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Yahoo News |
6:28pm PDT |
Zimbabweans vote, in test for Mugabe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabweans voted Saturday on whether to keep the ruler blamed by opponents for their country's economic collapse, though President Robert Mugabe's challengers claimed the election was rigged even before the polls opened. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19pm PDT |
US: 16 killed in Basra airstrikes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. warplane strafed snipers in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 16 suspected militants after Iraqi troops came under heavy fire, the American military said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:15pm PDT |
Zimbabwe's opposition claims win on early results
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory on
Sunday based on early results in an election in which it is
trying to unseat President Robert Mugabe after 28 years of
power. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05pm PDT |
Australian leader criticizes Sudan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Australia's new prime minister on Saturday accused Sudan's government of obstructing deployment of a U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force to help end the five-year conflict in Darfur. |
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Yahoo News |
5:58pm PDT |
UCLA smothers Xavier to reach Final Four
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Surprise, surprise. UCLA is back in the Final Four. After flirting with trouble for two rounds, the top-seeded Bruins blitzed Xavier 76-57 Saturday to earn their third straight trip to the Final Four and record 18th overall. |
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Cnn.com |
5:36pm PDT |
U.S. cities go dark for Earth Hour |
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BBC News |
5:16pm PDT |
Vote count begins in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Vote counting starts in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe faces a strong challenge from the opposition. |
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Theophiles |
5:12pm PDT |
The Sanctity of Girl Power |
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Summary: At icWales:Women have occupied some of the most powerful roles in British Government and are slowly making inroads into the judiciary and elite boardrooms. The British establishment may still be dominated by white males, but a revolution is underway.But t |
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BBC News |
5:04pm PDT |
Faithful 'crammed into churches' |
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Summary: Evangelical and Pentecostal churches say planning regulations have left worshippers crammed into small buildings. |
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BBC News |
4:59pm PDT |
Anger at 'missed TB opportunity' |
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Summary: England's TB rate is rising because measures to prevent the disease are not being used, health campaigners say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45pm PDT |
Obama: Clinton welcome to stay in race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) Democratic presidential
hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday said Hillary Clinton can stay
in the nominating race as long as she wants and expressed
confidence that Democrats will coalesce around the winner
desp |
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Yahoo News |
4:37pm PDT |
"Earth Hour" goes global
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - People switched off lights around
the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants
and bars to show concern at global warming. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37pm PDT |
Moscow planetarium mired in dispute
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For decades, Soviet schoolchildren flocked to the Moscow Planetarium to gaze at the stars. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35pm PDT |
Europe joins 'lights out' for Earth Hour
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From Rome's Colosseum to the Sydney Opera House, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
4:32pm PDT |
Ricky Martin visits Cambodian center
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ricky Martin met with victims of sexual exploitation Saturday during a visit to Cambodia to promote the fight against human trafficking. |
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BBC News |
4:30pm PDT |
Clinton rejects call to quit race |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton dismisses calls from a senior Democrat to end her bid for the party's presidential nomination. |
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Cnn.com |
4:16pm PDT |
Radical cleric defiant as Iraq fighting rages |
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Summary: U.S. forces, backing up Iraqi troops battling Shiite militants, bombed Basra today as about 40 Iraqi police commandos based in Baghdad deserted to join a militia.
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Yahoo News |
4:03pm PDT |
Charges of fraud in Zimbabwe vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President
Robert Mugabe of rigging the country's election to stay in
power despite economic disaster and African observers also said
they had detected fraud. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Obama, Clinton stress job creation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama offered a bit of tough love to Pennsylvania voters Saturday, saying some industrial and manufacturing jobs may not return to this steel region, but others could take their place. |
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Cnn.com |
3:30pm PDT |
Fire damages author Clancy's home |
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Summary: A fire on Saturday caused about $20,000 in damage to the home of Tom Clancy, a best-selling author of political thrillers, authorities said.
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Cnn.com |
3:06pm PDT |
Clinton rejects calls to quit Democratic race |
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BBC News |
2:59pm PDT |
Space freighter's approach and go |
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Summary: Europe's "Jules Verne" freighter demonstrates its navigation capabilities in front of the space station. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53pm PDT |
Clinton says China holdings threaten U.S. security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration
has jeopardized national security and the ability to intervene
in world crises because of the huge U.S. debt held partly by
China, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said on
Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:30pm PDT |
Baghdad curfew extended; U.S. bombs Basra |
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Summary: U.S. forces, backing up Iraqi troops battling Shiite militants, bombed Basra today as about 40 Iraqi police commandos based in Baghdad deserted to join a militia.
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BBC News |
2:23pm PDT |
T5 cancellations set to continue |
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Summary: Flight cancellations at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 are to continue into next week, admits British Airways. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22pm PDT |
Switch off, save planet message goes global
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - People switched off lights around
the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants
and bars to show concern at global warming. |
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Cnn.com |
2:07pm PDT |
Cities go dark for Earth Hour |
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Yahoo News |
2:02pm PDT |
Rice to push hard to improve life on West Bank
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice, beginning three days of talks with Israeli and
Palestinian leaders who are seeking to reach a peace deal, said
on Saturday she would push to ease West Bank restrictions. |
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Yahoo News |
1:57pm PDT |
Fresh Tibet protests reported as diplomats visit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tibet's government-in-exile reported fresh mass protests in Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats visited the tense city following recent deadly unrest over Chinese rule. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Review: Heppner, Voigt worth waiting for
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ben Heppner and Deborah Voigt finally did it and, yes, it was that good. |
