Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Midwesterners fight deadly spring floods AP - 42 minutes ago

  VALLEY PARK, Mo. - As floodwaters pushed against the Valley Park levee, Tracy Ziegler pushed a cold beer toward one of his customers at Meramec Jack's bar and grill.

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  Free by error, ex-radical back in prison AP - 45 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Just days after her release on parole, a former 1970s radical was headed back to prison Saturday to serve at least one more year after corrections officials said a miscalculation resulted in her early release.

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  Obama's rough patch could've been worse AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  MEDFORD, Ore. - Barack Obama refers to the past couple of weeks as a tough, turbulent stretch. And why not?

• Hey it's a hospital. No horses allowed AP - Sun Mar 23, 2:07 AM ET

  LIHUE, Hawaii - A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.

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  Surging UCLA edges Texas A&M 53-49 AP - Sun Mar 23, 4:20 AM ET

  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Those UCLA Bruins keep finding more drama and ways to win in the closing seconds. Darren Collison scored the go-ahead basket on a one-handed layin with 9 1/2 seconds remaining, Josh Shipp blocked Donald Sloan's final drive and the West Region's No. 1 seed held on for a 53-49 victory over Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA tournament Saturday night.

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  Pope's Easter message calls for peace Reuters - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called in his Easter message on Sunday for an end to injustice, hatred and violence around the world, including in Tibet, Iraq and Darfur.

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  Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation deal Reuters - 40 minutes ago

  SANAA (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Sunday signed a Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation deal, promising to revive direct talks after months of hostilities.

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  Barrages hit Green Zone, gunmen kill seven Reuters - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" came under heavy rocket or mortar attack on Sunday, and police said at least two people had been killed outside the government and diplomatic compound.

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  Cheney vows to push Israeli-Palestinian peace process Reuters - Sun Mar 23, 5:03 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday that Washington was doing its utmost to push forward Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations while dealing with emerging threats in the Middle East.

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  Japan's Okinawans rally against U.S. military crimes Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of Okinawans rallied on Sunday to protest crimes by U.S. troops and demand a smaller U.S. military presence on the southern Japanese island after last month's arrest of a Marine on suspicion of raping a schoolgirl.

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  At Lebanon grave, Hezbollah chief hailed as martyr Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim mourners are flocking to the grave of slain Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah, saying the man who had been wanted by the United States and Israel was now a symbol of defiance.

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  Entente truly cordiale for "Bling-Bling" Sarkozy Reuters - Sun Mar 23, 4:40 AM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - The French and the English once settled their bloody differences on the battlefield.

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  Long road ahead before peace between Taiwan and China Reuters - Sun Mar 23, 1:23 AM ET

  TAIPEI (Reuters) - An end to the more than half a century of hostility and tension between Taiwan and China may be in the offing with the election of a more China-friendly president for the island, but progress will be slow and tortuous.

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  Musharraf vows to support new Pakistan government AFP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday pledged his full support to Pakistan's new coalition government led by his political opponents, who have vowed to take on the embattled US ally.

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  37 killed in Iraq bloodshed AFP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 37 people, and insurgents fired a barrage of mortar fire at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers.

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  Cheney meets Abbas in Mideast peace push AFP - 20 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney met on Sunday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank, the latest stop on his Easter weekend bid to revive Middle East peace efforts.

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  Christians celebrate Easter, pope calls for Tibet solution AFP - 14 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - From the foothills of the Himalayas to a rain-soaked Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican, Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday, hearing messages of renewal, peace and hope.

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  US astronauts successfully complete fifth spacewalk AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two astronauts from the US shuttle Endeavour have successfully completed a fifth and final spacewalk of their mission, stepping into the void to attach a 50-foot sensory boom to the outside of the International Space Station.

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  Opposition ready to hold talks over BoJ chief row AFP - Sun Mar 23, 3:06 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's opposition is ready to hold talks with the ruling coalition to end an embarrassing vacancy at the helm of the central bank, a senior official said Sunday.

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  Kremlin games behind BP spy arrests: analysts AFP - Sat Mar 22, 11:55 PM ET

  MOSCOW, March 23, 2008 (AFP) - The arrest this week of two British-educated men on spying charges in Moscow was less a Cold War-style incident than a Kremlin power game around who controls oil giant TNK-BP, analysts say.

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• Pope baptizes famous Muslim convert Reuters - Sat Mar 22, 6:45 PM ET

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict led the world's Catholics into Easter on Saturday at a Vatican service where he baptized a Muslim-born convert who is one of Italy's most famous and controversial journalists.

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  California's fiscal crisis hits schools The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 21, 4:00 AM ET

  Los Angeles - California, home to 1 in 9 American schoolchildren, is on the brink of what may be the biggest public education crisis in state history. Facing a $16 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed $4.8 billion in school-funding cuts, or 10 percent of education spending.

• German Jewish leader criticizes Pope over prayer Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 11:51 AM ET

  BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's Jewish community said on Friday she was surprised Pope Benedict could have allowed a new version of a Good Friday prayer for the conversion of Jews.

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  Can U.S. avert a Japan-style economic bust? The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 21, 4:00 AM ET

  From Japan to Sweden, other nations have traveled from real estate busts to financial crises in recent years, leaving behind a simple lesson: Effective policy makes the difference between a long or a slow recovery.

• British target prisons as terror incubators The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 21, 4:00 AM ET

  LONDON - When Richard Reid, a young Briton from a comfortable part of suburban London, was arrested in the heated aftermath of 9/11 for trying to blow up a transatlantic plane, it raised a simple question: where did he get radicalized?