Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  U.S. to give Dalai Lama gold medal AP - 51 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - With the Dalai Lama due to receive the Congressional Gold Medal today, the White House is trying to walk a diplomatic tightrope with China. The Bush administration has taken pains to keep a private meeting between President Bush and the Dalai Lama from further infuriating China, which reviles the Buddhist leader: no media access, not even a handout photo.

• House readies vote on surveillance bill AP - 55 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Against the backdrop of a presidential veto threat, the House readied a vote on an eavesdropping bill that would expand court oversight of government electronic surveillance in the United States.

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  Staph fatalities may exceed AIDS deaths AP - 56 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.

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  Agency to keep Ellen DeGeneres' dog AP - 59 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres' doggy drama intensified Tuesday after her tearful plea on her talk show led to death threats against the rescue group that took back her adopted dog for violating the contract, according to a spokesman for the agency's owners.

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  Indians beat Red Sox 7-3, lead ALCS 3-1 AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians are one win away from the World Series after last night's 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. The Indians lead the American League Championship Series 3 games to 1 and have won 32 of their last 43 going back to the regular season.

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  Voters unhappy with Bush and Congress Reuters - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deepening unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress soured the mood of Americans and sent Bush's approval rating to another record low this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

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  Turkey to approve troop move in Iraq Reuters - 22 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament was poised on Wednesday to grant its army permission to enter northern Iraq to crush Kurdish separatist rebels based there, but Iraqi leaders stepped up a diplomatic offensive to avert any attack.

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  Gore says no plans to run for presidency Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 4:35 AM ET

  OSLO (Reuters) - Former Vice President Al Gore has ruled out joining the U.S. presidential race after winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work fighting climate change.

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  Bethlehem visit "moving experience" for Rice Reuters - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice toured the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday, lit a candle and voiced hope that religion could be a force for reconciliation in the Middle East.

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  Thailand hunts suspected Canadian pedophile Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police, who launched a manhunt on Wednesday for a Canadian pedophile suspect unmasked by a unique Interpol Internet appeal, plan to seek an arrest warrant after a boy accused him of paying for oral sex.

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  Food companies in Iraq war supply probe: report Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 4:47 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Food companies including Sara Lee Corp. , ConAgra Foods Inc. , Perdue Farms Inc. and others are being investigated for possible fraud and corruption in supplying the U.S. military in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

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  Pope Benedict names 23 cardinals Reuters - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict named 23 new Roman Catholic cardinals on Wednesday, including 18 who will be members of a secret conclave to elect his successor.

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  China Christmas toy orders up despite quality fears Reuters - Wed Oct 17, 5:24 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Orders for Chinese toys are on the rise in the run-up to Christmas despite a wave of product recalls that have shaken confidence in the safety of Chinese-made goods, the country's product safety chief said on Wednesday.

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  Turkey to vote on Iraq incursion, Baghdad pleads for time AFP - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago

  ANKARA (AFP) - Iraq pleaded for time Wednesday to tackle Turkish Kurd militants on its territory as Turkey's parliament prepared to authorise military strikes to crush the rebel bases.

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  Somali forces storm UN compound in Mogadishu AFP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali government forces stormed the UN compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday and abducted the World Food Programme's (WFP) top representative in the capital.

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  Ex-premier Bhutto vows to bring democracy to Pakistan AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  DUBAI (AFP) - Former premier Benazir Bhutto pledged Wednesday to restore democracy to Pakistan on the eve of her homecoming after eight years in exile, defying Al-Qaeda threats and government pressure to delay.

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  Al Gore rules out presidential run after Nobel prize AFP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore said Wednesday that his Nobel Peace Prize triumph had not altered his intention to stay out of the 2008 presidential race.

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  Progress seen in Africa's fight against malaria AFP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - African countries are making vital headway in preventing child malaria, thanks to wider distribution of insecticide-treated bednets and procurement of new drugs, a UN-backed report said Wednesday.

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  Airbus hit by fresh plane delivery delays AFP - 17 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Airbus euphoria over finally delivering its A380 superjumbo was dampened Wednesday by news the European planemaker's new A400M military transport plane will be delayed by at least six months.

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  Countdown begins for Airbus superjumbo's maiden commercial flight AFP - 52 minutes ago

  SINGAPORE (AFP) - The first Airbus A380 superjumbo landed in Singapore on Wednesday, as the countdown began for next week's maiden commercial flight of the biggest passenger airliner ever built.

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  "Love thy enemy" -- U.S. soldier gets discharge Reuters - Tue Oct 16, 3:32 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who said his Christian beliefs compelled him to love his enemies, not kill them, has been granted conscientious objector status and honorably discharged, a civil liberties group said on Tuesday.

• Rwanda aims to become Africa's high-tech hub The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Oct 17, 4:00 AM ET

  Kigali, Rwanda - Sometime in the next two years, nearly every school in Rwanda – from distant mountain villages to swelling urban areas – will be hooked up to the Internet. And it won't be some crummy dial-up service. It will be high-speed broadband, carried by fiber-optic cables.

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  Homeless man is chess king of Washington AFP - Thu Oct 11, 1:02 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - He sleeps on a bench, but he is king of chess during the day at Washington's Dupont Circle, where he dazzles beginners and masters alike with his winning moves on the park's stone chessboards.

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  Oscar Wilde crowned king of the quips Reuters - Sun Oct 14, 11:40 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Playwright Oscar Wilde, who even managed to mutter on his death bed "Either those curtains go or I do," was named in a poll on Monday as Britain's greatest wit.

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  Misfired Patriot missile hits farm in Qatar: report Reuters - Tue Oct 16, 4:45 AM ET

  DUBAI (Reuters) - A Patriot missile hit a farm in Qatar after being accidentally fired from a base used by U.S. forces in the Gulf Arab state, Al Jazeera television said on Tuesday.