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  • Bill would benefit vets hurt by chemicals
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 7:08 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Bipartisan legislation in Congress would provide healthcare benefits to veterans exposed to chemical and germ warfare tests in Utah.
  • FLDS elder complains to Bush about raid
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:58 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- An elder of the polygamist sect in Texas that was raided last month complained to the White House that the state has perpetrated "terrorist acts" on the group.
  • Poll: Bush's approval hits all-time low
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:51 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush's approval rating has hit an all-time low amid American pessimism about the country's direction, a poll indicates.
  • Teen given life in decapitation case
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
    DETROIT, May 12 (UPI) -- A Michigan judge Monday said she was glad to give a life prison sentence to a teen after he admitted to brutally stabbing and beheading his friend.
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    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM
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  • UMass urged to take back Mugabe degree
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:55 PM
    AMHERST, Mass., May 12 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts lawmaker called on one of the state's universities to take back an honorary degree given to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
  • Voter ID ammendment pending in Missouri
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:36 PM
    COLUMBIA, Mo., May 12 (UPI) -- An amendment to the Missouri constitution that would require voters to show proof of citizenship goes before the state Legislature this week.
  • Thieves swipe 16 basketball wheelchairs
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:01 PM
    REGINA, Saskatchewan, May 12 (UPI) -- A Canadian paraplegic wheelchair-basketball coach in Regina, Saskatchewan, appealed Monday for the return of 16 special chairs stolen during the weekend.
  • Barr to run as Libertarian for president
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:54 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Former Republican and Georgia Rep. Bob Barr Monday joined the U.S. presidential fray, announcing he would seek the Libertarian Party's nomination.
  • Thai museum head charged in U.S. tax scam
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:50 PM
    LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a museum director from Thailand on charges related to an alleged tax scam involving donated Asian antiquities.
  • Canadian PM commits $30B to military
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:47 PM
    HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 12 (UPI) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally announced Monday a $30 billion, 20-year upgrade of the country's armed forces.
  • Charges against ex-Newark mayor dropped
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:23 PM
    NEWARK, N.J., May 12 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors Monday dropped charges of credit card abuse against former Newark Mayor Sharpe James.
  • 3 accused of taking credit, debit numbers
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:10 PM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Three men have been indicted for allegedly hacking into a restaurant chain's registers to steal credit and debit card numbers, the U.S. Justice Department said.
  • Apartheid suits to go forward
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:35 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, unable to act because four justices had conflicts of interest, Monday allowed apartheid-related suits against companies to go forward.
  • Report: Grants bought researcher toys
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:31 PM
    OTTAWA, May 12 (UPI) -- A Canadian university researcher misappropriated thousands of dollars of federal research grants for personal use, documents from the school revealed.
  • CNN: Obama takes superdelegate lead
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:12 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- A CNN count indicates Barack Obama has managed to secure more superdelegate votes than rival Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.
  • U.S. seeks extradition of radical cleric
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM
    LONDON, May 12 (UPI) -- Lawyers for radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza want Britain's High Court to deny a request to extradite their client to the United States to face terror charges.
  • Poll: Candidates hurt by some links
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 1:56 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill, each has a political albatross, a Gallup Poll released Monday indicated.
  • Myanmar lists 32,000 killed in cyclone
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM
    YANGON, Myanmar, May 12 (UPI) -- State television in Myanmar Monday updated the death toll from this month's cyclone to nearly 32,000.
PALESTINIAN COMMEMORATE CATASTROPHE DAY
A Palestinian refugee Mohamad Harb 85 year Old . shows his old house keys from his former village as a symbol of hope that his may return his one day on May 12, 2008 in his Rafah refugee camp which is located within the Gaza Strip. Harb used to live in the village of Hmamh before his family was forced to immigrate to the Gaza Strip in 1948. After sixty years Harb has hope of returning to his old village which is now in Israeli territory and is named Kreat Hmamh. Traditionally Palestinians commemorate May 15th as Nakba Day or Catastrophe Day, the day the Israeli State was created in 1948.(UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
Traditionally Palestinians commemorate May 15th as Catastrophe Day
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