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    No flood danger at quake-lake: state media (AFP)

    Earthquake survivors look at the Fu Jiang River in Mianyang city, which links to the Tangjiashan quake lake in the worst-hit area of Beichuan southwestern China. A dam blocking a swollen AFP - A dam blocking a swollen "quake lake", which could threaten the lives of 1.3 million people in southwest China, is in no danger of imminent collapse, state media said Saturday, as workers began to drain the water.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:30:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Clinton endorses Obama to be the next US president (AFP)

    Supporters of US Senator Hillary Clinton wait for her arrival at a rally at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Hillary Clinton on Saturday formally ended her quest to be America's first woman president and endorsed the Democratic party's new champion, White House nominee Barack Obama.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Hillary Clinton on Saturday threw her full support and energy behind Barack Obama, as she endorsed the Democratic White House nominee and vowed to do all she could to send him to the White House.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:45:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Musharraf says not resigning now (Reuters)

    Lawyers burn pictures of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Multan June 5, 2008. Lawyers in Pakistan are demanding the resignation of President Musharraf and the reinstatement of 60 sacked judges who were dismissed by Musharraf during his emergency rule in November 2007. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday he had no immediate plan to resign or go into exile, in a bid to quash rising speculation he will quit office soon.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:21:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    China begins easing pressure on menacing quake lake (Reuters)

    A woman takes a nap on a school chair in a temporary classroom just outside a provisory hospital for the people injured during the May 12 earthquake in Mianzhu, Sichuan province, June 6, 2008. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - Chinese troops on Saturday eased pressure on a swelling "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people, but a smaller lake burst its banks in a show of destructive force.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:14:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    U.N. envoys back Congo's Kabila against Rwandan rebels (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.N. envoys met Congo President Joseph Kabila on Saturday and backed his plans to disarm and expel Rwandan rebels behind years of strife, and to refocus the biggest U.N. peace force on rebuilding his shattered nation. -- read full article
    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:25:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Energy ministers split on subsidies as oil surges (Reuters)

    A gas station employee cleans fuel pump as he waits for customers in Manila June 7, 2008. (Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters)Reuters - Energy officials from five top consumer nations urged producers to step up investment on Saturday, a day after crude's biggest surge ever, but they offered no new ideas on how to deal with record prices and remained divided on fuel subsidies.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:37:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    IAEA chief warns against nuclear plant attacks (Reuters)

    An Israeli fighter jet takes off from an air force base in a file photo. An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks 'unavoidable' given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputies said on Friday. (Abir Sultan/IDF/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Threats to attack nuclear plants on suspicion they would one day make bombs could undermine the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:31:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Zimbabwe court overturns police ban on rallies (Reuters)

    Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai talks with Zimbabweans sheltering at the police station in Alexandra township, outside Johannesburg, May 22, 2008. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)Reuters - Zimbabwe's High Court on Saturday overturned a police ban on opposition rallies this weekend ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off, a lawyer for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:49:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Casino Drive scratched from Belmont Stakes (Reuters)

    Belmont Stakes hopeful Casino Drive works out with jockey Edgar Prada at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, June 5, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Big Brown's path to the Triple Crown got much easier when biggest rival Casino Drive was scratched from Saturday's Belmont Stakes with a bruised hoof.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:28:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Clinton endorses Obama, ends White House bid (Reuters)

    US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) looks down during her South Dakota and Montana presidential primary election night rally in New York June 3, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Hillary Clinton ended her historic presidential bid and endorsed Barack Obama on Saturday, urging her supporters to unite behind Obama and help recapture the White House for Democrats in November.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:09:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Big Brown poised for Triple Crown bid at Belmont (AP)

    Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown is bathed after his morning training session at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, June 6, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonAP - OK, Big Brown. It's time for the big date with history. All the obstacles in the colt's spectacular bid for the first Triple Crown in 30 years are fading faster than the pack in his Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:35:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Crocodile trapped in surf off SC barrier island (AP)
    AP - Officials at the Isle of Palms ordered everyone out of the water because of a dangerous animal. But it wasn't a shark this time. -- read full article
    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:51:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Veteran sportscaster Jim McKay dies at 86 (AP)

    A 1984 file photo of Jim McKay. McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died Saturday, June 7, 2008. He was 86.(AP Photo)AP - Jim McKay, the venerable and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:12:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Legal issue affects timings of gay weddings (AP)

    In this June 30, 2006 file photo, Stuart Gaffney, bottom, and John Lewis, top, hold hands with their wedding bands on in San Francisco. Now that gay couples have won the right to wed, same-sex couples in California have some weighty decisions to make — and they involve more than choosing rings and a caterer. A ballot initiative that would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage will be put to voters in the fall, leaving gay and lesbian couples wondering if they should risk the legal uncertainty and heartbreak of having their freshly minted unions invalidated at the ballot box. (AP Photo/Benjamin Sklar)AP - Drew Snyder and William Ballentine had a commitment ceremony with all the trimmings four years ago, the closest they could get to a wedding at the time.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:25:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Shuttle astronauts prepare robot arm for first use (AP)

    This image provided by NASA shows the Japanese Pressurized Module, left, the Japanese Logistics Module, top center, the Harmony node, center, the Destiny laboratory, right, of the International Space Station, and the forward section of Space Shuttle Discovery, while docked to the station, are featured in this image photographed by a crewmember during the STS-124 mission's second planned spacewalk on day six of the mission, Thursday, June 5, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronauts tried out the international space station's newest piece of equipment Saturday, but it was a very limited test.


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    Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:31:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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