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BBC News |
2:32am PDT |
Pakistani PM vows to fight terror |
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Summary: Pakistan's new prime minister tells MPs his government's top priority will be the fight against terrorism. |
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BBC News |
2:26am PDT |
Plaid's council shake-up warning |
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Summary: Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will warn councils to "shake themselves up" as he looks for election gains. |
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BBC News |
2:26am PDT |
Plaid's council shake-up warning |
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Summary: Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones will warn councils to "shake themselves up" as he looks for election gains. |
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BBC News |
2:19am PDT |
Town vigil for dead man's family |
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Summary: About 300 people take part in a prayer vigil in Dugannon to show support for the family of Shaun Fitzpatrick. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12am PDT |
U.S. identifies remains of Austrian abducted in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States has identified the
remains of an Austrian security guard kidnapped in Iraq in 2006
with four American colleagues, the Austrian government said on
Saturday. |
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BBC News |
2:09am PDT |
Free teen bus passes criticised |
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Summary: Calls to give under 21s free bus travel have been criticised over fears of anti-social behaviour. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01am PDT |
Mugabe's future on the line as Zimbabwe votes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans voted Saturday in an election which could bring an end to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule as his country buckles under the weight of the world's highest inflation rate. |
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BBC News |
1:27am PDT |
Boat Race braced for bad weather |
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Summary: Oxford and Cambridge are braced for rough conditions in the 154st Boat Race, with Oxford considered the favourites to win. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16am PDT |
Texas overcomes Stanford, Lopez twins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - All those hours on the exercise bike, all those yummy desserts he skipped — it all finally paid off for Texas center Dexter Pittman. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13am PDT |
TSA responds to nipple ring complaint
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Transportation Security Administration said it will change they way its officers search passengers with body piercings after a Texas woman complained she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane. |
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Yahoo News |
1:10am PDT |
Zimbabweans line up early to vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eager to vote, Zimbabweans lined up before dawn Saturday for crucial elections in which President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge yet to his 28-year rule. |
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Yahoo News |
1:04am PDT |
Bush follows JFK in opening new ballpark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On Sunday night, President Bush is set to throw out the first ball at Nationals Park and help inaugurate the Washington Nationals' new stadium. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03am PDT |
Cities go dark in worldwide green effort
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lights dimmed and flickered out in New Zealand and Fiji on Saturday as the two countries became the first to launch Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
1:02am PDT |
Pakistani leader vows to restore judges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's new prime minister says his government will seek to restore senior judges purged when President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule last year. |
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Yahoo News |
12:57am PDT |
Mayor's scandal hurts Detroit's image
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two years ago, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick relished the moment. It was Detroit's time to shine amid the national glare of a Super Bowl and the maligned, troubled city passed the intense scrutiny under his watch. |
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BBC News |
12:40am PDT |
Boycott clouds Arab summit |
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Summary: The annual Arab summit is opening in Damascus but key leaders are staying away amid signs of a regional rift. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Zimbabweans cast votes in crucial election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabweans began voting on Saturday in
the most crucial election since independence from Britain in
1980, with veteran President Robert Mugabe facing the biggest
challenge of his 28-year-rule. |
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Cnn.com |
12:36am PDT |
Bomb kills 2, hurts 8 at Afghan power plant |
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Summary: A bomb blast at a hydro-electric power plant in southern Afghanistan killed two workers at the plant and wounded eight other people Saturday, a police official said.
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Yahoo News |
12:06am PDT |
Bush to pitch plan for Fed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation's financial services industry from banks and securities firms to mortgage brokers and insurance companies. |
