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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Poker firm set for £4.64bn float |
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Summary: Online gambling firm Partygaming says it will price its shares at 116p, giving the company a market value of £4.64bn ($8.46bn). |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Two premiers to discuss process |
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Summary: British and Irish premiers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern are to discuss the Northern Ireland political situation. |
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BBC News |
11:46pm PDT |
Men attacked with meat cleavers |
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Summary: Police investigating four paramilitary-style assaults in County Antrim attack come under attack. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
Medicare Won't Cover Some Anxiety Drugs (AP) |
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Summary: AP - When the federal government's new prescription drug benefit kicks in next year, it will not cover a category of drugs commonly used to treat anxiety, insomnia and seizures. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Partygaming sets June float price |
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Summary: Online gambling firm Partygaming says it will price its shares at 116p, giving the company a market value of £4.64bn ($8.46bn). |
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BBC News |
11:15pm PDT |
Colombian troops target rebels |
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Summary: Colombia's president moves his government to a military base to crack down on the country's Farc rebels. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
U.S. troops shoot gun-wielding man in Afghanistan (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. troops shot dead a suspected Islamic
militant on a motorcycle who sped up to a checkpoint in
southern Afghanistan at the weekend and drew an automatic
rifle, the U.S. military said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06pm PDT |
Germany's Schroeder's to Meet With Bush (AP) |
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Summary: AP - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is meeting with President Bush in a visit shortened by election-year pressure and overshadowed by the possibility Germany will have a new, more pro-American leader this fall. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
Ferrero stands in way of Federer |
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Summary: Roger Federer takes on Juan Carlos Ferrero on a day when all 16 fourth-round singles matches take place. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
US envoy to discuss Nepal crisis |
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Summary: US state department official, Donald Camp, is in Nepal on a two-day visit to discuss the country's political crisis. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Fire crews tackle factory blaze |
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Summary: Residents near a textile factory in County Armagh are asked to stay indoors while a fire is extinguished. |
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Yahoo News |
10:57pm PDT |
U.S. to resume plutonium 238 production-report (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The United States plans to produce
highly radioactive plutonium 238 for the first time since the
Cold War, The New York Times reported on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PDT |
90 students abducted in Nepal |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PDT |
Rebels abduct 90 students from Nepal classrooms |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Pakistan hears rape case appeal |
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Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court opens hearings in a gang rape case that has caused international outrage. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
'Insult' claim on assembly plans |
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Summary: The Welsh assembly's presiding officer accuses Labour of insulting AMs with some of its devolution proposals. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Beacon of hope on city's mountain |
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Summary: The National Trust opens Divis and the Black Mountain to the public for the first time. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Oil prices surge to record level |
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Summary: Oil prices continue to climb on Monday, surging to a record $60.46 on concerns that demand will outstrip supply. |
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BBC News |
10:32pm PDT |
ID cards set for Commons grilling |
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Summary: The government's Identity Cards Bill faces fresh criticism the day before its second Commons reading. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Social Network's Healing Power Is Borne Out in Poorer Nations (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - RAIPUR RANI, India -- Second of three articles |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
D.C. Battling Boom in Illegal Work on Homes (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - The District's skyrocketing real estate prices have fueled an increase in illegal construction as property owners across the city are building and renovating homes without obtaining the required permits, according to D.C. officials an |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PDT |
U.S. plans new move against weapons proliferation (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration has drafted
a plan to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction by
targeting assets of anyone doing business with North Korean,
Iranian and Syrian firms suspected of working on weapons
programs, The Washington Post r |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PDT |
BBC Broadcast sold off for £166m |
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Summary: The BBC's digital media subsidiary BBC Broadcast is sold to an Australian consortium for £166m. |
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Crosswalk |
9:25pm PDT |
TraveBlog 2: More from the PTA convention |
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Summary: The PTA limited the information available to delegates regarding sexual orientation but allowed other groups to exhibit that are controversial. Although Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) could not exhibit, Americans United for the Separation |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PDT |
Giambi Single in 9th Puts Yanks Over Mets (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Jason Giambi saved the New York Yankees from a Subway Series sweep. |
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BBC News |
9:14pm PDT |
Israel to rule on Hurndall death |
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Summary: A military court in Israel is due to decide if a soldier is guilty of the manslaughter of British student Tom Hurndall in 2003. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Japan emperor visits WWII island |
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Summary: Japan's Emperor Akihito is travelling to the island of Saipan, in his first trip to a wartime battlefield abroad. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Japan's ruler to visit WWII site |
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Summary: Japan's Emperor Akihito is to visit a monument on the island of Saipan, in his first trip to a wartime battlefield abroad. |
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PDT |
Giambi Single in 9th Sends NYY Over Mets (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Jason Giambi saved the New York Yankees from a Subway Series sweep. Giambi capped a ninth-inning rally with a two-run single, and the Yankees avoided an embarrassing three-game sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Sunday night. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Malaysian tsunami funds queried |
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Summary: Malaysia investigates allegations of misused tsunami relief funds in the wake of a BBC report. |
