 A Clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera Fest
| CANNES, France (AP) — Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Canne... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Sherwood) The New York Times
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 Europe's banks on the brink
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as presid... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser) Reuters
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 We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy
| As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us m... (photo: AP / Thierry Charlier) The Independent
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 Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica genocide case against Ratko Mladic
| On the second day of the 70-year-old's genocide trial, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors will focus on the bloody climax of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, when Serb fo... (photo: AP / Amel Emric) The Independent
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 Spain borrowing costs set to rise amid Greece fears
Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike on Thursday when the country's treasury sells up to 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.2bn) of three- and four-year sovereign bond... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) BBC News
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 Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre
A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. | Gen Mladic is accu... (photo: AP / Toussaint Kluiters, Pool) BBC News
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 Tax on soda may help fight obesity
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet LONDON: Three health experts at Oxford University are calling for a hefty tax on soda - as much as 20% - which they say could help trim waistli... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Times Of India
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 Roy Hodgson denies John Terry will split England squad at Euro 2012
| • Rio Ferdinand omitted 'for purely footballing reasons' | • Manager optimistic Scott Parker will be fit Rio Ferdinand tweeted after his omission from the Euro 2012... (photo: Creative Commons / Mikhail Slain) The Guardian
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 Andy Murray forced to battle for his birthday present
| Murray, who missed last week's Madrid Masters because of a back problem, had not played a match for nearly three weeks and there were times when it showed. With the Fre... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) The Independent
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 Greece to decide on interim government
| ATHENS, Greece - Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will le... (photo: AP / Aris Messinis, pool) CNBC
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 Merkel says she wants Greece in euro, would consider growth measures
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she wants Greece to stay in the euro and has left open the option of agreeing more measures designed to boost growth. | "I want ... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber) Kathimerini
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 Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic faces war crimes trial in the Hague
| Mladic will enter the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal as a frail 70-year-old, a far cry from the swaggering general who commanded Serb forces during the wa... (photo: AP / Politika Newspaper) The Independent
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 Field diversity promises higher crop yields
| AN INNOVATIVE way of farming, involving the cultivation of a variety of crops in a single field to avoid using pesticides, is helping small-scale fruit farmers in the E... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Business Day
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 Cannes Film Festival to open amid 'sexism' row
The Cannes Film Festival opens later with US director Wes Anderson's film Moonrise Kingdom. | His movie, which stars Bill Murray, is one of the 22 movies selected to... (photo: AP / Jonathan Short) BBC News
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 Merkel, Hollande promise joint growth strategy
| BERLIN (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-... (photo: AP / Steffi Loos) The Star
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 Obama, Monti agree to intensify growth, job creation
Tweet WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti agreed on Tuesday on the need to "intensify" growth and job creation, as Washington prepar... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) The Times Of India
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 New Greek election as talks fail
| DEBT-stricken Greece must hold fresh elections after last-ditch talks to form a government collapsed. | The new election is likely to prolonging a tortuous crisis which... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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 Novak Djokovic wins on the red clay of Rome
| ROME — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made a solid return to red-clay courts, dominating Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday night to open his Italian O... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Boston Herald
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 Jean-Marc Ayrault named as France's new prime minister
| MP and expert on Germany who has been working on improving Franco-german relations appointed by President Hollande Francois Hollande (l) and Jean- Marc Ayrault (r) atte... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) The Guardian
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 Strauss-Kahn Countersues NY Hotel Maid for $1M
| NEW YORK (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn is filing a $1 million countersuit against the New York City hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying she serio... (photo: AP / Yoan Valat) The New York Times
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