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Yahoo News |
1:57pm PDT |
Hamas militants charge Israel border in 'ambitious' raid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Three Palestinians were killed and 13 Israeli soldiers wounded on Saturday when Hamas militants, including suicide bombers, stormed a Gaza Strip border crossing with explosives-laden vehicles. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." |
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Cnn.com |
1:17pm PDT |
Stench of manure engulfs London |
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Summary: A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.
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BBC News |
1:17pm PDT |
Ferguson hails 'champion' display |
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Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson believes his side played like "champions" as a late rally earned a draw at Blackburn. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
LeBron James scores 32 to lead Cavs past Wizards in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Round one went to LeBron. Determined to make the Wizards swallow their words, LeBron James scored 32 points, making two tough shots in traffic down the stretch as the Cleveland Cavaliers opened the NBA playoffs with an intense 93-86 win over Washingt |
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Yahoo News |
1:00pm PDT |
Obama hits out at Clinton for negative campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton on
Saturday of shifting positions and waging a negative campaign
as the two candidates sped across Pennsylvania before next
week's potentially make-or-break primary |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens to 'declare war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens 'war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens to start 'war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:37pm PDT |
On 3rd anniversary as pope, Benedict encourages young people
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI focused on the future of his American church Saturday as he marked the third anniversary of his election as pontiff, rallying young people, priests and seminarians and assuring them of his support as they dealt with the damage from |
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Yahoo News |
12:33pm PDT |
Zimbabwe holds partial recount of March 29 vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe began a partial recount of
votes from the March 29 elections on Saturday, despite
opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears that
political stalemate could erupt into violence. |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Cleric Sadr threatens "open war" on Iraq government
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on
Saturday threatened "open war" against the government unless it
chose what he called the "path of peace." |
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatens new uprising
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening a new uprising if an American-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues. |
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ChristianToday |
12:19pm PDT |
Church needs purification Pope says |
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Summary: Pope Benedict marking the third anniversary of his election urged the US Catholic Church on Saturday to overcome its divisions and seek purification and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal
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ChristianToday |
12:19pm PDT |
Church needs purification pope says |
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Summary: Pope Benedict marking the third anniversary of his election urged the US Catholic Church on Saturday to overcome its divisions and seek purification and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal
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ChristianToday |
12:18pm PDT |
Iraq cleric Sadr warns govt of |
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Summary: Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr on Saturday threatened open war with the government unless it chose what he called the path of peace
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Yahoo News |
12:18pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama press for advantage ahead of pivotal primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and can't be trusted to say what she believes, a sharp jab at her character in the closing chapter of the pivotal Pennsylvania primary cam |
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ChristianToday |
12:17pm PDT |
North Korea must declare nuclear programs |
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Summary: The United States and South Korea on Saturday demanded North Korea submit its long overdue accounting of its nuclear weapons programs but offered no clues about how long they would be willing to wait for it
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ChristianToday |
12:17pm PDT |
Farm aid and fair trade key to food crisis UN |
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Summary: Increased aid for agriculture and the abolition of richnation subsidies are key to finding a longterm solution to rising world food prices the head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development said on Saturday
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ChristianToday |
12:16pm PDT |
Refinery strike threatens Scottish fuel supplyIneos |
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Summary: Scottish oil refinery Grangemouth has started to shut down ahead of a twoday strike that threatens to create major fuel shortages in Scotland and the north of England for up to a month management said
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ChristianToday |
12:14pm PDT |
Chinese protest Tibet independence slam France |
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Summary: Chinese people took to the streets in several cities on Saturday to denounce calls for Tibetan independence and demand a French goods boycott following antiChina protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay
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ChristianToday |
12:13pm PDT |
Nepals Maoists say king should not be humiliated |
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Summary: Nepals unpopular king should be allowed to leave his palace with dignity and live as a common citizen Maoist party chiefs said after a strong showing in elections expected to lead to the abolition of the monarchy
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ChristianToday |
12:13pm PDT |
Zimbabwe holds partial recount of March 29 vote |
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Summary: Zimbabwe began a partial recount of votes from the March 29 elections on Saturday despite opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears that political stalemate could erupt into violence
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ChristianToday |
12:12pm PDT |
Controlled explosions conducted in UK terror probe |
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Summary: British bomb disposal experts have carried out two controlled explosions in the south western city of Bristol as part of a terrorism investigation Avon and Somerset police said on Saturday
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ChristianToday |
12:11pm PDT |
UN moves 5400 Darfuri refugees to Chad camps |
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Summary: The United Nations has moved 5400 Darfuris who fled a government offensive in February to refugee camps in eastern Chad but 8000 others remain scattered in the area the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Saturday
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Yahoo News |
12:09pm PDT |
Bullock unhurt after accident with drunk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Actress Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on collision in Gloucester with a suspected drunk driver. |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PDT |
Oregon cop battles 12-foot python to save pet store owner
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal. |
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ChristianPost |
11:55am PDT |
Doctrine Under Great Duress in Postmodern Era, Theologians Say |
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Summary: Friends, fans and bearers of doctrine and theology got together this past week to confront the many skewed representations of the Gospel they've seen even among evangelicals and to reaffirm the centrality of doctrine in a postmodern ... |
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Yahoo News |
11:42am PDT |
Bush: North Korea must declare nuclear programs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and
South Korea on Saturday demanded North Korea submit its long
overdue accounting of its nuclear weapons programs but offered
no clues about how long they would be willing to wait for it. |
