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ChristianToday |
11:53pm PST |
Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian Convert |
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Summary:
The case against Abdul Rahman the Afghan Christian who faces execution for his conversion
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PST |
Merkel coalition triumphs in German state polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's "grand coalition" has been strengthened by sweeping victories in key state elections, according to provisional results. |
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ChristianToday |
11:33pm PST |
Kember Reunites with Family and Friends |
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British exhostage Norman Kember reunited with his family Saturday in London
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BBC News |
11:25pm PST |
Chrysalis sales beat radio market |
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Summary: Media group Chrysalis, owner of Heart Radio, says it has outperformed its peers with a sharp upturn in revenues. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PST |
Nigerian Militants Free Foreign Hostages
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta on Monday released their last remaining foreign hostages — two Americans and one Briton — more than five weeks after the oil-industry workers were kidnapped, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:13pm PST |
Bush told Blair determined to invade Iraq without UN resolution or WMD
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January 2003 that he was determined to invade Iraq without a UN resolution and even if UN arms inspectors failed to find weapons of mass destruction in the country, The N |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PST |
Four trekkers 'abducted' in Nepal |
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Summary: Maoist rebels in Nepal kidnap four Polish trekkers east of Kathmandu, the Nepal Esperanto Association says. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PST |
Football: Owen dismisses doubts |
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Summary: England striker Michael Owen insists he will be fit for the World Cup, despite a setback in his return from injury. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58pm PST |
Ukraine's liberals talk of coalition after poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ukraine's pro-Western liberals readied on
Monday for coalition talks after former Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko urged them to close ranks to keep out a
Russia-backed party after Sunday's parliamentary election. |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PST |
Wave of Violence Kills at Least 81 Iraqis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police found 30 more victims of the sectarian slaughter ravaging Iraq — most of them beheaded — dumped on a village road north of Baghdad on Sunday. At least 16 other Iraqis were killed in a U.S.-backed raid in a Shiite neighborhood |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PST |
Anti-Americanism 'madness', says Blair
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has sought to dispel views that he is an unquestioning ally of the United States and condemned growing anti-Americanism as a hindrance to closer global ties. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PST |
WTO talks still sluggish as April deadline nears
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Trading nations are struggling to settle their differences as they edge closer to an April deadline for a deal on cutting customs duties which is at the core of WTO talks here. |
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BBC News |
9:52pm PST |
Woman's death murder, police say |
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Summary: Police say a woman who died after a fire in a house in north Belfast at the weekend was murdered. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PST |
Afghan convert case hinges on mental check
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A prosecutor responsible for a case
against an Afghan man who could face the death penalty for
converting to Christianity said on Monday the case against him
depends on the result of a mental examination. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PST |
Call for crackdown on gun crime |
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Summary: As figures show a rise in gun crime around Wales, a charity asks people to call them with information about weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PST |
6 Die in Collision During Wyoming Blizzard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least 20 vehicles crashed on a rural Wyoming interstate in blizzard conditions Sunday, killing at least six people, officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:33pm PST |
Thai opposition slams PM's offer |
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Summary: Thailand's main opposition parties reject PM Thaksin Shinawatra's offer to include them in a new government. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PST |
New Ways to Call Over the Internet Debut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two Internet telephone services debut Monday with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition. |
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Crosswalk |
9:10pm PST |
Two is One, and One is None |
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Summary: A Marine who fought in Iraq said that his sergeant used to tell them, "Two is one, and one is none, and if you are by yourself, you're done." When the time comes to go to battle, you can't wander off on your own of you'll soon be in big trouble. But "two |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PST |
Ukraine voters punish president |
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Summary: The two main rivals to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko make huge gains in elections, exit polls say. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PST |
Talent hunt to boost adult skills |
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Summary: Industry and public sector high-fliers are being encouraged to work in further education colleges. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PST |
Nigeria militants release workers |
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Summary: Nigerian militants release three kidnapped Western oil workers held hostage for more than a month. |
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Yahoo News |
8:45pm PST |
US lawmakers spar over immigration reform amid new protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of protesters rallied in Los Angeles for a third straight day against proposals to tighten immigration law, as members of President George W. Bush's Republican party sparred over the issue. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42pm PST |
Nigerian guerrillas release last three oil hostages: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nigerian separatist guerrillas released three kidnapped oil workers -- two Americans and a Briton -- after holding them hostage for more than a month, according to a state government spokesman. |
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Cnn.com |
8:36pm PST |
U.S., UK hostages freed in Nigeria |
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Summary: Three Western oil workers were released Monday after having been taken captive last month by militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state, a government spokesman told CNN. |
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Crosswalk |
7:55pm PST |
God's Team On the Way to Mississippi |
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Summary: This afternoon I drove to Batesville (70 miles west of Tupelo) to deliver books to a Hurricane Katrina relief team on their way to Biloxi. I could not help but think about the joy on their faces. Though they will work very hard this week, it is no sacrifi |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PST |
U.S. and British hostages freed in Nigeria
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three foreign oil workers, two Americans
and a Briton, were freed on Monday after being held hostage by
militants in Nigeria since February 18, a U.S. diplomatic
source said. |
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BBC News |
7:46pm PST |
Zuma's rape trial set to resume |
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Summary: The rape trial of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday in Johannesburg. |
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Yahoo News |
7:46pm PST |
Six Die in Wreck During Wyoming Blizzard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least 20 vehicles crashed on a rural Wyoming interstate in blizzard conditions Sunday, killing at least six people, officials said. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PST |
Smooth start for ban on smoking |
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Summary: Scots are going to work on the first full day of the new smoking ban, which has so far been enforced without a hitch. |
