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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors filed a sedition charge Thursday against a student activist who had urged Malaysians to engage in street protests against the government over claims of election fraud.
SRINAGAR, India - A top police officer in Indian-controlled Kashmir says a local rebel commander has been killed in a fierce gunbattle with government forces.

The Delhi police chief says at least three more cricketers are being watched for their role in alleged spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Airline Flybe drops its flights from Belfast to London as it quits its Gatwick hub.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Prosecutors filed a sedition charge Thursday against a student activist who had urged Malaysians to engage in street protests against the government over claims of election fraud.

The Pittsburgh Penguins scored four times in the third period and six unanswered goals in all to blow out the Ottawa Senators 7-3 and take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final series.
Morgan Hill police report that a middle-aged man in an SUV exposed himself to two teenage girls as they walked behind the Dari Delight Drive-In restaurant on Monterey Road last week.

Radical NHS changes that could see an A&E unit downgraded at a south Wales hospital are not guaranteed to go ahead, a health watchdog says.
A vendor at Houston's Minute Maid Park has been fired after a fan filmed him taking a tray of snow cones into a stadium bathroom and putting it on the floor of the stall while using the facilities.

They're already famous. But these celebrities want to invest in, learn about, or just schmooze with tech start-ups. Tech start-ups also often seek celebrity users, who draw in a large mainstream audience. Some are active on web services like Twitter, while others actually show up at tech industry events.

Here's some good fun. In fact, it's practically becoming a national pastime: The demonization of Big Tech has reached a fever pitch this week. As we gathered our thoughts, collaborator Tom Lowery and I mulled over a few of the headlines of an eventful week in large tech:

Mae disgwyl i bedwar aelod Llafur lansio ymgyrch yn erbyn tynnu gwasanaethau o Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg yn hwyrach.

Three years after the death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in Mayport, a Navy sailor was charged Wednesday with murder in the case.
Nicholas James Rivet, 35, was with his girlfriend, Brandi Robb, at his off-base military housing unit on Valley Forge Court when authorities responded there Jan. 25, 2010, and found Eddie J. Robb unresponsive.
The boy was taken to a hospital where he died from a fractured skull and severe brain injury.

Migrants from Africa, who have been coming to Portugal for more than 50 years, are among those hardest hit by its financial crisis and austerity crunch.

Portugal's African community feels the pain of economic crisis

How is it for nationalists and Alliance, 15 years after the Good Friday referendum?

Nationalism and Alliance, on the anniversary of the Good Friday referendum
Ford said it would stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, ending an era that began in 1925 with the firm's first local car.
It has become a tradition in baseball that the starting pitcher gets to choose the music playing in the clubhouse before the game on the day he pitches. Red Sox righthander Clay Buchholz puts some thought into what is usually an eclectic playlist.

Most people interviewed in a survey marking 15 years since the Good Friday Agreement said they believe Northern Ireland is now a better place to live.
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On May 26, "Arrested Development" season 4 premieres on Netflix, seven years after the series was canceled by FOX. The streaming service will release all 15 episodes simultaneously, which is perfect if you desire to throw an all-night viewing party with your fellow fans.
Do you have your juiceboxes, hot ham water, and frozen bananas ready for Sunday's release of "Arrested Development?" If you need a refresher, pointers on how to throw a viewing party, or just generally want to gush about the show's return, plant yourself (like Ann) and chat with Boston.com's Glenn Yoder and Swati Sharma (her?) Thursday at 1 p.m.
Just in case you hadn't heard the squealing of fans eager for the return of "Arrested Development" seven years after it was pulled from the air by FOX, the revamped series returns with all 15 episodes released simultaneously on Netflix on May 26. While Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert has shared his skepticism about the series' return, he and Sarah Rodman are ready to discuss what they expect from the new "Arrested Development." Check out their thoughts below and tell us what you think.
In 13 weeks, I'm headed back to full-time work for the first time since starting a family five years ago. My heart-wrenching challenge over the next three months: How do I find someone to replace, well, me? For 40-plus hours a week, I'll need someone to watch my two lovely, if exasperating, girls: a 21-month-old who loves Elmo and has ...

Hong Kong, one of the most highly populated islands in the world, launches a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle its serious pollution problems.









