Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Astronauts to finish tasks with new station lab AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - A few final tasks related to the international space station's newest lab awaited space shuttle Discovery astronauts on Monday.

• Faster-web iPhone expected to be introduced today AP - 24 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is widely expected to introduce iPhone 2.0 at the start of the tech firm's Worldwide Developers Conference today.

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  AP IMPACT: Poll says debt stress tears at body AP - 25 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck — and the back and the head and the stomach — for millions of Americans.

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  Rapper Warren G arrested on drug-related AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Warren G has been arrested on a drug charge after police pulled over the car he was riding in.

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  Celtics hold off Lakers 108-102, take 2-0 lead AP - 54 minutes ago

  BOSTON - The Boston Celtics left the comforts of home exalted and exhausted, halfway to hoisting a 17th NBA championship banner. They're up 2-0 in the NBA finals. Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, unknown Leon Powe added 21 and the Celtics held off a remarkable rally by Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-102 win Sunday night in Game 2 of these trip-down-memory-lane finals.

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  U.S. presence is Iraq's main problem: Iranian leader Reuters - 35 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq was the biggest obstacle to its development as a united country.

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  Aftershocks hit brimming China quake lake Reuters - 5 minutes ago

  CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese troops are carving a third drainage channel into the unstable dam holding back a big "quake lake," as water levels rise and aftershocks send more debris tumbling into the water, state media reported on Monday.

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  Blog warnings posted ahead of Tokyo knife rampage Reuters - 53 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - A man arrested for killing seven people in a knife rampage on a crowded Tokyo shopping street posted dozens of warning messages on the Internet in the hours leading up to the attack, Japanese media reported on Monday.

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  Rice to hold talks with Israeli-Palestinian teams Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to hold a three-way meeting next week with the chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Palestinian official said on Monday.

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  Late U.S. tipoff hurts U.N. Syria probe: ElBaradei Reuters - 28 minutes ago

  BERLIN (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors set to examine a Syrian site for signs of a secret nuclear reactor project may find little in part because of tardy intelligence-sharing by Washington, their chief said in remarks published on Monday.

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  Fair poll impossible in Zimbabwe: rights group Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:04 AM ET

  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A systematic government campaign of murder and brutality has eliminated any chance of a fair presidential election in Zimbabwe, an international rights group said on Monday.

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  Oil seen hitting $150 this summer: Goldman analyst Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:26 AM ET

  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Oil prices are likely to hit $150 a barrel this summer season, the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs said on Monday, as tighter supplies outweigh weakening demand.

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  Ukraine govt says 21 more miners found alive Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Ukrainian government said 21 more coal miners had been rescued on Monday after an explosion at a pit, but reporters at the scene said efforts to bring them to the surface were still under way.

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  Thousands of European truckers join fuel protests AFP - 49 minutes ago

  MADRID (AFP) - Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings.

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  Twenty-three Ukranian miners found alive AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  YENAKIYEVO, Ukraine (AFP) - Twenty-three miners were found alive Monday in a Ukrainian coal mine, more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, a rescue official said.

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  European stocks hold line despite Asian slump AFP - 37 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - European markets held steady on Monday despite a slump in Asia, after a breathtaking surge in oil prices and shock jump in US unemployment sent Wall Street spinning and fanned fears of a US recession.

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  Bush begins his European tour AFP - 28 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday headed to Europe to ask its leaders, who are already sizing up the candidates vying to become his successor, for more pressure on Iran, aid for Afghanistan and more cooperation on climate change.

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  Global military spending soars 45 pct in 10 years AFP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (AFP) - World military spending grew 45 percent in the past decade, with the United States accounting for nearly half of all expenditures, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday.

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  Surgery on pregnant mum saves unborn baby's leg AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in-utero surgery of its type, the hospital said Monday.

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  Oil price dip after record run close to 140 dollars AFP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dropped more than a dollar on Monday after rocketing to record heights near 140 dollars per barrel late last week, but some analysts warned of a bubble that could burst soon.

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  Jessica Alba has baby girl: report Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 1:12 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jessica Alba, who married her long-time boyfriend Cash Warren three weeks ago, has given birth to baby girl, according to US Weekly magazine.

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  UK to give waterless washing machine a spin Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 5:22 AM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year.

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  Japan's "sad" princess marks 15th wedding anniversary Reuters - Mon Jun 9, 1:24 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japan's Crown Princess Masako marked her 15th wedding anniversary on Monday without pomp or ceremony, five years after being diagnosed with a stress-induced mental illness that keeps her largely from public view.