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Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names
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AP - Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.
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Hezbollah to withdraw fighters in Beirut; 12 die in clash
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AP - Hezbollah said Saturday it was withdrawing its gunmen from Beirut neighborhoods seized in sectarian clashes after the army ordered its troops to establish security and called on fighters to clear the streets.
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Obama rises from political obscurity to verge of history
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AP - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory ? a surprising victory, surprisingly large.
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Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City
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AP - Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq.
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Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
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AP - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing softly to him, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." The newborn began dozing within seconds.
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Pollution brings end to mining town in Oklahoma
(AP)
- AP - Waiting in their cars or on broken sidewalks, the blue-jeaned crowd has turned out for a parade. But they could pass for mourners at a funeral.
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Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch
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AP - Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique furniture and oil portraits of presidents. She and Henry Hager opted to say "I do" Saturday at President Bush's ranch in Crawford where the corn is thigh-high, roads are named Cattle Drive and the Texas flag is painted on the rooftops of barns.
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Analysis: Good economic news something of a mirage
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AP - The unemployment rate drops. Productivity grows. The trade deficit shrinks. Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
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New Carter book tells life of 'remarkable mother'
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AP - Former President Jimmy Carter often sent his mother to meet with foreign dignitaries and attend state funerals, but it wasn't until he started researching a new book about her life that he learned just what the woman known as "Miss Lillian" did on those visits.
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Cavs' Wallace unlikely to face Celtics in Game 3
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AP - Cavaliers starting forward Ben Wallace is unlikely to play in Game 3 against the Boston Celtics on Saturday night after missing the morning shootaround because of an inner ear infection.
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Iraqi factions agree to end Baghdad fighting
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Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite factions on Saturday
reached a deal to end fighting between militia and security
forces in the Baghdad bastion of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
that has killed hundreds of people, officials said.
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Hezbollah starts withdrawing gunmen from Beirut
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Reuters - Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing
gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the streets to the
Lebanese army, after days of gunbattles with supporters of the
U.S.-backed government.
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Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos
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Reuters - Myanmar held a rare election to approve
a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while many of the
1.5 million survivors of a devastating cyclone waited in vain
for a concerted aid effort to bring them food and medicine.
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Sudan rebels say they entered Khartoum
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Reuters - A Darfur rebel commander said on
Saturday his JEM group had entered Khartoum and was aiming to
take power in Sudan.
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U.S. looks set to offer Israel powerful new radar
(Reuters)
- Reuters - The Bush administration appears set
to offer Israel a powerful radar system that could greatly
boost Israeli defenses against enemy ballistic missiles while
tying it directly into a growing U.S. missile shield.
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Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe
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Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on
Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a
run-off against President Robert Mugabe and deal him a "final
knock-out" after almost three decades in power.
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Obama gathers support as he looks to November
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Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama turned
his focus to a U.S. general election showdown with John McCain
on Friday and said the Republican White House candidate would
continue the "failed policies" of President George W. Bush.
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U.S. says North Korea documents date back to 1986
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Reuters - The United States said on Saturday
documents handed over by North Korea detailed its weapons-grade
plutonium program as far back as 1986 and were an "important
first step" in getting a full declaration of the North's
nuclear activities.
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Lebanese opposition says it will end Beirut takeover
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AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Saturday said it was ending its takeover of west Beirut after the army revoked government moves against the Shiite group that sparked deadly fighting.
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Myanmar holds vote despite cyclone devastation
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AFP - Myanmar's junta held a referendum on a new constitution Saturday, despite warnings more people would die unless it focussed on delivering emergency aid for survivors of last week's cyclone.