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Yahoo News |
9:14am PDT |
Iran won't discuss enrichment freeze in next talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's top nuclear negotiator ruled out
on Saturday discussion of freezing uranium enrichment at any
subsequent round of talks with major powers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
'Insufficient' progress on Iran nuclear talks: Solana
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The EU's diplomatic chief Javier Solana said Saturday there had been "insufficient" progress in attempts to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear programme following high-level talks in Geneva. |
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BBC News |
8:55am PDT |
Iran 'silent' over nuclear deal |
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Summary: Iran fails to give an answer on a proposed deal for it to freeze its nuclear programme, the EU envoy says after talks in Geneva. |
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BBC News |
8:50am PDT |
Former colonel, 91, awarded PhD |
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Summary: A former British Army Colonel receives a doctorate from Cambridge University at the age of 91. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
Iran, EU to resume nuclear talks in 2 weeks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran and the European Union's chief negotiators agreed Saturday to resume talks on suspending uranium enrichment in two weeks, after Tehran ruled out freezing its program in talks that included the United States for the first time. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
Obama meets U.S. commander in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama met the commander of U.S. troops in eastern
Afghanistan on Saturday to talk about the war he says is not
getting enough attention from the Bush administration. |
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Cnn.com |
8:39am PDT |
Iran calls nuclear talks constructive |
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Summary: Iran hopes that Saturday's talks in Switzerland on its nuclear program will lead to a "positive outcome," the state-run news agency quoted Iran's foreign minister as saying.
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BBC News |
8:32am PDT |
Two hurt in light aircraft crash |
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Summary: Two men are airlifted to hospital after suffering injuries when a light aircraft crashes in a field. |
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BBC News |
8:26am PDT |
Moonies founder 'hurt in crash' |
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Summary: The founder of controversial religious movement the Moonies is hurt in a helicopter crash in South Korea, reports say. |
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BBC News |
8:22am PDT |
Batman film takes a record $66.4m |
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Summary: The new Batman film The Dark Knight sets a box office record after taking $66.4m on its opening night in the US. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
Dog rescues woman from kangaroo |
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Summary: An Australian woman is attacked by a kangaroo but saved by a pet dog who leapt to her aid, her son says. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
Obama to tour war zone in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting with U.S. forces in Kuwait and then Afghanistan — the scene of a war he says deserves more attention and more troops. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PDT |
'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on opening day. |
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BBC News |
7:59am PDT |
Beach aims to beat bikini record by itsy bitsy teeny weeny margin |
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Summary: An attempt to break a record for the number of woman photographed in a bikini takes place on Teesside. |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
SNP hopeful despite poll findings |
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Summary: First minister Alex Salmond insists the SNP will win the Glasgow East by election, despite a poll putting Labour in the lead. |
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BBC News |
7:47am PDT |
Patient diagnosed with legionella |
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Summary: An investigation is under way after a patient at a hospital in Cheltenham is diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
Investigators arrive at site of crane collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hitting the ground with enough force to bounce a nearby worker off the ground, one of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others. |
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Cnn.com |
7:23am PDT |
Tropical depression strengthens near Carolinas |
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Summary: Winds in a tropical depression that formed late Friday near the Carolina coast were approaching tropical storm strength Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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BBC News |
7:22am PDT |
Sweet peas or sweet pees? Floral look for garden centre urinals |
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Summary: The owners of a Lancashire garden centre install elaborate designer flower urinals. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
Mbeki seeks team to help mediate Zimbabwe crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South African President Thabo Mbeki has
proposed forming a team drawn from regional bodies and the
United Nations to help him mediate in the worsening crisis in
neighboring Zimbabwe. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Dream of gas tax holiday faltered over job losses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. |
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Yahoo News |
6:55am PDT |
Guns ruling spawns legal challenges by felons
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industry
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbreak — they were still on the vine weeks after people starting getting sick. |
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ChristianPost |
6:36am PDT |
Pope Apologizes for Clergy Sex Abuse in Australia |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology Saturday for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy, but his words were just more of the same for the victims. |
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Yahoo News |
6:33am PDT |
Breezy day at the British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The sun finally came out at the British Open on Saturday, but the wind off the Irish Sea sure picked up. |
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Cnn.com |
6:19am PDT |
Obama makes first trip to Afghanistan |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama made his first visit to Afghanistan today before he embarks on his tour of the Middle East and Europe aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials.
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Iran, EU and US prepare to continue nuclear talks in Geneva
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iranian, European and US officials were preparing to resume talks Saturday in Geneva's historic Town Hall after a break, as part of a bid to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Hamilton clinches German GP pole |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton will be on pole for Sunday's German Grand Prix as he seeks back-to-back victories. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05am PDT |
Iran rules out suspending enrichment program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran on Saturday ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of its talks with six world powers less then an hour after they started. |
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Yahoo News |
6:03am PDT |
US general: al-Qaida may be easing effort in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Senior leaders of al-Qaida may be diverting fighters from the war in Iraq to the Afghan frontier area, the top American commander in Iraq told The Associated Press on Saturday. |
