Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Clinton, Obama press for advantage ahead of pivotal primary AP - 22 minutes ago

  WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and will say whatever people want to hear, a sharp jab at her character in the final chapter of the pivotal Pennsylvania primary campaign.

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  Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  BEIJING - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere.

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  Sandra Bullock unhurt after suspected drunk driver hits car AP - 20 minutes ago

  GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver, police said Saturday.

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  Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history by winning Japan 300 AP - 24 minutes ago

  MOTEGI, Japan - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

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  Duncan carries Spurs to Game 1 win over Suns in double-OT AP - 19 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - Midway through the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide. This time, would the shot fall? It did. And much later the Spurs' big man hit an even bigger one. Duncan's first 3 of the season with just ticks left sent his team into double overtime against the revenge-minded Phoenix Suns.

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  Rice in Iraq after Sadr's "open war" threat Reuters - 42 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an "open war" on security forces.

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  U.S. Church needs purification, pope says Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 6:35 PM ET

  NEW YORK (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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  Obama, Clinton trade barbs over negative tactics Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 10:15 PM ET

  CALIFORNIA/HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton accused each other on Saturday of waging negative campaigns as they sped across Pennsylvania before next week's potentially make-or-break primary election.

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  Iran dismisses Bush, Brown nuclear charges Reuters - Sun Apr 20, 4:36 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday U.S. and British accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work.

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  U.S. commanders urge wider Pakistan attacks: report Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 8:45 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recently urged expanding the war effort, possibly including U.S. attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside Pakistan's tribal areas, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.

• Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy Reuters - 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - Global food price rises are leading to "silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought "horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an Austrian newspaper on Sunday.

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  Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.

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  China seeks to contain patriotic outbursts Reuters - 28 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Sunday to contain an outpouring of nationalism triggered by protests along the route of the Olympic torch relay, with state media urging people to channel their patriotism into "rational" expressions.

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  US military threatens to hit back if Sadr launches war AFP - 28 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - A top US general on Sunday warned that the military would strike back after hardline Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch a new uprising by his militia.

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  10 people killed in Zimbabwe election violence: opposition AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Ten people have been killed in violence in the wake of the March 29 general election in Zimbabwe, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said on Sunday.

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  Tibet, Olympics spark Chinese anti-Western protests AFP - 49 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Fresh protests broke out across China Sunday with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics.

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  Ex-bishop, woman battling for Paraguay presidency AFP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  ASUNCION (AFP) - Thousands of Paraguayans began voting Sunday in a landmark presidential election in which a woman is competing for the first time but polls indicate the favorite is a suspended Catholic bishop.

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  Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar AFP - Sun Apr 20, 5:36 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor.

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  Central bank to unveil help for British banks: finance minister AFP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England will unveil on Monday a plan to take over high street banks' mortgage commitments in return for government bonds, Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling said.

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  No need for OPEC to raise output now: president AFP - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago

  KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - OPEC president Chakib Khelil said on Sunday that the oil-producer cartel should not increase output now because the market was well-balanced.

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  Record $500,000 paid for 27 bottles of red wine Reuters - Sat Apr 19, 7:24 AM ET

  LONDON (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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  Last commander marks 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising AFP - Sat Apr 19, 4:17 PM ET

  WARSAW (AFP) - The last commander of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, Marek Edelman, on Saturday honoured the memory of his comrades who died fighting Nazi Germany in the doomed Jewish stand against the Holocaust.

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  Was Bush lucky for U.S. soldier on TV game show? Reuters - Fri Apr 18, 6:55 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Did President George W. Bush bring luck to a soldier who was a contestant on the television game show "Deal or no Deal?" Stay tuned.