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God in a mood to spoil meeting - Herald Sun
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:22:07 GMT+00:00

God in a mood to spoil meeting
Herald Sun
Trainer Mat Ellerton, who watched the race from the strip of grass between the stewards' tower and the outside rail, made a sage-like observation as the ...
Profiting From Iran, and the US - New York Times
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:25:23 GMT+00:00

Profiting From Iran, and the US
New York Times
... citing that tie, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority held off from awarding the company a contract to build it light rail cars. ...

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The Way it Was: Quiet giant, 1925 - Charleston Gazette
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:08:14 GMT+00:00

The Way it Was: Quiet giant, 1925
Charleston Gazette
I am what they call a rail fan -- that is, I love trains. Since childhood I have been fascinated by the giant machines that can move 10000 tons at 70 miles ...
Emails in on Baylor's Griner - NewsOK.com (blog)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:47:41 GMT+00:00

Emails in on Baylor's Griner
NewsOK.com (blog)
A few years back, me and pal Andrew Gilman were talking about light rail, how it would be cool if there was a commuter train from Norman to Edmond. ...

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Timothy Geithner: Inside Man - Atlantic Online (blog)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:19:55 GMT+00:00

Timothy Geithner: Inside Man
Atlantic Online (blog)
Rail, trucking, and natural gas followed. It was Carter who struck the first big blow against banking rules, by signing the Depository Institutions ...
Train Rescue Hero Ass't. Cops Tell Tale - CBS News
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:13:43 GMT+00:00

Train Rescue Hero Ass't. Cops Tell Tale
CBS News
(CBS/ AP) Two assistants with the Phoenix Police Department are being credited with possibly saving the life of a man who was nearly hit by a light rail ...

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Looking for a place to roam - QNotes
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:09:26 GMT+00:00

Looking for a place to roam
QNotes
With the hope of a useful light rail system one day, people are looking for a cozy home close to public transportation. Colonial Village, Brandywine and the ...

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Sea of green planned for Surfers - Gold Coast Bulletin News
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:10:43 GMT+00:00

Gold Coast Bulletin News
Sea of green planned for Surfers
Gold Coast Bulletin News
A LANDMARK new park and a light rail station are being proposed for a site in the heart of Surfers Paradise. The Gold Coast City Council has reclaimed a ...
NJ Transit cuts service and hikes fares - Examiner.com
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:39:26 GMT+00:00

Examiner.com
NJ Transit cuts service and hikes fares
Examiner.com
The local one-zone bus fare will rise from $1.25 to $1.70, as would the Newark Light Rail and River Line one-way fares. In an open letter to the riding ...

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Ariz. Cops Save Drunk Man From Oncoming Train - CBS 13
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:35:14 GMT+00:00

Ariz. Cops Save Drunk Man From Oncoming Train
CBS 13
A man who was nearly hit by a light rail train in Phoenix, Arizona owes his life to two assistants with the Phoenix Police Department. ...

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Iraqi Officials: Early Voting a Success - Voice of America
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:03:12 GMT+00:00

BBC News
Iraqi Officials: Early Voting a Success
Voice of America
A top Iraqi official says the country's election is off to a good start, even before almost 20 million Iraqis head to the polls for Sunday's crucial vote. The head of Iraq's Independent High Election Commission, Farij al-Haydari, said Saturday that the ...
Coalition Takes On Entrenched Parties in Iraq Kurdish AreaNew York Times
Seven held over Iraqi expat poll scuffles in LondonBBC News
Election security 'an all-Iraq show': US generalAFP
GulfNews -CBS News -Washington Post
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Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli's Work - New York Times
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:19:03 GMT+00:00

Reuters
Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli's Work
New York Times
JERUSALEM — Six years ago, when violence was the order of the day here, Elias Khoury's 20-year-old son, George, was killed in a Palestinian terrorist attack. The Khourys are Palestinian, so the murder of George — who was out for a jog ...
US Envoy Expected to Restart Mideast Peace TalksVoice of America
Israeli officials meet with US Mideast envoyThe Associated Press
Islamic conference slams Israel's Al-Aqsa actionAFP
Ha'aretz -Reuters -BBC News
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Gordon Brown visits Afghanistan amid Iraq inquiry row - Times Online
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:54:26 GMT+00:00

The Hindu
Gordon Brown visits Afghanistan amid Iraq inquiry row
Times Online
The heavily-criticised Snatch Land Rover is to be replaced with 200 new patrol vehicles in Afghanistan to protect troops from booby-traps, it was revealed as Gordon Brown paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country. News of a £118 million investment ...
Blast Rocks Iraqi Holy City on Election EveVoice of America
Lord Guthrie: Gordon Brown did not give all we asked forTelegraph.co.uk
British PM pledges vehicles to battle Afghan bombsThe Associated Press
BBC News -CNN International -FOXNews
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Turkey warns US genocide vote will harm relations - AFP
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:48:14 GMT+00:00

ABC News
Turkey warns US genocide vote will harm relations
AFP
ANKARA — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday slammed as "parody" a US Congress panel's reference to Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians as genocide and warned it would harm relations. Thursday's approval of the resolution at the US ...
Turkish PM says US vote to "greatly harm" tiesReuters
Turkey rallies condemn US voteAljazeera.net
Firm ties will survive genocide rowBBC News
Ha'aretz -Ynetnews -The Guardian
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Iraq's Sadr calls on followers to vote in election - The Associated Press
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:28 GMT+00:00

Reuters
Iraq's Sadr calls on followers to vote in election
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in a surprise news conference on the eve of the Iraqi election, has urged his followers to turn out and vote. The Shiite leader spoke from the capital of neighboring Iran, and the press conference was ...
Bomb kills 4 near Shi'ite shrine before Iraq pollReuters
Blast hits Iraq in election run-upAljazeera.net
Car bomb rocks Iraq shrine city on election eveAFP
CBS News -CNN -BusinessWeek
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Egyptian President Mubarak's surgery 'successful' - BBC News
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:24:44 GMT+00:00

The Hindu
Egyptian President Mubarak's surgery 'successful'
BBC News
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has undergone successful surgery at a German clinic for an inflamed gall bladder, Egyptian state media say. The 81-year-old leader had the operation after complaining of gall bladder pain while in Germany for talks with ...
Mubarak Surgery Successful, Say Egyptian State MediaVoice of America
Egypt president surgery successfulAljazeera.net
Egypt President Recovering After SurgeryWall Street Journal
Daily Nation -AFP -Jerusalem Post
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Doctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage - The Associated Press
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:30:58 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca
Doctors warn of health threat from Chile wreckage
The Associated Press
CONCEPCION, Chile — Huge piles of wreckage and tons of rotting fish and other debris blanketing the ground could turn coastal towns shattered by Chile's earthquake and tsunami into nests of infection, doctors warned. As calls for medicine and shelter ...
UN pledges aid to quake-hit ChileAljazeera.net
Chile Lowers Official Quake Death Toll to 528Voice of America
Telethon raises money for Chile earthquake victimsCNN International
BusinessWeek -Washington Post -New York Times
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Togolese police fire tear gas on election protests - The Associated Press
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:10:24 GMT+00:00

Daily Nation
Togolese police fire tear gas on election protests
The Associated Press
LOME, Togo — A Togolese police spokesman says officers have fired tear gas on some 200 protesters angry that the opposition party is trailing in the hotly contested presidential election. Abalo Assih says the protesters led by opposition candidate ...
Togolese police fire tear gas on election protestsAtlanta Journal Constitution
Togo Opposition, Ruling Party Both Declare Victory in Presidential VoteVoice of America
Togo opposition claims 'irregularities' in pollBBC News
Vancouver Sun -AFP -Aljazeera.net
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Yanukovych for new page in ties with Russia - The Hindu
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:22:40 GMT+00:00

Reuters
Yanukovych for new page in ties with Russia
The Hindu
Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych pledged to open a new page in relations with Russia in his first visit to Moscow on Friday. “I see my task in getting relations between Russia and Ukraine take a sharp turn in the right direction,” Mr. ...
Putin proposes closer economic ties with UkraineXinhua
Send us pig fat not chaos, Putin tells Ukrainian leaderAFP
Kremlin tough on gas deal ahead of Yanukovich visitReuters
Times Online -RIA Novosti -New York Times
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Possible loss of top Taliban leader in Pakistan a further blow to militants - Washington Post
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:03:30 GMT+00:00

The Hindu
Possible loss of top Taliban leader in Pakistan a further blow to militants
Washington Post
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN -- Pakistani officials said Saturday that a top Taliban leader had probably been killed in an airstrike, dealing another blow to a militant group that fighters say has been leaderless since ...
Pakistan Taliban commander 'killed in air strike'BBC News
Top Pakistani Taliban leader may be dead: ministerReuters
Taliban leader in Swat Valley killed in airstrikeCNN International
Voice of America -The Associated Press -ABC Online
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