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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
Turkish army says kills 15 PKK in N Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkey's army killed 15 members of the
outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on
Thursday using long-range land weapons, it said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:55am PDT |
Party fears tight Obama-Clinton finish
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year. |
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ChristianPost |
6:49am PDT |
World Readies for Global Lights Out |
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Summary: Cities and communities around the world are getting ready to switch off their lights in a powerful and united statement to world leaders that they need to take immediate action on climate ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PDT |
Washington, Wall St. tangle on oversight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One of the casualties of the ongoing credit crisis is a long-held notion on Wall Street — that the investment banking community can take care of its own problems. |
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BBC News |
6:31am PDT |
Iraqi militia defy call to disarm |
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Summary: The radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr defies a call for his powerful Mehdi Army militia to disarm as fighting goes on. |
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Cnn.com |
6:14am PDT |
Fed may get huge power boost |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve would have the power to regulate virtually the entire banking and securities industry under proposals to be unveiled Monday by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, according to a summary of the proposals provided to CNN late Friday.
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Yahoo News |
6:02am PDT |
Iraq: More US airstrikes on Basra
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:00am PDT |
Small hospitals push to do heart work
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Is it safe to have your arteries unclogged at a hospital that lacks heart surgeons who can operate if something goes wrong? |
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ChristianPost |
5:38am PDT |
Prayer-Only Parents' Other 3 Kids Removed |
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Summary: The three siblings of a girl who died of diabetes that went untreated as her parents prayed instead of taking her to a doctor have been removed from the home during an investigation, police said ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:33am PDT |
Religious Faith Not Helping Obama |
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Summary: His supporters believe he can pry some committed churchgoers away from the GOP but the furor over comments by his Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is tempering those ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:33am PDT |
Zimbabweans vote, desperate for change
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabweans queued to vote on Saturday
in the most crucial election since independence in 1980, many
of them desperate to end the misery of economic collapse under
veteran President Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
5:30am PDT |
Teen accused of boy's murder |
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Summary: A 16-year-old youth is to appear in court accused of murdering 14-year-old Amro Elbadawi in west London. |
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BBC News |
5:30am PDT |
Teenager accused of murder |
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Summary: A 16-year-old youth is to appear in court accused of murdering 14-year-old Amro Elbadawi in west London. |
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BBC News |
5:25am PDT |
Dozens missing in Tanzania mines |
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Summary: About 75 miners are feared dead after heavy rainfall triggers the collapse of gem mines in Tanzania. |
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Cnn.com |
5:21am PDT |
Plan would give Fed greater power |
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Summary: The Federal Reserve would have the power to regulate virtually the entire financial industry under a Treasury Department proposal to be announced Monday.
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BBC News |
5:16am PDT |
Man appears in court over assault |
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Summary: A man appears in court in Newry charged with assault, making threats to kill and firearms offences. |
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
Hot button ballot issues back in election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - When Americans cast ballots on November
4 to elect a president, some states also will ask voters
hot-button questions like whether or not to ban gay marriage. |
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Cnn.com |
4:38am PDT |
Beijing to help victims of Tibet clashes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Zimbabweans cast votes in election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabweans queued before dawn to vote
on Saturday in the most crucial election since independence in
1980, many of them desperate to end the misery of economic
collapse under veteran President Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
4:26am PDT |
Boy, 14, was 'killed by friend' |
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Summary: A 14-year-old boy died in west London after his throat was slashed by a friend, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20am PDT |
Dalai Lama pleads for 'world community' to resolve Tibet crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the "world community" Saturday to help end the turmoil in his homeland, following renewed calls from world leaders for talks with Beijing. |
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ChristianToday |
4:19am PDT |
Leonas Footprints in the Sand soars in charts |
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Summary: Footprints in the Sand one of the tracks on the new double sided single released last week by X Factor winner Leona Lewis soared to number 2 in the singles charts this week |
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BBC News |
4:12am PDT |
Newlove killer lodges appeal bid |
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Summary: One of the gang who kicked to death father-of-three Garry Newlove is to appeal against his conviction. |
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Yahoo News |
4:02am PDT |
Syria's Assad denies interfering in Lebanon
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday denied interfering in Lebanon's domestic affairs as he opened a boycott-hit Arab summit in Damascus. |
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Cnn.com |
3:51am PDT |
Mugabe's rule put to test in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Voting begins in Zimbabwe's general elections in which President Robert Mugabe, pictured, faces the toughest challenge of his three decades in office.
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Man in court over pensioner rape |
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Summary: A man has appeared in court accused of raping an 87-year-old
grandmother at her Norfolk home. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Boycott clouds Damascus summit |
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Summary: The annual Arab summit opens in Damascus but key leaders are staying away amid signs of a regional rift. |
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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
Mayor slams Dream Team name plan |
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Summary: The Mayor of Mansfield claims renaming the town's football club after a fictional TV team would be "bizarre". |
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Cnn.com |
3:40am PDT |
First cities go dark for Earth Hour |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:36am PDT |
Cities dim lights for environment |
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Summary: Cities around the world, starting with Sydney, switch off the lights for an hour to highlight climate change. |
