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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Clashes in Sunni district of Baghdad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fighting broke out overnight in the
Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya in Baghdad after gunmen
attacked a police station, police and Interior Ministry sources
said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:28pm PDT |
Two sex offenders slain; suspect kills self |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Coalition Probes Afghan 'Friendly Fire'
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Summary: AP - The U.S.-led coalition said Monday that it had begun an investigation into whether Afghan police were killed by friendly fire during fighting last week in the country's south. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
Justices to Debate 'Adverse' Work Changes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. businesses are confronting a new workplace dilemma: |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PDT |
NYPD turns on surveillance cameras |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Dead soldier was 'future star' |
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Summary: An Army officer killed in a roadside explosion in Iraq, was "a star of the future", his commanding officer says. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
New Japan-China spat over gas |
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Summary: Japan tackles China over reports it has imposed a shipping ban near disputed East China Sea gas fields. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Nepal opposition declares economic war, food and fuel scarce
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Summary: AFP - Residents of Nepal's capital faced more hardship as opposition parties declared economic war on King Gyanendra, with food and fuel shortages taking a toll after nearly two weeks of strikes and protests. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Clashes erupt in Baghdad district: residents
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Heavy clashes erupted overnight in the
Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya in Baghdad and heavy casualties
were feared, residents said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
US-led forces probe Afghan civilian deaths
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S.-led coalition forces have launched
an investigation into the deaths of seven Afghan civilians
during an offensive against Taliban and other militants in the
east of the country over the weekend, a statement said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
Man Sought for 2 Maine Murders Shoots Self
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two registered sex offenders were gunned down in their central Maine homes early Sunday, and a Canadian man sought in connection with the slayings fatally shot himself after Boston police cornered him on a bus, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Sri Lanka blasts kill seven after Tigers suspend peace talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least seven people, including four soldiers, were killed in two mine attacks in Sri Lanka, officials said, one day after Tamil Tiger rebels said they would not attend peace talks. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
Myers Defends Rumsfeld's Management Style
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld did not intimidate members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during planning of the Iraq war as some retired generals have charged, a former chairman said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
Tamil Tigers harden talks stance |
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Summary: Tamil Tiger rebels say they will not attend peace talks until they can hold an internal meeting. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PDT |
More voters 'consider going BNP' |
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Summary: Anger with the main parties has led more voters to consider the far-right British National Party, a report says. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21pm PDT |
Group: Iran may be expanding nuke plants |
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Summary: Commercial satellite photos indicate Iran has begun to expand its nuclear fuel plants and has buried one beneath dozens of feet of earth and concrete, a U.S.-based nuclear watchdog group reports. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54pm PDT |
Pentagon fights back over Rumsfeld |
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Summary: The Pentagon made public Sunday a memorandum it sent to supporters and critics of Donald Rumsfeld, after a week in which several former generals called for the defense secretary's resignation. The memo is an apparent attempt to challenge accusations that |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Shortages worsen in Nepal strike |
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Summary: Food shortages and price rises hit home as a strike called by parties opposed to the king enters its 12th day. |
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Cnn.com |
8:48pm PDT |
Base-running gaffe turns homer into single |
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BBC News |
8:37pm PDT |
Israel parliament to be sworn in |
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Summary: Israel's new parliament is to be sworn in later on Monday following last month's elections. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Iranian Decries Bid to Block Nuke Program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran's former president accused the United States Sunday of waging "a psychological war" against Tehran and said an American strike against the Islamic republic would not be in Washington's interests. |
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
Group: Iran may be expanding nuclear plants |
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Summary: Commercial satellite photos indicate Iran has begun to expand its nuclear fuel plants and has buried one beneath dozens of feet of earth and concrete, a U.S.-based nuclear watchdog group reports. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Obesity Finds Niche in American Marketing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From the cradle to the grave and most points between, obesity has found its niche in American marketing. Make that a wide berth. |
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BBC News |
8:00pm PDT |
'Woods and homes' greenbelt call |
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Summary: More farm and greenbelt land should be reforested or turned into housing, a free market thinktank suggests. |
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BBC News |
8:00pm PDT |
'Woods and homes' green belt call |
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Summary: More farm and green belt land should be reforested or turned into housing, a free market think-tank suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
Myers Says Rumsfeld Didn't Intimidate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld did not intimidate members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during planning of the Iraq war as some retired generals have charged, a former chairman said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45pm PDT |
Arrest Deepens Mystery in Holloway Case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An announcement that police made an arrest in the disappearance of teenager Natalee Holloway left many islanders wondering Sunday who the suspect is — and whether the arrest marked a real breakthrough in the almost year-old case. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21pm PDT |
Man Trading Up From Paper Clip to House
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house? |
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BBC News |
7:08pm PDT |
Teachers want more play |
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Summary: A teachers' union wants everyone to spend more time playing, as a "crucial" lifelong learning tool. |
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BBC News |
7:08pm PDT |
Call for play-based learning |
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Summary: A teachers' union wants everyone to spend more time playing, as a "crucial" lifelong learning tool. |
