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Swede wins Eurovision
27/05/2012 : Swedish star Loreen beat off a challenge from dancing Russian pensioners to win a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan that the host hoped would banish qualms over its rights record.
Medvedev elected new party chief
26/05/2012 : _ Russia's ruling party on Saturday approved Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new chief in a bid to reverse flagging popularity that stoked opposition protests against the Kremlin.
Pope's butler arrested
26/05/2012 : Rome -- The Vatican confirmed on Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI's butler had been arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers.
Obama a teen pothead
26/05/2012 : Washington -- A new biography of Barack Obama has revealed the US president’s fondness for marijuana as a student, detailing his membership in an informal pot-smoking group in Hawaii called the Choom Gang.
Finland gunman kills two
26/05/2012 : Police in Finland have arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of killing two people and wounding seven others early Saturday.
Suu Kyi to visit Karen camp
26/05/2012 : Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit a Karen refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province on Thursday during her visit to Thailand.
Poison mushrooms kill 9
26/05/2012 : Nine people, five of them from the same household, have died after eating poisonous mushrooms in Sop Moei district in Mae Hong Son, say medical officials.
'Severe drought' in N. Korea
26/05/2012 : North Korea is suffering a prolonged and widespread drought, state media say, raising fears it will worsen already dire food shortages in the impoverished communist country.
Chinese legislator cancels UK trip
26/05/2012 : China's top legislator has cancelled a visit to Britain in anger over a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, a source said.
Flood alert in 15 provinces
26/05/2012 : The Meteorological Department on Saturday morning issued another warning for people in 15 provinces to prepare for widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas and the danger of floods from today to May 29.
