AP - Zimbabwe’s opposition rejected a presidential runoff election despite a media report Wednesday saying the long-delayed official tally delivered them a victory short of an outright win.
Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat
Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe’s presidential election, winning 47
percent of the vote against the president’s 43 percent, senior
government sources said on Wednesday.
AFP - The United States said Wednesday it must conduct an analysis and get assurances from North Korea before removing the country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.
AFP - Five people were killed and nine injured when two boats collided in Sydney Harbour, it was reported Thursday.
AFP - Didier Drogba sent Chelsea to their first Champions League final and got revenge on Rafa Benitez as his double strike clinched a 3-2 win against Liverpool in Wednesday’s semi-final second leg.
AP - A rarely displayed segment of the Dead Sea Scrolls will be part of an exhibition for President Bush and other dignitaries attending Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations next month, a museum official said Wednesday.
AP - The U.S. military death toll hit a seven-month high of 49 on Wednesday ? with more than half the losses in Baghdad as American forces wage growing street battles against Shiite fighters.
AP - A working class suburb of Chile’s capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because “an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life.”
AP - Police say Josef Fritzl left a lot of human wreckage in his wake: the daughter he imprisoned and raped for 24 years, the seven children he fathered with her and the wife whose life he shattered.
AP - The killings of five U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 49, making it the deadliest month since September. One soldier died when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The second died of wounds sustained when he was attacked by small-arms fire, the military said Wednesday. Both incidents occurred Tuesday in northwestern Baghdad.
