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Cnn.com |
6:00pm PDT |
Hamas claims second Carter meeting |
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Yahoo News |
6:00pm PDT |
Rice asks neighbors to offer Iraq debt relief, ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
called on Arab nations on Sunday to offer diplomatic ties and
debt relief to Iraq's government to reward its efforts on
improving security and political reconciliation. |
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BBC News |
5:53pm PDT |
Two arrested over Argentine fires |
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Summary: Argentine authorities detain two farmers over the fires that have covered Buenos Aires in smoke. |
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Yahoo News |
5:46pm PDT |
UAW chief unhappy with pace of American Axle talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The president of the United Auto Workers says he is optimistic that the union can settle several contracts in Michigan with General Motors Corp. |
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Yahoo News |
5:45pm PDT |
U.S. commanders urge wider Pakistan attacks: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have
recently urged expanding the war effort, possibly including
U.S. attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside
Pakistan's tribal areas, The New York Times reported in Sunday
editions. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42pm PDT |
Secretary Rice says Arabs should boost support for Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's Arab neighbors have few remaining excuses for withholding diplomatic and economic support for the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, now that daily life in Iraq is less deadly and the government has demonstrated resolve against militias and ou |
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5:40pm PDT |
Report lists new 'social evils' |
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Summary: Selfishness, greed and family breakdown are among ten modern-day 'social evils', listed by a charity. |
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Cnn.com |
5:34pm PDT |
Official: Soyuz crew endured severe G-forces |
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Summary: The Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-member crew including South Korea's first astronaut landed Saturday in Kazakhstan, about 2420 kilometers from the planned landing area, Russia's Interfax news agency said.
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4:56pm PDT |
Small steps |
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Summary: Children like Ryan, 11, act to improve their health |
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Yahoo News |
4:54pm PDT |
French Resistance fighter Germaine Tillion dies at 100
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Germaine Tillion, a French World War II Resistance fighter and celebrated anthropologist, died Saturday, her association said. She was 100. |
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BBC News |
4:41pm PDT |
Stunt driver crashes Bond's iconic Aston Martin into Italian lake |
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Summary: James Bond's iconic Aston Martin plunges into an Italian lake while being delivered to the set of the latest 007 film. |
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4:41pm PDT |
Bond car plunges into Lake Garda |
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Summary: James Bond's iconic Aston Martin plunges into an Italian lake while being delivered to the set of the latest 007 film. |
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4:32pm PDT |
Fuel fears over refinery shutdown |
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Summary: The management of Scotland's only crude oil refinery start shutting it down ahead of a planned strike. |
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4:32pm PDT |
'Barry' Obama |
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Summary: Jakarta classmates recall the US presidential hopeful |
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4:30pm PDT |
Nine killed in Spain coach crash |
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Summary: Nine Finnish tourists, including a seven-year-old girl, are killed in a bus crash in southern Spain. |
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4:28pm PDT |
Moms and young children from Texas ranch to be parted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children since they were taken from a polygamous sect will be separated from them after DNA sampling is completed next week, a child welfare official said Saturday. |
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4:19pm PDT |
Short breastfeeds 'best for baby' |
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Summary: Giving regular, short breastfeeds is more beneficial than the "baby-led" method, a study suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04pm PDT |
Duncan carries Spurs to Game 1 win over Suns in double-OT
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tim Duncan saved the San Antonio Spurs with a rare 3-pointer at the end of overtime, and Manu Ginobili hit a layup at the end of the second extra period to send the defending champions past the Phoenix Suns, 117-115 on Saturday in Game 1 of their fir |
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4:02pm PDT |
Scotland 'should run elections' |
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Summary: Running Scottish elections from Westminster is an "affront to democracy", electoral campaigners claim. |
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3:56pm PDT |
Pope recounts youth under Nazi regime |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday recalled growing up during the Nazi era in his native Germany and stressed the "fundamental importance of freedom." But he also alerted young people at a rally in New York to "new injustices," including environmental problems |
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3:43pm PDT |
Hamas: Carter holds 2nd meeting with chief in Syria
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defying U.S. and Israeli warnings, former President Carter met again on Saturday with the exiled leader of the militant Hamas group and his deputy. |
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3:39pm PDT |
Iraqi cleric threatens 'open war' |
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Summary: Cleric Moqtada Sadr says he will wage "open war" on Iraq's government if operations against his fighters continue. |
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3:35pm PDT |
U.S. Church needs purification, pope says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, marking the third
anniversary of his election, urged the U.S. Catholic Church on
Saturday to overcome its divisions and seek "purification" and
the truth following its sexual abuse scandal. |
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BBC News |
3:19pm PDT |
Two charged with double killing |
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Summary: Two men are charged with murder after two bodies were found inside a hostel in Sunderland. |
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3:08pm PDT |
Live - Calzaghe v Hopkins |
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Summary: Welshman Joe Calzaghe puts his record of 44 fights without defeat on the line against Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas. |
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Yahoo News |
2:47pm PDT |
Judge kept chaotic Texas polygamist abuse case on track
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Most of the cases that come across Judge Barbara Walther's bench are quiet affairs: divorces, drunken-driving violations, the kind of small-time disputes that sprout in places where land and livestock are more plentiful than people. |
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BBC News |
2:33pm PDT |
Eight killed in Spain bus crash |
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Summary: At least eight Finnish tourists, including a seven-year-old girl, are killed in a bus crash in southern Spain. |
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Yahoo News |
2:23pm PDT |
Capsule carrying first SKorean astronaut lands off target
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut touched down 260 miles off target in northern Kazakhstan on Saturday after hurtling through the atmosphere in a bone-jarring descent from the international space station. |
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Cnn.com |
2:14pm PDT |
Pope blesses disabled children |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI blessed a group of children with disabilities Saturday and told them it was a special joy to spend time with them. "God has blessed you with life and with differing talents and gifts," he said. Through these, you are able to serve him an |
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Cnn.com |
2:14pm PDT |
Pope blesses children with disabilities |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI blessed a group of children with disabilities Saturday and told them it was a special joy to spend time with them. "God has blessed you with life and with differing talents and gifts," he said. Through these, you are able to serve him an |
