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Yahoo News |
8:37am PDT |
Sadrists want referendum on US-Iraq pact
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Loyalists of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi government Saturday to hold a public referendum on a long-term security deal with the United States. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
Beckham handed England captaincy |
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Summary: David Beckham is named England captain for Sunday's friendly against Trinidad & Tobago. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
Honduras crash forces diversions |
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Summary: The international airport in the Honduran capital is to be closed to larger planes, following a fatal crash. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27am PDT |
Democrats tackle dispute over Florida and Michigan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic Party searched for a
compromise over disputed convention delegates from Florida and
Michigan on Saturday in what could be Hillary Clinton's last
chance to gain ground on presidential rival Barack Obama. |
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BBC News |
8:09am PDT |
Clashes at Nairobi food protest |
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Summary: Police in Kenya fire tear gas to disperse a protest against the soaring cost of food after the recent political crisis. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PDT |
Thousands join Heathrow protest |
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Summary: Some 3,000 campaigners opposed to a third runway at Heathrow arrive for a rally against expansion plans. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
Democrats considers Fla., Mich. delegate plans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrats searched for a compromise Saturday to seat disputed delegations from Michigan and Florida at this summer's party convention and clear the way for a quick end to the marathon struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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BBC News |
8:00am PDT |
Newsagent dies in store shooting |
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Summary: A murder investigation is opened after a shopkeeper is fatally wounded in a shooting in Merseyside. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59am PDT |
NASA fuels shuttle Discovery for launch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery on Saturday for a late afternoon launch to the international space station. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44am PDT |
One soldier dead and 6 wounded in Afghan suicide blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomber
killed one foreign soldier and wounded six other people,
including three civilians, in the eastern Afghan province of
Nangarhar on Saturday, the provincial governor said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42am PDT |
Iraqis protest U.S. long-term security talks |
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Summary: Some Shiite and Sunni Muslim leaders in Iraq -- able to agree on little else -- are united in their opposition to a prospective long-term security agreement between their country's government and the United States.
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Yahoo News |
7:35am PDT |
Sharapova advances to 4th round
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maria Sharapova saved her most piercing shriek to punctuate her final shot of the first set, a thunderous crosscourt backhand winner to close out a tiebreaker. |
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Cnn.com |
7:26am PDT |
Democrats try to resolve delegate dispute |
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Summary: Democratic activists began a potentially explosive hearing today on how to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations. Supporters of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama disagree over how best to address the situation of both states, which were penalized |
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BBC News |
7:25am PDT |
Two held over £200,000 kidnapping |
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Summary: A man and a woman are being questioned by police about the kidnapping of a mother and her child in County Down. |
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BBC News |
7:18am PDT |
Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30 |
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Summary: Lorenzo Odone, whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disorder was depicted in the film Lorenzo's Oil, dies. |
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BBC News |
7:13am PDT |
US Democrats start key poll talks |
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Summary: US Democrats begin a meeting to decide the fate of two states left out of the race to find a presidential candidate. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PDT |
Bone drug helped stave off breast cancer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A drug used to strengthen the bones of
women with breast cancer helped cut the risk of the cancer
returning by 36 percent, European researchers said on Saturday, |
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ChristianPost |
7:04am PDT |
Rebels with a Good Cause |
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Summary: This week on The Christian Post, we have been talking about teens and the particular challenges facing them. But did you know that the word teenager did not even exist until the twentieth century? That’s what teenage authors Alex and Brett Harris share in |
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Yahoo News |
7:01am PDT |
Bone drug Zometa helps fight breast cancer spread
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. |
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BBC News |
6:57am PDT |
Virgin Radio sold by SMG for £53m |
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Summary: SMG reaches a deal to sell Virgin Radio - for less than a quarter of the amount it bought the station for. |
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Cnn.com |
6:55am PDT |
It's decision day for Democrats |
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Summary: A panel of Democratic activists began meeting today to decide how to seat Michigan and Florida delegations, after a late-night session behind closed doors failed to reach consensus.
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BBC News |
6:53am PDT |
Press '4' now |
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Summary: Campaigners says automated calls need strict rules |
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Yahoo News |
6:52am PDT |
Sharapova advances to 4th round at French Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maria Sharapova saved her most piercing shriek to punctuate her final shot of the first set, a thunderous crosscourt backhand winner to close out a tiebreaker. She then dominated the rest of the way Saturday to beat Karin Knapp 7-6 (4), 6-0 in the th |
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
Troops 'must back Mugabe or quit' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's army chief tells soldiers they must leave the military if they do not vote for President Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
6:36am PDT |
Spelling champ scores win, some laughs |
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
S Koreans protest against US beef |
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Summary: Thousands of South Koreans rally over plans to import US beef again, because some consider it dangerous. |
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ChristianPost |
6:33am PDT |
10 States Ask Calif. Court to Delay Gay 'Marriage' |
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Summary: The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex ... |
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Cnn.com |
6:25am PDT |
Chinese troops race to drain 'quake lake' |
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Summary: Chinese soldiers and engineers are urgently trying to dig a spillway from an earthquake-created lake that is threatening to burst its banks in the central Chinese county of Beichuan, threatening the homes of more than one million people. But it will be ne |
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BBC News |
6:22am PDT |
Live - Wasps 26-16 Leicester |
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Summary: Wasps beat Leicester in the Guinness Premiership final at Twickenham. |
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BBC News |
6:22am PDT |
Live - Wasps 23-6 Leicester |
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Summary: Wasps take on Leicester in the Guinness Premiership final at Twickenham. |
