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Friday, 09 May, 2008

• Burma warned over cyclone delays

  The UN urges Burma to reconsider its attitude towards allowing aid teams into the country to avoid further loss of life.

• Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup'

  Lebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup".

• Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine

  Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.

• Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'

  Former Democratic US presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.

• Bombing on eve of Sri Lanka polls

  A bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.

• Second police shooting in Mexico

  Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth in under two weeks.

• SA head silent after Harare talks

  South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves Zimbabwe without comment after crisis talks with Robert Mugabe.

• Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli

  A mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli civilian, police and medical officials say.

• Judge prolongs Fritzl's custody

  The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month.

• US and Russian sailors stage sandwich-making battle

  Sailors from the Russian and US navies square off in a sandwich-making contest for Victory Day.

• Tags to track Greenland walrus migration

  Ten of Greenland's walruses are fitted with sat-tags to confirm whether the blubbery beasts migrate to Canada.

• Rivals bullish over title decider

  Avram Grant believes Chelsea are playing the best football while Sir Alex Ferguson says Bolton will make it hard for the Blues in Sunday's Premier League finale.

• Federer suffers early Rome exit

  World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.

• High stakes

  Global rifts are fuelling the Lebanese conflict

• Day in pictures

  Striking images from around the world

• Taser parties

  Meeting the women shunning kitchen ware for stun guns

• Harare diary

  Teacher's certificate to prove he's had a beating

• In pictures

  Russia's military parades through Red Square

• It's quiz time!

  Could fat on your derriere be a good thing after all?

• Zambia seizes 'Chiluba millions'

  Assets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.