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Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan
(AP)
 AP - Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japanese issue that's entangled in the nuclear standoff with North Korea.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:26:28 GMT
| U.S. removes uranium stockpile from Iraq
(AP)
 AP - The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:33:04 GMT
| Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
(AP)
 AP - Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:42:44 GMT
| Analysis: Colombia's Uribe rides high after rescue
(AP)
 AP - President Alvaro Uribe was master of ceremonies the night Colombian military intelligence agents disguised as humanitarian workers airlifted Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages to freedom.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:46:08 GMT
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Venus beats Serena in Wimbledon final (AP)
Thrilled as she was to win her fifth Wimbledon singles championship, Venus Williams dialed down her celebration. No hopping in place and skipping to the net after match point, the way she's done so often on that Centre Court lawn. No giddy laughter and whoops of joy, as she's let out in the past. This title was different from her previous successes at the grass-court Grand Slam.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:32:53 PDT
| Kyle Busch wins wild finish at Daytona (AP)
Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:27:37 PDT
| Rivera, Yankees hold off Red Sox 2-1 (AP)
Mariano Rivera was on the ropes, and the Boston Red Sox were poised to earn a memorable comeback victory. That's when the New York Yankees closer found his classic form again. Rivera pitched himself in and out of trouble Saturday, escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth inning and preserving a 2-1 victory.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:56:56 PDT
| Ankiel's hit in 9th lifts Cards by Cubs (AP)
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa wasn't too optimistic as the Cardinals entered the ninth inning trailing the Chicago Cubs by two runs Saturday afternoon. With Chicago closer Kerry Wood out on the mound to begin the inning, La Russa figured his club was in trouble. "I didn't like our chances," La Russa said.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:07:50 PDT
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Postbank sale may fail over target price: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The sale of Germany's biggest retail
bank Deutsche Postbank could fail because the price potential
bidders are willing to pay does not meet the expectations of
the lender's parent, Deutsche Post, a German magazine reported
on Saturday.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:02:52 GMT
| Auto sector woes could spur deals: Renault CEO
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A current slump in the
global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for
consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker
Renault said on Saturday.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:04:33 GMT
| BCE buyers finalize funding
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Announcing what it said were "essential
milestones" allowing the world's largest leveraged buyout to go
ahead, BCE Inc said on Friday that its buyers
had finalized funding and were sticking to their C$34.8-billion
($34.1 billion) purchase price.
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:01:01 GMT
| Hyundai union calls for work stoppage next week
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Unionized employees of Hyundai Motor Co
(005380.KS) will walk off the job for four hours next week to
push for a pay increase, the auto maker's union said on
Saturday.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:11:52 GMT
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Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:33:51 GMT
| Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong'
(AP)
 AP - Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization's Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation's 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive: Their book drive for schoolchildren and an Independence Day project to place American flags along the streets of one neighborhood.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:41:34 GMT
| Baghdadis make splash in new pool as temperature soars
(AFP)
 AFP - In a sign of returning normalcy, the public swimming pool of the Iraqi capital's Zawra park reopened on Saturday with men and children plunging in the water as gun-toting US soldiers stood guard.
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:14:47 GMT
| California wildfires strain state's resources
(AP)
 AP - A wildfire threatening thousands of homes in Southern California spread slowly through scenic canyonlands Saturday, straining resources as crews struggled to contain hundreds of other blazes around the state.
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:39:08 GMT
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