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House rejects Senate Democratic debt bill Lawmakers who said they were determined to avoid an unprecedented government default remained at an impasse over raising the nation's debt limit Saturday, with the House voting against Sen. Harry Reid's debt limit plan one day after the Senate tabled a House proposal. 6.4 magnitude quake jolts Japan A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted northeast Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake, at 3:54 a.m. local time, was also felt in Tokyo. Pakistan puts travel curbs on US diplomats Pakistan has placed new travel restrictions on American diplomats living in the country, a U.S. official said Saturday, in the latest sign of the breakdown in ties between Islamabad and Washington since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Knox trial focuses on DNA evidence Prosecutors at Amanda Knox's appeals trial battled it out Saturday with independent forensic experts who say some of the key DNA evidence used to convict the American student of murdering her British roommate was unreliable and possibly contaminated. Six dead, 21 injured in Egyptian Sinai clash Six people were killed in fighting between an armed group and security forces in the north of Egypt's Sinai region, security sources and the state news agency MENA said on Saturday. Second royal wedding is low-key affair Britain celebrate its second royal wedding of the season. Equestrian star Zara Phillips â€" eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II â€" marries England rugby stalwart Mike Tindall. Afghans arrest army turncoat A senior Defense Ministry official who allegedly leaked secrets that helped the Taliban stage suicide attacks in Kabul has been arrested by the Afghan Intelligence Service â€" one of three high profile arrests announced Saturday by the agency. Moroccan king urges prompt elections Morocco's King Mohammed called on Saturday for prompt parliamentary elections to expedite a new constitution that reduces his powers, after months of protests inspired by revolts in Tunisia and Egypt. Ex-Yankee Irabu hanged himself, didn't leave note Hideki Irabu's famous teammates on the New York Yankees remembered him Friday as a talented pitcher who was fun to be around. Predictions from world's top film visionary Science fiction is where the future happens first, and that puts futurist Syd Mead at least two steps ahead of the rest of us. Here, Mead makes predictions for what we might one day see in film, in real life, or both. Friends mourn victims of roller rink shooting Four siblings killed in a shooting rampage at a Texas roller rink were remembered Saturday as a part of a tight-knit family, even as the hundreds gathered in an Arkansas church to mourn them tried to make sense of the tragedy. Cheers to screams as jet from NY crashes in Guyana Flight 523 from New York had just touched down and passengers were applauding the pilot's landing in the South American country Saturday when something suddenly went wrong. PFT: Ochocinco says he'll do it 'the Patriot way' HBT: Cards reportedly will get Furcal from Dodgers Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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