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    IAEA to Report Iran to Security Council (AP)

AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Saturday reported Iran to the U.N.
 Security Council in a resolution expressing concern Tehran's nuclear
 program may not be "exclusively for peaceful purposes." Iran said it
 would retaliate immediately.

    1,000 Feared Lost on Doomed Egyptian Ferry (AP)

AP - Rescue boats picked up at least 362 survivors from an Egyptian
 ferry that caught fire and sank in the Red Sea, apparently so fast
 there was no time for a distress signal. But more than 1,000 missing
 passengers and crew were feared drowned, officials said Saturday.

    Rumsfeld: Iran Regime Sponsors Terrorism (AP)

AP - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged America's allies to
 increase their military spending to prevent the rise of a "global
 extremist Islamic empire."

    Bodies of 14 Iraqis Dumped in Baghdad (AP)

AP - The bullet-riddled bodies of 14 Sunni Arab men purportedly seized
 by police a week ago were found dumped in Baghdad in the latest bout of
 Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence in the capital, a top Sunni group said
 Saturday.

    Philippine stadium stampede kills 73 (Reuters)

Reuters - Seventy-three people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in
 Manila on Saturday as they scrambled to get into a popular Philippine
 television game show offering cash and other prizes, the health
 secretary and witnesses said.

    Two Kidnapped Girls Found, Returned to Dad (AP)

AP - Two girls abducted more than six years ago were reunited with their
 father this week after they were found during a traffic stop, the FBI
 said Friday.

    Teen Convicted in Vet Beating Gets 10 Yrs. (AP)

AP - A teenager convicted in a mob beating of a mentally disabled
 Vietnam veteran was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday.

    Army Teaches Troops How to Pick a Spouse (AP)

AP - They are the Pentagon's new "rules of engagement" -- the diamond
 ring kind. U.S. Army chaplains are trying to teach troops how to pick
 the right spouse, through a program called "How To Avoid Marrying a
 Jerk."

    Robert Blake Files for Bankruptcy (AP)

AP - Robert Blake has filed for bankruptcy, 2 1/2 months after a civil
 court jury found he "intentionally caused" his wife's death and awarded
 her children $30 million in damages.

    Hingis Advances to Pan Pacific Finals (AP)

AP - Martina Hingis defeated top-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-1 on
 Saturday to advance to the finals of the Pan Pacific Open with the most
 impressive victory of her comeback.

    Nuclear agency votes to report Iran to UN Council (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to
 the Security Council over suspicions it plans to build atomic weapons,
 and Tehran responded it would start enriching uranium fuel that can be
 used in bombs.

    Red Sea ferry survivors say captain fled (Reuters)

Reuters - Survivors of the Red Sea ferry disaster said its captain fled
 the burning ship by lifeboat and abandoned them to their fate, as hopes
 faded on Saturday of finding some 800 missing.

    Iraq war did not create wave of terrorism: Rumsfeld (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Saturday
 terrorists had made Iraq the "central front" in their fight against the
 West but denied the U.S. invasion of the country had been a catalyst
 for terrorism.

    Fury over Prophet cartoons (Reuters)

Reuters - Palestinian youths tried on Saturday to storm the European
 Union office in Gaza in protest over the printing by European
 newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that has whipped up fury
 across the Islamic world.

    Abbas to meet Hamas on forming new government (Reuters)

Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold his first talks
 with Hamas on Saturday after the Islamic group's parliamentary election
 victory, but the formation of any government remains some way off.

    Angry survivors blame crew for Egypt ferry tragedy (AFP)

AFP - Surviving passengers of an ageing Egyptian ferry that sank in the
 Red Sea, leaving hundreds feared dead, have blamed the crew for failing
 to turn around when a fire broke out and monopolising the life rafts.

    88 dead in stampede at Philippine game show (AFP)

AFP - A stampede broke out at a Philippines stadium, killing 88 people
 and injuring more than 300 in a crush to attend a popular game show
 that was giving away cash and prizes.

    Tense ties further strained as US expels Venezuelan diplomat (AFP)

AFP - US-Venezuelan relations plumbed tense new depths as Washington
 ordered a Venezuelan diplomat expelled in retaliation for Caracas's
 move to kick out a US naval attache on espionage charges.

    Afghanistan battle leaves 25 dead, six killed in more violence (AFP)

AFP - Taliban rebels fleeing a major battle that left 25 dead in
 insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan killed a district chief and two
 policemen, officials said.

    UN nuclear watchdog reports Iran to Security Council (AFP)

AFP - The UN nuclear watchdog has voted to send Iran to the UN Security
 Council over concerns that Tehran is developing atomic weapons.

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