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Yahoo News |
6:45am PDT |
Thai leg of Olympic torch relay festive, with small protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China supporters and pro-Tibet demonstrators heckled each other Saturday as thousands of people followed the Olympic torch through Bangkok's sweltering streets amid tight security. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31am PDT |
Pope celebrates Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI came to preach at St. Patrick's cathedral Saturday, the third anniversary of his election at pope, feted by cardinals and bishops, priests and nuns who jammed the magnificent Gothic church on Fifth Avenue. |
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6:29am PDT |
Nothing stopping oil prices from rising: IEA
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Record oil of $117 a barrel calls
for a demand response and a supply response, but for now there
is little to stop prices heading still higher, the deputy
executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
said on Saturday. |
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6:23am PDT |
Downing St denies 10p tax rethink |
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Summary: Downing Street dismisses calls for a rethink over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate, after criticism from some Labour MPs. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
Shutdown 'risks petrol shortages' |
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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 |
6:20am PDT |
Fuel warning over plant shutdown |
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Summary: The management of Scotland's only crude oil refinery start shutting down the plant ahead of a strike. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Pope to rally Catholic Church leaders in NYC
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict on Saturday turns his
attention to the present and future leaders of the U.S. Roman
Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral
and visiting a seminary near New York City. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Deadly clashes at Gaza crossing |
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Summary: Three Palestinian militants are killed and 13 Israeli soldiers wounded in a clash at a Gaza crossing-point. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Mayor, wife get jail in theft of $20K from little league
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former mayor of a California high desert town and his wife have been sentenced to 6 months in jail for the theft of more than $20,000 from Little League coffers. |
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Cnn.com |
5:42am PDT |
Middle school girls tape beating |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
Anti-French rallies across China |
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Summary: Hundreds of protesters gather in cities across China to denounce France's stance on the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
Exam trauma extra marks 'unfair' |
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Summary: A system which gives extra marks for trauma during exams needs to be tightened, say teachers. |
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5:08am PDT |
Salmond rejects 'smug git' jibe |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister laughs off suggestions he is "a smug git" while answering questions in a BBC Scotland webchat. |
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Yahoo News |
5:04am PDT |
Three weeks after polls, Zimbabwe holds recount
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe held a partial recount Saturday of votes from last month's general election as the opposition accused President Robert Mugabe and his party of trying to rig their way back to power. |
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BBC News |
4:56am PDT |
Hundreds gather in Tibet protest |
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Summary: More than 1,000 Chinese students gather in protest at the Western media's portrayal of the Free Tibet movement. |
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Cnn.com |
4:55am PDT |
Ship with arms for Zimbabwe moves on |
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Summary: A Chinese ship loaded with arms and ammunition bound for Zimbabwe has turned away from a South African port after dockworkers refused to handle the cargo, their representative said.
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4:53am PDT |
Iraqi troops say control Basra stronghold
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi soldiers swooped on the Basra
stronghold of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday,
saying they had seized control of his militia bastion where
they suffered an embarrassing setback in late March. |
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Cnn.com |
4:45am PDT |
Soyuz capsule misses landing target |
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Summary: The Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-member crew including South Korea's first astronaut landed Saturday in Kazakhstan, about 2420 kilometers from the planned landing area, Russia's Interfax news agency said.
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Pope working to clean up priesthood
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Addressing the clergy sex abuse crisis this week, Pope Benedict XVI said that it was more important to have good priests than many priests. |
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BBC News |
4:06am PDT |
Ghosts of 1968 |
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Summary: Forget anarchy, now Paris students want good jobs |
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3:54am PDT |
Foxy Brown gets out of NYC jail after serving 8 months
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rapper Foxy Brown is out of jail. Family and fans greeted Brown Friday outside Rikers Island as she was released from the jail after serving an eight-month sentence. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
Meredith family at court hearing |
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Summary: The family of murdered student Meredith Kercher travel to Italy to attend a court hearing. |
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BBC News |
3:38am PDT |
Tube strike set to be called off |
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Summary: Transport union leader Bob Crow is to recommend calling off a planned Tube strike in London. |
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BBC News |
3:30am PDT |
Mosley scandal 'has disgraced F1' |
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Summary: Formula One driver Mark Webber says the Max Mosley scandal has brought the sport into disrepute. |
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
Further blasts by Bristol police |
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Summary: Bomb disposal experts in Bristol carry out more controlled
explosions at a terror suspect's home. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
Pakistan envoy 'held by Taleban' |
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Summary: Pakistan's missing ambassador to Afghanistan appears in a video saying he is being held by militants. |
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Yahoo News |
2:55am PDT |
Russian space capsule lands off target, crew safe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Russian space capsule landed about 420
kms (260 miles) off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but the
three-member crew was safe, an official at the mission control
centre told Reuters. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53am PDT |
Thai leg of Olympic torch run begins in Bangkok's Chinatown
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thailand's leg of the Olympic torch run got off to a peaceful start Saturday, with thousands of spectators gathered in Bangkok's Chinatown to deliver a flag-waving welcome to the flame. |
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Yahoo News |
2:36am PDT |
Show of force as Iraqi forces advance in Basra
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi government troops said they
captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to anti-U.S. Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra on Saturday after a big show of
force by U.S. warplanes and British artillery. |
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Yahoo News |
2:24am PDT |
Three Palestinians killed in Gaza crossing raid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Three Palestinians were killed and 12 Israeli soldiers wounded on Saturday when Hamas militants, including suicide bombers, stormed a Gaza border crossing with explosives-laden vehicles. |
