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Daily News Digest: Top Stories for Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:00 AM PSTBush urges Musharraf to hold electionshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&e=1&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_pakistanAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:44 pm PSTPresident Bush urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday to "restore democracy as quickly as possible," choosing mild disappointment over punishment or more pointed rhetoric to react to the declaration of emergency rule in anti-terror ally Pakistan.House Democrats press Bush on subpoenashttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&e=2&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_go_co/house_contemptAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:44 pm PSTHouse Democrats threatened Monday to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the Justice Department's purge of federal prosecutors last winter.Mexico villagers missing after landslidehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=3&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_floodingAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:45 pm PSTA massive wave of mud and water swept through a village Monday and at least 16 people were feared buried, officials said, as rescuers elsewhere worked furiously to deliver aid to victims of devastating flooding in southern Mexico.US: NKorea cooperating to disable nukeshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=4&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclearAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:18 pm PSTNorth Korea is cooperating with U.S. experts to disable its nuclear weapons-making facilities under an accord with Washington and regional powers and should be able to complete the process by the end of the year, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.Paul raises more than ${dlvDollarSign}3.5M in one dayhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=3093&e=5&u=/ap/20071106/ap_po/paul_fundraisingAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:46 pm PSTRepublican presidential candidate Ron Paul, aided by an extraordinary outpouring of Internet support Monday, hauled in more than ${dlvDollarSign}3.5 million in 20 hours.Clinton defends wife on licenseshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=3093&e=6&u=/ap/20071106/ap_po/bill_clintonAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:46 pm PSTFormer President Clinton on Monday compared Republican criticism of his wife's position on driver's license for illegal immigrants to the ads that helped sink John Kerry's White House hopes in 2004.MDs balance pros, cons of 'Super X-ray'http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=7&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_he_me/heart_scansAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:01 pm PSTA type of "super X-ray" showed promise in its first big test as a potentially cheaper, faster and painless way to find out whether certain people with signs of heart disease actually have it and need treatment. The scans might eliminate the need for some of the 1.3 million cardiac catheterizations done each year in the United States to check for clogged arteries, said Dr. Julie Miller of Johns Hopkins University.Paparazzo says Reeves hit him with carhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=502&e=8&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_en_mo/people_keanu_reevesAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:14 pm PSTA photographer sued Keanu Reeves, accusing the actor of hitting him with his Porsche in a not-so-excellent encounter in March. The lawsuit said Reeves struck Alison Silva on March 19 and alleges that Silva suffered shock and serious injuries. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages.Gem digger nearly tosses 4-carat diamondhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=9&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_fe_st/odd_diamond_foundAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:25 pm PSTChad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park, but on Monday he nearly threw away his largest find yet.Big Ben leads Steelers to 38-7 routhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=555&e=10&u=/ap/20071106/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_ravens_steelersAP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:22 pm PSTHall of Famers galore lined the Steelers' sideline, with Terry Bradshaw and Mean Joe Greene, Jack Ham, Mel Blount and Franco Harris out front. No wonder the Baltimore Ravens probably thought they were playing all of them and the current day Steelers, too.Pakistan braces for more protestshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=11&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/pakistan_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:31 pm PSTPakistani police braced for more lawyers' protests against President Pervez Musharraf's emergency rule on Tuesday, a day after officials said an election will be held early next year in the face of mounting U.S. pressure.Mudslide buries houses in flooded Mexicohttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=12&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/mexico_floods_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:28 pm PSTA huge wall of mud and water engulfed a remote village in flood-ravaged southern Mexico on Monday and the government said at least 16 people were missing.Bush vows help for Turkey against Kurdish rebelshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=13&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/turkey_usa_bush_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:54 pm PSTPresident Bush, facing Turkish threats of a military strike against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, told Turkey's leader on Monday that he was committed to countering the militants and offered to share intelligence with Ankara.Americans split on Iran action: pollhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=14&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/poll_iran_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:09 pm PSTAmericans are concerned about Iran's nuclear program but split on whether the United States should take military action to shut it down if diplomatic efforts fail, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released on Monday.Wall Street falls with Citihttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&e=15&u=/nm/20071106/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:08 pm PSTStocks fell on Monday after Citigroup's warning of billions more in loan losses compounded fears that the credit crunch could get worse.Sarkozy visit to highlight warmer ties with Bushhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=16&u=/nm/20071106/pl_nm/bush_sarkozy_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:36 pm PSTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy's talks with U.S. President George W. Bush this week are expected to highlight warmer ties between their countries -- so much so that the visit has inspired U.S. newspaper cartoons depicting Sarkozy as Bush's new "poodle."Striking writers slow down Hollywood machinehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=17&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/screenwriters_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:09 pm PSTHollywood screenwriters went on strike against major film and television studios on Monday, knocking some of America's favorite TV shows out of production in a dispute that hinges on how the Internet is changing the face of show business.Australian researchers find hunger switchhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=18&u=/nm/20071106/ts_nm/australia_weight_dcReuters - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:15 pm PSTAustralian scientists have found how to switch hunger on and off using a molecule that targets the brain -- a discovery which could stop weight loss in terminally ill patients or produce weight loss in the morbidly obese.Pakistan rejects international condemnation of emergency rulehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&e=19&u=/afp/20071106/wl_afp/pakistanpoliticsAFP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:15 pm PSTPakistan rejected an international outcry over President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule as it scrambled Tuesday to deflect mounting pressure to hold elections in January.Bush steps up US aid to Turkey against Kurdish rebelshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&e=20&u=/afp/20071106/pl_afp/usturkeykurdsunrestiraqAFP - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:25 pm PSTPresident George W. Bush, vying to avert a Turkish incursion into Iraq, pledged Monday to step up US military and intelligence cooperation to aid Turkey's fight against Kurdish rebels.You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts.

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