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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PST |
Riot police use teargas on protesters at Paris college
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Summary: AFP - Riot police in Paris used tear gas to disperse students protesting at a new youth jobs contract, after Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin refused to give way to a growing opposition movement. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PST |
Serbia 'blocks Milosevic burial' |
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Summary: Slobodan Milosevic's son accuses Serbian authorities of blocking plans to bury his father in his home country. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50pm PST |
Protectionist charges ahead of Franco-German talks
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Summary: AFP - Germany and France will hold a regular round of government talks here against the backdrop of accusations from German ministers that their biggest neighbour is protectionist. |
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Cnn.com |
11:41pm PST |
Fifteen bodies found in Baghdad truck |
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Summary: Another grisly discovery was made Tuesday in western Baghdad -- 15 bodies in the back of a pickup truck, Iraq Emergency Police said. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PST |
Google set for court in data spat |
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Summary: Google is to take on the US government in court as the internet search engine fights demands to hand over data. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Nuclear deterrent debate begins |
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Summary: A committee of MPs is to consider whether Britain should replace its nuclear missile deterrent. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PST |
Tens of thousands blockade Thai PM's office to demand resignation
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Summary: AFP - Tens of thousands of protesters have blockaded Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's office to demand he step down, as the premier threatened a state of emergency if the demonstration turned violent. |
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Cnn.com |
11:18pm PST |
Wildfires destroy nearly 700,000 acres in Texas |
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Summary: Wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service says. At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a traffic accid |
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Cnn.com |
11:18pm PST |
Texas wildfires' death toll now 11 |
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Summary: Extensive wildfires have destroyed nearly 700,000 acres of Texas grasslands and continue to spread, the Texas Forestry Service says. At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fires in the state's northeastern panhandle. Four of those people died in a tra |
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Yahoo News |
11:05pm PST |
Belgrade says no to Milosevic funeral-son
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Serbia said it will not allow former
Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic to be buried in Belgrade,
Milosevic's son told Reuters on Tuesday before flying to The
Netherlands to collect his father's body. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PST |
Defense Paints Enron's Fastow As Liar
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Summary: AP - Defense teams for former Enron Corp. CEOs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling pursued similar lines of attack against a key prosecution witness, painting him as a greedy liar with no hard evidence to back up his testimony against his ex-bosses. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PST |
China PM pledges more for farmers |
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Summary: China's PM closes the annual parliament session with a vow to protect poor farmers and an offer of Taiwan talks. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PST |
Blair was warned of US strategy mess in Iraq: leaked memos
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Summary: AFP - Top British officials warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that the US plan for postwar Iraq was a mess and outlined major blunders made once the coalition took control, leaked memos revealed. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PST |
40 Bodies Found in Iraq in Past 24 Hours
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Summary: AP - Police found at least 40 bodies — shot and discarded — in Baghdad in the previous 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday, underscoring fears that deadly bombings in the capital Sunday night would ignite sectarian reprisal atta |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PST |
Serbs 'blocking Milosevic burial' |
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Summary: The son of ex-Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic accuses Serbia of blocking his father's funeral in the country. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PST |
Failed asylum backlog criticised |
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Summary: It could take more than a decade to clear the backlog of failed asylum seekers staying in the UK, say MPs. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Brunstrom wants drug gangs action |
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Summary: North Wales' chief constable Richard Brunstrom says drugs criminalisation has caused an 'explosion' in organised crime. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Police chief demands drugs debate |
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Summary: North Wales Police chief constable Richard Brunstrom says criminalising drugs has led to an 'explosion' in crime. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PST |
UN Council faces Iran impasse
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Summary: Reuters - The United States, Britain and
France on Tuesday will move the Iran crisis to the full U.N.
Security Council after failing to get support from Russia and
China for proposals to rein in Tehran's nuclear ambitions. |
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PST |
Feuds take stage at Rock Hall of Fame ceremonies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PST |
Two questioned over woman's death |
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Summary: Detectives investigating the death of a woman in east Belfast say they are treating it as murder. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PST |
Milosevic's son expected in The Hague to recover body for burial
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Summary: AFP - The son of the late Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic was expected in The Hague to recover his father's body for burial in their Serbian homeland. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PST |
Early voting to begin in Belarus |
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Summary: Early voting is set to begin in Belarus for a presidential election that is officially scheduled for next Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:41pm PST |
Bush extends Iran sanctions, ties it to Iraq bombs
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush renewed sanctions barring US firms and citizens from oil dealings with Iran, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" from Tehran. |
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Crosswalk |
9:40pm PST |
You Have Been Warned! |
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Summary: I think I am going to start posting a warning label so the Spiritual Hall Monitors will be alerted to the fact that my blog may contain humor or, according to some, attempted humor. With this warning they can avoid encountering humor, satire, and sarcasm |
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BBC News |
9:34pm PST |
India rebels free train captives |
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Summary: Maoist rebels in eastern India release more than 40 train passengers they had seized on Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PST |
Thai marchers mass at PM's office |
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Summary: Thousands of Thai protesters surround the office of PM Thaksin Shinawatra, in an attempt to force him out. |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PST |
Call for more BBC accountability |
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Summary: The government calls on the BBC to be more accountable to its audiences in a paper discussing the corporation's future. |
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Cnn.com |
8:52pm PST |
Bush's rating hits new low |
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Summary: As President Bush touts "signs of a hopeful future" in Iraq, a new poll finds public concern about the war there is increasingly a millstone around the president's neck. His approval ratings hit a new low as the poll finds Americans pessimistic about the |
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BBC News |
8:29pm PST |
England must call up Catt - Best |
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Summary: England should make changes when the team to face Ireland is named on Tuesday, says former coach Dick Best. |
