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Yahoo News |
6:21pm PST |
Utah home search planned in ricin case
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Summary: AP - A motel patron hospitalized after the potent poison ricin was mysteriously found in his room "barely got by in life," according to a woman who knew him when he lived at a Utah home that agents hoped to search Saturday. |
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6:12pm PST |
Obama makes only stop in RI, slams rival
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama, on his first visit to Rhode Island as a presidential candidate, sought Saturday to portray Hillary Rodham Clinton as a candidate who shifted positions for political expediency. |
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6:09pm PST |
Nicholson films make case for Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - He was The Joker in Batman, but Jack Nicholson says he wasn't fooling around when he said in "A Few Good Men" that there was nothing sexier than saluting a woman. |
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5:59pm PST |
Apathy fear in second Thai vote |
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Summary: Thais are electing a new Senate in the second stage of the democratic process but low turnout is feared. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53pm PST |
Live from New York, it's Hillary Clinton? |
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Summary: Days before a crucial set of primaries, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected to make a surprise appearance on this week's "Saturday Night Live," an entertainment industry source tells CNN.
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5:42pm PST |
Bush won't promise further troop cuts
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Summary: AP - President Bush declined Saturday to promise more U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq before he leaves office, and underscored the need for a strong military presence during Iraqi provincial elections in October. |
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5:41pm PST |
Armenian opposition ends protest after violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Armenia's opposition ended a standoff
with riot police in the capital Yerevan on Sunday after the
government declared a state of emergency and mobilized the army
in response to the worst unrest in a decade. |
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5:40pm PST |
Palestinians' bloodiest day as Israel kills 61
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli forces killed 61 people in the
Gaza Strip on Saturday, the bloodiest day for Palestinians
since an uprising against Israeli occupation began in 2000. |
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5:38pm PST |
MPs urging direct US-Iran talks |
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Summary: A committee of MPs calls on the government to persuade the US to hold talks with Iran over its nuclear programme. |
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5:34pm PST |
Chavez warns of "war" if Colombia strikes Venezuela
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Hugo Chavez warned Colombia
on Saturday it would be a "cause for war" if its forces struck
inside Venezuelan territory as they did in Ecuador killing a
top Colombian rebel commander there. |
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4:58pm PST |
Presidential election under way in Russia's Far East
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Summary: Reuters - Russians voted for a new
president on Sunday in an election expected to deliver a
victory to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's chosen successor and
another blow to Moscow's already tarnished democratic image. |
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Cnn.com |
4:56pm PST |
Israeli airstrike hits Hamas premier's office |
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4:45pm PST |
Bloodiest day as Israel kills 61 in Gaza
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli forces killed 61 people in the
Gaza Strip on Saturday, the bloodiest day for Palestinians
since an uprising against Israeli occupation began in 2000. |
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4:38pm PST |
Call for 'serious debate' on wolf |
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Summary: Support for the reintroduction of wild wolves could grow over next 15 years, says a conservation charity. |
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4:35pm PST |
Adverts target organ donor rise |
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Summary: A campaign to encourage more people to donate their organs is to be launched in Scotland. |
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4:35pm PST |
Adverts target more organ donors |
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Summary: A campaign to encourage more people to donate their organs is to be launched in Scotland. |
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4:34pm PST |
Russia votes for Putin's successor
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Summary: AP - After eight years of rule that saw Russia's influence and wealth grow while its democratic freedoms shrank, voters in the Far East were the first in this vast nation to cast their ballots Sunday for President Vladimir Putin's successor. |
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4:30pm PST |
UK rejection for gun laws summit |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith rejects Scottish Government calls for a review of firearms laws. |
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4:30pm PST |
Smith rejects UK gun laws review |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith rejects Scottish Government calls for a review of firearms laws in the UK. |
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4:30pm PST |
UK rejection over gun laws review |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith rejects Scottish Government calls for a review of firearms laws in the UK. |
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BBC News |
4:25pm PST |
MPs in maternal deaths warning |
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Summary: Up to a million pregnant women worldwide die each year from largely avoidable causes, according to MPs. |
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4:25pm PST |
MPs issue maternal deaths warning |
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Summary: Up to a million pregnant women worldwide die each year from largely avoidable causes, according to MPs. |
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4:14pm PST |
Prince Harry pays tribute to injured UK soldiers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Prince Harry returned from his
frontline stint in Afghanistan in somber mood after flying home
opposite two severely injured soldiers. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PST |
Prince Harry rejects 'hero' label |
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Summary: Prince Harry insists he is not a hero - and hails the bravery of his fellow soldiers after his early return from Afghanistan. |
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3:56pm PST |
US general seeks to create Iraqi jobs
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Summary: AP - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch is a West Point graduate with a master's degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. In Iraq, he's also a fish farmer. |
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3:47pm PST |
Iran's Ahmadinejad to make landmark trip to Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a
landmark trip to Iraq on Sunday, the first Iranian president to
visit since the two neighbours fought a protracted war in the
1980s that killed a million people. |
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Cnn.com |
3:47pm PST |
Widow slams suit filed by Conway Twitty's kids |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PST |
Armenia opposition backs down after violent clashes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Most of the opposition supporters
locked in a standoff with police in Armenia's capital ended
their protest on Sunday but a group of around 60 refused to go
home and set fire to abandoned police vehicles. |
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3:38pm PST |
Obama, Clinton battle over national security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidate
Barack Obama accused rival Democrat Hillary Clinton of using
the politics of fear on Saturday after her campaign released an
ad suggesting that Obama lacked enough security experience to
keep America safe. |
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3:36pm PST |
NYC cops: Baby abandonment tale was hoax
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A cabdriver who dropped off a baby at a firehouse, claiming someone had left her in his car, was arrested Saturday and charged with making up the tale to help an overwhelmed family abandon the child. |
