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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PST |
Iran's Ahmadinejad in Iraq for landmark trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived
in Baghdad on Sunday, the first Iranian president to visit Iraq
since the two neighbors fought a protracted war in the 1980s
that killed a million people. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PST |
Freight fall causes rail disruption |
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Summary: The West Coast railway line, damaged when freight containers fell onto it during high winds, remains shut. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PST |
Youths held in Texas family's killings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mother and two children were killed in a pre-dawn attack at their remote East Texas ranch, which burned to the ground, and three high school students who knew the family will be among those charged with murder, authorities said Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:58pm PST |
Iranian President arrives in Iraq |
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Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed at Baghdad's airport Sunday for his historic two-day trip to Iraq, according to an airport official.
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PST |
North Korea denounces U.S.-South military drills
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea's military denounced annual
U.S.-South Korean military exercises beginning on Sunday,
saying it was a sign Washington was not about to give up its
hostile policy, and vowed to strike back. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PST |
Ahmadinejad makes historic visit to Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the first-ever visit by an Iranian president to Iraq, waving as he stepped off his plane to be greeted by representatives of a nation that was once Iran's bitter enemy. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PST |
U.N. Security Council urges end of Gaza violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. Security Council on
Sunday urged Israel and Palestinian militants to cease all
violence in Gaza after the U.N. secretary-general condemned
what he called Israel's "excessive" use of force. |
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Yahoo News |
10:42pm PST |
Ahmadinejad arrives in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the first-ever visit by an Iranian president to Iraq, waving as he stepped off his plane to be greeted by representatives of a nation that was once Iran's bitter enemy. |
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ChristianToday |
10:37pm PST |
Christian Aid Islamic Relief team up for global volunteering scheme |
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Summary: A new Governmentbacked global volunteering scheme for 18 to 25yearolds will offer young adults from less advantaged backgrounds the opportunity to live work and learn about life in poorer countries while making a real difference to peoples lives |
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ChristianToday |
10:34pm PST |
New Bible reveals Gods heart towards poverty and injustice |
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Summary: A new Bible which connects Scriptures with some of the biggest issues of our day has been launched by Bible Society |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PST |
Family killed in Texas; 3 youths held
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mother and two children were killed in a pre-dawn attack at their remote East Texas ranch, which burned to the ground, and three high school students who knew the family will be among those charged with murder, authorities said Saturday |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PST |
Iran leader in landmark Iraq trip |
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Summary: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Baghdad on the first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PST |
Iran president begins historic Iraq trip
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began on Sunday a historic visit to Iraq -- the first ever by an Iranian president -- hoping to boost ties with Baghdad with which Tehran fought a bitter eight-year war. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PST |
Ahmadinejad in Iraq for landmark trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived
in Baghdad on Sunday, the first Iranian president to visit Iraq
since the two neighbors fought a protracted war in the 1980s
that killed a million people. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PST |
Clinton trails in Texas, deadlocked in Ohio
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Hillary Clinton narrowly
trails rival Barack Obama in Texas and the two are virtually
tied in Ohio ahead of critical contests that could decide the
fate of her presidential bid, according to a
Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll r |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PST |
Clinton takes break for 'SNL'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to thank "Saturday Night Live" for giving her candidacy a boost — although she failed to get an official endorsement from the show. |
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BBC News |
9:11pm PST |
UN chief condemns Gaza violence |
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Summary: UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls on both Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza to halt the escalating violence. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PST |
Iran president leaves for landmark trip to Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
left for a landmark visit to Iraq on Sunday, saying the trip
was designed to strengthen Iraqi security and expand economic
ties between the neighboring countries. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PST |
Jets give All-Pro guard Faneca big deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Jets and Pro Bowl left guard Alan Faneca agreed to terms on a five-year, $40 million contract Saturday, making the former Pittsburgh player the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PST |
U.S. envoy leaves China with no North Korea meeting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. negotiator on North Korea
was to leave China on Sunday without meeting his North Korean
counterpart, who he said was "not ready" for talks aimed at
pushing forward a stalled nuclear disarmament plan. |
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BBC News |
8:14pm PST |
Johnson heralds personal NHS |
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Summary: Health Secretary Alan Johnson is set to tell Labour activists that the days of a "one-size-fits-all" NHS are over. |
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BBC News |
7:40pm PST |
Protesters pull back in Armenia |
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Summary: Opposition activists end protests in Armenia's capital after police crack down and a state of emergency is called. |
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Yahoo News |
7:27pm PST |
U.S. admits more Iraqi refugees but pace still slow
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States admitted 444 Iraqi
refugees in February, according to preliminary figures released
by a U.S. official on Saturday, up from 375 in January but
below the pace needed to meet its 12,000 annual target. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21pm PST |
Chavez warns Colombia against cross-border raid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez warned Colombia Saturday not to carry out a cross-border raid against Marxist FARC rebels into Venezuelan territory, saying it could spark a war. |
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Cnn.com |
7:18pm PST |
Prince Harry: My withdrawal is a 'shame' |
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Summary: Prince Harry was welcomed home by his father and brother Saturday, a day after he was quickly withdrawn from serving with the British army in Afghanistan because of the media's disclosure of his deployment there.
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Yahoo News |
7:18pm PST |
U.N. chief condemns Israel after bloody day in Gaza
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
condemned Israel for using "excessive" force in the Gaza Strip
and demanded a halt to its offensive after troops killed 61
people on the bloodiest day for Palestinians since the 1980s. |
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PST |
Family killed in Texas; 4 youths held
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mother and two children were killed in a predawn attack at their remote East Texas ranch, which burned to the ground, and four young people who knew the family will be charged with murder, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:55pm PST |
Johnnie Carr funeral: 'She was our mama'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of people who knew Johnnie Carr as "Mama" is too high to count, even though she had only three children, said those who remembered the civil rights icon at her funeral Saturday. |
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BBC News |
6:31pm PST |
Chavez in Farc raid 'war' warning |
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Summary: Hugo Chavez warns Colombia a strike against Farc rebels inside Venezuela like that in Ecuador could start a war. |
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Yahoo News |
6:21pm PST |
Jets, LG Alan Faneca agree on $40M deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Jets and Pro Bowl left guard Alan Faneca agreed to terms on a five-year, $40 million contract Saturday, making the former Pittsburgh player the highest-paid offensive lineman in the NFL. |
