Yahoo! News: World News (10 unread)
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Group keeps fervor up in Iranian young (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:24pm EDT
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AP - Zahra Saremi took a different sort of vacation this year to celebrate Iranian New Year touring the bloody battlefields of Iran's long war with Iraq at a week-long camp dedicated to martyrdom and patriotism. -
Zimbabwe ruling party demands vote recount (AFP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
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AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party refused to release its grip on power Sunday, demanding a presidential election recount as Robert Mugabe's feared war veterans tried to seize several white-owned farms.
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Ledley ends Cardiff's 81-year wait to reach the FA Cup final (AFP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:13pm EDT
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AFP - Cardiff City booked a place in the FA Cup final for the first time in 81 years as Joe Ledley's goal clinched a 1-0 semi-final win over Barnsley on Sunday.
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Mugabe's party demands Zimbabwe recount (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
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AP - President Robert Mugabe's ruling party demanded a vote recount and a further delay in the release of presidential election results, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported, prompting outrage from the opposition party.
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Hairdo creates a Ukrainian icon (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:06pm EDT
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AP - On a typical day she may chair a cabinet meeting, visit coal miners or fly to Brussels for a summit. But before she steps out of her home, she sculpts her rich blond hair into a peasant-style braid. Only then does she become the prime minister every Ukrainian can instantly identify. -
Scuffles during UK Olympic torch relay (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 1:02pm EDT
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AP - Police repeatedly scuffled with protesters as Olympians and dignitaries carried the Olympic torch during a chaotic relay through snowy London on Sunday.
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US envoy hopes for NKorea progress in Singapore (AFP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 12:52pm EDT
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AFP - A top US envoy expressed hope Sunday that he and his North Korean counterpart would make progress in negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons drive at talks this week in Singapore.
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Laos fears China's footprint (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 12:39pm EDT
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AP - A high-rise Chinatown that is to go up by Laos' laid-back capital has ignited fears that this nation's giant northern neighbor is moving to engulf this nation.
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Iraqi widows, orphans left stranded (AP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 12:33pm EDT
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AP - The car exploded near a popular ice cream parlor, sending flames and shrapnel through the busy square and killing 17 people.
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Japan, India belong on UN Security Council: Australia (AFP)
Posted: April 6th, 2008, 2:16am EDT
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AFP - Japan and India deserve permanent seats on the UN Security Council, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday, stressing that Canberra should also play a greater role in world affairs.