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7:59am PDT |
Albania depot blasts 'kill many' |
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Summary: Scores are wounded and many feared dead in a series of explosions at an arms depot near Albania's capital. |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
Hard-liners 'dominate Iran poll' |
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Summary: President Ahmadinejad's allies lead in parliamentary polls as Iran's reformists struggle, early results show. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PDT |
"Major emitters" tag upsets poor nations at G20 talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Developing countries urged rich
states on Saturday to be clear about funds to fight global
warming and said the label "major emitters" for nations like
India and Brazil was unfair. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Avoid overcorrecting economy, Bush warns
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Saturday said the government must guard against going too far in trying to fix the troubled economy, cautioning that "one of the worst things you can do is overcorrect." Democrats said Bush was relying on inaction to solve the probl |
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Dozens feared dead at Albania blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About 160 people, including several
Americans, were killed or injured on Saturday by a series of
large explosions at an Albanian army base on the outskirts of
the capital Tirana, government officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PDT |
Turkish prosecutors say AK Party seeks Islamic state
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - State prosecutors demanding the closure
of Turkey's ruling AK Party accuse it of trying to turn the
country into an Islamic state, according to the text of their
indictment quoted on Saturday by Turkish media. |
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BBC News |
7:37am PDT |
Albanian arms blasts 'kill many' |
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Summary: Scores are wounded and many feared dead in a series of explosions at an arms depot near Albania's capital. |
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BBC News |
7:33am PDT |
Cameron in 'family friendly' push |
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Summary: David Cameron vows to protect children from "ruthless marketers" in a speech to the Tory spring forum. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32am PDT |
China gives Tibetan protesters surrender ultimatum
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Saturday gave Tibetan
independence protesters an ultimatum to surrender after riots
in Lhasa which killed at least 10 people in the worst unrest in
the region for two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PDT |
Iraq violence drops, but for how long?
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The surge of U.S. forces has driven down insurgent attacks in Baghdad but violence elsewhere in Iraq raises questions about whether killings will continue to drop as American forces begin to leave, the United Nations said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
School E. coli probe widens again |
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Summary: An investigation into an outbreak of the E. coli infection extends to a third nursery school. |
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7:16am PDT |
Headless body found by garage |
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Summary: A headless and armless body is found by a member of the public beside a garage block in Hertfordshire. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PDT |
Tibet govt-in-exile says 30 dead in unrest
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tibet's exiled government said Saturday that about 30 people had been killed during unrest in Lhasa, as Chinese troops locked down the city amid fierce international scrutiny ahead of the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Iran conservatives set for landslide victory
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iranian conservatives were poised on Saturday to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority but with reformists retaining a foothold despite losing hundreds of candidates to pre-election vetting. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Storm smacks Atlanta |
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Summary: Hours after an apparent tornado tore through downtown Atlanta, cleanup crews worked this morning to haul away tons of debris ripped from buildings. Nearby, trees crushed a row of houses in the city's historic Cabbagetown district.
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Yahoo News |
6:16am PDT |
Exile group says 30 killed in Tibet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China kept government workers confined to their offices Saturday and ordered tourists out of Tibet's capital while lines of soldiers sealed off streets where riots had erupted, witnesses said. A Tibetan exile group said at least 30 people were killed |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Turkish PM attacks proposed ban |
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Summary: A surprise proposal to ban Turkey's ruling AK party is against the "national will", says the Prime Minister. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Albanian arms depot hit by blasts |
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Summary: Powerful explosions strike an arms depot near Albania's capital Tirana, with at least 120 people reported injured. |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Thousands join anti-war protests |
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Summary: Anti-war protesters are rallying in London to mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53am PDT |
Pre-Inca temple uncovered in Peru |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:21am PDT |
Storms stagger Atlanta |
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Summary: Waves of severe storms continued to whip Georgia this morning, hours after a tornado ripped through downtown Atlanta. It shattered windows and tore roofs from buildings before smashing residential neighborhoods.
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Yahoo News |
5:07am PDT |
Conservatives forge ahead in Iran parliament vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Conservatives took an early lead in an
election for Iran's 290-seat parliament with 108 seats to 33
for their reformist opponents, Iran's state Press TV said on
Saturday, citing unofficial results so far. |
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BBC News |
4:57am PDT |
Shannon 'starts road to recovery' |
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Summary: Police say rescued schoolgirl Shannon Matthews spent the night watching films and playing with a kitten. |
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BBC News |
4:56am PDT |
UK dismisses al-Qaeda talks call |
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Summary: The man who was one of Tony Blair's closest aides says the UK should talk to al-Qaeda and the Taleban. |
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Yahoo News |
4:53am PDT |
NATO says near deal on Russian Afghan help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO said on Saturday it was nearing a
deal to use Russian land and airspace to supply its security
forces in Afghanistan, but Western diplomats denied any
trade-off with Moscow to keep Ukraine and Georgia out of NATO. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PDT |
Inquiry into police chief's death |
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Summary: The circumstances around the death of Manchester's chief constable are to be investigated by another force. |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Headless body found near garage |
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Summary: A headless and armless body is discovered beside a garage block in Hertfordshire. |
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BBC News |
4:34am PDT |
Monitored sex offenders 'missing' |
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Summary: A total of 27 convicted sex offenders are missing from Scotland's monitoring regime, it emerges. |
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Yahoo News |
4:26am PDT |
Threats to Israel are threats to us, says Merkel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel
expressed solidarity with Israel in the face of threats to the
Jewish state on Saturday, the eve of a three-day visit to the
country, and said Iran must halt its nuclear program. |
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Yahoo News |
4:24am PDT |
Conservatives ahead as Iran counts votes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Conservatives were on course Saturday to win legislative elections in Iran, but with their reformist rivals retaining a foothold in parliament despite the mass veto of candidates before the vote. |
