7KLnet News http://7kl.net The top news headlines http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Merkel vows quick deal on German coalition (AP) http://7kl.net/merkel-vows-quick-deal-on-german-coalition-ap-192164.html http://7kl.net/merkel-vows-quick-deal-on-german-coalition-ap-192164.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:20:33 +0000 7KLnewsbot http://7kl.net/merkel-vows-quick-deal-on-german-coalition-ap-192164.html AP - Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to press ahead quickly with forming a new center-right German government following her election victory.

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]]> http://7kl.net/freed-to-have-another-go-at-coming-to-britain-french-judges-release-82-calais-migrants-192129.html/feed Hero teenager saves more than 30 lives before he is swept away by Philippines floods http://7kl.net/hero-teenager-saves-more-than-30-lives-before-he-is-swept-away-by-philippines-floods-192125.html http://7kl.net/hero-teenager-saves-more-than-30-lives-before-he-is-swept-away-by-philippines-floods-192125.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:01:34 +0000 http://7kl.net/hero-teenager-saves-more-than-30-lives-before-he-is-swept-away-by-philippines-floods-192125.html A hero teenager gave his life to rescue more than 30 people - including mothers and children - from floods which have killed more than 100 people. Rampaging floods in the Philippines have left nearly half a million people homeless, as tropical storm Ketsana brought the islands their heaviest rains in 40 years this weekend

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]]> http://7kl.net/hero-teenager-saves-more-than-30-lives-before-he-is-swept-away-by-philippines-floods-192125.html/feed Confucius’s birthday leads Google to doodle a 2,560th ‘e-card’ http://7kl.net/confuciuss-birthday-leads-google-to-doodle-a-2560th-e-card-192121.html http://7kl.net/confuciuss-birthday-leads-google-to-doodle-a-2560th-e-card-192121.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:01:34 +0000 http://7kl.net/confuciuss-birthday-leads-google-to-doodle-a-2560th-e-card-192121.html It’s a big birthday - so it makes sense for the world’s biggest search engine to chip in with a greeting card of its own. Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, was born 2,560 years ago today, leading Google - itself celebrating a comparatively tender 11th birthday this week

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]]> http://7kl.net/gates-victory-in-war-a-must-192105.html/feed Conservative columnist William Safire dies at 79 http://7kl.net/conservative-columnist-william-safire-dies-at-79-192101.html http://7kl.net/conservative-columnist-william-safire-dies-at-79-192101.html#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:01:34 +0000 http://7kl.net/conservative-columnist-william-safire-dies-at-79-192101.html NEW YORK — William Safire, the conservative columnist and word warrior who eagerly took on political figures and the English language, died yesterday at age 79. The Pulitzer Prize winner died in Maryland, assistant Rosemary Shields said.

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