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BBC News |
11:49pm PST |
Review could lower key CO2 target |
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Summary: A government target to cut CO2 emissions by 2010 may be lowered by 2% in a climate review, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
11:46pm PST |
Commuters hit by French strikes |
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Summary: Commuters in France face major disruption as transport unions join a day of strikes over youth employment laws. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PST |
Moussaoui trial races towards climax after dramatic testimony
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Summary: AFP - The death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui is racing towards a climax, after a stunning day of testimony in which the Al-Qaeda operative said Osama bin Laden ordered him to fly a fifth hijacked jet at the White House on September 11, 2001. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PST |
Birth pill 'may cut cancer risk' |
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Summary: Experts are developing a contraceptive pill which does not raise the risk of breast cancer. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PST |
Fed Not Likely to Change Interest Rates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - While the Federal Reserve has a new chairman for the first time in nearly two decades, it is not likely to change the central bank's two-year pattern of pushing interest rates higher. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PST |
Video games tackle 'lazy eye' |
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Summary: Playing virtual reality computer games may help treat the condition known as lazy eye, say researchers. |
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BBC News |
11:20pm PST |
Embrace picked for World Cup song |
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Summary: Rock band Embrace are to record the official song for England's World Cup campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58pm PST |
Afghan Christian convert released
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been freed from prison, the justice minister said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PST |
Afghan Christian convert released, vanishes |
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Summary: An Afghan man threatened with the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been released from prison, senior Western diplomats said today. His whereabouts were not immediately known. Ahead of his release, Abdul Rahman requested asylum in a Western |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PST |
Freed Christian vanishes |
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Summary: An Afghan man threatened with the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been released from prison, senior Western diplomats said today. His whereabouts were not immediately known. Ahead of his release, Abdul Rahman requested asylum in a Western |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PST |
Philippines blast 'extortion bid' |
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Summary: Police blame extortionists for an explosion on the southern Philippine island of Jolo which killed nine people. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PST |
Football: Vieira has no regrets |
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Summary: Juventus midfielder Patrick Vieira says he is happy with his decision to leave Arsenal for Juventus. |
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ChristianToday |
10:32pm PST |
CWS Launches Emergency Appeals for Tanzania Angola |
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Summary: Church World Service is appealing for donors to contribute to |
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Cnn.com |
10:25pm PST |
Game doesn't count, but teams brawl anyway |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PST |
Bonds: 'I'm Just Trying to Stay Sane'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Seven home runs shy of passing Babe Ruth, this should be a time of unbridled joy and excitement for Barry Bonds. |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PST |
EU cracks down on 'roaming' costs |
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Summary: Mobile phone users may pay less for making calls abroad, under EU proposals due to be revealed on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20pm PST |
Afghan Christian convert is released
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An Afghan Christian convert who faced a
possible death sentence for denying Islam has been freed after
a chorus of Western pleas that his religious freedom be
respected, the Afghan justice minister said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01pm PST |
Christian Convert Released From Prison
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison after the case was dropped, the justice minister said Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PST |
Afghan convert released |
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Summary: An Afghan man threatened with the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been released from prison, senior Western diplomats said today. His whereabouts was not immediately known. Ahead of his release, Abdul Rahman requested asylum in a Western |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PST |
Augustus Helps LSU Join Men in Final Four
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Seimone Augustus gave her old neighborhood — and all the rest of Baton Rouge — another reason to celebrate. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PST |
British and Australian PMs defend Iraq involvement
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Summary: AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Australian counterpart John Howard defended their involvement in the US-led Iraq war, describing the political situation there as "inspiring." |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PST |
Afghan Christian convert freed: justice minister
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Summary: AFP - An Afghan facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity has been freed from prison, the justice minister said. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PST |
Afghan convert freed from prison |
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Summary: An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity is freed from prison in Kabul. |
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BBC News |
9:28pm PST |
Israel votes for new government |
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Summary: The Israeli people go to the polls in an election that could lead to a push to settle final borders. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PST |
Loneliness Linked to High Blood Pressure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Loneliness in people over 50 greatly increases their risk of high blood pressure, researchers say in the latest study to underscore the health advantages of friends and family. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PST |
Israel votes with future Mideast map at stake
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Polls opened in Israel for charged elections whose outcome is likely to spark a determined drive to redraw the Middle East map but which have nonetheless failed to electrify voters. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PST |
Israelis vote, polls predict Olmert victory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israelis began voting in an election
on Tuesday that interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called a
referendum on his plan to uproot remote settlements in the West
Bank if peacemaking with the Palestinians stays frozen. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PST |
Clooney, Pitt, Damon a Go for 'Ocean's 13'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Now that George Clooney's an Academy Award winner, he and his crew are returning to their thieving ways. |
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Cnn.com |
9:05pm PST |
Israelis going to the polls |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PST |
Households on 'cash knife-edge' |
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Summary: Two million UK households are living on a financial knife-edge, a Financial Services Authority (FSA) suggests. |
