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Abbas swears in new cabinet, opens doors for aid
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency government in a move that could bolster him in his power struggle with Islamist Hamas rivals by ending a US-led aid embargo.
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McCanns may have unwittingly destroyed crucial evidence - police
Chief Inspector Olegario Sousa of the Portuguese Policia Judiciaria, said potentially crucial forensic evidence may have been unwittingly destroyed by the McCanns and their friends crowding into the bedroom Madeleine disappeared from in the hours after the alarm was raised.
More than 20 people went into the McCann's apartment at the Mark Warner Ocean Club resort on the night of May 3, Ch Insp Sousa told the Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias.
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Gunman kills one, injures two, in central Melbourne
A gunman in central Melbourne shot one person dead and left two injured.
Police said the shooting was not a random act and it appeared the gunman knew his victims.
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