Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Putin's party alienates some voters AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  YEKATERINBURG, Russia - From scores of billboards to extensive television coverage of President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin's aggressive campaign to mobilize voter support for the Russian leader's party has made it a near certainty it will sweep Sunday's parliamentary election.

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  NTSB probes Amtrak-freight train crash AP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - Investigators studying the collision of an Amtrak train and a freight train that injured dozens of people, some seriously, will try to determine how both trains ended up on the same track at the same time, authorities said.

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  Emergency responders face deep aid cuts AP - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year, according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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  2 linked to Holloway case to be freed AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A judge on Friday ordered the release of two brothers suspected in the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, ruling that the evidence wasn't strong enough to continue holding them, a prosecutor said.

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  Video: Julia Roberts chases paparazzi AP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Silver-screen sprite Julia Roberts is fed up with intrusive paparazzi, and she's letting them know it. The slightly built star who played Tinkerbell in "Hook" was videotaped Wednesday in Malibu wildly tailing two videographers, flagging them down and lecturing them for taping her near a school.

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  Clinton office hit by hostage drama Reuters - 4 minutes ago

  ROCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A man carrying fake explosives seized several hostages at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office on Friday before surrendering peacefully to end a tense standoff.

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  U.S. says has proof of N.Korea uranium program Reuters - Sat Dec 1, 3:23 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has evidence North Korea purchased equipment to enrich uranium, a key step in producing nuclear weapons, a U.S. envoy was quoted as saying on Saturday.

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  Several hurt in Chicago Amtrak train collision Reuters - Fri Nov 30, 6:40 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Amtrak train slammed into a stopped Norfolk Southern freight train on Chicago's South Side on Friday, critically injuring some crew members and leaving several passengers with bloody noses, sprains and bruises.

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  Daredevil Evel Knievel dies after long illness Reuters - Fri Nov 30, 7:06 PM ET

  ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Daredevil Evel Knievel, who dodged death in spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes in a life full of showmanship, died on Friday at age 69, according to his lawyer and a message on his Web site.

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  Florida police arrest four in Sean Taylor slaying Reuters - Fri Nov 30, 10:13 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tipped off by the public and armed with a confession, police in Florida arrested four young men on Friday for the murder of Sean Taylor, a star defensive player with the National Football League's Washington Redskins.

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  UK Muslim peers in Sudan in bid to free teacher Reuters - 47 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two British Muslim nobles went to Sudan on Saturday on a personal mission to secure the early release of an English teacher convicted of insulting religion by letting her class name a teddy bear Mohammad.

• Death-toll rises from Uganda's Ebola outbreak Reuters - 50 minutes ago

  KAMPALA (Reuters) - Two more Ugandans have died of a new strain of the deadly Ebola virus in an outbreak near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the death-toll to 18, health officials said on Saturday.

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  Afghan government hails Dutch troop extension Reuters - 29 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan welcomed a decision by the Dutch government to keep its troops in the volatile south on Saturday but said equipping the country's domestic forces was vital for tackling long-term security threats.

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  Al-Qaeda attack on Iraq village kills 14 AFP - 3 minutes ago

  BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Dozens of suspected Al-Qaeda fighters raided a Shiite village north of Baghdad Saturday, killing at least 14 people including women and children, police and medical officials told AFP.

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  Russia prepares to vote with all eyes on Putin AFP - 56 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russians on Saturday prepared to vote in parliamentary elections expected to hand a sweeping victory to President Vladimir Putin's party and consolidate the Kremlin's power three months before presidential polls.

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  British peers in Sudan to seek teddy teacher's release AFP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (AFP) - Two Muslim members of Britain's House of Lords arrived in Khartoum Saturday hoping to meet and obtain the release of a British teacher jailed for insulting Islam after her class named a teddy bear Mohammed.

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  Battle of the beauties at Miss World AFP - Sat Dec 1, 5:10 AM ET

  SANYA, China (AFP) - Two billion people around the globe were expected to tune in Saturday when more than 100 of the world's most beautiful and talented women vie to become Miss World 2007.

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  Lack or excess of sleep increases risk of mortality: study AFP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sleeping too little or too much can significantly increase the risk of mortality, according to a study conducted in Britain the results of which were published in the United States Saturday.

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  Insider trading probe at troubled German bank: reports AFP - 49 minutes ago

  BERLIN (AFP) - German authorities are probing allegations of insider trading at troubled corporate lender IKB and have raided the houses of current and former executives, German news reports said Saturday.

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  Rising euro forces move for France's Dassault: chairman AFP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - France's Dassault Aviation will move some of its activities out of the eurozone because of the high level of the European currency against the dollar, the company's chairman said in an interview published Saturday.

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  US author to unveil Washington's Masonic past AFP - Thu Nov 29, 12:57 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A sequel to the blockbuster thriller "The Da Vinci Code" is set to lift the veil on mysterious Freemason symbols carved into the very fabric of the historic streets and buildings of the US capital.

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  Rodney King shot, wounded near California home Reuters - Thu Nov 29, 3:43 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating once made him an international symbol of police brutality, suffered minor injuries after getting hit by a shotgun blast, authorities in California said on Thursday.

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  Police arrest hostage-taker after N.H. standoff Reuters - Fri Nov 30, 6:52 PM ET

  ROCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Police arrested a man who seized several hostages at Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office on Friday after a tense six-hour standoff.

• Clogged by plastic bags, Africa begins banning them The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Nov 30, 3:00 AM ET

  Lagos, Nigeria; and Nairobi, Kenya - Once a month, John Ebiwari drags an iron rake through the open sewer that runs in front of his house in Nigeria's sprawling commercial capital of Lagos and scoops out the discarded plastic bags that block the flow of bubbling black filth.

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  Daredevil Evel Knievel dies after long illness Reuters - Fri Nov 30, 7:06 PM ET

  ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Daredevil Evel Knievel, who dodged death in spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes in a life full of showmanship, died on Friday at age 69, according to his lawyer and a message on his Web site.