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OCEAN CITY, Md (Reuters) - After four decades carrying millions of New Yorkers, 44 of the city's subway cars are now home to millions of fish.

Spanish police arrest five hackers they describe as being among the most active on the internet.

Daniel Griffiths travels to China's Sichuan province where collapsed school buildings have claimed the lives of many children.

Emilio San Pedro reflects on the contribution 43 million Latino people make to the US.

GENEVA, May 17 (IPS) - The fate of the world’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is hanging in the balance as a result of the economic partnership agreements that most SACU countries have signed with the European Union (EU).

The turbulent history of the Balkans is retold through the experiences of its master Kosovan bakers.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing on the West Coast. But apparently, Schumer forgot to inform the state's voters....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah....

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic insurgents in Somalia seized a major agricultural center overnight, sending hundreds of people fleeing, a human rights leader said Saturday....

Portsmouth and Cardiff fans descend on Wembley ahead of the FA Cup final.

PM issues Britain's strongest criticism of Burma's military rulers yet for blocking distribution of relief to cyclone survivors

PM issues Britain's strongest criticism of Burma's military rulers yet for blocking distribution of relief to cyclone survivors

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.

TAILANDIA, Brazil (AP) -- Acrid smoke from charcoal-making blankets this Amazon logging town with the smell of business as usual. Less than three months ago, federal agents swooped in to close sawmills, confiscate wood and smash charcoal furnaces in a government crackdown on illegal logging....

DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) -- Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and inspired activist came up with an idea - to cover the gas station with a colossal handmade blanket in a way that would bring greater attention to the world's dependency on oil....

KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Voters in Kuwait lined up Saturday to vote in landmark parliamentary elections that could substantially change the legislative body of this tiny, oil-rich Gulf emirate following electoral reforms to reduce corruption and vote buying....

Play starts 25 minutes late on day three of the first Test, with England 68-0.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta....

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush pivoted to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute on Saturday, but he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week....