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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PDT |
Voting for Pakistan presidency begins |
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Summary: Voting was under way Saturday across Pakistan as lawmakers in the country's parliament and four provincial assemblies selected a new president.
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Yahoo News |
11:54pm PDT |
New prototype phone gives fitness check
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk. Meet your new personal trainer: your cell phone. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PDT |
Ramirez's homer in 9th lifts Red Sox
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez sent one fan home with a baseball and the rest with a reminder of Boston's last World Series run. The MVP of the 2004 Series homered off Francisco Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth inning Friday night, and the Red Sox beat the Los An |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Pakistan's Musharraf heads for disputed election win
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani lawmakers began voting Saturday in a presidential election that Pervez Musharraf is set to win despite a court ruling that delays the declaration of a result and could yet deny him victory. |
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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
Suicide attack targets U.S. convoy in Kabul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. convoy
in Kabul on Saturday, killing two Afghan civilians, an Afghan
Interior Ministry spokesman said, and wounding at least one
U.S. soldier. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Justice demand for Politkovskaya |
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Summary: Celebrities and dignitaries sign a letter in The Times seeking justice for slain Russia journalist Anna Politkovskaya. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48pm PDT |
Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home." |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Presidency vote begins in Pakistan |
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Summary: Gen Musharraf seeks election for another term as Pakistan's president, despite protests over the bid's legality. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Pakistan presidency vote begins |
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Summary: President Pervez Musharraf seeks re-election in Pakistan, despite concerns over the legality of his bid. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35pm PDT |
Ramirez homers in 9th, Bosox beat Angels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One fan got a baseball. The rest left with another sweet memory. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PDT |
Musharraf set to win vote as victory hangs on court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf
goes into a presidential contest on Saturday sure of polling
enough votes to win re-election, but uncertain whether the
Supreme Court will let him claim victory. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
Suicide attack targets foreign troops in Kabul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked a U.S. convoy
in Kabul on Saturday, killing two Afghan civilians, an Afghan
Interior Ministry spokesman said, but there was no word of any
foreign casualties. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Myanmar tries to cool international pressure
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's junta Saturday tried to cool growing UN pressure over its deadly crackdown on peaceful protests, seeking talks with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and relaxing its blockage of the Internet. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
West puts UN pressure on Burma |
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Summary: Western powers draft a UN statement condemning Burma's junta for the "violent repression" of protesters. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
UN pressure on Burmese |
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Summary: Western powers draft a UN statement condemning Burma's "violent repression" of protesters. |
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BBC News |
9:43pm PDT |
PM to assess election prospects |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to spend the day with advisors assessing whether to call a general election. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
Briton nears end of 13-year quest |
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Summary: An adventurer is on course to complete his 13-year odyssey around the globe in a pedal boat. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
Jena mayor calls song inflammatory
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A video in which rapper-actor Mos Def asked students around the country to walk out Oct. 1 to support the "Jena Six" escaped comment by this town's mayor. But when John Mellencamp sang, "Jena, take your nooses down," he took issue. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
Western powers slam Myanmar repression in UN draft statement
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Key western members of the UN Security Council late Friday circulated a draft statement condemning the "violent repression" by Myanmar's military regime of anti-government protests. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Worldwide Burma protests expected |
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Summary: Campaigners are to gather in cities across the world to show support for protestors in Burma. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58pm PDT |
Indians, bugs bite Yankees in ALDS
(AP)
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Summary: AP - These were truly sacrifice flies. Swarming bugs, millions and millions of them, bombarded the New York Yankees at the worst possible time Friday night, covering and rattling rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain and helping the Cleveland Indians to a 2-1 |
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Yahoo News |
8:32pm PDT |
Pakistan's Musharraf heads for election win
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was set to win re-election on Saturday, despite a Supreme Court ruling that delays the declaration of a result and could yet rob the diehard US ally of victory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PDT |
Musharraf set to win vote, victory hangs on court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf
goes into a presidential contest on Saturday sure of polling
enough votes to win re-election, but uncertain whether the
Supreme Court will let him claim victory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Western powers circulate Myanmar draft at U.N.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Western powers circulated a
draft statement on Myanmar to the U.N. Security Council on
Friday that condemned repression by the junta and demanded it
free political detainees and begin a dialogue with the
opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PDT |
Hunter guilty in Hmong's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A jury on Friday found a white former sawmill worker guilty in the shooting and stabbing death of a Hmong immigrant with whom he crossed paths while both were hunting squirrels in the northern Wisconsin woods earlier this year. |
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BBC News |
8:00pm PDT |
Paper withdraws prince photo |
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Summary: The Daily Mail decides not to run a photo of Prince William after claims he was pursued by paparazzi. |
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Yahoo News |
7:39pm PDT |
Giuliani criticizes GOP on spending
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential contenders on Friday scolded Congress for extravagant spending of tax dollars, and Rudy Giuliani blamed the issue for GOP losses in last year's elections. |
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Yahoo News |
7:16pm PDT |
Wilson attends premiere of his new film
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Owen Wilson has returned to the public eye, making an appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film, "The Darjeeling Limited." |
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BBC News |
7:06pm PDT |
Council pilots one bin bag scheme |
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Summary: Households in one council area are to be charged if they throw out more than one sack of rubbish each week. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PDT |
Indians swat Yanks 2-1 to take 2-0 lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Swat! Take that, New York Yankees. Helped by a freakish invasion of bombarding bugs that rattled rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain in the eighth inning, the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Yankees 2-1 in 11 innings Friday night to take a 2-0 lea |
