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6:42am PST |
Oscars aim to put on blockbuster show
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Summary: AP - No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on. |
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6:37am PST |
Shannon police searching pond |
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Summary: Police scour a pond in West Yorkshire as concern grows for missing nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. |
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6:11am PST |
Shells hit Baghdad's Green Zone |
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6:11am PST |
Mortars or rockets hit Iraq Green Zone
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Summary: AP - Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months. |
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5:46am PST |
Serbs resume protests in northern Kosovo
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Summary: AP - Up to 2,000 Serb protesters chanting "Kosovo is Serbia!" marched Saturday through the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica in a sixth day of demonstrations against Kosovo's independence. |
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5:33am PST |
Cash for pubs to offer loo breaks |
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Summary: Pubs and restaurants are being urged to open their toilets to non-customers in return for £600 a year. |
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5:19am PST |
Stealth bomber crashes in Guam |
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5:07am PST |
McGuinness: 'I would have killed' |
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Summary: Martin McGuinness says he would have killed every British soldier in Derry after Bloody Sunday, given the chance. |
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5:06am PST |
Dozens killed as Turkey prolongs Iraq incursion
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Summary: AFP - Turkish troops pressed a major ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in neighbouring Iraq for a third day Saturday as Ankara said dozens of rebels and at least five soldiers had been killed. |
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4:58am PST |
North Korea detains Russian ship |
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Summary: A Russian cargo ship is detained and boarded by North Korean coastguard agents, Russian officials say. |
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4:57am PST |
Ag official's priority: avoiding jail
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Summary: AP - He overhauled federal forest policy to cut more trees — and became a lightning rod for environmentalists who say he is intent on logging every tree in his reach. |
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4:50am PST |
Sampson resigns at Indiana, takes buyout
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Summary: AP - As Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan pondered a resolution to the Kelvin Sampson mess, he kept thinking about the implications for senior forward D.J. White. |
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4:49am PST |
Clegg addresses Welsh Lib Dems |
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Summary: The Lib Dem leader says the need for a new kind of politics and an alternative to Labour in Wales is overwhelming. |
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4:46am PST |
Mugabe to launch sixth term bid |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's president is expected to launch his re-election campaign at his 84th birthday celebrations. |
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4:32am PST |
Football: Ramos confident in Cup |
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Summary: Tottenham boss Juande Ramos believes his side can spring a surprise against favourites Chelsea in the Carling Cup final on Sunday. |
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4:12am PST |
Green Zone targeted in morning attack
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Summary: AP - Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months. |
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4:03am PST |
Shannon police divers search pond |
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Summary: Police scour a pond in West Yorkshire as concern grows for missing nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. |
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3:46am PST |
Musharraf allies say will not obstruct coalition
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan's new government will likely name its prime minister in early March, party officials said Saturday, as supporters of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf vowed not to obstruct the coalition. |
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3:37am PST |
Bomb kills 7 Afghan security guards
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Summary: AP - Seven Afghan security guards died Saturday when their car hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, while a gunman killed a district police chief in the region, police said. |
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3:36am PST |
Obama takes heat for skipping black forum |
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Summary: The annual State of the Black Union forum boasts a number of famous names as it gets under way in New Orleans, but this year's event is getting much more attention for who won't be there.
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3:32am PST |
McCain trains sights on November, Obama
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Summary: AP - His nomination assured, John McCain got an early jump on the general election this week with a swing through Midwestern states likely to be pivotal in the fall and a fresh line of criticism against Barack Obama. |
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3:31am PST |
Opponents vow to curb Musharraf's power
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Summary: AP - The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their sweeping win in recent elections. |
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3:28am PST |
Hundreds evacuated in flats fire |
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Summary: Up to 200 people are forced to leave their homes during the night when a fire breaks out in a parade of shops. |
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3:24am PST |
Ohio, Texas uphill climbs for Clinton
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Summary: AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's must-win states of Ohio and Texas are no cakewalk for her, largely because independents and crossover Republicans are welcome to vote in their Democratic primaries. |
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3:17am PST |
Key Slovenian ex-leader dies |
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Summary: Slovenia's ex-President Janez Drnovsek, who helped lead his nation to independence in 1991, dies aged 57. |
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3:12am PST |
£5m project to clean up sea loch |
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Summary: Waste water discharges into an important loch for shellfish catches are to end, Scottish Water says. |
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3:03am PST |
Turk troops press campaign vs PKK rebels in Iraq
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Summary: Reuters - Turkish troops pressed their
offensive against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq on
Saturday, two days after crossing the mountainous border in a
campaign Turkey's allies hope will be short and limited. |
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2:57am PST |
Pakistan coalition mulls PM, Musharraf's future uncertain
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan's new government will likely name its choice for prime minister in early March, party officials said Saturday, as uncertainty surrounded the future of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf. |
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2:54am PST |
Super-fast Internet satellite launched |
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Summary: Japan launched a rocket today carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver "super high-speed Internet" service to homes and businesses around the world.
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2:34am PST |
Support call for homeless Poles |
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Summary: A Polish centre says there is a lack of support for migrant workers who come to Wales but end up homeless. |
