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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Clinton offers steps to help defense industry
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
contender Hillary Clinton offered a package of measures on
Saturday designed to keep U.S. defense manufacturing jobs in
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Cnn.com |
3:39pm PDT |
Authorities find, free polygamist ranch suspect |
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Summary: Texas Rangers on Saturday met with but did not arrest a man accused by a teenage girl of physically and sexually abusing her at a polygamist compound. Dale Evans Barlow "was allowed to go, and no arrest was made," a Mojave County, Arizona, official said.
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BBC News |
3:30pm PDT |
Norway king opens new opera house on the shore of Oslo Fjord |
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Summary: Norway's King Harald V opens a new national opera house with a gala performance on the shores of the Oslo Fjord. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23pm PDT |
IMF head warns about food prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Saturday that if food prices remain high, there will be dire consequences for people in many developing countries, especially in Africa. |
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BBC News |
3:08pm PDT |
Nigerian peacekeeper dies in Haiti |
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Summary: Haiti's Senate votes to dismiss PM Jacques-Edouard Alexis following rioting over the soaring cost of food. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
US troops suffer worst week this year
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in its fighters. |
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BBC News |
2:46pm PDT |
Torch in low-key Tanzania visit |
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Summary: The Olympic Games torch continues its world tour in Tanzania, where less trouble is expected than elsewhere. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Bomb kills at least 9 in Iran mosque
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb exploded in a mosque in the
southern Iranian city Shiraz on Saturday, killing at least nine
people and wounding more than 100, Iranian media reported. |
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Cnn.com |
2:37pm PDT |
American Airlines jets cleared to return to sky |
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Cnn.com |
2:31pm PDT |
Bomb at Iran mosque kills 9, injures 105 |
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Summary: A bomb exploded during evening prayers Saturday at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, killing nine people and wounding 105 , Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported. The explosion rattled buildings more than half a mile away, accordin |
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Yahoo News |
2:04pm PDT |
Chertoff defends immigration enforcement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds that until Congress enacts broad immigration reforms they shouldn't expect any changes in enforce |
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ChristianToday |
1:59pm PDT |
In north Italy immigration is hot election topic |
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Summary: Wearing an Italian soccer cap and sipping an espresso Moroccan Abbes Mohamed is certain that a centreleft victory in Italys election on Sunday and Monday would improve life for immigrants |
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Yahoo News |
1:56pm PDT |
Obama's remarks gives Clinton an opening
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A political tempest over Barack Obama's comments about bitter voters in small towns has given rival Hillary Rodham Clinton a new opening to court working class Democrats 10 days before Pennsylvanians hold a primary that she must win to keep her presi |
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ChristianToday |
1:43pm PDT |
Kenyan leaders break deadlock on cabinetsources |
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Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga struck a deal on a powersharing cabinet on Saturday after secret oneonone talks to end a sixweek impasse sources close to the talks said |
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ChristianToday |
1:43pm PDT |
German official limits on Afghan participation |
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Summary: Germanys foreign minister on Saturday said the next US administration should not expect significantly greater participation by the German army in Afghanistan |
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ChristianToday |
1:42pm PDT |
IMF says global financial instability increasing |
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Summary: The International Monetary Funds steering committee said on Saturday that global financial instability has increased since last autumn and monetary policy should be flexible and aim for mediumterm price stability |
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ChristianToday |
1:42pm PDT |
UKs Darling wants BoE rate cuts passed on |
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Summary: British mortgage lenders need to pass on Bank of England interest rate cuts to their consumers to reduce pressure on the slowing housing market finance minister Alistair Darling told Reuters on Saturday |
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ChristianToday |
1:41pm PDT |
Haitis government falls after food riots |
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Summary: Haitis government fell on Saturday when senators fired the prime minister after more than a week of riots over food prices ignoring a plan presented by the president to slash the cost of rice |
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ChristianToday |
1:41pm PDT |
Under fire Obama clarifies smalltown remarks |
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Summary: Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama tried to quell a political furor on Saturday over his comments about smalltown Pennsylvanians saying he used the wrong words to describe their mood |
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ChristianToday |
1:40pm PDT |
Nigerian army detains four Americans in Niger Delta |
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Summary: Nigerian security forces on Saturday detained four US citizens and a Nigerian who were travelling in the western Niger Delta the scene of numerous militant attacks a military commander said |
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Yahoo News |
1:40pm PDT |
Mugabe skips regional summit on Zimbabwe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe skipped a regional summit Saturday addressing the deepening crisis over the country's contentious presidential election, giving southern African leaders little chance to step up the pressure on him. |
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ChristianToday |
1:40pm PDT |
Bomb explodes in Iranian mosque 8 killed |
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Summary: A bomb exploded in a mosque in southern Iran on Saturday killing at least eight people and wounding more than 60 others Iranian media reported |
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ChristianToday |
1:39pm PDT |
Seven miners trapped at Peruvian site in the Andes |
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Summary: Peruvian police and civil defense officials worked on Saturday to rescue seven miners trapped under a landslide at a small independent mine near the Andes mountains a regional government official said |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PDT |
Haiti's government falls after food riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Haiti's government fell on
Saturday when senators fired the prime minister after more than
a week of riots over food prices, ignoring a plan presented by
the president to slash the cost of rice. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PDT |
Regional leaders seek end to Zimbabwe deadlock
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An emergency summit of southern African leaders on Zimbabwe's post-election crisis opened Saturday with a plea from its chairman not to turn a blind eye, but President Robert Mugabe stayed away. |
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Cnn.com |
1:37pm PDT |
Bomb kills at least eight at Iran mosque |
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Summary: A bomb exploded during evening prayers Saturday at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, killing eight people and wounding 66, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported. The explosion rattled buildings more than half a mile away, according |
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Yahoo News |
1:36pm PDT |
Masters turns wet for 3rd round
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods climbed onto the Masters leaderboard Saturday, but he squandered numerous chances on the front side to move up on a damp day at Augusta National. |
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ChristianToday |
1:33pm PDT |
Indian Archbishop deeply anguished over Tibet crackdown |
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Summary: Archbishop Vincent Concessao of Delhi has expressed his deep anguish over the Tibet uprising and the crackdown on the predominantly Buddhist people |
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ChristianToday |
1:29pm PDT |
UK bookmakers halve odds on Prince William wedding |
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Summary: British bookmakers on Saturday halved the odds on Prince William getting engaged this year to girlfriend Kate Middleton now their onoff relationship looks to be very much back on course |
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Yahoo News |
1:28pm PDT |
Olympic torch flickers in 'China-friendly' Africa
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic torch, symbol of this year's 2008 Games in Beijing, arrived in the Tanzanian capital under tight security on Saturday for a low-risk, albeit drastically curtailed on this solo African leg. |
