 billion) over the next three years. The premier claimed the new austerity measures are needed to ensure Portugal won&#039;t need another bailout. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" align="left" title="Portugal&#039;s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho addresses to the nation at Lisbon&#039;s Sao Bento palace, the premier&#039;s official resident, Friday, May 3, 2013. Passos Coelho said he plans to raise the retirement age to 66 from 65 and lay off some 30.000 government workers in measures that aim to save 4.8 billion euros (USD6.3 billion) over the next three years. The premier claimed the new austerity measures are needed to ensure Portugal won&#039;t need another bailout. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0" /></a>LISBON, Portugal (AP) ? Inspectors from Portugal&#039;s bailout creditors are returning to Lisbon to assess whether the government&#039;s latest austerity measures merit unblocking a due disbursement of rescue funds.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/creditors-submit-portugals-austerity-plan-test-114840619.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:48:40 -0400Associated Presscreditors-submit-portugals-austerity-plan-test-114840619<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/creditors-submit-portugals-austerity-plan-test-114840619.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/o5O7q97wGbg8Vi6NjyXeNg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2ba06afddcf4d40e300f6a70670025cc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Portugal&#039;s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho addresses to the nation at Lisbon&#039;s Sao Bento palace, the premier&#039;s official resident, Friday, May 3, 2013. Passos Coelho said he plans to raise the retirement age to 66 from 65 and lay off some 30.000 government workers in measures that aim to save 4.8 billion euros (USD6.3 billion) over the next three years. The premier claimed the new austerity measures are needed to ensure Portugal won&#039;t need another bailout. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" align="left" title="Portugal&#039;s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho addresses to the nation at Lisbon&#039;s Sao Bento palace, the premier&#039;s official resident, Friday, May 3, 2013. Passos Coelho said he plans to raise the retirement age to 66 from 65 and lay off some 30.000 government workers in measures that aim to save 4.8 billion euros (USD6.3 billion) over the next three years. The premier claimed the new austerity measures are needed to ensure Portugal won&#039;t need another bailout. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)" border="0" /></a>LISBON, Portugal (AP) ? Inspectors from Portugal&#039;s bailout creditors are returning to Lisbon to assess whether the government&#039;s latest austerity measures merit unblocking a due disbursement of rescue funds.</p><br clear="all"/>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghanistan says it has lodged an official protest with Pakistan after its forces allegedly came under fire along a contested stretch of their border.http://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-protests-pakistan-over-border-114712276.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:47:12 -0400Associated Pressafghanistan-protests-pakistan-over-border-114712276<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast-114449481.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q9suMvlT054BGuxG4U4lnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c0962c519a6ff0f300f6a7067006a83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and over 40 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in the Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania, with eyewitnesses reporting that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and over 40 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in the Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania, with eyewitnesses reporting that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) ? A police commander in Tanzania says four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast-114449481.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:44:49 -0400Associated Presstanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast-114449481<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tanzania-police-4-saudis-arrested-blast-114449481.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q9suMvlT054BGuxG4U4lnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4c0962c519a6ff0f300f6a7067006a83.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and over 40 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in the Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania, with eyewitnesses reporting that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle. (AP Photo)" align="left" title="Wounded churchgoers lie on the ground as Roman Catholic nuns run for cover after a blast at the St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania Sunday, May 5, 2013. A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and over 40 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in the Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania, with eyewitnesses reporting that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) ? A police commander in Tanzania says four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/45nVPamDcn6SMue_5O60vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/666fb221f03cc001260f6a70670094b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" border="0" /></a>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:42:41 -0400Associated Press10-things-know-today-101340019<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/10-things-know-today-101340019.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/45nVPamDcn6SMue_5O60vQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/666fb221f03cc001260f6a70670094b6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month&#039;s deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)" border="0" /></a>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:</p><br clear="all"/>BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? A new group of Tuareg leaders in northern Mali says it wants to hold negotiations with the Malian government.http://news.yahoo.com/tuareg-leaders-announce-group-northern-mali-113932715.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:39:32 -0400Associated Presstuareg-leaders-announce-group-northern-mali-113932715MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) ? The US Navy says envoys from 41 nations have gathered in Bahrain to begin anti-mine drills in the Persian Gulf amid efforts by Iran to expand its naval presence there.http://news.yahoo.com/us-led-gulf-naval-exercises-underway-113904955.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:39:04 -0400Associated Pressus-led-gulf-naval-exercises-underway-113904955ROME (AP) ? Italy's highest court has denied a defense motion to move Silvio Berlusconi's sex-for-hire trial and tax fraud appeal away from Milan.http://news.yahoo.com/court-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-113358513.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:33:58 -0400Associated Presscourt-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-113358513PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) ? Kosovo police say they have arrested a suspected Balkan drugs kingpin wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities.http://news.yahoo.com/kosovo-police-arrest-suspected-drugs-kingpin-112650556.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:26:50 -0400Associated Presskosovo-police-arrest-suspected-drugs-kingpin-112650556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italys-high-court-says-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-112439173.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dQV6ASwN8CgMN9ms9t6cmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T112439Z_1_CBRE9450VPA00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-ITALY-BERLUSCONI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People of Freedom (PDL) party member and former Prime Minister Berlusconi attends the Upper house of the parliament in Rome" align="left" title="People of Freedom (PDL) party member and former Prime Minister Berlusconi attends the Upper house of the parliament in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - Italy&#039;s top appeals court on Monday rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to move two trials he faces out of Milan where, he has maintained, he cannot get a fair trial. Berlusconi&#039;s lawyers argued that prosecutors and judges at the Milan court have &quot;persecuted&quot; the center-right leader for his conservative politics. The 76-year-old media magnate is not a member of the current government, but his party is one of the main supporters of Enrico Letta&#039;s broad right-left coalition. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/italys-high-court-says-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-112439173.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:24:39 -0400Reutersitalys-high-court-says-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-112439173<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/italys-high-court-says-berlusconi-trials-stay-milan-112439173.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dQV6ASwN8CgMN9ms9t6cmA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T112439Z_1_CBRE9450VPA00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-ITALY-BERLUSCONI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People of Freedom (PDL) party member and former Prime Minister Berlusconi attends the Upper house of the parliament in Rome" align="left" title="People of Freedom (PDL) party member and former Prime Minister Berlusconi attends the Upper house of the parliament in Rome" border="0" /></a>ROME (Reuters) - Italy&#039;s top appeals court on Monday rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to move two trials he faces out of Milan where, he has maintained, he cannot get a fair trial. Berlusconi&#039;s lawyers argued that prosecutors and judges at the Milan court have &quot;persecuted&quot; the center-right leader for his conservative politics. The 76-year-old media magnate is not a member of the current government, but his party is one of the main supporters of Enrico Letta&#039;s broad right-left coalition. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bride-4-others-die-limo-fire-calif-bridge-062934618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3ZV7QwJ6xMy56mkU0XdCuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4db9c4e619caff0f300f6a7067001ec4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Map locates a deadly limousine fire near San Francisco" align="left" title="Map locates a deadly limousine fire near San Francisco" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? When one of the nine women in his limousine complained about smoke, Orville Brown pulled to the side of a San Francisco Bay bridge to check. As he got out, the back of the vehicle became engulfed in flames.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bride-4-others-die-limo-fire-calif-bridge-062934618.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:23:27 -0400Associated Pressbride-4-others-die-limo-fire-calif-bridge-062934618<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bride-4-others-die-limo-fire-calif-bridge-062934618.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3ZV7QwJ6xMy56mkU0XdCuQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/4db9c4e619caff0f300f6a7067001ec4.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Map locates a deadly limousine fire near San Francisco" align="left" title="Map locates a deadly limousine fire near San Francisco" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? When one of the nine women in his limousine complained about smoke, Orville Brown pulled to the side of a San Francisco Bay bridge to check. As he got out, the back of the vehicle became engulfed in flames.</p><br clear="all"/>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Investor Warren Buffett says he expects Berkshire Hathaway to own a stake in ketchup-maker H.J. Heinz Co. forever, and he doesn't see a problem in taking a partner ? the Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital ? in the $23.3 billion deal.http://news.yahoo.com/buffett-defends-structure-23b-heinz-deal-111953407.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:19:53 -0400Associated Pressbuffett-defends-structure-23b-heinz-deal-111953407<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aerosmith-drops-indonesia-show-over-security-fears-011841961.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_rsAS3qHnSeW6LrGpbgRQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b2944f8190dfc0f300f6a70670029f1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Steven Tyler of the famed Aerosmith rock band is mobbed by reporters as he makes his way to his waiting van upon arrival from Melbourne Sunday May 5, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Tyler and his entourage are here as part of their band&#039;s world tour concert. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" align="left" title="Steven Tyler of the famed Aerosmith rock band is mobbed by reporters as he makes his way to his waiting van upon arrival from Melbourne Sunday May 5, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Tyler and his entourage are here as part of their band&#039;s world tour concert. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar Embassy.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/aerosmith-drops-indonesia-show-over-security-fears-011841961.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:14:43 -0400Associated Pressaerosmith-drops-indonesia-show-over-security-fears-011841961<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aerosmith-drops-indonesia-show-over-security-fears-011841961.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_rsAS3qHnSeW6LrGpbgRQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7b2944f8190dfc0f300f6a70670029f1.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Steven Tyler of the famed Aerosmith rock band is mobbed by reporters as he makes his way to his waiting van upon arrival from Melbourne Sunday May 5, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Tyler and his entourage are here as part of their band&#039;s world tour concert. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" align="left" title="Steven Tyler of the famed Aerosmith rock band is mobbed by reporters as he makes his way to his waiting van upon arrival from Melbourne Sunday May 5, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. Tyler and his entourage are here as part of their band&#039;s world tour concert. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)" border="0" /></a>JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? Aerosmith canceled a show in Indonesia after authorities there said they had foiled a bomb plot targeting the Myanmar Embassy.</p><br clear="all"/>BRUSSELS (AP) ? A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia. He was 95.http://news.yahoo.com/belgian-nobel-prize-winner-duve-dies-95-111331621.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:13:31 -0400Associated Pressbelgian-nobel-prize-winner-duve-dies-95-111331621<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/central-african-republic-venezuela-face-diamond-export-ban-110509314.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x8V3J9LVbprNZZdxipAFtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T110509Z_1_AJOE9450USP00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-CENTRALAFRICA-VENEZUELA-DIAMONDS-20130506.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond during the sorting process.." align="left" title="A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond during the sorting process.." border="0" /></a>By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The Central African Republic could face a ban on exports of its diamonds if the Kimberley Process (KP) initiative, set up to stem the flow of conflict diamonds, approves a suspension at a meeting on May 10, the head of the process said on Monday. Controls there have collapsed after a March coup, Welile Nhlapo, KP chairman told reporters at a meeting of the World Diamond Council in Tel Aviv. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/central-african-republic-venezuela-face-diamond-export-ban-110509314.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:05:09 -0400Reuterscentral-african-republic-venezuela-face-diamond-export-ban-110509314<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/central-african-republic-venezuela-face-diamond-export-ban-110509314.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x8V3J9LVbprNZZdxipAFtg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T110509Z_1_AJOE9450USP00_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-CENTRALAFRICA-VENEZUELA-DIAMONDS-20130506.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond during the sorting process.." align="left" title="A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond during the sorting process.." border="0" /></a>By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The Central African Republic could face a ban on exports of its diamonds if the Kimberley Process (KP) initiative, set up to stem the flow of conflict diamonds, approves a suspension at a meeting on May 10, the head of the process said on Monday. Controls there have collapsed after a March coup, Welile Nhlapo, KP chairman told reporters at a meeting of the World Diamond Council in Tel Aviv. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/european-stocks-subdued-us-jobs-cheer-fades-110347454.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IV031skIgDBd2QOZmsU.7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7e7de74b375b110f310f6a7067003cc9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, photo, Trader John Santiago works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose Monday May 6, 2013 after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the country&#039;s ruling political alliance won national elections. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, photo, Trader John Santiago works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose Monday May 6, 2013 after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the country&#039;s ruling political alliance won national elections. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>MILAN (AP) ? European stocks edged lower on Monday as the momentum from an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report last week faded.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/european-stocks-subdued-us-jobs-cheer-fades-110347454.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:03:47 -0400Associated Presseuropean-stocks-subdued-us-jobs-cheer-fades-110347454<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/european-stocks-subdued-us-jobs-cheer-fades-110347454.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IV031skIgDBd2QOZmsU.7A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7e7de74b375b110f310f6a7067003cc9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, photo, Trader John Santiago works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose Monday May 6, 2013 after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the country&#039;s ruling political alliance won national elections. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" align="left" title="In this Thursday, May 2, 2013, photo, Trader John Santiago works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose Monday May 6, 2013 after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the country&#039;s ruling political alliance won national elections. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>MILAN (AP) ? European stocks edged lower on Monday as the momentum from an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report last week faded.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israel-says-googles-palestine-page-harms-peace-hopes-110057519.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V_IJu2zs8qJkQK_4fsBS1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T110057Z_1_CBRE9450ULW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-GOOGLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official accused Google on Monday of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting the name &quot;Palestine&quot; under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories. (www.google.ps) Palestinians hailed Google&#039;s move as a virtual victory on the long path to the state they seek in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, which Israel seized in the 1967 war. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/israel-says-googles-palestine-page-harms-peace-hopes-110057519.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 07:00:57 -0400Reutersisrael-says-googles-palestine-page-harms-peace-hopes-110057519<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israel-says-googles-palestine-page-harms-peace-hopes-110057519.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V_IJu2zs8qJkQK_4fsBS1A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T110057Z_1_CBRE9450ULW00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL-GOOGLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" align="left" title="Google signage seen at the company&#039;s headquarters in New York" border="0" /></a>By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli official accused Google on Monday of setting back Middle East peace hopes by putting the name &quot;Palestine&quot; under the banner of its search page for the Palestinian territories. (www.google.ps) Palestinians hailed Google&#039;s move as a virtual victory on the long path to the state they seek in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, which Israel seized in the 1967 war. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-hosting-both-palestinian-israeli-leaders-105859995.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C8I.WWCOJrc8E3RsB8H7CQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1bf345e836530c0f310f6a706700d53e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s President Xi Jinping, right, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)" align="left" title="China&#039;s President Xi Jinping, right, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/china-hosting-both-palestinian-israeli-leaders-105859995.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:58:59 -0400Associated Presschina-hosting-both-palestinian-israeli-leaders-105859995<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-hosting-both-palestinian-israeli-leaders-105859995.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C8I.WWCOJrc8E3RsB8H7CQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1bf345e836530c0f310f6a706700d53e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="China&#039;s President Xi Jinping, right, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)" align="left" title="China&#039;s President Xi Jinping, right, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)" border="0" /></a>BEIJING (AP) ? China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/accident-kills-worker-preparing-moscow-rally-105753175.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVa9DeEpkGE.7tyRnfFs9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89a3240536de0f0f310f6a70670019f8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Two opposition activists hold flyers as they unfurl a banner that reads: &quot;Freedom of prisoners on May 6!&quot; in support of opposition activists who were arrested at last year&#039;s May 6 rally on Bolotnaya Square (Swamp) Square on a building in New Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, May 6, 2013, ahead of a massive planned rally Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)" align="left" title="Two opposition activists hold flyers as they unfurl a banner that reads: &quot;Freedom of prisoners on May 6!&quot; in support of opposition activists who were arrested at last year&#039;s May 6 rally on Bolotnaya Square (Swamp) Square on a building in New Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, May 6, 2013, ahead of a massive planned rally Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? Moscow police say a man helping construct the stage for a major protest rally has died after a column of sound equipment collapsed.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/accident-kills-worker-preparing-moscow-rally-105753175.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:57:53 -0400Associated Pressaccident-kills-worker-preparing-moscow-rally-105753175<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/accident-kills-worker-preparing-moscow-rally-105753175.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LVa9DeEpkGE.7tyRnfFs9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/89a3240536de0f0f310f6a70670019f8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Two opposition activists hold flyers as they unfurl a banner that reads: &quot;Freedom of prisoners on May 6!&quot; in support of opposition activists who were arrested at last year&#039;s May 6 rally on Bolotnaya Square (Swamp) Square on a building in New Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, May 6, 2013, ahead of a massive planned rally Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)" align="left" title="Two opposition activists hold flyers as they unfurl a banner that reads: &quot;Freedom of prisoners on May 6!&quot; in support of opposition activists who were arrested at last year&#039;s May 6 rally on Bolotnaya Square (Swamp) Square on a building in New Arbat street in Moscow, Russia, May 6, 2013, ahead of a massive planned rally Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Mitya Aleshkovskiy)" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW (AP) ? Moscow police say a man helping construct the stage for a major protest rally has died after a column of sound equipment collapsed.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms-100803028.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3eIiRA3yNiLzMqEa6o_RFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7a068619374d110f310f6a706700ffe8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Malaysian Information Department, Malaysian King Tuanku Abdul Halim, left, watches Prime Minister Najib Razak take his oath of office at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, May 6, 2013. Malaysia&#039;s long-governing coalition, Razak&#039;s National Front coalition, won the national election with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken 56-year rule. (AP Photo/Malaysian Information Department, Wazari Wazir) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Malaysian Information Department, Malaysian King Tuanku Abdul Halim, left, watches Prime Minister Najib Razak take his oath of office at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, May 6, 2013. Malaysia&#039;s long-governing coalition, Razak&#039;s National Front coalition, won the national election with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken 56-year rule. (AP Photo/Malaysian Information Department, Wazari Wazir) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections for the 13th time in a row.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms-100803028.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:55:35 -0400Associated Pressmalaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms-100803028<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/malaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms-100803028.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3eIiRA3yNiLzMqEa6o_RFw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7a068619374d110f310f6a706700ffe8.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this photo released by the Malaysian Information Department, Malaysian King Tuanku Abdul Halim, left, watches Prime Minister Najib Razak take his oath of office at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, May 6, 2013. Malaysia&#039;s long-governing coalition, Razak&#039;s National Front coalition, won the national election with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken 56-year rule. (AP Photo/Malaysian Information Department, Wazari Wazir) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES" align="left" title="In this photo released by the Malaysian Information Department, Malaysian King Tuanku Abdul Halim, left, watches Prime Minister Najib Razak take his oath of office at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Monday, May 6, 2013. Malaysia&#039;s long-governing coalition, Razak&#039;s National Front coalition, won the national election with a weakened majority to extend its unbroken 56-year rule. (AP Photo/Malaysian Information Department, Wazari Wazir) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES" border="0" /></a>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections for the 13th time in a row.</p><br clear="all"/>By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed on Monday in clashes in Bangladesh between police and hardline Islamists demanding reforms that critics say would amount to the "Talibanisation" of a country that maintains secularism as state policy. Clashes began on Sunday after about 200,000 Islamist supporters marched in Dhaka to press their demands and were met by lines of police firing teargas and rubber bullets. ...http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-protesters-clash-bangladesh-police-seven-dead-105242599.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:52:42 -0400Reutersislamists-protesters-clash-bangladesh-police-seven-dead-105242599OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? Investor Warren Buffett says the Federal Reserve's efforts to keep interest rates low have helped the stock market soar, but the improving economy also plays a role.http://news.yahoo.com/buffett-says-federal-boosted-stocks-105123739.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:51:23 -0400Associated Pressbuffett-says-federal-boosted-stocks-105123739<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reports-15-killed-bangladesh-clashes-103914539.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gh_CC2AkBjXNu7oCiOoBxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bed151993767110f310f6a706700dc82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bangladeshi people search for their belongings after the clashes between police and Islamic hardliners during a protest in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2013. At least 15 people died in clashes in Bangladesh Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" align="left" title="Bangladeshi people search for their belongings after the clashes between police and Islamic hardliners during a protest in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2013. At least 15 people died in clashes in Bangladesh Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)" border="0" /></a>DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? At least 15 people died in clashes Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/reports-15-killed-bangladesh-clashes-103914539.htmlMon, 06 May 2013 06:39:14 -0400Associated Pressreports-15-killed-bangladesh-clashes-103914539<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reports-15-killed-bangladesh-clashes-103914539.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gh_CC2AkBjXNu7oCiOoBxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bed151993767110f310f6a706700dc82.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Bangladeshi people search for their belongings after the clashes between police and Islamic hardliners during a protest in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2013. At least 15 people died in clashes in Bangladesh Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement a

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