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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Morrisons unveils board overhaul |
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Summary: Under-pressure supermarket chain Morrisons names three non-executive directors, after pressure from investors for more accountability. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Nationals' Expected '05 Profit Is $20 Million (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - The Washington Nationals are on pace to earn a pre-tax profit of $20 million this season, reversing the fortunes of one of baseball's biggest economic underperformers during the past decade and increasing the potential value of the fr |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Sides Scramble in Fight For the Iranian Presidency (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - TEHRAN, June 20 -- The battle for Iran's presidency intensified Monday, as reformers rallied around the candidacy of former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, accusations of vote-rigging grew and three newspapers that published a |
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Cnn.com |
8:00pm PDT |
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans oppose war |
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Summary: Nearly six in 10 Americans oppose the war in Iraq and a growing number are dissatisfied with the war on terrorism, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday. |
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
Bolton denied Senate vote again |
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Summary: US Democrats manage to stall a vote on President Bush's nominee for UN envoy for a second time. |
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AssistNews |
7:33pm PDT |
LAUSANNE LEADERSHIP MEETING IN HONG KONG |
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Summary: The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization?s (Lausanne) International Leadership Team is meeting in Hong Kong this week. |
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Yahoo News |
7:25pm PDT |
D-Rays Stop Streaking Yankees With 5-4 Win (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Casey Fossum took a shutout into the eighth inning to win as a starter for the first time since last August, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays held off the Yankees 5-4 Monday night to stop New York's winning streak at six. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PDT |
Suicide Car Bomber Kills 15 Iraqi Police (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber wearing a police uniform killed at least 15 traffic policemen and wounded 100 others Monday during morning roll call at a police headquarters in this oil-rich northern Kurdish city, the second such attack in as many days. |
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Yahoo News |
6:48pm PDT |
Attorney: Schiavo's Remains Buried in Fla. (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who died after her feeding tube was removed in March, were buried Monday in a Clearwater cemetery. |
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Yahoo News |
6:43pm PDT |
Senate Democrats Block Bolton Confirmation (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Senate Democrats blocked John Bolton's confirmation as U.N. ambassador for the second time Monday and President Bush left open the possibility of bypassing lawmakers and appointing the tough-talking former State Department official on his own. |
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Yahoo News |
6:40pm PDT |
Adelphia Head, Son Sentenced in Fraud Case (AP) |
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Summary: AP - John Rigas, who turned a $300 investment a half-century ago into cable behemoth Adelphia Communications Corp., was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his role in the looting and debt-hiding scandal that pummeled the company into bankruptcy. |
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BBC News |
6:39pm PDT |
Four in court over girl's death |
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Summary: Police investigating the death of 15-year-old Aimee Wellock charge four teenagers with manslaughter. |
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Cnn.com |
6:37pm PDT |
Report: Illegal workers at nuclear weapons facility |
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Summary: Sixteen illegal immigrants gained access last year to one of the most sensitive weapons sites in the country, according to a report issued Monday by the Department of Energy's inspector general. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PDT |
Ex-Klansman's Murder Case Goes to Jury (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The murder case against a former Klansman charged in the slayings of three civil rights workers went to the jury Monday after prosecutors made an impassioned plea for a conviction, saying the victims' families have waited a long 41 years for someone |
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Yahoo News |
6:20pm PDT |
Sharon, Abbas to hold historic talks in Jerusalem (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas hold
talks in Jerusalem on Tuesday, the first meeting between an
Israeli prime minister and a Palestinian president in the holy
city at the heart of the Middle East conflict. |
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BBC News |
6:17pm PDT |
Philippines' Cardinal Sin is dead |
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Summary: Cardinal Jaime Sin, the influential former leader of the Philippines' Roman Catholics, dies aged 76. |
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BBC News |
6:04pm PDT |
Taiwan-Japan fishing row worsens |
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Summary: Taiwan sends a warship to disputed waters after complaints that Japan is harassing its fishermen. |
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BBC News |
5:50pm PDT |
Ministers 'to scrap' fraud juries |
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Summary: Plans to end jury trials in complex cases are to be announced by Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. |
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Yahoo News |
5:10pm PDT |
Bolton UN nomination blocked again in U.S. Senate (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Senate Democrats on Monday again
blocked the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador,
raising the possibility that President Bush may seek to bypass
lawmakers and put him in the job without a confirmation vote. |
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Yahoo News |
5:05pm PDT |
Rice prods Arab allies on political freedoms (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on
Monday criticized emergency law, arbitrary justice and violence
against peaceful demonstrators in Egypt and called on the Cairo
government to "put its faith" in the people. |
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ChristianPost |
4:47pm PDT |
SBC Resolution Committee to Weigh Resolution on Homosexuality in Public Schools |
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Summary: A 'Resolution on Homosexuality in Public Schools,' presented to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee, hopes to make its way to the convention taking place in Nashville, Tennessee, this week, June 20-21, 2005.
Despite ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:43pm PDT |
Jury Deliberates Ex-Klansman's Fate (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The murder case against a former Klansman charged in the slayings of three civil rights workers went to the jury Monday after prosecutors made an impassioned plea for a conviction, saying the victims' families have waited a long 41 years for someone |
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BBC News |
4:41pm PDT |
Rugby: Lions aim for fresh win |
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Summary: The Lions' second string aim to maintain a winning momentum in the last game before the first Test. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37pm PDT |
Suicide Bomber Kills 15 Iraqi Police (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber wearing a police uniform killed at least 15 traffic policemen and wounded 100 others Monday during morning roll call at a police headquarters in this oil-rich northern Kurdish city, the second such attack in as many days. |
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Cnn.com |
4:34pm PDT |
Cannabis-based painkiller goes on sale in Canada |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
4:25pm PDT |
Four accused of teenager's death |
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Summary: Police investigating the death of a 15-year-old Aimee Wellock charge four teenagers with manslaughter. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25pm PDT |
Democrats Block Attempt to Confirm Bolton (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Senate Democrats blocked John Bolton's confirmation as U.N. ambassador for the second time Monday and President Bush left open the possibility of bypassing lawmakers and appointing the tough-talking former State Department official on his own. |
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BBC News |
4:22pm PDT |
Patients denied advance bookings |
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Summary: Almost a quarter of patients cannot book a GP appointment three or more days in advance, it is reported. |
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Yahoo News |
4:16pm PDT |
No Surprises on First Day of Wimbledon (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Twelve months ago, Lindsay Davenport was so unsure whether she'd ever play again at Wimbledon she cried as she left. |
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Yahoo News |
4:16pm PDT |
Bolton UN nomination blocked again in US Senate (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Senate Democrats on Monday again
blocked the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador,
raising the possibility that President Bush may seek to bypass
lawmakers and put him in the job without a confirmation vote. |
