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Obama seeks 'common touch' in high court pick (cnn.com)
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U.S. soldiers have been confirmed as the first cases in Kuwait with the new H1N1 flu, the state news agency KUNA said on Saturday quoting a government official.
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Obama picks ex-astronaut Bolden to lead NASA (reuters)
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WASHINGTON/CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will name former space shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA, the White House said on Saturday, in the midst of a major shift in the U.S. human space program.
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AP - With President Barack Obama showing the way, some Senate Democrats are signaling a willingness to permit transferring suspected terrorists from Guantanamo to U.S. prisons despite a high-profile vote to the contrary.
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Obama picks ex-astronaut Bolden to lead NASA (yahoo! news)
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Reuters - President Barack Obama will name former space shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA, the White House said on Saturday, in the midst of a major shift in the U.S. human space program.
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2 Americans die in Baghdad's Green Zone (msnbc.com)
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Two Americans have been killed in separate incidents inside Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Saturday, raising concerns about its security.
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An American man was found bound, blindfolded and fatally stabbed in a car in Iraq's heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraqi security forces said Saturday.
GOP: Alternative energy alone wont meet US needs
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A GOP senator from the nation"s leading coal-producing state contends Democrats will increase e...
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AFP - Pakistani troops on Saturday stormed into the main town in the Swat valley and fought street battles in a bid to wrest the capital of the northwest from Taliban control, the military said.
Pakistani troops fight Taliban in Swat's main town (reuters)
Street fighting erupted in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday as security forces mounted a new phase of their offensive against Taliban militants, the military said.
Pakistan military confronts Taliban in key city (cnn.com)
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Security forces in Pakistan have started the "most important phase" of their push against the Taliban -- clearing militants from the largest city in the troubled Swat Valley region.
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Pakistan says street fighting in Swat's main city (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Pakistani security forces entered Mingora, the Swat Valley's main city, on Saturday and killed at least 17 Taliban militants as a new phase of their offensive against the militants began, the military said.
Reuters - Pakistani security forces entered Mingora, the Swat Valley's main city, on Saturday and killed at least 17 Taliban militants as a new phase of their offensive against the militants began, the military said.
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GOP: Alternative energy alone won't meet US needs (yahoo! news)
AP - Democrats will increase energy costs and make the U.S. more dependent on foreign oil if they focus solely on alternative energy, the Republicans say.
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U.S., Afghan forces kill 60 in drug raid: military (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. and Afghan forces have killed 60 militants, almost half in air strikes, and seized one of the country's largest ever drug caches over a four-day operation in southern Helmand province, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
UN chief face-to-face with Sri Lanka refugee despair
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon came face-to-face Saturday with the despair of Sri Lanka"s war-hit c...
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Scorched earth, craters mark Sri Lanka's war zone (yahoo! news)
AP - Sri Lanka's former war zone is a wasteland, its earth scorched and pocked by craters.
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday came face-to-face with the despair of Sri Lanka's war-hit civilians as he toured the main refugee camp and flew over the devastated war zone.
U.N.'s Ban visits Sri Lankan refugee camp (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured Sri Lanka's largest war refugee camp on Saturday during a trip to press for wider humanitarian access and political reconciliation.
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon saw at first hand the plight of civilians displaced by Sri Lanka's conflict with the Tamil Tigers amid concerns for 300,000 Tamils left homeless by the fighting.
U.N.'s Ban visits Sri Lankan displaced persons camp (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured Sri Lanka's largest war displaced persons camp on Saturday during a trip to press for wider humanitarian access and political reconciliation.
U.N.'s Ban visits Sri Lankan displaced persons camp (reuters)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toured Sri Lanka's largest war displaced persons camp on Saturday during a trip to press for wider humanitarian access and political reconciliation.
UN to press for Sri Lankan access (bbc news)
The UN secretary general will press Sri Lanka for unrestricted access to civilians caught up in recent fighting.
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Reuters - South Korea's former President Roh Moo-hyun, hounded for weeks over links to a corruption scandal, appears to have jumped to his death in the mountains near his home on Saturday, a top aide said.
Ex-South Korea leader Roh dead, aide says suicide (reuters)
South Korea's former President Roh Moo-hyun, hounded for weeks over links to a corruption scandal, appears to have jumped to his death in the mountains near his home on Saturday, a top aide said.
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South Korea ex-president commits suicide (cnn.com)
Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun committed suicide today by leaping to his death from a hill behind his house, the South Korean government announced.
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"I am in debt to too many people," the note reads.
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AFP - Former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun, who was at the centre of a multi-million dollar corruption probe, plunged to his death off a mountainside Saturday in an apparent suicide.
S. Korea ex-president reported dead after fall (cnn.com)
Former South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun died apparently after falling while hiking, police said Saturday.
Shuttle landing put off for another day
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Thunderstorms prevented the space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the ...
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Reuters - Rainstorms and clouds over Florida forced the space shuttle Atlantis to cancel its attempted homecoming for a second day on Saturday, and NASA said it would try to bring it back to Earth on Sunday.
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Reuters - Rainstorms and clouds over Florida forced the space shuttle Atlantis to cancel its attempted homecoming for a second day on Saturday, and NASA said it would try to bring it back to Earth on Sunday.
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Rainstorms and clouds over Florida forced the space shuttle Atlantis to cancel its attempted homecoming for a second day on Saturday, and NASA said it would try to bring it back to Earth on Sunday.
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Rainstorms and clouds over Florida forced the space shuttle Atlantis to cancel its attempted homecoming for a second day on Saturday, and NASA said it would try to bring it back to Earth on Sunday.
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Weather conditions forced NASA to wave off a landing attempt for space shuttle Atlantis scheduled for 9:16 a.m. ET Saturday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, the space agency said.
Astronauts close spaceship's doors for landing (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The shuttle Atlantis crew closed their spaceship's cargo bay doors on Saturday, hoping for clear skies in Florida and a safe landing after a 12-day servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Cloudy skies and rain storms prompted NASA to delay space shuttle Atlantis' planned landing in Florida on Friday after a successful mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Cloudy skies and rain storms prompted NASA to delay space shuttle Atlantis' planned landing in Florida on Friday after a successful mission to refurbish the Hubble Space Telescope.
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AP - Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis and its crew from landing Friday, leaving them to circle the Earth hoping the weather would improve by the following day.
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Stormy weather in Florida prevented the space shuttle Atlantis and its crew from landing on Friday after making final repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Nasa delays the return to Earth