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11:42pm PST |
Rebels attack as Iraq election results announced (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Iraqi parties have geared up for the start of tough negotiations on forming a national unity government after rebels launched a series of attacks to coincide with the release of election results. |
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11:23pm PST |
Japanese Stores Pull U.S. Beef Off Shelves (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Japanese stores pulled U.S. beef products from their shelves amid renewed fears of mad cow disease on Saturday, a day after the government said a recent shipment from New York contained cattle parts that are a disease risk. |
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10:28pm PST |
Analysts Pore Over bin Laden Tape Clues (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The government sought Friday to pinpoint when Osama bin Laden recorded his most recent warning about planned attacks on the United States — a key fact that could help determine the risk that terrorists will carry out the threat. |
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10:28pm PST |
Al-Qaida No.2 at Site of Airstrike in 2005 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's second-in-command attended a meeting last year at the home that was hit by U.S. missiles last week in a strike believed to have killed at least four of the terror network's operatives, Pakistani intelligence officials said Saturd |
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10:22pm PST |
Leif Garrett Agrees to Start Drug Rehab (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett agreed Friday to enter a strict drug-diversion program for violating probation in a cocaine case even as he faces a new charge of heroin possession. |
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10:10pm PST |
Castro slams new US "provocations" in diplo-row (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The United States has launched a glaring new chapter in its diplomatic fight with Cuba: an electronic screen broadcasting messages on its diplomatic building's side in a move Cuba calls a provocation. |
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9:38pm PST |
Indonesian E Timor 'abuse' listed |
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Summary: President Xanana Gusmao of East Timor hands the UN a report on alleged atrocities under Indonesian rule. |
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9:38pm PST |
al-Qaida No.2 at Site of Airstrike in 2005 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's second-in-command held a meeting last year at the home that was hit by U.S. missiles last week in a strike believed to have killed at least four of the terror network's operatives, Pakistani intelligence officials said Saturday. |
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9:30pm PST |
Crews Drill to Find Trapped W.Va. Miners (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Rescuers started drilling a hole late Friday into a smoky coal mine to help locate two miners trapped after a conveyor belt caught fire deep underground in the second major mining accident in West Virginia in less than three weeks. |
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9:25pm PST |
Palestinian security forces vote in legislative poll (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian security forces on Saturday
cast the first ballots in the Palestinian Legislative Council
election, voting early before the a national poll next week,
the first contested by the militant group Hamas. |
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9:11pm PST |
James Bond car sold for over £1m |
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Summary: An Aston Martin car driven by James Bond in Goldfinger and Thunderball has been sold in auction for more than £1m. |
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8:44pm PST |
Colombia faction lays down arms |
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Summary: About 2,600 Colombian paramilitaries take part in the biggest disarmament drive of the peace process so far. |
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8:42pm PST |
Rescuers keep up search for two W.Virginia miners (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Rescue teams kept up
the search on Friday night for two miners missing for about 30
hours after a fire broke out at a mine in West Virginia, where
an accident at another mine three weeks ago killed 12 people. |
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8:37pm PST |
Lib Dem Lord's alcohol confession |
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Summary: The leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords admits for the first time that he was an alcoholic. |
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8:28pm PST |
Hingis Advances at Australian Open (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Martina Hingis beat Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 Saturday, advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open and flashing the form that carried her to six consecutive finals at Melbourne Park. |
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8:08pm PST |
Iraq leaders set for tough talks |
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Summary: Iraqi groups face tough coalition negotiations after results from December's poll yield no outright majority. |
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7:56pm PST |
Waiting and praying again in West Virginia |
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Summary: West Virginia is awaiting word of coal miners lost deep below the earth. Two coal miners have been trapped since Thursday when a conveyor belt caught fire. Rescuers are searching for the men in smoky tunnels. Meanwhile, the miners' relatives are gathered |
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7:43pm PST |
Former Pentagon expert given 12 year term for giving secrets to Israel (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - A US court sentenced a former Defense Department specialist to 12 years and seven months in prison for giving classified information to an Israeli diplomat and two pro-Israeli lobbyists. |
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7:31pm PST |
Deadly Cold Blankets Most of Russia (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Arctic temperatures gripping most of Russia pushed the reported death toll close to 40 on Friday as weather forecasters warned that no major thaw is expected in Moscow before February. |
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7:27pm PST |
Extent of DNA database revealed |
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Summary: DNA profiles of 24,000 juveniles who have not been charged or convicted of an offence are being stored. |
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Cnn.com |
7:26pm PST |
12 years for analyst keeping data on Iran |
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Summary: A former Pentagon policy specialist on Iran was sentenced Friday to 12 years and seven months in prison for crimes including conspiring to pass classified information to lobbyists for Israel. |
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7:25pm PST |
Rove: GOP to Use Terror As Campaign Issue (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Embattled White House adviser Karl Rove vowed Friday to make the war on terrorism a central campaign issue in November. He also said Democratic senators looked "mean-spirited and small-minded" in questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Ali |
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7:07pm PST |
US First Lady defends abstinence approach to AIDS in Africa (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - First Lady Laura Bush has defended the US government's emphasis on abstinence in battling the HIV-AIDS epidemic, saying it had proven to be effective. |
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6:56pm PST |
US Army awards 70 million dollar contract for body armor (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The US Army has awarded a 70 million dollar contract to California-based Ceradyne Inc. to produce side inserts for body armor, the Pentagon said. |
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6:55pm PST |
Shi'ites seal power (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite Islamists were confirmed
in power by election results on Friday that gave them a
near-majority and opened the way for U.S.-backed negotiations
with Kurds and Sunni Arabs on a national unity government. |
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Cnn.com |
6:54pm PST |
Waiting and praying in West Virginia |
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Summary: Once again, West Virginia is awaiting word of coal miners lost deep below the earth. Two coal miners have been trapped since Thursday when a conveyor belt caught fire. Rescuers are searching for the men in smoky tunnels. Meanwhile, the miners' relatives a |
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BBC News |
6:50pm PST |
Venezuela to seal US drug accord |
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Summary: Venezuela and the US are set to sign a new agreement to fight international drug trafficking. |
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6:37pm PST |
Oklahoma bombing witness leaves prison (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Michael Fortier, a key witness to
the 1995 plot to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building, was
freed from prison on Friday and headed for anonymity in the
U.S. witness protection program, his attorney said. |
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Cnn.com |
6:07pm PST |
Military plane crash survivor rang wife for help |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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6:05pm PST |
Lost whale swims further inland |
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Summary: Concerns grow for the safety of a whale stranded in the Thames as it is seen moving further upstream. |
