Libya's Gaddafi calls for negotiation with NATO

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi struck a conciliatory note on Saturday, saying he was ready for a ceasefire and negotiations provided NATO "stop its planes." | Video

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Obama promises help to rebuild tornado-hit South

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised federal aid on Friday to the tornado-ravaged South, where deadly twisters have killed at least 339 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. | Video

Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk up the aisle, after their wedding ceremony in Westminster Abbey, April 29, 2011.

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Inside the abbey: garden party to hushed service

A Reuters correspondent allowed inside the royal wedding reports: It was almost like being at two weddings for guests at the marriage service of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton. The first was a festive atmosphere before the ceremony, and the second one of intense seriousness befitting the formality of the occasion. Full Article | Slideshow

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Reuters is unable to independently verify the authenticity of the photo. A resident gestures with a victory sign after clashes with Iraqi security forces at Camp Ashraf, an Iranian dissident camp, in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, in this April 8, 2011 handout photo provided by Camp Ashraf. REUTERS/Camp Ashraf/Handout

Bernd Debusmann:

Iranian dissidents and a dilemma for the U.S.

Call it the coalition of the baffled: A diverse group of prominent public figures who challenge the U.S. government’s logic of keeping on its terrorist blacklist an Iranian exile group that publicly renounced violence a decade ago and has fed details on Iran’s nuclear program to American intelligence. Full Article

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