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Daily News Digest: Top Stories for Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:00 AM PSTUS envoy: Pakistan must end emergencyhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=1&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_as/pakistanAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:31 pm PSTWashington's No. 2 diplomat delivered a blunt message to Pakistan's military ruler, telling him Saturday that emergency rule must be lifted and his opponents freed ahead of elections.Strong cyclone kills 1,784 in Bangladeshhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=2&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_as/bangladesh_cycloneAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:02 pm PSTHundreds of thousands of survivors were stuck Saturday behind roads blocked by fallen trees, iron roofs and thick sludge as rescue workers fought to reach towns along Bangladesh's coast that were ravaged by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 1,784 people.Relatives try to confront Ill. officerhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=3&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/police_officer_s_wifeAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:36 pm PSTArmed with anger, hope and candles, participants in a vigil for a former police officer's missing fourth wife left a pink placard reading "Where's our sister Stacy?" along with several other signs on the man's porch Saturday.UN panel gives dire warming forecasthttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=4&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_sc/climate_change_conferenceAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:11 pm PSTGlobal warming is "unequivocal" and carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere commits the world to an eventual rise in sea levels of up to 4.6 feet, the world's top climate experts warned Saturday in their most authoritative report to date.Japan fleet sets off to hunt humpbackshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&e=5&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_as/japan_hunting_humpbacksAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:35 pm PSTJapanese whalers set off into the South Pacific on Sunday with orders to kill humpback whales for the first time in decades. The hunt is certain to inflame tensions in the standoff between anti-whaling forces and Japan.Ca. fire documents conflict with reportshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=6&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/wildfires_grounded_aircraftAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:20 pm PSTSeveral aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month's Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials' earlier claims that the weather had grounded virtually all aircraft, according to documents released Saturday.McCain says he'll respect Clintonhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=3093&e=7&u=/ap/20071118/ap_po/mccain_clintonAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:38 pm PSTRepublican presidential hopeful John McCain on Saturday said he won't follow his rivals' lead in taking personal shots at Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, and that voters seeking a candidate who will do that should look elsewhere.Abuse risk seen worse as families changehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=8&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_re_us/child_abuseAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:18 pm PSTSix-year-old Oscar Jimenez Jr. was beaten to death in California, then buried under fertilizer and cement. Two-year-old Devon Shackleford was drowned in an Arizona swimming pool. Jayden Cangro, also 2, died after being thrown across a room in Utah.Jackson Browne campaigns for Edwardshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=501&e=9&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_en_mu/people_jackson_browneAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:18 pm PSTJackson Browne says that Democrat John Edwards is the most progressive candidate with a chance at winning the White House, and that he would do the most for working-class Americans.Texas Tech dashes Oklahoma's title hopeshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=637&e=10&u=/ap/20071118/ap_on_sp_co_ga_su/fbc_t25_oklahoma_texas_techAP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:25 pm PSTOU is out. Graham Harrell and Texas Tech knocked No. 3 Oklahoma out of the national title chase Saturday night with a 34-27 victory. Harrell threw for 420 yards and two touchdowns for the Red Raiders (8-4, 4-4 Big 12) and for the 11th time this season a top-five team lost to an unranked team.U.S. envoy urges Musharraf to end emergency rulehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=11&u=/nm/20071118/pl_nm/pakistan_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:41 pm PSTU.S. envoy John Negroponte said on Sunday he had urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule, warning it was "not compatible" with free and fair elections due by early January and would undermine them.Bangladesh cyclone toll nears 1,900http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=12&u=/nm/20071118/ts_nm/bangladesh_storm_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:58 pm PSTGrieving survivors and rescuers picked through the rubble left in the wake of a super cyclone that battered Bangladesh as the death toll neared 1,900 on Sunday and a government official declared the disaster "a national calamity."State Dept official asks to cancel Blackwater hearinghttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=13&u=/nm/20071118/ts_nm/iraq_usa_blackwater_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:35 pm PSTThe lawyer for State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard asked on Saturday that he not be called to testify before Congress on discrepancies between his statements and those of his brother over the brother's ties to the Blackwater security firm.Clinton camp fires back over columnhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=14&u=/nm/20071117/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_clinton_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:50 pm PSTTop Democratic rivals for president tore into each other on Saturday after a conservative columnist asserted front-runner Hillary Clinton claimed to have damaging information about Barack Obama.Iran says ready to act if attackedhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=15&u=/nm/20071117/ts_nm/iran_usa_ahmadinejad_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:14 am PSTPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday Iran was ready to respond if attacked, but played down the prospect of war with the United States.Afghan and NATO troops kill at least 12 Talibanhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=16&u=/nm/20071118/ts_nm/afghan_violence_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:32 pm PSTAfghan and NATO-led troops, backed by air power, killed at least 12 Taliban fighters and wounded another 15 in an operation in southern Afghanistan, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Sunday.Striking Broadway stagehands to meet producers Sundayhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=17&u=/nm/20071118/ts_nm/broadway_strike_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:05 pm PSTStriking Broadway stagehands will meet with producers on Sunday for a second consecutive day of negotiations aimed at ironing out a contract dispute and ending a walkout that has left most Broadway theaters dark for more than a week.Bush criticizes Democrats over Iraq war fundshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&e=18&u=/nm/20071117/pl_nm/bush_iraq_funding_dcReuters - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:08 am PSTWith Congress and the White House engaged in a long-running feud over war funds, President George W. Bush criticized Democrats on Saturday for holding up money he requested for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.Bangladesh says cyclone death toll hits 2,000http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&e=19&u=/afp/20071118/wl_afp/bangladeshcycloneAFP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:40 pm PSTBangladesh said Sunday the death toll from a massive cyclone hit 2,000, with that grim tally certain to rise as the impoverished country struggled to get aid to millions of people left homeless.US urges Musharraf to end emergency, talk with Bhuttohttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&e=20&u=/afp/20071118/ts_afp/pakistanpoliticsAFP - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:02 pm PSTThe number two US diplomat on Sunday urged embattled President Pervez Musharraf to end the state of emergency in Pakistan before upcoming elections and restart talks with the opposition.You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts.

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