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6:57am PDT |
Israeli tanks pull out of Gaza |
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Summary: Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza after air and ground operations which leave at least eight Palestinians dead. |
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BBC News |
6:53am PDT |
Nepal's Maoists lead poll count |
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Summary: Nepal's Maoist party takes the lead, as election results for a new constituent assembly are declared. |
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Yahoo News |
6:38am PDT |
World finance leaders tackle bank reform
(AP)
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Summary: AP - World financial leaders facing the gravest economic crisis in at least a decade are pledging tighter control of banks and other financial institutions and hoping the U.S. slump is short. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35am PDT |
Clashes kill 13 in Baghdad's Sadr City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite militants fought U.S. and Iraqi forces around Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City early Saturday despite a call for calm by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr following the assassination of one of his top aides. |
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Cnn.com |
6:28am PDT |
Artillery crashes into N.J. girl's bed |
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Cnn.com |
6:14am PDT |
Sadr City fighting continues for 7th day |
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Summary: Fighting between Shiite militias and U.S. and Iraqi forces in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City continued for a seventh day Saturday, as a vehicle ban remained in place despite a promise to lift it.
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BBC News |
6:11am PDT |
Brown 'a tiny dot on this world' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe calls Gordon Brown a "tiny dot on this world" after criticism by the prime minister. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Football: Queen of the South into Cup final |
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Summary: Queen of the South reach their first ever Scottish Cup final by winning a seven-goal thriller against Aberdeen. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Queen of the South 4-3 Aberdeen |
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Summary: Queen of the South reach their first ever Scottish Cup final by winning a seven-goal thriller against Aberdeen. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
Obama puts time, ad money into Indiana
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama sees himself with a disadvantage in Pennsylvania and with an advantage in North Carolina. "So Indiana may end up being the tiebreaker," he said this week. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Chevron, Total seek oil deal in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total have confirmed that they are in discussions with the Iraqi Oil Ministry to increase production in an important oil field in southern Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Mbeki meets Mugabe, dismisses talk of Zimbabwe crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday there was "no crisis" in Zimbabwe after holding his first face-to-face talks with Robert Mugabe since the country's disputed March 29 elections. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Live - EDF Energy Cup final |
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Summary: Holders Leicester take on the Ospreys in a repeat of the 2007 final at Twickenham. |
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5:12am PDT |
Mother denied daughter's organs |
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Summary: A mother from West Yorkshire who suffers from kidney failure is refused her dying daughter's organs. |
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Cnn.com |
5:11am PDT |
Texas entrepreneur named Miss USA |
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Yahoo News |
5:10am PDT |
13 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City
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Summary: AP - Shiite militants fought U.S. and Iraqi forces around Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City early Saturday, despite a call for calm by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr after the assassination of one of his top aides. |
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BBC News |
5:10am PDT |
Mbeki urges patience on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: South Africa's president urges patience over poll results in Zimbabwe, after talks with President Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Three remanded over Pc van crash |
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Summary: Three people, including a 16-year-old girl, are remanded in custody after a police officer was hit by a van. |
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Yahoo News |
5:06am PDT |
Taiwan sees 'results' from landmark China talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Taiwan's vice president-elect said he and Chinese President Hu Jintao held "candid and harmonious" talks Saturday in the highest-level contact between the sides, and they had brought results. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
U.S. Catholics seek bold papal action on sex abuse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Catholics angered and demoralized
by the priest sex abuse scandal say one man can help revitalize
the Church with bold action: Pope Benedict. |
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ChristianPost |
4:58am PDT |
Most U.S. Christians Back Israel Out of 'Biblical Obligation' |
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Summary: Most American Christians – regardless of their denomination and background – say they feel a "moral and biblical obligation" to support the State of Israel, according to a new survey conducted by a D.C.-based evangelical ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PDT |
Mbeki says Zimbabwe stalemate not a crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's election stalemate is not a
crisis and its electoral commission must be given time to
release the results of a presidential poll held two weeks ago,
South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:44am PDT |
Iran denies confrontation at sea |
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Summary: Iran denied a report that several of its boats taunted a U.S. Navy vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night, according to IRNA, Iran's official news agency.
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Appeal over teenage beauty queen |
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Summary: A mother appeals for help in tracing a 17-year-old beauty queen, who has been missing for a week. |
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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Leaders gather for Zimbabwe summit as Mugabe meets Mbeki
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Summary: AFP - The leaders of southern Africa gathered Saturday in Zambia for emergency talks to discuss the post-election crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, despite Robert Mugabe's decision to skip the summit. |
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ChristianPost |
4:26am PDT |
Schwarzenegger: No to Marriage Amendment |
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Summary: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban same-sex ''marriage'' if it qualifies for the November ... |
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BBC News |
4:10am PDT |
Victim dies weeks after assault |
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Summary: Police begin a murder inquiry after the death of a man assaulted at Ballykinler in County Down last month. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Wacky racers |
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Summary: Marathon task for woman on stilts and 101-year-old |
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Cnn.com |
4:03am PDT |
Zimbabwe votes go to recount |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's electoral commission will recount ballots in at least 23 voting districts where the ruling party has argued there were discrepancies, the head of the commission told CNN Saturday.
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Turkey's taboos |
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Summary: One man's fight against the stifling of free speech |
