Colombia senate delays vote on Uribe re-election (AP)

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AP - Colombia's senate has delayed a vote on scheduling a referendum that could let President Alvaro Uribe seek a third term.

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Australian charged over anti-Semitic YouTube video (AP)

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AP - Police have charged a man who allegedly posted an anti-Semitic video on YouTube with enticing racism under a so-far untested Australian state law, officials said Thursday.

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to face charges over US visitor (AFP)

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AFP - Myanmar's military junta took pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison on Thursday to face charges over an incident in which an American man swam across a lake to visit her house, officials said.

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to be tried (AP)

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AP - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken by armed escort Thursday to a prison compound where she will be tried in connection with the intrusion of an American man who sneaked into her compound, her lawyer said.

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Man U’s Ferguson maintains Premier League pressure (AFP)

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AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Manchester United they'll need to be on top form in their potential title-clincher against Arsenal on Saturday after watching his side come from behind to beat Wigan.

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NKorea sets June 4 trial date for US journalists (AFP)

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AFP - Two US journalists detained by North Korea will stand trial on June 4, the communist state's official media said Thursday.

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Spokesman: Trial imminent for Myanmar’s Suu Kyi (AP)

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AP - Myanmar's military government planned to put detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial Thursday in connection with the intrusion of an American man who sneaked into her compound, a spokesman for her party said.

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NKorea says US reporters will stand trial June 4 (AP)

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AP - North Korea says two U.S. journalists detained at the communist nation's border with China will stand trial on June 4.

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UK Lobby group urges police probe into expense row (AFP)

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AFP - A lobby group called for a police probe into lawmakers' expenses as a seventh day of revelations showed one MP claimed thousands of pounds in interest on a mortgage that did not exist.

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Brazil slum residents torch cars after drug raid (AP)

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AP - A police anti-drug raid in a Sao Paulo slum has enraged inhabitants who burned vehicles and tires in protest.

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