Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Giant cross arrives for pope's visit AP - 10 minutes ago

  SYDNEY, Australia - Pilgrims cheered, sang and wept as a giant wooden cross serving as the symbol of a Roman Catholic youth festival led by Pope Benedict XVI sailed into Sydney Harbor on Monday, the culmination of a yearlong journey through Australia.

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  9 Americans killed in attack in Afghanistan AP - Mon Jul 14, 3:46 AM ET

  KABUL, Afghanistan - More than 100 militants firing machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars fought their way into a remote base built last week, killing nine American soldiers in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years.

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  Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008 AP - 45 minutes ago

  NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.

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  Knox and Vivienne make 8 for Jolie-Pitt family AP - 59 minutes ago

  NICE, France - Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted. The world's most famous celebrity couple were joined in emotion during the birth of their twins — a boy and a girl — and all "are doing marvelously well," the doctor who delivered the babies in a seaside hospital on the French Riviera said Sunday.

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  Matsuzaka helps Red Sox move back into 1st place AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox are back on top in the AL East, just as they were at last year's All-Star break. They're hoping this season ends the same way.

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  Welcomes but warnings for Fannie, Freddie rescue plan Reuters - 12 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - A government plan to rescue mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was welcomed by one of the world's biggest holders of dollar assets on Monday but fears remained about the state of the global financial system.

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  ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Sudan's Bashir Reuters - 20 minutes ago

  THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor charged Sudan's president on Monday with masterminding a campaign of genocide in Darfur, killing 35,000 people and using rape as a weapon of war.

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  InBev agrees to buy Anheuser for $52 billion Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 5:32 AM ET

  BRUSSELS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc accepted a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Belgium-based InBev NV to create the world's largest beer maker and end a month-long standoff.

• Obama to visit Israel, West Bank next week Reuters - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will visit Israel and the occupied West Bank next week, Israeli and Palestinian officials said on Monday.

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  Iran attack would hurt U.S. and Israel: Syria's Assad Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  PARIS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday a military attack on Iran over its nuclear program would have grave consequences for the United States, Israel and the world.

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  U.S. troops died in Taliban attempt to storm base Reuters - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban attack that killed nine U.S. soldiers, the biggest single American loss in Afghanistan since 2005, was a well-planned, complex assault which briefly breached the defences of an outpost near the Pakistan border.

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  Iraq eyes new offensive; U.S. talks scaled back Reuters - Sun Jul 13, 12:26 PM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces are poised to launch a major crackdown in volatile Diyala province, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday, the latest in a series of operations aimed at stabilizing the country.

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  Karzai opposes U.S. use of Afghan soil against Iran Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 4:39 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan opposes U.S. use of its territory for launching a possible attack against neighbouring Iran, President Hamid Karzai said in an interview broadcast on Monday.

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  Court seeks arrest of Sudan's Beshir over 'genocide' AFP - 45 minutes ago

  THE HAGUE(AFP) - The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court sought Monday the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir for alleged warcrimes in strife-torn Darfur.

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  Turkey charges 86 over alleged coup plot AFP - 16 minutes ago

  ISTANBUL (AFP) - A top prosecutor announced a long-awaited indictment Monday against 86 people suspected of involvement in a coup plot against Turkey's Islamist-rooted government.

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  Freddie Mac in $3 bln debt sell-off to calm investor fears AFP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Troubled US mortgage giant Freddie Mac planned Monday to sell off three billion dollars in securities in a test of investor reaction to a bold rescue plan by the US Treasury.

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  Hundreds stormed US Afghan base in brutal raid AFP - 21 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - Hundreds of militants stormed a remote military outpost in Afghanistan and briefly entered the base in a ferocious attack that left nine US soldiers dead, officials said Monday.

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  Gadget aims to put 3D person 'in your palm' AFP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Researchers in Japan are developing a gadget that could enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of someone in the palm of their hand.

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  InBev swallows Anheuser-Busch in $52bln takeover AFP - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev is to swallow US rival Anheuser-Busch in a 52 billion dollar (33 billion euro) takeover creating the world's biggest brewer, the companies said Monday.

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  Spain's Santander to pay £1.26bln for Alliance & Leicester AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  MADRID (AFP) - Spain's biggest bank, Santander, said Monday it had reached an agreement to buy British bank Alliance and Leicester in a deal worth 1.26 billion pounds (1.57 billion euros).

Most Popular Top Stories

• InBev agrees to buy Anheuser for $52 billion Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 5:32 AM ET

  BRUSSELS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc accepted a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Belgium-based InBev NV to create the world's largest beer maker and end a month-long standoff.

• World's oldest blogger signs off singing aged 108 Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 2:24 AM ET

  CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last posting talking about her ailing health but also how she still sings a happy song every day.

• Karzai opposes U.S. use of Afghan soil against Iran Reuters - Mon Jul 14, 4:39 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan opposes U.S. use of its territory for launching a possible attack against neighbouring Iran, President Hamid Karzai said in an interview broadcast on Monday.