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 IPL set for exciting Twenty20 cricket finale  The Indian Premier League heads for a thrilling climax this week when the play-offs take place to determine the champions of this season's popular Twenty20 tournament.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:14:19Z Suu Kyi to address UN body in Geneva next month  Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver her first speech outside the country since at least 1988 before a U.N. labor conference in Geneva on June 14, the head of the U.N. labor office said Tuesday.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T09:59:47Z UK awards deals to design new Trident submarines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain awarded contracts to design its next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines on Tuesday, bringing renewal of the controversial and costly Trident weapons system a step closer. Debate has raged in cash-strapped Britain on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent - which currently consists of four submarines carrying Trident warheads - at an estimated cost of some 20 billion pounds ($31.5 billion). ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:58:18Z Legion No. 1 admits he knew of priest's kid in '05 The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted Tuesday to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T09:55:21Z Two dead in Beirut clashes after killing of anti-Assad cleric ALBIREH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hundreds of Islamist gunmen fired in the air on Monday at the funeral of a Sunni Muslim cleric whose killing ignited street battles and brought the bloodshed from Syria's 14-month-old uprising spilling across the border into Lebanon. Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid, an opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was buried in northern Lebanon a day after he was shot dead at a Lebanese army checkpoint in a part of that country where Sunni sympathy for Syria's rebels and the uprising against Assad is particularly strong. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:53:55Z Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado  A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:01:23Z 10 Things to Know for Tuesday  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:54:11Z Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall  Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal, all fossilized in stone, modern-day evidence of how this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died: in childbirth.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:05:14Z Gingrich's private ventures are going bankrupt  (Reuters) - ATLANTA - When he entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in May 2011, Newt Gingrich was the prosperous head of a small empire commonly known as Newt Inc, which included both for-profit consultancies and nonprofit foundations. Altogether, these entwined ventures pulled in more than $110 million over the past decade. Now the vestiges of this empire are mired in debt, as is Gingrich's campaign fund. ...Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:07:28Z |