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BBC News |
11:58pm PST |
Austria bid to revive EU treaty |
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Summary: The European Commission visits Austria, the new EU president, which seeks to revive debate on a constitution. |
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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PST |
Doctors try to revive Sharon from coma: hospital (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Doctors began efforts to bring
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of an induced coma on
Monday to assess brain damage and his chances of survival after
a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PST |
Muslim pilgrims yearn for emotional high near Mecca (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Over two million Muslim pilgrims started moving at sunrise towards Mount Arafat to perform the central rite of hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PST |
Jessops enjoys 'strong' Christmas |
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Summary: Photographic goods retailer Jessops reports a healthy rise in sales over the festive period. |
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Yahoo News |
11:46pm PST |
N. Korea says nuclear talks with US are illogical (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea sees no point in returning to
six-country nuclear talks because of U.S. sanctions, Pyongyang
said on Monday, adding Washington would probably veto any deal
to end the North's atomic ambitions anyway. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PST |
Tributes paid to ex-MP Tony Banks |
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Summary: Tributes pour in from the many friends and colleagues of Tony Banks who died after suffering a stroke on holiday in Florida. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PST |
Russia, Iran share views on region development: envoy (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Russia and Iran hold similar views on many issues concerning the region's development, the chief of Russia's delegation to Iran said as quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PST |
Senate Hearings to Begin for Samuel Alito (AP) |
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Summary: AP - After months of preparation, Samuel Alito will face close questioning by senators to determine his fitness to be the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice. |
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ChristianToday |
11:37pm PST |
WARC Leaders Call for New Era of Partnership with Vatican |
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Summary: The leaders of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches WARC has urged a new era of partnership with the Vatican during a meeting with the Pope and Pontifical Council Saturday |
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ChristianToday |
11:30pm PST |
Muslim Envoy May Return to Iraq for CPT Hostages |
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Summary: The Muslim Association of Britain envoy is considering returning to Iraq to seek the release of the four Christian Peacemaker Teams hostages who were abducted in November 2005 |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Two held over Thai tourist murder |
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Summary: Thai police arrest two local fishermen over the murder of British student Katherine Horton. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PST |
US automakers on defensive at Detroit auto show (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - US automakers were on the defensive at the Detroit Auto Show as Asian rival Honda captured the prestigious car and truck of the year awards and disgruntled auto workers protested outside. |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PST |
Russian Orthodox Church Breaks With Swedish Lutherans Over Gay Unions |
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Summary: The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended relations with the Lutheran Church of Sweden over the issue of blessings for same sex couples taking part in civil partnership ceremonies |
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Yahoo News |
11:17pm PST |
Iran says to resume atomic fuel research on Monday (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Iran confirmed it will resume research
on nuclear fuel on Monday, a move that is expected to amplify
calls for the country to be sent to the UN Security Council for
possible sanctions. |
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BBC News |
11:11pm PST |
Tube strike 'has little impact' |
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Summary: London Underground says services are running on all lines despite a 24-hour walkout by station staff. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PST |
Football: Cup draw awaited |
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Summary: The FA Cup fourth-round draw takes place on Monday - with Nuneaton and Burton among the teams in the hat. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PST |
New clash over assembly's powers |
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Summary: Political parties fall out over plans to give the Welsh assembly its biggest increase in powers yet. |
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Cnn.com |
10:46pm PST |
Two million pilgrims making Hajj |
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Summary: About 2 million Muslims from around the world are streaming toward Mecca today as they make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford the trip is obliged to perform the Hajj to Mecca |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PST |
Tube strike 'closes 40 stations' |
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Summary: London Underground says services are running on all but one line despite a 24-hour walkout by station staff. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PST |
Pensioner targeted in sex attack |
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Summary: A 78-year-old woman is attacked and raped in the bedroom of her home in Dromore, County Tyrone. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40pm PST |
Israel limits Palestinian campaign in E.Jerusalem (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israel is allowing candidates for
Palestinian legislative elections on January 25 to campaign in
Arab East Jerusalem as long as they do not belong to militant
groups, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PST |
Japan and China talk amid tension |
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Summary: Japanese and Chinese officials meet for talks on disputed gas deposits, after a series of bilateral rows. |
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Crosswalk |
10:25pm PST |
Christian Worldview and the Challenge of the Aged, Part One |
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Summary: "Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails." This is the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalm 71:9. Like so many before and after him, the Psalmist fears being forsaken when he is old. In our own times, this concern ta |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PST |
Airport rail link bid put forward |
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Summary: Plans for creating a rail link to Glasgow Airport are to be submitted to the Scottish Parliament on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:08pm PST |
Israel allows limited Palestinian campaign in E.Jerusalem (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israel is allowing candidates for
Palestinian legislative elections on January 25 to campaign in
Arab East Jerusalem as long as they do not belong to militant
groups, Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:02pm PST |
Doctor: Mine survivor 'doing exceptionally well' |
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Summary: Randy McCloy Jr., the sole survivor of last week's West Virginia mine disaster, began breathing on his own Sunday after sedatives were withdrawn, doctors said. But McCloy remained attached to a ventilator in case he should need it, the hospital said. |
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BBC News |
9:53pm PST |
Tributes paid to Tony Banks |
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Summary: Tributes pour in from the many friends and colleagues of Tony Banks who died after suffering a stroke on holiday in Florida. |
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BBC News |
9:43pm PST |
Turkey bird flu investigated |
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Summary: A team of world bird flu experts is in eastern Turkey to examine the scene of the most recent outbreak. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PST |
Doctors to try to wake Sharon (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Doctors treating Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon plan to start reducing his sedation on
Monday to try to rouse him from a medically induced coma and
assess the damage to his brain caused by a severe stroke. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PST |
Rockets against Israel "ordered by Bin Laden": Iraqi Al-Qaeda chief (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said in an audio tape put onto the Internet that rockets had been fired at Israel from Lebanon last month "on the instructions" of the network's overall chief Osama bin Lad |
