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Yahoo News |
7:21am PST |
Bush explains veto of waterboarding bill
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PST |
Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PST |
Waterboarding OK? Bush vetoes bill to ban |
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BBC News |
7:15am PST |
Rugby: Wales clinch Triple Crown |
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Summary: Wing Shane Williams equals Wales' try-scoring record as they claim the Triple Crown in Dublin. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PST |
Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Saturday
vetoed legislation passed by Congress that would have banned
the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial
interrogation techniques. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PST |
Iraqis demand protection from crime |
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Summary: Hundreds of Iraqis have marched on the Basra police headquarters demanding better security for their crime-ridden southern Iraqi city.
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ChristianToday |
6:58am PST |
Malaysia govt loses key state of Penang |
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Summary: Malaysias opposition threatened on Saturday to hand the ruling coalition its biggest upset in 40 years by winning the northern island state of Penang sources on both sides of politics said |
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BBC News |
6:57am PST |
'No Russia thaw under Medvedev' |
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Summary: Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that relations will not be easier under his successor. |
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ChristianToday |
6:57am PST |
Peres says Israel will not act alone on Iran |
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Summary: Israel will not consider unilateral action to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb President Shimon Peres was quoted as saying on Saturday |
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ChristianToday |
6:56am PST |
Obama aide quits over Clinton comment |
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Summary: A foreign policy adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama resigned on Friday after calling campaign rival Hillary Clinton a monster during an interview with The Scotsman newspaper |
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Yahoo News |
6:53am PST |
Myanmar rejects UN proposal for observers at referendum
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's military government has rejected a UN proposal for the regime to allow observers at its constitutional referendum planned for May, state television said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
6:52am PST |
Council bids to run post offices |
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Summary: Essex county council enters into talks on taking over post offices in its area earmarked for closure. |
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ChristianToday |
6:51am PST |
Thatcher set to leave hospital |
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Summary: Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is due to leave hospital later on Saturday her spokeswoman said |
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Yahoo News |
6:49am PST |
Abbas demands peace after surge of Mideast killing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for talks with Israel despite
a surge of violence and said that a just peace was his people's
goal. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PST |
Wyoming, land of firsts for women, tough on Clinton
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Summary: Reuters - With a long history of firsts
in women's rights, Wyoming would seem to be a state primed to
put its stamp on the presidential aims of Sen. Hillary Clinton,
but experts say that doesn't seem likely. |
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ChristianPost |
6:45am PST |
The 'Changing' Evangelical Movement? |
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Summary: Pundits love to put their subjects into tidy little boxes—it makes their talking points easier. After all, people in little boxes are not complicated or nuanced. No doubt that's why the media has long tried to put evangelicals into a box. The problem, how |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PST |
Angry Boeing supporters target McCain
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Summary: AP - Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PST |
Putin warns West his successor to be just as tough
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Summary: AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday warned the West against expecting a thaw under his "nationalist" successor Dmitry Medvedev. |
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ChristDot |
6:43am PST |
Interview with William F. Buckley about religion |
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Summary: From the Web site of Dick Staub, author of The Culturally Savvy Christian:
William F. Buckley died yesterday (2/27/2008). I interviewed him in the 90's after I participated in a debate between Dominic Crossan, controversial New Testament scholar and a pr |
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ChristDot |
6:43am PST |
Former PM Blair to Lead Seminar at Yale on Faith and Globalization |
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Summary: Yale president Richard C Levin said Mr Blair's appointment was a "tremendous opportunity" for the university.
He said: "As the world continues to become increasingly inter-dependent, it is essential that we explore how religious values can be channelled |
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ChristDot |
6:43am PST |
Evangelicals' new twist on Lent |
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Summary: Evangelicals observing Lent?
Fasting, and giving up chocolate and favorite pastimes like watching TV during the 40 days before Easter are practices many evangelical Protestants have long rejected as too Catholic and unbiblical.
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PST |
Heavy snow batters Ohio Valley states
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Summary: AP - A foot of snow buried parts of the Ohio Valley early Saturday, virtually shutting down some road and air travel. |
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Yahoo News |
6:34am PST |
Iraqi president visits Turkey after army operation
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani began his
first visit as head of state to neighboring Turkey on Friday,
just one week after Ankara ended a major army ground offensive
against Kurdish PKK rebels based in northern Iraq. |
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BBC News |
6:31am PST |
Afghans protest against cartoons |
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Summary: Thousands of Afghans protest against the reprinting of cartoons they say are insults to Islam. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PST |
Bodies found in Iraq mass grave |
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Summary: Security forces in Iraq discover a mass grave containing about 100 decomposed bodies. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PST |
Abbas says peace efforts must continue
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Summary: AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said peace efforts with Israel must move forward despite an especially bloody spate of violence capped by a deadly attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem. |
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ChristianPost |
6:23am PST |
Holy Land Bishop Responds to Jerusalem Shooting |
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Summary: The Holy Land Lutheran bishop, besides offering condolences to mourning families affected by the Jerusalem shooting, reminded the world that violence is the product of desperation and ... |
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BBC News |
6:21am PST |
Setback for PM in Malaysia vote |
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Summary: Early indications from Malaysia's polls suggest PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi may be doing worse than predicted. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PST |
MEP seeks to resolve ferry strike |
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Summary: The President of France is urged to intervene in a strike by ferry workers to help end the gridlock on the M20. |
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BBC News |
6:09am PST |
Diploma success 'to end A-levels' |
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Summary: England's chief exams watchdog says success for new Diplomas will mean the demise of A-levels. |
