Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Hard-liners take early edge in Iran vote AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  TEHRAN, Iran - Hard-line allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pulled ahead in Iran's parliamentary elections, according to partial results Saturday, but the president's conservative critics were making a strong showing that could unsettle his domination of the legislature.

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  Civil rights exhibit honors 20 women AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  CINCINNATI - A veteran civil rights leader says the Democratic presidential field this year represents what she and others who have worked for equal rights have long anticipated.

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  Hospital to fire workers in Spears case AP - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - UCLA Medical Center will fire some employees and discipline others for snooping at the confidential medical records of Britney Spears, who was hospitalized in its psychiatric ward, a hospital official told The Associated Press.

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  Major League Baseball comes to China AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  BEIJING - China's red flag with its yellow stars blew in a stiff breeze in deep left field alongside the U.S. Stars and Stripes. Except for this, the first Major League Baseball game in China mostly looked like any afternoon at the ballpark in America.

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  Rockets fly high with 21 straight wins AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets' 21st consecutive victory gave them the second-longest winning streak in NBA history and a share of first place in the Western Conference.

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  China sets deadline for Tibet rioters to surrender Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China set a "surrender" deadline after riots in Lhasa that it said killed 10 innocent people, launching a crackdown on Saturday after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades.

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  Conservatives forge ahead in Iran parliament vote Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Conservatives took an early lead in an election for Iran's 290-seat parliament with 108 seats to 33 for their reformist opponents, Iran's state Press TV said on Saturday, citing unofficial results so far.

• Tornado hits downtown Atlanta, 9 hurt Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 5:29 AM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - A tornado struck the heart of downtown Atlanta on Friday night, injuring several people and damaging numerous buildings, including the roof of the Georgia Dome as thousands watched a college basketball game, the city's mayor and witnesses said.

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  Bush: economy to grow; Clinton: recession here now Reuters - Fri Mar 14, 10:06 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, seeking to bolster faith in the economy amid fears of a recession, acknowledged on Friday the United States was going through hard times but said growth would resume over the long run because economic fundamentals were sound.

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  NATO says near deal on Russian Afghan help Reuters - 51 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday it was nearing a deal to use Russian land and airspace to supply its security forces in Afghanistan, but Western diplomats denied any trade-off with Moscow to keep Ukraine and Georgia out of NATO.

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  Blair says global climate talks need new initiative Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 2:37 AM ET

  MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged the world's top greenhouse gas emitters on Saturday to launch a revolution to fight climate change and said he'll work to sell a new global framework to slash carbon emissions.

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  Threats to Israel are threats to us, says Merkel Reuters - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

  BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed solidarity with Israel in the face of threats to the Jewish state on Saturday, the eve of a three-day visit to the country, and said Iran must halt its nuclear program.

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  House passes spy bill and rejects phone immunity Reuters - Sat Mar 15, 1:34 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against phone companies.

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  China says 10 killed in Tibet, security tight AFP - Sat Mar 15, 4:37 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - China said Saturday that 10 people had been burnt to death during unrest in Lhasa, as the military locked down the Tibetan capital amid fierce international scrutiny ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

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  Conservatives ahead as Iran counts votes AFP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Conservatives were on course Saturday to win legislative elections in Iran, but with their reformist rivals retaining a foothold in parliament despite the mass veto of candidates before the vote.

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  US lawmakers want Venezuela on US list of terrorism sponsors AFP - Fri Mar 14, 9:12 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two US lawmakers Friday introduced a resolution calling for Venezuela to be added to a US list of state sponsors of terrorism amid allegations linking Caracas to Colombia's leftist FARC rebels.

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  Blair urges binding gas cuts by all countries AFP - Sat Mar 15, 4:29 AM ET

  MAKUHARI, Japan (AFP) - Tony Blair on Saturday urged the world's heaviest polluters including the United States and China to agree to binding emissions cuts, saying failure to act on global warming would be "unforgivably irresponsible."

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  Bear Stearns crisis raises fears worse is yet to come AFP - Fri Mar 14, 9:41 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The near-collapse of US investment giant Bear Stearns and its Federal Reserve bailout on Friday heightened fears that the worst is not over for the spreading global credit crunch.

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  US Congress passes 3 trillion dollar budget AFP - Fri Mar 14, 8:30 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate on Friday passed a three trillion dollar budget, after a marathon 15-hour debate stretched into the early hours.

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  MPs urge end to airport operator's 'monopoly' AFP - 4 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - An influential group of MPs on Saturday called for an end to BAA's stranglehold over British airports, arguing that the operator's monopoly, particularly in London, had stifled competition.

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  When a Wife Gets Cheated On, Survival Mode Kicks In U.S. News & World Report - Thu Mar 13, 6:56 PM ET

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• 6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran U.S. News & World Report - Wed Mar 12, 7:53 PM ET

  Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran?

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  Weak dollar costs U.S. economy its world No. 1 spot Reuters - Fri Mar 14, 11:10 AM ET

  PARIS (Reuters) - The U.S. economy lost the title of "world's biggest" to the euro zone this week as the value of the dollar slumped in currency markets.

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  Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene AFP - Wed Mar 12, 2:13 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs, according to a study released Wednesday.