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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Divided Koreas mark 1945 freedom |
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Summary: A delegation from North Korea is in Seoul to mark the end of Japanese rule 60 years ago. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Fletcher backs blundering Jones |
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Summary: Duncan Fletcher backs Geraint Jones after two errors keep Shane Warne at the crease in the third Test. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Thousands due at VJ Day event |
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Summary: Europe's largest one-off celebration to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VJ day takes place. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Music Legend's Home Closed to the Public (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Fans of rock 'n' roll icon Jerry Lee Lewis will no longer be allowed to tour his home. Lewis' Nesbit residence has been closed to the public for more than a year during his lengthy divorce proceedings with his sixth wife, Kerrie McCarv |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
Progress but no deal on Iraqi constitution (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's new constitution could be agreed
on Sunday, a day ahead of schedule, but talks overnight were
inconclusive, negotiators said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Five Israeli troops hurt in Gaza 'friendly fire' (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Five Israeli soldiers were hit by
"friendly fire" near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on
Sunday, days before Israel is due to start evacuating settlers
from the occupied territory, the army said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Padres Drop to .500 After Loss to Phillies (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Ryan Howard's go-ahead RBI single was the third straight Philadelphia hit off Trevor Hoffman opening the ninth inning as the Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Saturday night. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Gaza 'friendly fire' injures five |
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Summary: Five Israeli soldiers are injured in a friendly fire incident in Gaza, as Israel prepares for its withdrawal. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
12 Tamils Arrested in Sri Lanka Slaying (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Sri Lanka's government said Sunday that 12 minority Tamils were arrested during overnight raids in connection with the slaying of nation's foreign minister, a killing that officials blamed on the Tamil Tiger rebels and warned could rupture |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Bakiev sworn in as Kyrgyz leader |
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Summary: Kurmanbek Bakiev is officially inaugurated as Kyrgyzstan's president, a month after winning the election. |
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10:00pm PDT |
Anti-Gang Strategies Lack Unity (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Six months after he served more than a year in jail for disposing of a body in a gang-related killing in Montgomery County, Nelson Bernal was back on the streets, lying in wait outside a county high school -- preparing, police say, to |
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10:00pm PDT |
Lifestyle May Be Key to Slowing Brain's Aging (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Like many Americans sliding into middle age, Kimberly McClain started worrying that her memory was beginning to slip. |
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9:56pm PDT |
Iraq war e-mails 'remain secret' |
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Summary: E-mails sent by a key aide to Tony Blair about the legality of invading Iraq are to remain secret, it is claimed. |
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9:25pm PDT |
Rifkind calls Tories 'defective' |
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Summary: The Conservative Party has made no progress during eight years in opposition and is "deeply defective", a leadership candidate said. |
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9:25pm PDT |
Walesa backs Belarus revolution |
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Summary: The former leader of the Solidarity movement in Poland tells the BBC he would support a revolution in Belarus. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
NFL Teams to Use Pill to Monitor Body Heat (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A small plaque lies before a tree planted in Korey Stringer's memory at Minnesota Vikings training camp. "In Memory of Big K," it reads, honoring the beloved right tackle who died four years ago from heatstroke. There was no way for tr |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Sept. 11 Archives Show Heroism Amid Chaos (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Radio communication broke down. Commanders lost contact with their squads. Noise and dust obscured the senses. One paramedic likened it to being in an infantry unit overrun by enemy troops. Yet, in the confusion at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Thousands of BA passengers stuck |
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Summary: Thousands of passengers remain stranded as talks resume to resolve a dispute that left BA flights grounded. |
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8:49pm PDT |
Three US soldiers killed by bomb in northern Iraq (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and
another was wounded when their patrol struck a roadside bomb in
northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:34pm PDT |
U.S. general reports on Iraqi troop training |
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Summary: The U.S. general in charge of training Iraqi forces said Saturday that progress in developing those troops has been made despite the "extraordinarily tough" environment. |
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Cnn.com |
8:34pm PDT |
U.S. General evaluates Iraqi troop training |
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Summary: The U.S. general in charge of training Iraqi forces said Saturday that progress in developing those troops has been made despite the "extraordinarily tough" environment. |
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Cnn.com |
8:04pm PDT |
The first-ever Mr. Afghanistan |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
Sri Lanka hunts assassins, rebels suspected (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Over 1,000 police and troops scoured
the Sri Lankan capital on Sunday for one or more snipers,
suspected to be Tamil Tiger rebels, who gunned down the
island's foreign minister and rekindled fears of a return to
civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Streaking Red Sox Stop White Sox 7-4 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - David Ortiz went 3-for-4, stringing together seven consecutive hits over two days, and Tim Wakefield cruised into the seventh inning on Saturday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to their sixth straight victory, 7-4 over the Chicago White Sox. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Two Koreas to jointly celebrate Liberation Day (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A North Korean delegation arrived in the
South on Sunday for joint celebrations of the 60th anniversary
of independence from Japanese colonial rule despite the
unresolved crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear plans. |
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BBC News |
7:50pm PDT |
Prince Harry security lapse claim |
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Summary: An investigation is under way into claims an undercover reporter obtained an "access all areas" pass for Sandhurst. |
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BBC News |
7:37pm PDT |
Call to back UN genocide reform |
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Summary: Oxfam accuses the US, Russia, India and Brazil of blocking UN reforms aimed at preventing genocide. |
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BBC News |
7:19pm PDT |
Government 'failing' small firms |
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Summary: The government is failing to hit its targets on the development of small businesses, the CBI says. |
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BBC News |
7:12pm PDT |
Gaza 'friendly fire' injures six |
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Summary: At least six Israeli soldiers are injured in what appears to be an incident of friendly fire in Gaza. |
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7:05pm PDT |
U.S. will not lose its nerve in Iraq -Bush (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said
on Saturday the United States will not prematurely withdraw
troops from Iraq because doing so would betray that country as
its leaders finish a critical act of democracy in writing a
constitution. |
