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9:22am PDT |
Oil refinery shuts down over strike |
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Summary: The management of Scotland's only crude oil refinery start shutting it down ahead of a planned strike. |
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BBC News |
9:11am PDT |
Probe into Eurostar 10-hour delay |
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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 |
9:10am PDT |
Annan demands action on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urges African leaders to do more to address the crisis in Zimbabwe. |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
E.coli fear prompts 'deep clean' |
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Summary: An open farm begins a cleaning programme as a precaution after a child who visited it was found to have E.coli. |
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8:55am PDT |
Queen sees grandson's christening |
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Summary: The Queen attends the christening of the Earl and Countess of Wessex's baby son. |
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8:53am PDT |
£25m to kick-start house building |
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Summary: Scottish local authorities will recieve funding to help build the next generation of council house. |
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Yahoo News |
8:52am PDT |
Iranian ambassador denounces US operation in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran's ambassador to Iraq on Saturday denounced U.S. military operations in Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, saying they had led to the deaths of innocent people and threatened to aggravate an already tense situation. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PDT |
Clinton, Obama press for advantage in pivotal weekend
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's the final weekend before Pennsylvania's pivotal Democratic primary and the presidential candidates are in full motion, one of them on a train. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Record $500,000 paid for 27 bottles of red wine
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - While the global credit crunch has
forced many consumers to rein in spending, one Beijing-based
billionaire has splashed out a record $500,000 on 27 bottles of
red wine, London-based Antique Wine Company said on Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:46am PDT |
Pope celebrates Mass for clergy, prays for healing |
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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 |
8:45am PDT |
South Korea's first astronaut safe after rough landing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Russian space capsule landed
about 420 km (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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8:43am PDT |
Pope celebrates anniversary in NY |
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Summary: Benedict XVI marks the third anniversary of becoming pontiff with a Mass at New York's St Patrick's Cathedral. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43am PDT |
Man's guilt doubted after 26 years in prison |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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8:41am PDT |
Bush: North Korea must give full nuclear declaration
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
on Saturday said North Korea must provide a full declaration of
its nuclear program and proliferation activities in a
verifiable way. |
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8:13am PDT |
Cavs, Wizards square off for third straight year in playoffs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maybe the NBA should get Jerry Springer and Dr. Phil to referee the Cavaliers-Wizards series. |
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8:08am PDT |
Dean: McCain has no effective plan to turn economy around
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain doesn't have an effective plan to turn around the faltering U.S. economy, Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Calzaghe ready to take on Hopkins |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe puts his record of 44 fights without defeat on the line against Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PDT |
Chinese protest Tibet independence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese people took to the streets in
several cities on Saturday to denounce calls for Tibetan
independence and demand a French goods boycott following
anti-China protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch
relay. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
U.S. looking at lead levels in artificial turf |
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7:43am PDT |
Pope says Church needs 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 |
7:42am PDT |
Pakistan envoy: I am Taliban hostage |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PDT |
Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oklahomans paused Saturday morning at the Oklahoma City National Memorial to remember the 168 people who died 13 years ago in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
Housing-credit woes spur calls for more federal regulation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A heavier federal hand is reaching into American life as politicians in both parties demand an overhaul of government financial regulation and more protection for homeowners in the face of mortgage woes and a weakening economy. |
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BBC News |
7:30am PDT |
Kidnap journalist thanks rescuers |
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Summary: A British journalist held hostage for more than two months has praised the Iraqi army's "bravery" in rescuing him. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29am PDT |
At St. Pat's, Pope prays for healing from sex abuse scandal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI returned to the clergy sex abuse scandal as he preached Saturday in St. Patrick's cathedral, assuring priests and nuns that he was close to them as they battled the damage left by the scandal. |
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BBC News |
7:25am PDT |
Soyuz spacecraft lands off-target |
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Summary: A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut returns to Earth, but misses its planned landing point by 400km. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
Pope celebrates Mass for clergy in New York |
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Summary: On the third anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was celebrating Mass today at St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Mass is for priests, deacons and members of religious orders.
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Yahoo News |
7:13am PDT |
Hamas suicide bombers attack Israel-Gaza crossing; 13 hurt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hamas suicide bombers detonated two booby-trapped jeeps at an Israeli border crossing Saturday in what a top army commander said was Hamas' most ambitious attempt to target Israelis since Israel's pullout from Gaza in 2005. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
Pakistan's ambassador held by Taliban: TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan,
who went missing in February in the Khyber region, appeared on
Arabic television on Saturday saying he was being held by the
Taliban and urged Islamabad to meet their demands. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PDT |
Bush asks Congress to reconsider Colombia trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush, ahead of his trip next week to a summit with North American leaders, said Saturday that the House's decision to block a vote on a Colombia free trade agreement was a "serious error" and urged Congress to reconsider. |
