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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
Trapped Russian mini-sub, crew rescued in Pacific (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Rescuers cut free a Russian
mini-submarine ensnared in deep-sea cables on Sunday, saving
its seven crew with British help, after a three-day ordeal at
the bottom of the Pacific with dwindling oxygen. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Iraq to hold constitution talks |
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Summary: Leading political figures in Iraq are set to meet to try to narrow differences over a draft constitution for the country. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Six parties recess N.Korea crisis talks-China (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The six parties at North Korean nuclear
crisis talks agreed on Sunday to take a three-week recess and
plan to return to the table in the week of August 29, Chinese
chief negotiator Wu Dawei told a news conference. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
Gunmen kill two oil ministry employees in Baghdad (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen killed two employees of Iraq's
Ministry of Oil and wounded two others on Sunday, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
U.S. may cut Iraq troops by 20,000-30,000-NY Times (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. Middle East commander has
outlined a plan that would reduce U.S. forces in Iraq by some
20,000 to 30,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported in
Sunday editions. |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies |
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Summary: The veteran Buena Vista Social Club singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies in a Havana hospital, aged 78. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Tunisair charter plane crashes off Sicily, 13 dead (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - At least 13 people were killed
and 23 injured when their Tunisair charter flight crashed into
the sea near Sicily on Saturday after reporting a technical
fault, emergency services said. |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PDT |
50,000 miss licence law deadline |
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Summary: Up to 50,000 businesses fail to apply for a late licence to serve alcohol and hot food and may have to shut temporarily. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Six Men Charged In Knife Attacks (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Montgomery County police charged six young men yesterday in the knife attacks that wounded several teenagers Friday and acknowledged that the stabbings were the most serious gang violence the county has seen. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
60 Years After A-Bomb, Old Foes Meet Over a Deep Divide (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands, Aug. 6 -- Sixty years ago today, the world went black for Keijiro Matsushima, then a 16-year-old Hiroshima schoolboy. He vividly recalled an airplane he now knows was the Enola Gay shimmering in the s |
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Cnn.com |
9:34pm PDT |
Trapped Russian submarine surfaces, crew alive |
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Summary: A Russian mini-submarine that had been trapped at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean since Thursday surfaced Sunday, and all seven of the crew members on board are alive and in satisfactory condition, officials said. Authorities had been concerned about the |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PDT |
North Korea talks go into recess |
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Summary: China announces that six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear plans are going into recess for three weeks. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Russian submarine and crew saved |
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Summary: A Russian mini-sub is brought to the surface after three days underwater, with all seven crew alive. |
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Yahoo News |
9:19pm PDT |
Six parties to recess N.Korea crisis talks-China (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The six parties at North Korean nuclear
crisis talks agreed on Sunday to take a three-week recess and
plan to return to the table in the week of August 29, Chinese
chief negotiator Wu Dawei told a news conference. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10pm PDT |
Funeral Held for Ohio Marine Slain in Iraq (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The flag-draped caskets of two of the 16 Ohio Marines killed in recent attacks in Iraq arrived at Cleveland's airport Saturday evening, one saluted by his brother and fellow Marine. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Russian Sub Surfaces; All Seven Crew Alive (AP) |
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Summary: AP - All seven people aboard the Russian mini-submarine pulled to the surface Sunday are alive, Russian naval officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:58pm PDT |
Trapped Russian submarine surfaces, crew alive |
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Summary: A Russian submarine that had been trapped nearly 625 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was raised Sunday, and all seven crew members are alive, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed. The sub was raised about 4:20 p.m. (11:20 p.m. ET S |
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BBC News |
8:57pm PDT |
Russian mini-sub reaches surface |
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Summary: A Russian mini-sub is brought to the surface after three days underwater, with all seven crew alive. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
Envoys to N.Korea nuclear talks take 3-week recess (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Envoys to stalled six-party talks
battling to resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear
ambitions agreed on Sunday to take a three-week recess to
consult their governments, the Chinese hosts announced. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Tributes paid to Robin Cook |
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Summary: Tributes have poured in from across the political spectrum for ex-foreign secretary Robin Cook, who has died aged 59. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
Trapped Russian mini-sub resurfaces in Pacific (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A Russian mini-submarine that was
tangled in cables 600 feet down in the Pacific, has resurfaced,
Russian news agencies said on Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42pm PDT |
Russian sub surfaces, crew alive |
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Summary: A Russian submarine that had been trapped nearly 625 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean was raised Sunday, and all seven crew members are alive, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet confirmed. The sub was raised about 4:20 p.m. (11:20 p.m. ET S |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
Trapped Russian Sub Reportedly Surfaces (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean surfaced Sunday after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had snarled it, news agencies reported. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PDT |
North Korea Talks Recessing, China Says (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Envoys to deadlocked North Korean nuclear talks will take a recess, the Chinese government announced Sunday after a record 13 days of meetings failed to bring agreement on a joint statement meant to guide future negotiations. The talks were scheduled |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
Six parties agree to recess N.Korea talks: China (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The six parties at North Korean nuclear
crisis talks agreed on Sunday to take a three-week recess and
plan to return to the table in the week of August 29, Chinese
chief negotiator Wu Dawei told a news conference. |
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Cnn.com |
8:13pm PDT |
Most survive plane crash off Sicily |
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Summary: Rescuers have saved at least 23 of the 38 people on board a small plane that went down Saturday in the waters off Sicily, Italian officials said. Port authorities in Palermo confirmed 13 deaths and said two people were missing. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Justice Stevens Criticizes Death Penalty (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens issued an unusually stinging criticism of capital punishment Saturday evening, telling lawyers that he was disturbed by "serious flaws." |
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Crosswalk |
7:55pm PDT |
The Scar |
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Summary: This morning I got up early and rode my bike from Oak Park to downtown Chicago. I followed Lake Street into the city, which meant that I rode under the elevated train tracks. I ended up at the new Millennium Park on Michigan Avenue. After resting for six |
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BBC News |
7:55pm PDT |
Colombia trio 'create problems' |
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Summary: Bertie Ahern says the return of three republicans sentenced in Colombia has created peace process 'difficulties'. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45pm PDT |
Rescue Delayed After Russia Sub Cut Free (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A British remote-controlled vehicle on Sunday cut away the cables that had snarled a Russian mini-submarine and its seven-man crew deep under the Pacific Ocean, and rescuers were preparing for the sub to surface, a naval spokesman said. |
