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Cnn.com |
4:44am PDT |
Iran denies confrontation at sea |
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Summary: Iran denied a report that several of its boats taunted a U.S. Navy vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night, according to IRNA, Iran's official news agency.
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4:43am PDT |
Appeal over teenage beauty queen |
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Summary: A mother appeals for help in tracing a 17-year-old beauty queen, who has been missing for a week. |
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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Leaders gather for Zimbabwe summit as Mugabe meets Mbeki
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The leaders of southern Africa gathered Saturday in Zambia for emergency talks to discuss the post-election crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, despite Robert Mugabe's decision to skip the summit. |
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4:10am PDT |
Victim dies weeks after assault |
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Summary: Police begin a murder inquiry after the death of a man assaulted at Ballykinler in County Down last month. |
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4:07am PDT |
Wacky racers |
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Summary: Marathon task for woman on stilts and 101-year-old |
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Cnn.com |
4:03am PDT |
Zimbabwe votes go to recount |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's electoral commission will recount ballots in at least 23 voting districts where the ruling party has argued there were discrepancies, the head of the commission told CNN Saturday.
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4:00am PDT |
Turkey's taboos |
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Summary: One man's fight against the stifling of free speech |
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3:59am PDT |
Breaking the bank |
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Summary: Zimbabwe - where a drink costs Z$200m |
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3:57am PDT |
Live - Scottish Cup semi-final |
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Summary: Queen of the South meet Aberdeen in the first of the Scottish Cup semi-finals on Saturday. |
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3:55am PDT |
Historic China-Taiwan talks held |
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Summary: China's President Hu holds a historic meeting with Taiwan's vice-president-elect, amid hopes of improved ties. |
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3:43am PDT |
Baghdad clashes 'kill 13 gunmen' |
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Summary: US and Iraqi forces kill 13 militants in fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City, as a two-week blockade is lifted. |
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3:34am PDT |
Benitez urges his squad to focus |
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Summary: Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says his players must focus on football, not the ongoing boardroom conflict. |
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3:09am PDT |
Wombles warning over TV imports |
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Summary: The Wombles get a make-over to highlight the threat from US imports to children's TV in Britain. |
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3:07am PDT |
Chinese, Taiwanese in historic meeting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A meeting between Taiwan's vice president-elect and Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday marked the highest-level political contact between the sides in more than half a century. |
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3:05am PDT |
Battles kill 13 in Sadr City, blockade eased
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed at least
13 gunmen in heavy battles overnight around Baghdad's Sadr
City, the U.S. military said on Saturday, but authorities went
ahead and eased a two-week-old blockade of the slum. |
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3:04am PDT |
South Africa leader arrives in Zimbabwe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Zimbabwean official says South African President Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Harare for an urgent meeting with President Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
3:02am PDT |
Taiwan, China hold historic meeting |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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2:56am PDT |
Historic China-Taiwan talks open |
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Summary: China's President Hu Jintao begins a historic meeting with Taiwan's Vice-President-elect, amid hopes of improved ties. |
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Yahoo News |
2:47am PDT |
Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks with Mugabe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South African President Thabo Mbeki
arrived in Zimbabwe on Saturday for talks with President Robert
Mugabe on the country's election deadlock, before regional
leaders meet in Zambia to discuss the crisis. |
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2:38am PDT |
Irate gran submits plans to demolish Tesco boss's mansion |
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Summary: Gran wants to retaliatr |
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2:38am PDT |
Irate gran's bid to demolish Tesco boss's mansion |
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Summary: Gran wants to retaliatr |
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2:28am PDT |
Mugabe in talks ahead of summit |
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Summary: Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe meets South Africa's president ahead of a summit on Zimbabwe's poll crisis. |
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2:08am PDT |
Obama counting on Indiana
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama sees himself with a disadvantage in Pennsylvania and with an advantage in North Carolina. "So Indiana may end up being the tiebreaker," he said this week. |
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2:06am PDT |
Naked model Sue reveals all about her £17m Freudian sleep |
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Summary: The subject of a painting by Lucien Freud - expect to break records at auction next month - tells the BBC it's a "bit of a shock". |
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Yahoo News |
2:03am PDT |
More Catholic schools closing across US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For 46 years, crime, recessions and hurricanes proved no threat to the daily ritual of St. Monica School, where the entire blue-and-white uniformed student body gathered outside each morning to join in prayer. |
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Cnn.com |
1:53am PDT |
Sadr City fighting continues for a seventh day |
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Summary: Fighting between Shiite militias and U.S. and Iraqi forces in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City continued for a seventh day Saturday, as a vehicle ban remained in place despite a promise to lift it.
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Yahoo News |
1:50am PDT |
No need to regionalise Zimbabwe 'crisis': justice minister
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Zimbabwean government said Saturday that southern Africa had no need to involve itself in the country's post-election crisis as regional heads of state gathered for a crisis summit in Lusaka. |
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Yahoo News |
1:49am PDT |
13 killed in Baghdad battles
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Security forces killed 13 gunmen in firefights and air strikes in east Baghdad overnight, the US military said on Saturday, as witnesses said two children and their parents were among the dead. |
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BBC News |
1:43am PDT |
Malaysian PM hints at hand-over |
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Summary: Malaysia embattled prime minister signals that he is willing to discuss a transition of power to his deputy. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35am PDT |
Bush unlikely to boycott Olympics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For President Bush, it would seem a small gesture to make a big point: Staying away from the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics would send a clear signal of U.S. anger over China's crackdown against anti-Beijing Tibetan protesters. |
