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11:58pm PST |
Bhutan king announces abdication |
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Summary: Bhutan's King Wangchuk says he will step down when the tiny Himalayan state holds elections in 2008. |
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11:54pm PST |
EU agrees farm subsidies end-date |
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Summary: The European Union agrees to end farm export subsidies by 2013 in the final day of trade talks in Hong Kong. |
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11:52pm PST |
Two die in Gaza border incidents |
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Summary: Israeli troops kill a suspected militant in the north of the Gaza Strip, while a militant dies in a blast in the south. |
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11:21pm PST |
Teens Arrested in Alleged Massacre Plot (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two teenagers were in custody for allegedly plotting to carry out a Columbine-like massacre at their former high school next Valentine's Day, authorities said. |
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11:05pm PST |
Group Fights Wal-Mart on 'Happy Holidays' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A group of religious protesters demonstrated outside a Wal-Mart superstore Saturday, hoping to turn away customers by calling attention to the retailer's decision to use "happy holidays" rather than "merry Christmas" in its s |
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11:00pm PST |
Temperatures Climb As Warming Talks Stall (AP) |
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Summary: AP - In the high Arctic, deep in the Atlantic, on Africa's sunbaked plains, climate scientists are seeing change unfold before their eyes. In the global councils of power, however, change in climate policy is coming only slowly. |
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10:34pm PST |
WTO Delegates Race for Compromise Deal (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Groggy trade negotiators struggled Sunday to hammer out an agreement that would reflect only modest progress in cutting global trade barriers as World Trade Organization talks entered their final hours. |
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10:26pm PST |
India start steadily in Ahmedabad |
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Summary: India reach lunch 51-1 on the first day of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. |
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10:14pm PST |
Madras relief stampede kills 43 |
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Summary: At least 43 people die in a rush for flood relief aid in the south Indian city of Madras (Chennai), police say. |
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10:08pm PST |
Stampede at India Relief Camp Kills 43 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers stampeded into a government-run distribution center Sunday in southern India, killing at least 43 people and injuring 30, police said. |
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10:05pm PST |
Gretzky Takes Indefinite Leave as Coach (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Wayne Gretzky took an indefinite leave as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night to return to Canada to be with his mother, who has lung cancer. |
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10:04pm PST |
DR Congo voting on constitution |
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Summary: Voters in DR Congo are voting on a new constitution, but many complain they do not know what it contains. |
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9:53pm PST |
Cameron considers asylum rethink |
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Summary: The Tory leader says he is prepared to consider dropping his party's policy of imposing a cap on asylum seekers. |
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9:51pm PST |
Thieves Steal Two-Ton Moore Sculpture (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thieves using a flatbed truck and a crane snatched a two-ton Henry Moore bronze of a reclining figure from the grounds of the late sculptor's foundation north of London, police said Saturday. |
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9:23pm PST |
Brown rift over EU budget denied |
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Summary: No 10 dismisses reports that Chancellor Gordon Brown is unhappy with the EU budget deal negotiated by Tony Blair. |
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9:22pm PST |
Stampede at India Relief Camp Kills 35 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A stampede at a relief center in southern India to aid victims of recent floods killed at least 35 and injured 35 early Sunday, police said. |
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9:19pm PST |
Teens Arrested for School Shooting Plot (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two teenagers were in custody for allegedly plotting to carry out a Columbine-like massacre at their former high school next Valentine's Day, authorities said. |
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9:13pm PST |
Deeply divided Bolivia to pick a new president (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Bolivians go to the polls in a hotly contested election that could produce the country's first indigenous president and sharply alter its political and economic landscape. |
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9:06pm PST |
Madras relief stampede kills 35 |
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Summary: At least 35 people die in a rush for flood relief aid in the south Indian city of Madras (Chennai), police say. |
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9:06pm PST |
Madras relief stampede kills 30 |
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Summary: At least 30 people die in a rush for flood relief aid in the south Indian city of Madras (Chennai), police say. |
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8:42pm PST |
Moore sculpture 'could be melted' |
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Summary: Police fear a stolen bronze Henry Moore sculpture worth £3m could be melted down and sold as scrap. |
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8:39pm PST |
Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand City (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday. |
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8:17pm PST |
Stampede at India Relief Camp Kills 28 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A stampede at a relief camp in southern India for people displaced by recent flooding killed at least 28 and injured 40 early Sunday, a government minister said. |
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8:09pm PST |
Eclipsed by protests, WTO talks snag at last minute (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Feuding over a date for Europe to end
farm export subsidies derailed a last-minute agreement at world
trade talks in Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after violent clashes
between anti-globalization protesters and riot police. |
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7:57pm PST |
Baylor Profs Dedicate Center for Democracy, Diplomacy in Iraq |
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Summary: Amid Iraq's parliamentary elections and vote tallying this week, professors from Baylor University returned to the United States after establishing and dedicating a center for democracy and diplomacy in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of ... |
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7:41pm PST |
Madras relief stampede 'kills 29' |
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Summary: At least 29 are reported dead in a stampede for flood relief aid in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. |
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7:25pm PST |
Cameron could rethink asylum |
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Summary: The Tory leader says he is prepared to consider dropping his party's policy of imposing a cap on asylum seekers. |
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7:07pm PST |
Football: Arsenal take on Chelsea |
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Summary: Arsenal striker Thierry Henry seeks victory over Chelsea at Highbury. |
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6:59pm PST |
WTO deal snags over EU subsidy cuts (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A World Trade Organization (WTO) deal
on ending farm export subsidies hit a snag at the last minute
on Sunday because Brazil would not agree to a cut-off date of
2013 offered by the European Union, diplomats said. |
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6:32pm PST |
Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday. |
