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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Clinton offers steps to help defense industry
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
contender Hillary Clinton offered a package of measures on
Saturday designed to keep U.S. defense manufacturing jobs in
the United States. |
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Cnn.com |
3:39pm PDT |
Authorities find, free polygamist ranch suspect |
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Summary: Texas Rangers on Saturday met with but did not arrest a man accused by a teenage girl of physically and sexually abusing her at a polygamist compound. Dale Evans Barlow "was allowed to go, and no arrest was made," a Mojave County, Arizona, official said.
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3:30pm PDT |
Norway king opens new opera house on the shore of Oslo Fjord |
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Summary: Norway's King Harald V opens a new national opera house with a gala performance on the shores of the Oslo Fjord. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23pm PDT |
IMF head warns about food prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Saturday that if food prices remain high, there will be dire consequences for people in many developing countries, especially in Africa. |
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3:08pm PDT |
Nigerian peacekeeper dies in Haiti |
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Summary: Haiti's Senate votes to dismiss PM Jacques-Edouard Alexis following rioting over the soaring cost of food. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
US troops suffer worst week this year
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in its fighters. |
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2:46pm PDT |
Torch in low-key Tanzania visit |
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Summary: The Olympic Games torch continues its world tour in Tanzania, where less trouble is expected than elsewhere. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39pm PDT |
Bomb kills at least 9 in Iran mosque
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb exploded in a mosque in the
southern Iranian city Shiraz on Saturday, killing at least nine
people and wounding more than 100, Iranian media reported. |
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Cnn.com |
2:37pm PDT |
American Airlines jets cleared to return to sky |
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Cnn.com |
2:31pm PDT |
Bomb at Iran mosque kills 9, injures 105 |
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Summary: A bomb exploded during evening prayers Saturday at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, killing nine people and wounding 105 , Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported. The explosion rattled buildings more than half a mile away, accordin |
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2:04pm PDT |
Chertoff defends immigration enforcement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds that until Congress enacts broad immigration reforms they shouldn't expect any changes in enforce |
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1:56pm PDT |
Obama's remarks gives Clinton an opening
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A political tempest over Barack Obama's comments about bitter voters in small towns has given rival Hillary Rodham Clinton a new opening to court working class Democrats 10 days before Pennsylvanians hold a primary that she must win to keep her presi |
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Yahoo News |
1:40pm PDT |
Mugabe skips regional summit on Zimbabwe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe skipped a regional summit Saturday addressing the deepening crisis over the country's contentious presidential election, giving southern African leaders little chance to step up the pressure on him. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PDT |
Haiti's government falls after food riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Haiti's government fell on
Saturday when senators fired the prime minister after more than
a week of riots over food prices, ignoring a plan presented by
the president to slash the cost of rice. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PDT |
Regional leaders seek end to Zimbabwe deadlock
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An emergency summit of southern African leaders on Zimbabwe's post-election crisis opened Saturday with a plea from its chairman not to turn a blind eye, but President Robert Mugabe stayed away. |
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Cnn.com |
1:37pm PDT |
Bomb kills at least eight at Iran mosque |
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Summary: A bomb exploded during evening prayers Saturday at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, killing eight people and wounding 66, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported. The explosion rattled buildings more than half a mile away, according |
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1:36pm PDT |
Masters turns wet for 3rd round
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tiger Woods climbed onto the Masters leaderboard Saturday, but he squandered numerous chances on the front side to move up on a damp day at Augusta National. |
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Yahoo News |
1:28pm PDT |
Olympic torch flickers in 'China-friendly' Africa
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic torch, symbol of this year's 2008 Games in Beijing, arrived in the Tanzanian capital under tight security on Saturday for a low-risk, albeit drastically curtailed on this solo African leg. |
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Yahoo News |
1:20pm PDT |
Bomb kills several in southern Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A bomb explosion in a mosque in southern Iran Saturday killed several people, state television reported. |
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BBC News |
12:54pm PDT |
Deal to end Kenyan crisis agreed |
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Summary: Kenya's president and opposition leader strike a deal on cabinet posts, ending a long-running political crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50pm PDT |
Mbeki calm on Zimbabwe as regional leaders meet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South African President Thabo Mbeki
played down concern over Zimbabwe's post-election impasse on
Saturday as regional leaders met in the Zambian capital to
discuss fears that the deadlock could lead to violence. |
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BBC News |
12:43pm PDT |
Banks must pass on cuts - Darling |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling has told mortgage lenders to play their part by passing recent interest rate cuts on to homeowners. |
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Cnn.com |
12:19pm PDT |
Bomb explodes at mosque in Iran |
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Summary: A bomb exploded during evening prayers Saturday at a mosque in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, killing eight people and wounding 66, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported.
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Yahoo News |
12:14pm PDT |
Under fire, Obama clarifies small-town remarks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential contender
Barack Obama tried to quell a political furor on Saturday over
his comments about small-town Pennsylvanians, saying he used
the wrong words to describe their mood. |
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Yahoo News |
12:13pm PDT |
Attys: Texas polygamists may recant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Polygamist sect members who were moved to a Texas compound from their longtime homes along the Utah-Arizona line were hand-picked for their fierce loyalty to leader Warren Jeffs, and that allegiance may be a stumbling block for law enforcement, autho |
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BBC News |
12:08pm PDT |
Deadly blast strikes Iranian city |
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Summary: At least eight people are killed and more than 50 wounded in an explosion in southern Iran, local media say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:07pm PDT |
Report: Bomb kills scores in Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A bomb explosion in a mosque in southern Iran has killed scores of people, state television reported Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52am PDT |
Haiti's government falls over food riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Haiti's Senate on Saturday fired
the impoverished country's prime minister after a week of food
riots, brushing aside an announcement by President Rene Preval
of plans to slash the cost of rice. |
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Yahoo News |
11:48am PDT |
US GIs in Iraq suffer worst week of '08
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday, capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashes persisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought to rein in its fighters. |
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Cnn.com |
11:36am PDT |
Haitian leader ousted after food-price riots |
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