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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 8 May

Associated Press Monday, 9 May 2016, 07:56 Last update: about 9 years ago

GOP 2016-RESISTING TRUMP — Many Republican voters in conservative Utah are experiencing an acute version of the political panic attack gripping much of the party: Some can't bring themselves to vote for Donald Trump, while others say sitting out the election would amount to a vote for Hillary Clinton. 

CAMPAIGN 2016-OBAMA'S LEGACY — There are worse things for President Barack Obama's legacy than Donald Trump's presumptive nomination. Trump's ascent makes some of Obama's key achievements more likely to survive after the next president takes over. 

HEROIN HAVENS — The heroin and painkiller crisis has pushed elected leaders from coast to coast to consider the once-unthinkable: government-sanctioned sites where heroin users can shoot up under medical supervision. While such sites have operated for years overseas, they face a long list of legal and political challenges in the U.S. 

IRAQ-UNPOPULAR AMERICANS - For nearly two years, U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and weapons shipments have helped Iraqi forces roll back the Islamic State group — but many Iraqis still aren't convinced the Americans are on their side. By Sinan Salaheddin and Susannah George. 

MEXICO-DRUG LORD — The northern Mexico prison where authorities suddenly transferred convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is rated as the worst in the federal penitentiary system by human rights officials. 

BRITAIN-NEW MAYOR-HOLOCAUST — London's newly elected Muslim mayor has joined an annual memorial to Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first public act in office. 

GREECE-BAILOUT — Greek anarchists have hurled firebombs, chairs and wooden planks at riot police in brief clashes outside parliament while lawmakers were debating a controversial austerity bill. 

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