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Q+A: What happens if no party gets a majority in Britain’s election?

Below are answers to some key questions about this scenario:Q. What is a hung parliament? A. A hung parliament is one in which no party has more …
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Car bomb found outside Northern Irish election centre

A Police Service of Northern Ireland spokeswoman said an explosive device was found in a car abandoned outside the building in Derry, the second …
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Iranians host dinner seeking to avert United Nations sanctions

Western diplomats called it a rare move for a visiting dignitary such as Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to host a dinner for all the …
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British Conservatives seen largest party but no majority

With over half of results reported, Conservative leader David Cameron said on Friday it was clear the ruling Labour party "had lost its mandate to …
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Snapshot: Britain’s poll results point to no majority government

* Exit poll suggests no party to win overall majority. Conservatives forecast to win 305 seats, Labour 255, Liberal Democrats 61. 326 needed for …
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Women in U.S. having children later, better educated

In 1990 only nine percent of births were to women 35 years and older and 13 percent were to adolescents, but the numbers had shifted by 2008 when 10 …
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Egypt begins using Arab domain names on Internet

Tarek Kamel said three Egyptian companies were the first to receive registrar licenses for the ".masr" domain written in Arabic, a development that …
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Light aircraft carrying election candidate crashes in Britain

The plane was towing a banner for the euroskeptic UK Independence Party when it crashed at a small airfield about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest …
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Man dressed in Muslim burkha robs jewellers

Two accomplices, one of whom had a shotgun, barged into the shop with the man on Wednesday, May 5, and stole bangles, rings and lockets before …
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Former U.S. official says crisis threats remain

Paulson says in prepared testimony that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must be restructured and regulators need stronger tools to prevent …
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Pakistan minister: New York bomb suspect unlikely alone

Faisal Shahzad, 30, was arrested on Monday night after he was removed from an Emirates plane at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport that …
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Eye colour genes may help forensic investigations

Researchers from the Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam in the Netherlands used a technique called a genome-wide association study, which …
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Nigerian president dies, acting leader to take over

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan — who has been running Africa’s most populous nation for months during Yar’Adua’s illness — will be sworn in as …
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‘The 5’ favor concrete steps to nuke-free Mideast

After 15 years of inaction, this long-dormant Arab idea, intended to pressure Israel to give up its secretive atomic arsenal, has been revived at the …
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Thai Prime Minister may dissolve Parliament

Following the unveiling of a roadmap to reconciliation Monday, protest leaders demanded Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva specify a date for …
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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits southern Peru

The USGS said the quake’s epicenter was 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Tacna at a depth of 11 kilometers (6.8 miles). It struck at 9:42 p.m. local …
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New York bomb squad: Car device could have killed

Perhaps no other emergency responders were in as much peril as the bomb squad, as its members worked for more than five hours to defuse the …
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Update: No bomb found in truck on New York bridge

New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the bridge was shut down after a worker on the bridge found the vehicle, a U-Haul rental truck …
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