Election 2015: Leaders in last-ditch bid for votes
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- Election 2015
Party leaders and candidates are making a last-ditch grab for votes on the final day of campaigning before the general election polls open.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the country was "stronger than it was five years ago" but there was "more to do".
Ed Miliband will say Labour would put "working people first" in government while Nick Clegg will say the Lib Dems will offer "stability and decency".
Polls suggest no party will win enough seats for an outright majority.
BBC deputy political editor James Landale said politicians, pollsters and the media were struggling to read the election, leading many to focus on what might happen if there is an uncertain result.
Qatar builds seven 'cities' to house 258,000 World Cup migrant labourers
Officials say all seven will be up by 2016 but the largest, Labour city, will house workers on 2022 World Cup projects in next few weeks
Qatar will build seven “cities” to house 258,000 migrant labourers who are building major infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup, officials said on Tuesday.
Ministers said all seven should be built by the end of 2016 and that the largest, Labour city – for 70,000 people and with a 24,000-seat cricket stadium – will house workers in the next few weeks.
The decision to build more modern facilities comes after continued criticism of the accommodation provided by Qatar for vast numbers of migrant workers and after Doha admitted substandard and illegal living conditions were still being used.
In total, 258,000 workers – about 25% of Qatar’s migrant labourer population – will be housed, officials said.
Isis opens 262-room luxury hotel in Mosul
Police conduct raids against far-right suspects allegedly planning attacks
German police have searched the homes of a new far-right group in five German states and arrested four suspects. Prosecutors say explosives were found for intended attacks on asylum-seeker hostels and mosques.
Germany's federal prosecutions office said three men and a woman, all Germans and aged between 22 and 56, were accused of forming a new terrorism organization calling itself the "Old School Society" (OSS).
The four had acquired explosives with "great power" and had intended attacks on mosques, hostels for asylum-seekers and salafists publicly known in Germany, said the prosecutions office based in Karlsruhe.
The news magazine Der Spiegel reported initially that 250 federal investigators had taken part in the early morning raids. Germany's commando-style GSG 9 police unit had arrested the four leading suspects.
Lead poisoning lawsuit tests China's resolve over pollution
May 6, 2015 - 12:19PMAlexandra Harney
A lawsuit filed by residents of a Chinese town against a chemical plant that they say is responsible for high levels of lead in the blood of local children is shaping up as a test of the central government's resolve to tackle pollution.
Of the more than 50 residents from in and around the rural town of Dapu, in central Hunan, province who originally agreed to join the lawsuit, only 11 remain, their lawyer, Dai Renhui, told Reuters. Hu Shaobo, another lawyer advising on the case, said some plaintiffs had withdrawn under pressure from local government officials.
The lawsuit, described by lawyers as one of the first of its kind to be accepted by a Chinese court, is scheduled to be heard next month. The plaintiffs are seeking compensation, although Mr Dai declined to say if they had agreed on an amount.
Is Turkey ready to elect its first openly gay lawmaker?
Barış Sulu hopes to become the voice of the country's burgeoning LGBT-rights movement by winning a seat in parliament. Turkey goes to the polls on June 7.
ISTANBUL — Barış Sulu has made history twice. Four years ago, he and his partner became the first gay couple to apply for a marriage license in Turkey; now he’s running as the first openly gay candidate for a seat in Parliament.
The 37-year-old LGBT activist describes himself as a lifelong fighter. As a young boy, he waged a solo-campaign against nuclear energy, writing to dozens of Turkish newspapers to oppose the construction of a reactor. After coming out at 17, Mr. Sulu became active in Turkey’s burgeoning LGBT-rights movement. Two decades later, he’s still at it.
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