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Yahoo News |
10:12am PST |
Fossett Breaks Flight Distance Record (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Adventurer Steve Fossett completed the longest nonstop flight in aviation history Saturday, flying 26,389 miles in about 76 hours, but he had to land early because of mechanical problems. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03am PST |
Hedrick wins first US gold (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Chad Hedrick of the U.S. won the men's
5,000 meters speedskating gold medal at the Winter Olympics on
Saturday, a perfect start to his bid to win five gold medals
and equal Eric Heiden's 1980 Olympic sweep. |
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9:53am PST |
Rugby: Hodgson boost England |
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Summary: Charlie Hodgson stars as England claim a hard-earned 31-16 win over Italy in Rome. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49am PST |
Putin Seeks Quick Talks on WTO Accession (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Vladimir Putin called Saturday for quick completion of talks with the United States on Russia joining the World Trade Organization. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PST |
Union denies Royal Mail plan snub |
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Summary: The union representing striking Belfast postal workers denies it rejected a Royal Mail proposal to end the dispute. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PST |
Fossett flies to non-stop record |
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Summary: Adventurer Steve Fossett breaks the record for the longest non-stop flight in aviation history. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23am PST |
Rumsfeld seeks stronger military ties in Maghreb (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
said on Saturday the United States wanted to strengthen
military ties with Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco and played down
the threat posed by al Qaeda in the three North African states. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22am PST |
Sharon "out of danger" after emergency surgery (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,
comatose since a stroke last month, underwent emergency surgery
to remove parts of a damaged intestine on Saturday and a
hospital official said he was out of immediate danger. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PST |
Fossett breaks record; makes emergency landing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
9:19am PST |
Kwan Raises Possibility of Withdrawing (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Michelle Kwan might be out of the Olympics before she ever starts. Kwan cut short her first practice because of a sore groin Saturday and left open the possibility of withdrawing from the Winter Games if she's not 100 percent healthy. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PST |
Thousands join pro-Islam protest |
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Summary: Thousands of people gather in London's Trafalgar Square for a peaceful rally against Islamophobia. |
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Cnn.com |
9:13am PST |
Heart transplant pioneer dies at 83 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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9:11am PST |
Russia, US close to deal on WTO membership (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The United States and Russia are "very close" to a deal on Moscow joining the World Trade Organization, US Treasury Secretary John Snow said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PST |
Struggling Kwan may pull out (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - American figure skater Michelle Kwan
hinted she may pull out of the Turin Winter Olympics after
struggling during practice on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
8:59am PST |
MPs question Kenya whistle-blower |
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Summary: Kenyan MPs question the former top anti-corruption investigator in London about his claims of high-level graft. |
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BBC News |
8:56am PST |
Football: Boro trounce Chelsea |
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Summary: Struggling Middlesbrough hand leaders Chelsea their first league defeat in more than three months. |
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Cnn.com |
8:41am PST |
Dad: Son put up for adoption without his knowledge |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:34am PST |
Denmark withdraws more diplomats |
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Summary: Denmark pulls its envoys out of Syria, Iran and Indonesia over safety concerns following the cartoon row. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19am PST |
Sharon's life in no immediate danger: hospital (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have said there was no immediate danger to his life after conducting emergency intestinal surgery, more than five weeks after he suffered a massive stroke. |
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BBC News |
8:18am PST |
Thousands to join Muslim rally |
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Summary: Muslims from across Britain are staging a rally in London to protest against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. |
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Cnn.com |
8:08am PST |
Sharon survives emergency surgery |
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Summary: Doctors removed about 20 inches of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's intestine today, but said "there is no immediate danger to the life" of the comatose Israeli leader. Sharon was in critical but stable condition after the procedure, according to Shlomo Mor |
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Cnn.com |
8:07am PST |
Rare frog faces extinction, scientists warn |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:04am PST |
Two Britons die in German crash |
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Summary: A 14-year-old boy and a driver die in a crash involving two coaches carrying British schoolchildren in Germany. |
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BBC News |
7:51am PST |
Pilot arrested amid alcohol fears |
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Summary: An American Airlines pilot is arrested on suspicion of being drunk shortly before his flight was due to take off. |
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7:51am PST |
Doctors Remove Part of Sharon's Intestine (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Doctors removed nearly 2 feet of Ariel Sharon's severely damaged large intestine during emergency surgery Saturday, but there was no immediate threat to the comatose prime minister's life, a hospital official said. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PST |
Kelly heckled at party conference |
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Summary: Education Secretary Ruth Kelly angers Labour activists at a fringe meeting of the party's spring conference. |
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Yahoo News |
7:43am PST |
Shiites Fail to Select New Iraq PM (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Shiite politicians failed Saturday to select a new prime minister as rivalry within their alliance forced a delay in the balloting. An Iraqi army spokesman was assassinated in Basra, a southern city plagued by lawlessness and violence by Shiite milit |
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BBC News |
7:39am PST |
Sharon emergency op 'a success' |
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Summary: Emergency surgery on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's digestive tract is "a success", his hospital says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:38am PST |
Kwan Says She May Withdraw if Not Healthy (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Michelle Kwan might be out of the Olympics before she ever starts. Kwan cut short her first practice because of a sore groin Saturday and left open the possibility of withdrawing from the Winter Games if she's not 100 percent healthy. |
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BBC News |
7:31am PST |
Bird flu hits new areas in Europe |
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Summary: Italy, Greece and Bulgaria confirm their first outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, in wild swans. |
