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  • Myanmar seizes UN aid supplies, 'not ready' to let in US (AP)

    Myanmar residents walk past houses destroyed by Cyclone Nargis in Bogalay, Myanmar, on  Friday May 9, 2008.  The U.N. blasted Myanmar's military government Friday, saying its refusal to let in foreign aid workers to help victims of the devastating cyclone was 'unprecedented' in the history of humanitarian work. (AP Photo)AP - Myanmar's military leaders seized aid shipments headed for cyclone survivors and told the top U.S. diplomat there Friday that they're not ready to let in American aid workers despite warnings the country is on the verge of a medical catastrophe.


  • Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods (AP)

    A masked Shiite gunmen stands guard during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday. Eleven people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles, security officials said.  (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)AP - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government Friday, a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied group's hand as it fights for dominance in Lebanon's political deadlock.


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  • Citigroup aims to shed $400 billion of assets (Reuters)

    Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit in a file photo. Citigroup said Friday that it plans to shed $400 billion of assets within three years and boost revenue by up to 10 percent annually in a bid to restore profitability after huge losses tied to flagging mortgage and credit markets. (Peter Morgan/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup Inc said on Friday it plans to shed $400 billion of assets within three years and boost revenue by up to 10 percent annually, in a bid to restore profitability after huge losses tied to flagging mortgage and credit markets.


  • Market drops on AIG's loss, higher oil (Reuters)

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 3, 2008. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as concerns about the financial sector flared up again after American International Group Inc reported a record loss and as the price of oil set another record.


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  • Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement (AP)

    Democratic presidential hopeful,  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., leads a discussion on the economy at  Vernier Software & Technology in Beaverton, Oregon Friday,  May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)AP - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.


  • In Oregon, Clinton hits Obama while he targets McCain (AP)

    Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, shakes hands with supporters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Campaigning a few miles from each other Friday, Barack Obama trained his eye on November and the GOP, while Hillary Rodham Clinton battled for her political life, trying to hang on a few more weeks or even days in hopes of denying him the Democratic presidential nomination.


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  • Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes (AP)
    AP - Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer.
  • Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)

    In this photo provided by Kroll Ontrack Inc., a data drive that fell from the space shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed in 2003 is shown. During Columbia's fateful final mission, the drive had been used to capture data from a scientific experiment on the way xenon gas flows. (AP Photo/Kroll Ontrack Inc.)AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.


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