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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Calzaghe ready to take on Hopkins |
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Summary: 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 |
7:53am PDT |
Chinese protest Tibet independence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese people took to the streets in
several cities on Saturday to denounce calls for Tibetan
independence and demand a French goods boycott following
anti-China protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch
relay. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
U.S. looking at lead levels in artificial turf |
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Yahoo News |
7:43am PDT |
Pope says Church needs purification
(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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Cnn.com |
7:42am PDT |
Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PDT |
Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oklahomans paused Saturday morning at the Oklahoma City National Memorial to remember the 168 people who died 13 years ago in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
Housing-credit woes spur calls for more federal regulation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A heavier federal hand is reaching into American life as politicians in both parties demand an overhaul of government financial regulation and more protection for homeowners in the face of mortgage woes and a weakening economy. |
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BBC News |
7:30am PDT |
Kidnap journalist thanks rescuers |
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Summary: A British journalist held hostage for more than two months has praised the Iraqi army's "bravery" in rescuing him. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29am PDT |
At St. Pat's, Pope prays for healing from sex abuse scandal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI returned to the clergy sex abuse scandal as he preached Saturday in St. Patrick's cathedral, assuring priests and nuns that he was close to them as they battled the damage left by the scandal. |
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BBC News |
7:25am PDT |
Soyuz spacecraft lands off-target |
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Summary: A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut returns to Earth, but misses its planned landing point by 400km. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
Pope celebrates Mass for clergy in New York |
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Summary: On the third anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was celebrating Mass today at St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Mass is for priests, deacons and members of religious orders.
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Yahoo News |
7:13am PDT |
Hamas suicide bombers attack Israel-Gaza crossing; 13 hurt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hamas suicide bombers detonated two booby-trapped jeeps at an Israeli border crossing Saturday in what a top army commander said was Hamas' most ambitious attempt to target Israelis since Israel's pullout from Gaza in 2005. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
Pakistan's ambassador held by Taliban: TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan,
who went missing in February in the Khyber region, appeared on
Arabic television on Saturday saying he was being held by the
Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PDT |
Bush asks Congress to reconsider Colombia trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush, ahead of his trip next week to a summit with North American leaders, said Saturday that the House's decision to block a vote on a Colombia free trade agreement was a "serious error" and urged Congress to reconsider. |
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Yahoo News |
6:45am PDT |
Thai leg of Olympic torch relay festive, with small protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China supporters and pro-Tibet demonstrators heckled each other Saturday as thousands of people followed the Olympic torch through Bangkok's sweltering streets amid tight security. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31am PDT |
Pope celebrates Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI came to preach at St. Patrick's cathedral Saturday, the third anniversary of his election at pope, feted by cardinals and bishops, priests and nuns who jammed the magnificent Gothic church on Fifth Avenue. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PDT |
Nothing stopping oil prices from rising: IEA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Record oil of $117 a barrel calls
for a demand response and a supply response, but for now there
is little to stop prices heading still higher, the deputy
executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
said on Saturday. |
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ChristianPost |
6:27am PDT |
Israel's Exposed Flank |
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Summary: A crowd of students was studying in a rabbinical seminary library in Jerusalem last month when a gunman opened fire. Seven Israelis and one American were killed, nine others wounded. Before their blood had dried on the library floor, thousands of Palestin |
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BBC News |
6:23am PDT |
Downing St denies 10p tax rethink |
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Summary: Downing Street dismisses calls for a rethink over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate, after criticism from some Labour MPs. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
Fuel warning over plant shutdown |
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Summary: The management of Scotland's only crude oil refinery start shutting down the plant ahead of a strike. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
Shutdown 'risks petrol shortages' |
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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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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Pope to rally Catholic Church leaders in NYC
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict on Saturday turns his
attention to the present and future leaders of the U.S. Roman
Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral
and visiting a seminary near New York City. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Deadly clashes at Gaza crossing |
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Summary: Three Palestinian militants are killed and 13 Israeli soldiers wounded in a clash at a Gaza crossing-point. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Mayor, wife get jail in theft of $20K from little league
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former mayor of a California high desert town and his wife have been sentenced to 6 months in jail for the theft of more than $20,000 from Little League coffers. |
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ChristianPost |
5:45am PDT |
Former Lesbian Pair Takes Custody Case to Va. High Court |
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Summary: The Virginia Supreme Court heard conflicting views Thursday on whether the state's ban on gay marriages and civil unions essentially voids a Vermont court's child visitation order in a dispute between two former lesbian ... |
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Cnn.com |
5:42am PDT |
Middle school girls tape beating |
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ChristianPost |
5:35am PDT |
Pope: U.S. Needs to be a Land of Hope for All |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI presided over a Mass celebrated in 10 languages Thursday, calling the United States a land of opportunity and hope but decrying that the nation's promise has been left unfulfilled for ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:31am PDT |
Ongoing Nomination Fight Hurting Clinton More than Obama |
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Summary: In a dramatic reversal, an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll found that a clear majority of Democratic voters now say Sen. Barack Obama has a better chance of defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in November than Sen. Hillary Rodham ... |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
Anti-French rallies across China |
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Summary: Hundreds of protesters gather in cities across China to denounce France's stance on the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
Exam trauma extra marks 'unfair' |
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Summary: A system which gives extra marks for trauma during exams needs to be tightened, say teachers. |
