President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will kick off the general election season Saturday with large rallies in two critical battlegrounds, Ohio and Virginia, intended to showcase the technological firepower of his reelection campaign. Read full article > >

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The funeral will be held on Saturday for a Coleraine pensioner who died after a burglary at his home.

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Funeral for murdered pensioner

Forty thousand people are expected to descend on the London Olympic Stadium on Saturday, as the landmark venue is officially opened to the public.

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Official opening for 2012 stadium

At the gatherings, the president, who will formally open his re-election campaign on Saturday, and a tight circle of advisers gird for the coming battle with Mitt Romney.

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At Sunday Meetings, Team Obama Prepares for a Tough Fight

Insurgents managed to break into the governor’s palace in Kandahar on Saturday, but were killed by guards in a 20-minute-long firefight.

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Insurgents Attack Governor’s Office in Southern Afghanistan

The legislation, which differs from a House version, would allow the agency to study ending Saturday deliveries in two years and charge for a broader range of services.

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Senate Passes Bill to Overhaul Postal Service

Come sunset Saturday, Nationals Park will be full not with baseball fans but with 41,000 devotees of another American phenomenon: Joel Osteen. Second base will become the main stage for the wavy-haired, ever-smiling Texan, whose cast for the 2 1 / 2 -hour “America’s Night of Hope” includes 100 singers and musicians, 1,000 ticket-ripping volunteers, and a six-person social media team to keep Twitter and Facebook buzzing. Read full article > >

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A series of powerful thunderstorms spawned dozens of reported tornadoes across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa on Saturday, killing five people, the authorities said.

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The three leading candidates were among those eliminated by election authorities on Saturday, in an unexpected decision that threw the contest into disarray once again.

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10 Candidates Barred From Presidential Race in Egypt

Talks got under way Saturday in Turkey between Iran and six world powers, as international diplomats seek to persuade Tehran to rein in its nuclear program.

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Iran, 6 nations hold nuclear talks

Italian footballer Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing during a Serie B match at Pescara on Saturday, according to Italian media reports.

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Soccer player dies after heart attack

The reports of the shelling of two neighborhoods on Saturday tested a tenuous cease-fire as a United Nations struggled to rapidly deploy observersons.

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Activists Report Shelling in Syrian City of Homs

President Barack Obama put an international spin on his domestic economic agenda on Saturday, touting deeper ties and trade partnerships at a weekend summit in Colombia that is bringing together most of the hemisphere's leaders.

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Obama: Legalizing drugs not an option

A tornado touched down Friday in Norman, Oklahoma, bringing scattered damage and a taste of more severe weather expected on Saturday in the Plains.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is going to Cuba on Saturday for more cancer treatment, casting doubt on a trip to the Americas summit.

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Chavez to continue cancer therapy