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Yahoo News |
11:30am PDT |
3 college students dead after Wis. fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fire swept through a two-story house near the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus early Saturday, killing three students, the school said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23am PDT |
Deadly ape heart disease puzzles zoos
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mopie looked the picture of ape fitness: His shoulders were broad and imposing, his silver-haired back sculpted and muscular, his biceps bulging as wide as a wrestler's thighs when he scratched his head. |
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BBC News |
10:58am PDT |
Beach head police find body parts |
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Summary: Police investigating the death of a woman whose head was found on a beach have found a suitcase containing body parts. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56am PDT |
Tsvangirai says Mugabe preparing violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition on Saturday
accused President Robert Mugabe of deploying militias for a war
to reverse the result of last weekend's election. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45am PDT |
Bush and Putin in friendly mood at farewell summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
exchanged jokes and a hug with Russia's Vladimir Putin on
Saturday as the two leaders began a farewell summit they hope
can help bridge differences on NATO and missile defense. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29am PDT |
Military charges civilian contractor in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States military announced on
Saturday it had charged a civilian contractor in Iraq under
U.S. military law for the first time. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20am PDT |
Colombia ends contract after flap with Clinton aide
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An angry Colombia said on Saturday
it ended a contract with a lobbying firm headed by a top
campaign aide to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
Clinton after he apologized for meeting with Colombian
officials to advocate a trade deal |
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Yahoo News |
10:09am PDT |
European unions protest over pay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of protesters took to the
streets of Slovenia's capital on Saturday to denounce low pay
and corporate greed across Europe as politicians and central
bankers called for wage restraint to combat inflation. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
Bush, Putin begin farewell talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened suspenseful farewell talks Saturday as the White House dropped hopes they would resolve differences on U.S. missile defense plans, one of the most contentious issues in a long list of securit |
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BBC News |
10:04am PDT |
Sarkozy aide 'misquoted' on Games |
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Summary: A French minister denies she laid out conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
9:23am PDT |
Father wrongly told of air death |
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Summary: An airline apologises for wrongly telling a father a member of his family died after becoming ill on a flight. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22am PDT |
IOC head says Beijing was "wise choice"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The International Olympic Committee
has no regrets about its "wise choice" of Beijing to host the
Olympics, its president said on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21am PDT |
Bush makes final call in Russia |
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BBC News |
9:20am PDT |
FA Cup & Premier League as it happened |
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Summary: Portsmouth reach the FA Cup final before Chelsea, Sunderland and Wigan all gain crucial wins among seven Premier League matches. |
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BBC News |
9:12am PDT |
Motorcyclist dies in road crash |
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Summary: A man is killed in an accident involving a motorbike and a four-wheeled drive vehicle in County Down. |
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BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Mugabe 'preparing for poll war' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accuses President Mugabe of preparing to go to war against the country's people. |
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Cnn.com |
9:06am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition says runoff risks violence |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition party will ask the United Nations to intervene to avoid bloodshed ahead of a hotly contested presidential runoff, a party spokesman has told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
8:56am PDT |
Zapped rat causes Stockholm power outage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The electrocution of a fat rat in an electric station Saturday caused a three-hour power outage in Stockholm's central train station, halting elevators and escalators. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49am PDT |
ZANU-PF wins half of Zimbabwe senate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF took 30 seats
in elections for the country's senate, or upper house of
parliament, with the combined opposition taking the same
number, electoral officials said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
Leaders call for urgent financial reforms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Centre-left leaders from around the
world called on Saturday for urgent reform of global financial
institutions to prevent a recurrence of the credit crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PDT |
France uses Olympics to pressure China on Tibet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - France stepped up the pressure on China Saturday over its handling of the Tibet crisis with a warning that President Nicolas Sarkozy may boycott the Olympic opening following fresh violence. |
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BBC News |
8:31am PDT |
Comply Or Die wins Grand National |
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Summary: Joint favourite Comply Or Die holds off a brave challenge from King Johns Castle to win the Grand National by four lengths. |
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BBC News |
8:23am PDT |
Enckelman wants Cardiff 'heroes' |
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Summary: Peter Enckelman calls on his Cardiff team-mates to become FA Cup heroes when they face Barnsley in Sunday's semi-final. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
Sen. Biden: Troop buildup is failure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in Iraq a failure. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21am PDT |
Candidates to press Petraeus on Iraq war
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the Iraq war next week, the next commander in chief will weigh in as well. |
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
What's in a name? Ask the Swiss village called Champagne |
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Summary: A Swiss village - famous for its wine production - is fighting to continue using its name Champagne. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
Bush and Putin aim to defuse tensions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush and
Russia's Vladimir Putin will try to ease strains over missile
defense and NATO expansion and polish their legacies at a
farewell summit on the Black Sea that started on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:55am PDT |
Mukasey adjusting slowly to Atty Gen job
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he never has sought the spotlight, instead living by his parents' axiom of achieving success by keeping his head down and working hard. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PDT |
Rogge: Beijing smog may affect athletes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Beijing's heavy pollution may hurt the performances of athletes in this summer's Olympic Games, although it will not endanger their health, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PDT |
Cuba hit with $253 mln verdict in Miami court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Miami jury has awarded almost $253
million in a wrongful death case against Cuba, the biggest such
penalty to date against the communist government, local media
reported on Saturday. |
