Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Obama, Clinton woo coal vote in upcoming primaries AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal.

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  FAA sets up high-level alerts for missed airline inspections AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration is going to begin alerting its top headquarters officials when field inspectors miss airline safety inspections, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Friday.

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  The oldest Americans are also the happiest, research finds AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues.

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  Foxy Brown gets out of NYC jail after serving 8 months AP - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - 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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  NBA owners vote to approve the SuperSonics' relocation AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - Those "Save our Sonics!" chants are now desperate pleas. When NBA owners overwhelmingly approved the SuperSonics' move to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season Friday — provided the team can settle its lawsuit with its hometown for the last 41 years — pain finally joined anger in Seattle.

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  Pope to rally Catholic Church leaders in New York Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 1:18 AM ET

  NEW YORK (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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  Chinese protest Tibet independence, slam France Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 5:10 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese people in several cities took to the streets on Saturday to denounce Tibetan independence and call for a boycott of French goods following anti-China protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay.

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  Bush, South Korea meeting turns to nuclear issues Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 1:13 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finding ways to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions will likely top the agenda at U.S. President George W. Bush's weekend talks with South Korea's president after a fight over U.S. beef exports was resolved.

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  Clinton says Obama can't stand the heat Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 10:10 PM ET

  RADNOR, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Friday that rival Barack Obama could not stand the pressure of the White House after the Illinois senator complained about tough questions at a debate.

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  Debate rages over plastic bottle chemical's safety Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 5:34 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada is moving to get rid of products with a chemical common in plastic baby bottles, the United States is expressing concern over its safety and some retailers are planning to stop selling these items.

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  Iraqi troops say control Basra stronghold Reuters - 51 minutes ago

  BASRA, Iraq (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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  Russian space capsule lands off target, crew safe Reuters - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (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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  Carter sets out ceasefire plan in Hamas talks Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 5:19 PM ET

  DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter set out plans for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Friday.

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  Three weeks after polls, Zimbabwe holds recount AFP - 40 minutes ago

  MUROMBEDZI, Zimbabwe (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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  Three Palestinians killed in Gaza crossing raid AFP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  GAZA CITY (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.

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  Taliban hold kidnapped Pakistan envoy to Afghanistan AFP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, who went missing in February, appeared on Saturday in a video aired by Al-Arabiya news channel in which he said that he was held by the Taliban.

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  Tropical storm hits south China, 38 fishermen rescued: report AFP - 37 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - A severe tropical storm hit southern China on Saturday bringing gale-force winds, as authorities reported the rescue of 38 fishermen who sheltered in reefs as the typhoon approached, state media said.

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  First Korean astronaut returns to Earth AFP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday, touching down with two International Space Station crew members in a cramped Russian landing pod, space officials said.

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  RBS to announce major losses: report AFP - Sat Apr 19, 5:11 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second largest bank, is to announce around four billion pounds worth of fresh losses linked to the credit crunch, the Financial Times reported Saturday.

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  WTO head wants World Bank, IMF to refocus on food supply AFP - Sat Apr 19, 5:43 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - The head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, called on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to take action to help tackle rising food prices in an interview Saturday.

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  Pope says unilateral acts undermine United Nations Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 5:52 PM ET

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Countries that act unilaterally on the world stage undermine the authority of the United Nations and weaken the broad consensus needed to confront global problems, Pope Benedict said on Friday.

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  Study says 300,000 U.S. troops suffer mental problems Reuters - Thu Apr 17, 2:15 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 300,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care, an independent study said on Thursday.

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  Carter calls Gaza blockade a crime and atrocity Reuters - Thu Apr 17, 4:00 PM ET

  CAIRO (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called the blockade of Gaza a crime and an atrocity on Thursday and said U.S. attempts to undermine the Islamist movement Hamas had been counterproductive.