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Yahoo News |
1:57pm PDT |
Hamas militants charge Israel border in 'ambitious' raid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Three Palestinians were killed and 13 Israeli soldiers wounded on Saturday when Hamas militants, including suicide bombers, stormed a Gaza Strip border crossing with explosives-laden vehicles. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation." |
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Cnn.com |
1:17pm PDT |
Stench of manure engulfs London |
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Summary: A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and British farmers said Saturday.
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1:17pm PDT |
Ferguson hails 'champion' display |
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Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson believes his side played like "champions" as a late rally earned a draw at Blackburn. |
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1:13pm PDT |
LeBron James scores 32 to lead Cavs past Wizards in Game 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Round one went to LeBron. Determined to make the Wizards swallow their words, LeBron James scored 32 points, making two tough shots in traffic down the stretch as the Cleveland Cavaliers opened the NBA playoffs with an intense 93-86 win over Washingt |
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1:00pm PDT |
Obama hits out at Clinton for negative campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton on
Saturday of shifting positions and waging a negative campaign
as the two candidates sped across Pennsylvania before next
week's potentially make-or-break primary |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens to start 'war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens 'war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Under attack, al-Sadr threatens to 'declare war' |
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Summary: Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Saturday night to "declare war" unless the Iraqi government ends its U.S.-supported assaults against groups such as his Mehdi Army. The warning came after a spokesman for al-Sadr said the cleric had agreed |
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12:53pm PDT |
Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday. |
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12:37pm PDT |
On 3rd anniversary as pope, Benedict encourages young people
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI focused on the future of his American church Saturday as he marked the third anniversary of his election as pontiff, rallying young people, priests and seminarians and assuring them of his support as they dealt with the damage from |
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12:33pm PDT |
Zimbabwe holds partial recount of March 29 vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe began a partial recount of
votes from the March 29 elections on Saturday, despite
opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears that
political stalemate could erupt into violence. |
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Yahoo News |
12:31pm PDT |
Cleric Sadr threatens "open war" on Iraq government
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on
Saturday threatened "open war" against the government unless it
chose what he called the "path of peace." |
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Yahoo News |
12:25pm PDT |
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatens new uprising
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening a new uprising if an American-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues. |
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12:18pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama press for advantage ahead of pivotal primary
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and can't be trusted to say what she believes, a sharp jab at her character in the closing chapter of the pivotal Pennsylvania primary cam |
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12:09pm PDT |
Bullock unhurt after accident with drunk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Actress Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on collision in Gloucester with a suspected drunk driver. |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PDT |
Oregon cop battles 12-foot python to save pet store owner
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42am PDT |
Bush: North Korea must declare nuclear programs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and
South Korea on Saturday demanded North Korea submit its long
overdue accounting of its nuclear weapons programs but offered
no clues about how long they would be willing to wait for it. |
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BBC News |
11:23am PDT |
Eurostar 10-hour journey probed |
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Summary: A two-hour train journey from London to Paris becomes an overnight trip because of technical faults. |
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BBC News |
11:14am PDT |
Late Tevez goal earns Man Utd draw |
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Summary: Carlos Tevez's equaliser two minutes from time gives Man Utd a 1-1 draw at Blackburn to keep them on course for the title. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01am PDT |
Pope urges Church to seek "purification"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, marking the third
anniversary of his election, urged the U.S. Catholic Church on
Saturday to overcome its divisions and seek "purification" and
the truth following its sexual abuse scandal. |
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Cnn.com |
10:27am PDT |
Church must be purified, healed, pope says |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI again addressed the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal today, assuring priests, nuns and other religious of his "spiritual closeness" as they recover from the scandal's damage. Benedict celebrated Mass at New York's St. Patrick's Cat |
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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
South Korean astronaut OK after rough landing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Russian space capsule landed
about 260 miles off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South
Korea's first astronaut and the other two crew were safe. |
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BBC News |
10:14am PDT |
Farmers evicted from holiday home |
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Summary: Members of the Young Farmers' Club are asked to leave a County Down holiday centre. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11am PDT |
Obama, Clinton strike homestretch in bid for nomination
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Finally for the Democrats, the homestretch. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PDT |
Zimbabwe vote recount underway
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe began a partial recount of
votes from the March 29 elections on Saturday, despite
opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears that
political stalemate could erupt into violence. |
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Yahoo News |
9:56am PDT |
French resistance hero Germaine Tillion dies at 100
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Germaine Tillion, a distinguished French
anthropologist and member of the World War Two resistance who
denounced French torture in Algeria has died at the age of 100,
the French government said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44am PDT |
Bush: North Korea must declare nuclear program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
said on Saturday North Korea may try to stall providing a full
declaration of its nuclear activities, but he and South Korea's
leader urged Pyongyang to provide a full accounting of its
program. |
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Nepal Maoists claim poll victory |
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Summary: The Maoist party of former rebels in Nepal claims victory in the country's elections, held nine days ago. |
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BBC News |
9:34am PDT |
Deadly clashes erupt in Mogadishu |
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Summary: At least 16 people die in the Somali capital as Ethiopian troops clash with Islamist rebels, eyewitnesses say. |
