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Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
Ga. Tech head picked to lead Smithsonian
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Smithsonian Institution, beleaguered by questions over how much it pays its executives and how they spend the organization's money, said Saturday it has picked Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough as its new leader. |
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BBC News |
8:36am PDT |
Wales complete Grand Slam triumph |
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Summary: Wales beat France to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in Cardiff. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
Turkish PM condemns bid to shut down his party
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on
Saturday condemned a bid by state prosecutors to shut down his
ruling AK Party as an attack on democracy and political
stability and vowed to resist it. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28am PDT |
Many killed in blast at Albanian arms depot
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful explosions rocked an army munitions depot 12 kilometres (eight miles) north of the capital Tirana on Saturday, killing a "considerable" number of people and injuring at least 155, mostly civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
Old polarities persist in Dem race
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Something happened to the feel-good, way-cool Democratic presidential contest in the months since a woman and a black man began their path-breaking race for the White House. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Women arrested after stab death |
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Summary: A woman cyclist dies when she is pulled from her bicycle and attacked on a street in the Anfield area of Liverpool. |
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BBC News |
7:59am PDT |
Albania depot blasts 'kill many' |
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Summary: Scores are wounded and many feared dead in a series of explosions at an arms depot near Albania's capital. |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
Hard-liners 'dominate Iran poll' |
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Summary: President Ahmadinejad's allies lead in parliamentary polls as Iran's reformists struggle, early results show. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PDT |
"Major emitters" tag upsets poor nations at G20 talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Developing countries urged rich
states on Saturday to be clear about funds to fight global
warming and said the label "major emitters" for nations like
India and Brazil was unfair. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Avoid overcorrecting economy, Bush warns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Saturday said the government must guard against going too far in trying to fix the troubled economy, cautioning that "one of the worst things you can do is overcorrect." Democrats said Bush was relying on inaction to solve the probl |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Dozens feared dead at Albania blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About 160 people, including several
Americans, were killed or injured on Saturday by a series of
large explosions at an Albanian army base on the outskirts of
the capital Tirana, government officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PDT |
Turkish prosecutors say AK Party seeks Islamic state
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - State prosecutors demanding the closure
of Turkey's ruling AK Party accuse it of trying to turn the
country into an Islamic state, according to the text of their
indictment quoted on Saturday by Turkish media. |
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BBC News |
7:37am PDT |
Albanian arms blasts 'kill many' |
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Summary: Scores are wounded and many feared dead in a series of explosions at an arms depot near Albania's capital. |
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BBC News |
7:33am PDT |
Cameron in 'family friendly' push |
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Summary: David Cameron vows to protect children from "ruthless marketers" in a speech to the Tory spring forum. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32am PDT |
China gives Tibetan protesters surrender ultimatum
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Saturday gave Tibetan
independence protesters an ultimatum to surrender after riots
in Lhasa which killed at least 10 people in the worst unrest in
the region for two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PDT |
Iraq violence drops, but for how long?
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The surge of U.S. forces has driven down insurgent attacks in Baghdad but violence elsewhere in Iraq raises questions about whether killings will continue to drop as American forces begin to leave, the United Nations said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
School E. coli probe widens again |
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Summary: An investigation into an outbreak of the E. coli infection extends to a third nursery school. |
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BBC News |
7:16am PDT |
Headless body found by garage |
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Summary: A headless and armless body is found by a member of the public beside a garage block in Hertfordshire. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PDT |
Tibet govt-in-exile says 30 dead in unrest
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tibet's exiled government said Saturday that about 30 people had been killed during unrest in Lhasa, as Chinese troops locked down the city amid fierce international scrutiny ahead of the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Iran conservatives set for landslide victory
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iranian conservatives were poised on Saturday to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority but with reformists retaining a foothold despite losing hundreds of candidates to pre-election vetting. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Storm smacks Atlanta |
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Summary: Hours after an apparent tornado tore through downtown Atlanta, cleanup crews worked this morning to haul away tons of debris ripped from buildings. Nearby, trees crushed a row of houses in the city's historic Cabbagetown district.
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Yahoo News |
6:16am PDT |
Exile group says 30 killed in Tibet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China kept government workers confined to their offices Saturday and ordered tourists out of Tibet's capital while lines of soldiers sealed off streets where riots had erupted, witnesses said. A Tibetan exile group said at least 30 people were killed |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Turkish PM attacks proposed ban |
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Summary: A surprise proposal to ban Turkey's ruling AK party is against the "national will", says the Prime Minister. |
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ChristianPost |
6:05am PDT |
Sin and Scandal |
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Summary: Whenever a scandal breaks, people rush to be the first to condemn or lampoon the guilty. There is little concern for the individual or the individual's family. It is more satisfying to stand at a distance, laughing and throwing rocks at the failings of .. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Albanian arms depot hit by blasts |
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Summary: Powerful explosions strike an arms depot near Albania's capital Tirana, with at least 120 people reported injured. |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Thousands join anti-war protests |
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Summary: Anti-war protesters are rallying in London to mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq. |
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ChristianPost |
5:54am PDT |
Lawmaker Threatened for Comparing Gay Lifestyle to Terrorism |
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Summary: An Oklahoma lawmaker has received thousands of hostile e-mails and voice messages - including death threats - for speaking out about homosexuality and labeling it a bigger threat to America than terrorism or ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:54am PDT |
Lawmaker Threatened for Comparing Homosexuality to Terrorism |
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Summary: An Oklahoma lawmaker has received thousands of hostile e-mails and voice messages - including death threats - for speaking out about homosexuality and labeling it a bigger threat to America than terrorism or ... |
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Cnn.com |
5:53am PDT |
Pre-Inca temple uncovered in Peru |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianPost |
5:27am PDT |
Obama Denounces Pastor's Controversial Comments |
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Summary: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who has railed against the United States and accused the country of bringing on the Sept. 11 attacks by spreading ... |
