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ChristianToday |
11:51pm PST |
Church Leaders Condemn BNP for Inflaming Interfaith Relations |
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Summary: Church leaders have condemned the British National Party BNP for distributing leaflets depicting a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Crash lands shock Oscar triumph |
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Summary: Crash is the shock winner at the 78th Academy Awards, winning best film ahead of favourite Brokeback Mountain. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PST |
Thai PM defiant despite protest |
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Summary: Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra insists he will not resign, despite another large anti-government protest. |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PST |
Depot targeted twice in one day |
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Summary: Raiders attempt to smash their way into a Securicor depot near Heathrow twice in 24 hours. |
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Cnn.com |
8:09pm PST |
Crash tests: Ford Fusion lags field |
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Summary: The Ford Fusion midsized sedan, introduced last fall, earned an "Acceptable" rating in front crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. While that is the second-best possible rating, only one other midsize car design currently on the marke |
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BBC News |
4:53pm PST |
Energy poll boost for renewables |
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Summary: More than half of Scotland's adults have faith in renewable energy sources, a survey for BBC Scotland suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:34pm PST |
Joe murder accused in court |
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Summary: A teenager is due to appear before magistrates charged with murdering 11-year-old Joe Geeling. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04pm PST |
Study Predicts Rise in Overweight Children
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of overweight children worldwide will increase significantly by the end of the decade, and scientists expect profound impacts on everything from public health care to economies, a study published Monday said. |
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Yahoo News |
1:47pm PST |
AT&T agrees to buy BellSouth for $67 billion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - AT&T Inc. said on
Sunday it would buy BellSouth Corp. for $67 billion to
expand its reach into the southeastern United States and
acquire the rest of Cingular Wireless it does not already own. |
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Yahoo News |
1:47pm PST |
Former Twins Great Puckett Has Stroke
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett had a stroke at his Arizona home Sunday and was taken to a hospital for surgery, the Minnesota Twins announced from their spring training camp. |
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Cnn.com |
1:19pm PST |
Red carpet is ready for stars |
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Summary: While there are clear favorites going into the 78th Academy Awards tonight, nobody is ensured of going home with an Oscar until the envelopes are opened. And there are rumblings of upsets. |
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Cnn.com |
1:19pm PST |
Following the line to big awards |
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Summary: While there are clear favorites going into the 78th Academy Awards tonight, nobody is ensured of going home with an Oscar until the envelopes are opened. And there are rumblings of upsets. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16pm PST |
'Madea' Earns $13M, Stays Atop Box Office
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama from the creator of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," held off a rush of new releases to maintain the top spot at the weekend box office. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16pm PST |
Guantanamo Inmates Despair of Ever Leaving
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ahamed Abdul Aziz has been in the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than three years and, by his account, has been interrogated 50 times without being charged with any crime. He waits with anguish for freedom but fears it will never come. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PST |
AT&T Makes Deal to Buy BellSouth for $67B
(AP)
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Summary: AP - AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will acquire smaller rival BellSouth Corp. for $67 billion in stock, in an apparent bid for total control of their growing joint venture, Cingular Wireless LLC. |
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BBC News |
12:48pm PST |
Live updates in Oscars text event |
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Summary: The Academy Awards are set to be handed out - and we want you to be part of our Oscars coverage. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46pm PST |
Glitz and glamour vie for attention at Oscars
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The limousines have been rented,
the champagne put on ice and the couture dresses begged,
borrowed or bought. Hollywood was all made up and ready on
Sunday for its big night -- the Oscars. |
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Yahoo News |
12:42pm PST |
AT&T, BellSouth announce 67 billion dollar merger
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US telecommunications giant AT&T Inc., and BellSouth Corporation announced a giant 67 billion dollar merger deal. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PST |
US warns Iran of consequences of nuclear ambitions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States on Sunday warned
that Iran faced "painful consequences" if it continued
sensitive nuclear activities and said the problem would become
increasingly difficult to resolve if the international
community did not confr |
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Yahoo News |
12:32pm PST |
GOP Lawmakers: U.S. Must Fix Ports Review
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. must overhaul the way it reviews foreign acquisitions of companies involving U.S. ports, two key GOP lawmakers said Sunday, calling the Bush administration's handling of the Dubai deal flawed. |
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Cnn.com |
12:29pm PST |
AT&T reaches deal to buy BellSouth |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
12:29pm PST |
Welcome back 'Ma Bell' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
12:26pm PST |
New Heat on Iraq's Al-Jaafari to Step Down
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sunni Arab and Kurdish politicians turned up the heat Sunday on Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to abandon his bid for a new term, while leaders of Iraq's Shiite majority struggled to paper over growing internal divisions. |
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Yahoo News |
12:23pm PST |
Ally: Olmert Wants Israel to Set Borders
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel will draw its own borders and withdraw from isolated West Bank settlements if acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's party wins elections next month, a political ally said Sunday, the clearest indication yet of the Israeli leader's plan |
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Yahoo News |
12:12pm PST |
US denies Iraq pullout plan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military denied British
newspaper reports on Sunday that it planned to pull its forces
from Iraq early next year, saying the stories, sourced to
senior British defense officials, were "completely false." |
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Yahoo News |
12:10pm PST |
China sees 9th bird flu death, Baku fears Europe's first victims
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China confirmed that a ninth person had died from bird flu, state media reported, while Azerbaijan said it was checking if two children may have died from the illness. |
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BBC News |
12:06pm PST |
Himalayan melting risk surveyed |
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Summary: A new weather station is expected to show the extent of melting from global warming in the Himalayas |
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BBC News |
12:01pm PST |
TB plea to mosque worshippers |
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Summary: A health inquiry begins after six worshippers at an Aberdeen mosque are diagnosed with tuberculosis. |
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DJ Chuang |
11:46am PST |
Pope tech, Keller talks |
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Summary: Pope gets an iPod (ht: teknokool). I’m wondering if he is now subscribing to the Catholic Insider podcast, being the insider of insiders and all.
And here’s one for you long-time Redeemer subscribers (church pastored by Tim Keller). Someone em |
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BBC News |
11:44am PST |
Canadian soldier struck by axeman |
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Summary: A Canadian soldier is in critical condition after an axe attack at a council meeting in the Afghan province of Kandahar. |
