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Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship Supporters of a measure in Missouri cite concerns about illegal immigrants voting, but critics say tens of thousands of legal residents could be disenfranchised.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/politics/12vote.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/politics/12vote.html" border="0"/></a> The Pundit Analyzing Obama? Some TV Upstart Named Rove The bête noire of the Democrats has turned pundit, and his old nemeses do not always know what to make of it.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/politics/12rove.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/politics/12rove.html" border="0"/></a> Generation Faithful: Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love’s Rules Young men and women in Saudi Arabia may chafe against the rules, even try to evade them, but they can be merciless in their condemnation of those who flout them too brazenly.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/middleeast/12saudi.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/middleeast/12saudi.html" border="0"/></a> Fierce Fighting Breaks Out East of Beirut The fighting followed overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli that left at least two people dead and five wounded, according to security officials.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/middleeast/12lebanon.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/world/middleeast/12lebanon.html" border="0"/></a> State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest Arkansas and at least a dozen other states are giving monthly payments to thousands of low-income workers in hopes of keeping their residents off the welfare rolls.<br/><br/> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/12welfare.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=ba6699eca028480181189b6a17db1074&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/us/12welfare.html" border="0"/></a>		TONY BLAIR USED CHERIE'S GRIEF TO PROTECT IRAQ STRATEGY The Times interview with Cherie Blair \| Speaking for Myself: book extract (part 1) \| Book extract (part 2) LABOUR LAMPOON EDWARD TIMPSON IN CLASS WAR OVER 'SAFE SEAT' Labour is persisting with a high-risk strategy of class warfare in Crewe & Nantwich in a desperate attempt to avoid losing the by-election and further destabilising Gordon Brown’s troubled leadership. CLAMPERS STYMIED AS FORD FIESTA IS CUT IN HALF BY IAN TAYLOR Tredworth A man whose car was clamped because the bumper was protruding from his driveway responded by cutting the car in half. The Ford Fiesta belonging to Ian Taylor, 40, was legally registered to be off the road, but a DVLA official spotted that a rear wheel was over a footpath and impounded it. When the clampers returned two days later to remove the car, Mr Taylor used a disc cutter to saw it in half. He then invited them to take the rear half away as that was the part infringing the law. The officials eventually removed their clamp and left both halves of the car with Mr Taylor. MISCARRIAGE: I'M AFRAID THE BABY'S DEAD, MRS BLAIR' Needless to say, I was astonished. Leo's birth had seemed like a miracle, and here I was nearly three years older. Although the idea was daunting, to say the least, I realised that it would be nice for Leo not to be what amounted to an only child. As before, I went to see Susan Rankin, who arranged for me to have a scan in-house. AWARD FOR WORLD'S BEST BUILDING AND IT COULD BE A BUS GARAGE Unsung local architects are to be pitted against the globetrotting mega-stars of the profession in an attempt to seek out the best new building in the world.

Sydney morning herald		the star - South Africa

BIRTHDAY BOY MURDERED FOR TURNING DOWN A FIGHT He'd just celebrated his 16th birthday and was buying his first lottery ticket when he was horrifically killed. PARTY PLUNGE: 'A KISS, A HUG OR A PUSH?' Police unclear why woman fell seven-metres from Sydney party balcony. HOME LOANS TAKE A DIVE Number of loans taken out in March the lowest since August 2005. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FREE: ELISABETH FRITZL Woman raped and held captive by her father for 24 years speaks for the first time about her ordeal. TEEN ACCUSED OF RAPING 82-YEAR-OLD Youth hides his face in Sydney court as he's accused of park rape.		SACP CALLS FOR MBEKI TO STEP DOWN The SA Communist Party wants President Thabo Mbeki out of office before his term ends next year, while the SACP's ally, Cosatu, has expressed concern about the crisis the country is in under Mbeki's leadership. FIDENTIA BOSS ARRESTED AGAIN Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown has been arrested on fresh charges of fraud, theft and money laundering, days after his wife and their children fled to Australia. CYNICAL AIRLINE BOSS SAVED HIMSELF FIRST Nationwide's chief executive, Vernon Bricknell, knew his airline was about to crash, months before it did. NO WORD ON MBEKI'S ZIM TALKS Talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and President Thabo Mbeki went on for at least four hours yesterday but neither seemed keen to discuss what was said within the walls of Harare's State House.

new zealand herald	washington post	The canadian star	asia times

GOVT WELFARE POLICY &APOS;CRUEL AND DELIBERATE&APOS; - GREENS The Green Party has accused the Government of running a "cruel and deliberate" benefit system that forces desperate people to find work. "This ignores the fact that people are on benefits because the work simply isn't there, or... WELLINGTONIANS DOMINATE COMEDY AWARDS Wellington comedians had the last laugh at the New Zealand Comedy Awards in Auckland last night. Wellington comedian Steve Wrigley won the Billy T award for best up and coming comedian while ex-Wellingtonian Ben Hurley took out... INMATE CLIMBS ROPE TO ESCAPE MT EDEN PRISON A prisoner used a knotted rope to escape from Mt Eden Prison today. The Corrections department declined to name the prisoner but police said his name was Aaron Forden. The rope which Forden used to scale a tower was still visible...	A HIDDEN WORLD OF SHODDY MEDICAL CARE Ailing foreign detainees, crammed in special prisons across U.S., pay a heavy cost for nation's tighter, post-Sept. 11 immigration policies. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?a=t9xcKY"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?i=t9xcKY" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml/~4/287880277" height="1" width="1"/> STORMS KILL 21 IN PLAINS, SOUTH Possible tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma, Missouri and Georgia, leaving a trail of debris. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?a=BfZeoV"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?i=BfZeoV" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml/~4/288322933" height="1" width="1"/> A MIXED ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD The environment is key to Sen. John McCain's presidential bid despite an inconsistent approach. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?a=5ChO6L"><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~a/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml?i=5ChO6L" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102_xml/~4/288371281" height="1" width="1"/>	POLICE ID TRAIN PASSENGER Ontario police say the woman who died aboard a Via Rail Train on Friday, setting off a massive biohazard response, was a 43-year-old from South Africa. MIGRANTS' DREAMS SHATTERED In a corner of the booming Punjabi city of Jalandhar is a cream-coloured building with an iron front door decorated like a Canadian flag. PATRONS LIGHTING UP IN SOME T.O. CLUBS Passing paper towels to tipsy women in stilettos at a popular Entertainment District nightclub restroom, "Pamela" literally works a red-eye shift.	ASIA HAND : THE CASE FOR INVADING MYANMAR If ever there was an opportunity for the United States to take out an "outpost of tyranny", as Washington likes to call Myanmar, it is now. The tardy response of the junta in allowing in foreign aid for its cyclone-devastated population provides a strong moral case for a United Nations-approved, US-led humanitarian intervention. Such a move would also allow President George W Bush to burnish his legacy, which to date will be judged harshly due to his pre-emptive military policies waged exclusively in the name of fighting terror. - Shawn W Crispin (May 9, '08) 'ALL WE CAN DO IS DRINK WHISKY' Myanmar's people have again been forced to weather a catastrophe on their own, banding together with little help from the government. Food and water supplies are growing scarce, disease looms and power is expected to be out for months. The whisky, too, will soon run out. - Zao Noam (May 9, '08)