Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Korean tries to set himself on fire during Seoul torch run AP - 4 minutes ago

  SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.

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  Massive gunbattles break out in Tijuana; 13 dead, 9 wounded AP - 33 minutes ago

  TIJUANA, Mexico - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.

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  Prince plays Coachella, covers Radiohead AP - 32 minutes ago

  INDIO, Calif. - "Coachella, I am here." Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.

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  Jake Long, Chris Long, Matt Ryan selected 1-2-3 in NFL draft AP - 30 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections. Yawn. Then came the wake-up call: trade after trade after trade, affecting 14 of the 31 first-round picks. At one point, five of seven selections had been bartered. A little while later, it was another five of six.

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  Williams sparks Jazz past Rockets; take 3-1 series lead AP - 30 minutes ago

  SALT LAKE CITY - Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 on Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead.

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  Afghan president escapes assassination bid Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration in the capital, Kabul.

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  Torch faces S.Korea protests, festivities in North Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  SEOUL (Reuters) - Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons.

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  Greenspan, Bush to blame for U.S. crisis: Stiglitz Reuters - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and the government of President George W. Bush were to blame for the U.S. financial crisis, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a magazine interview.

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  Obama, Clinton clash over gas tax as Indiana looms Reuters - Sat Apr 26, 6:37 PM ET

  ANDERSON/SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton touted their economic agendas and sparred over fuel taxes on Saturday as they crisscrossed Indiana ahead of its must-win presidential nominating contest in May.

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  Gov. Richardson meets Chavez over hostages Reuters - Sun Apr 27, 12:11 AM ET

  CARACAS (Reuters) - The governor of New Mexico met on Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to restart talks with neighboring Colombia to secure the release of hostages held by leftist rebels.

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  Fiancee says police acquittal like another death Reuters - Sun Apr 27, 1:59 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fiancee of an unarmed man who was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets said on Saturday the acquittal of three officers charged in his death was like "they killed Sean all over again."

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  Iran says Iraq situation makes U.S. attack unlikely Reuters - Sun Apr 27, 4:25 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday a "disastrous situation" facing the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan coupled with Washington's domestic issues made any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic unlikely.

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  U.S. asserts new interrogation rights: NY Times Reuters - Sun Apr 27, 1:42 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Recent letters from the Justice Department to Congress state that U.S. intelligence agents working to prevent terror attacks can legally use interrogation techniques banned by international law, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

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  Afghan president escapes deadly parade attack, two killed AFP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing two people and wounding a dozen including legislators.

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  Chinese drown out protesters in S. Korea Olympic torch leg AFP - 11 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - Thousands of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence.

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  Dalai Lama says no use talking if China not 'serious' AFP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Dalai Lama believes talks with China would be pointless unless Beijing is "serious" about finding a solution to the Tibetan issue, a spokesman for the spiritual leader said on Sunday.

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  Syria president denies building nuclear reactor AFP - Sun Apr 27, 3:05 AM ET

  DOHA (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied in remarks published on Sunday that a site raided by Israel last year was a nuclear reactor under construction as charged by the United States.

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  Superbug deaths on the rise in British hospitals: report AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Hospital deaths due to the superbug clostridium difficile among over 65-year-olds in Britain occur at ten times the rate of any other country, a report said Sunday.

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  Microsoft takeover deadline for Yahoo expires without comment AFP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant.

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  Strike hits key British oil refinery AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  GRANGEMOUTH, Scotland (AFP) - Workers at one of Britain's biggest oil refineries started a two-day strike Sunday, forcing the closure of a major North Sea pipeline and triggering panic-buying of petrol.

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  Fifteen killed in Mexico drug battle near U.S. Reuters - Sat Apr 26, 5:35 PM ET

  TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Fifteen Mexican drug gang members were killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their bodies scattered along a road after one of the deadliest shootouts in Mexico's three-year-long narco-war.

• World to Peace Corps: Skilled volunteers needed The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Apr 25, 4:00 AM ET

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - If the Peace Corps wishes to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS, it needs to send expertise, not just youthful zeal. That was what Ethiopian officials politely told Peace Corps country director Peter Parr when he approached them last summer with a proposal to send a batch of volunteers to work on the pandemic.

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  Hold the marbles: Abstract approach best for math Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 5:05 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Frustrated math students may have a good excuse -- some of the teaching methods meant to make math more relevant may in fact be making it harder to understand, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

• Jane Austen: A serial flirt with a hangover Reuters - Fri Apr 25, 12:30 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Jane Austen fans who think the novelist was a country mouse may be shocked by a new British TV drama which depicts her flirting, suffering from hangovers and reneging on the acceptance of a marriage proposal.

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  Lying? Your face will give you away: study Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 10:51 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Liars might think they are good at covering up their deceit but a new Canadian study shows there's one thing they can't control that will give them away -- flashes of emotion in their faces.