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Yahoo News |
8:34am PST |
US: Iraqi women bomber trainer caught
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military announced the capture Saturday of an insurgent leader who was recruiting and training women, including his wife, to wrap themselves in explosives and blow themselves up — the latest sign that al-Qaida in Iraq plans to keep using wom |
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Yahoo News |
8:17am PST |
Clinton's surprising roller-coaster ride
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A year ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-Inevitable, was joshing about whether she could appoint her husband secretary of state when she became president, and Barack Obama was urging a throng to be realistic about his own chances. "Let's face it," he sa |
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ChristianPost |
8:15am PST |
Why Be Good? |
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Summary: Nearly every major story involving an ethical or moral lapse is soon followed by an explanation of why such failures are ... |
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Yahoo News |
8:15am PST |
Military divorce rate holding steady
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The divorce rate in the armed forces held steady last year at 3.3 percent, a surprising finding given the stress that marriages are under during persistent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PST |
Israeli-Palestinian clashes kill 45
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Palestinians threatened Saturday to call off peace talks with Israel after 45 Gazans, at least half of them civilians, were killed in pitched battles between Israeli troops and rocket squads that escalated sharply. |
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BBC News |
7:56am PST |
Troops kill senior Farc leader |
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Summary: Raul Reyes, one of the top leaders of Colombia's Farc rebels, is killed in combat, the government says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PST |
Israel kills 35 Palestinians in Gaza raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel killed 35 Palestinians on Saturday
in its deadliest and deepest incursion into the Gaza Strip
since pulling out in 2005, stoking fears of a broader conflict
that could derail renewed U.S.-backed peace talks. |
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Cnn.com |
7:53am PST |
Troop deaths in Iraq drop in February |
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Summary: Twenty-nine U.S. troops died in Iraq during February, the third-lowest total of the nearly five-year-old war, according to Pentagon figures. At the same time, Iraq's Interior Ministry said the number of civilian deaths increased 36 percent to 633. But th |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PST |
Israeli forces pound Gaza, killing 42 in fierce clashes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel pressed its assault against Hamas-ruled Gaza with a land operation and a surge of air strikes on Saturday, killing at least 42 Palestinians, medical officials said. |
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BBC News |
7:34am PST |
Trio held over terror plot fears |
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Summary: Three men from Afghanistan are being questioned over a suspected terrorist plot in County Kerry. |
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ChristianPost |
7:32am PST |
Raul Castro Takes Small Steps on Human Rights |
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Summary: Once known as the 'fist' of Cuba's revolution, 76-year-old Raul Castro may be showing a brush of the velvet glove since taking ... |
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Cnn.com |
7:29am PST |
Prince Harry back from Afghanistan |
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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 |
7:18am PST |
Colombian army kills FARC number 2 Reyes: defense minister
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Summary: AFP - The Colombian army has killed Raul Reyes, the number two leader of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PST |
Bush: Stop illegal online drug sales
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Summary: AP - President Bush is asking Congress to work with his administration to end illegal sales of highly addictive prescription drugs on the Internet to stem a rising number of people dying of overdoses. |
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ChristianPost |
7:07am PST |
Worst Anti-Christian Films of 2007 |
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Summary: A Christian movie site released a list of flicks that deserve a 'Rotten Banana' award for their anti-Christian ... |
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ChristianPost |
6:57am PST |
Columbia Univ. Opens Institute on Religion and Cultural Tolerance |
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Summary: The Big Apple's ivy league has opened the doors to a new institute that examines how religion affects global affairs and promotes cultural ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:55am PST |
Israeli-Palestinian clashes kill 33
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Palestinians threatened Saturday to call off peace talks with Israel after 33 Gazans, at least half of them civilians, were killed in violence that escalated sharply during the day. |
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6:51am PST |
Israeli forces pound Gaza, killing 35 in fierce clashes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel pressed its assault against Hamas-ruled Gaza with a land operation and a surge of air strikes on Saturday, killing at least 35 Palestinians, medical officials said. |
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BBC News |
6:49am PST |
Farc commander killed in Colombia |
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Summary: Raul Reyes, a top leader of Colombia's Farc rebels, has been killed by the country's army, media reports say. |
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BBC News |
6:46am PST |
UK airman killed in Iraq attack |
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Summary: A British airman dies following a rocket attack on a military base in southern Iraq. |
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BBC News |
6:33am PST |
Jersey witness 'intimidated' |
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Summary: An ex-worker at the former children's home in Jersey has been accused of intimidating a witness, police reveal. |
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ChristianPost |
6:31am PST |
Religious Leaders Urge Bush to Sign Anti-Torture Bill |
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Summary: Calling torture an "instrinsic evil" that must be "absolutely" rejected, four faith group leaders signed a joint letter Thursday urging President Bush to change his mind and approve the Intelligence Authorization ... |
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Cnn.com |
6:24am PST |
Guns, anarchist manual found in room with ricin |
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Summary: Officers who found the deadly poison ricin in a Las Vegas, Nevada, extended-stay hotel room also discovered firearms and an "anarchist-type textbook" with an entry about ricin bookmarked, police say.
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Yahoo News |
6:10am PST |
Gen: Turkish pullout had been planned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Turkey's top general said the country's troop withdrawal from Iraq had nothing to do with U.S. calls to keep the cross-border campaign against Kurdish rebels as short as possible, a newspaper reported Saturday. |
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ChristianPost |
6:08am PST |
Republicans Split on Huckabee Staying in Race |
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Summary: Republicans are nearly evenly split on whether Mike Huckabee should continue his bid for U.S. president or if he should drop out, given that frontrunner John McCain is being called the shoo-in for the party’s ... |
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BBC News |
5:46am PST |
Mugabe rival wins key supporter |
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Summary: Simba Makoni, who plans to challenge Robert Mugabe for Zimbabwe's presidency, wins the backing of a key figure. |
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Yahoo News |
5:40am PST |
Will Texas be Hillary Clinton's last stand?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Texas was supposed to be a bastion of
support for Hillary Clinton in the battle for the U.S.
Democratic presidential nomination, but it may turn out to be
her Alamo. |
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BBC News |
5:27am PST |
Woman killed by electric blanket |
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Summary: A woman in her 90s dies in her bed after her rolled up electric blanket catches fire and fills the room with smoke. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PST |
Iraq casualties rise again after Qaeda bombs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose 36
percent in February from the previous month after a series of
large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government
figures showed on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PST |
Israeli forces pound Gaza, killing 33 in fierce clashes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a surge of strikes on Saturday, killing at least 33 Palestinians including four children, medical officials said. |
