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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PST |
Pakistan's Musharraf says goodbye to troops on eve of quitting as army chief
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Summary: AFP - President Pervez Musharraf began a pomp-filled farewell to his troops Tuesday, one day before he bows to global pressure and quits as army chief to become Pakistan's civilian leader. |
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BBC News |
11:41pm PST |
Mum's rage at paedophile sentence |
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Summary: A mother hits out at the jail sentence handed out to a man who exposed himself to her six-year-old daughter. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PST |
Blood cell transfusion risk |
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Summary: Red blood cell transfusions given to heart surgery patients could raise the risk of heart attack or stroke. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PST |
Choose an English coach - Platini |
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Summary: Uefa president Michel Platini says the FA should appoint an Englishman as the next England coach. |
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ChristianToday |
10:58pm PST |
Salvation Army bringing relief to Papua New Guinea disaster zone |
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Summary: Salvation Army staff in Papua New Guinea are bringing urgent relief to victims of the widespread flooding caused by Cyclone Guba |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PST |
Suicide car bomb in Afghan capital kills 2 civilians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomb targeting a U.S.
military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two
civilians on Tuesday, a senior police official said. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PST |
Motorway opens after fatal crash |
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Summary: A stretch of the M5 in Somerset, where a man died in a 17 car accident, is reopened. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PST |
Vulnerable care charges 'unfair' |
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Summary: Ministers want the power to close a big gap in home care charges for vulnerable people across Wales. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PST |
Bollywood star Dutt granted bail |
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Summary: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, gets bail. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PST |
Suicide blast in Kabul kills 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber triggered a huge blast Tuesday near two armored vehicles used by U.S.-led coalition troops in Kabul, killing at least two civilians and destroying the wall of a nearby house, witnesses and officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36pm PST |
Bush urges Middle East leaders to make tough bargains
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The US-championed Middle East peace summit hit an early snag Monday as Palestinian and Israeli negotiators struggled to agree on a written framework for future negotiations, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PST |
Bush hosts Mideast talks amid skepticism
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
opens a high-stakes Israeli-Palestinian peace conference on
Tuesday, trying to achieve in his final 14 months in office a
goal that has eluded U.S. leaders for decades. |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PST |
NI Antarctic survivor due home |
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Summary: A Belfast man rescued from a sinking liner in the Antarctic is expected to arrive home later. |
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BBC News |
9:52pm PST |
Witnesses face pre-trial quizzing |
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Summary: Prosecuting lawyers will be allowed to interview their witnesses before a trial to assess their reliability. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34pm PST |
Suicide blast in Kabul kills 2 civilians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber triggered a huge blast Tuesday near two armored vehicles used by U.S.-led coalition troops in Kabul, killing at least two civilians and destroying the wall of a nearby house, witnesses and officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PST |
Brown to answer 'crisis' claims |
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Summary: Tories say Labour is in 'crisis' after its general secretary resigns in a new row over party funding. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PST |
Reed's field goal drops Dolphins to 0-11
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trudging through the quagmire of Heinz Field, the Dolphins and Steelers nearly went all night without scoring. Instead, Jeff Reed's 24-yard field goal with 17 seconds left gave Pittsburgh a 3-0 victory Monday night over winless Miami, the first time |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PST |
Two Koreas set for security talks |
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Summary: South Korea's defence minister sets off to meet his North Korean counterpart in a bid to cut border tensions. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PST |
Firemen among civilians honoured |
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Summary: Two firefighters who died battling to save a woman trapped in a burning building receive bravery honours. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PST |
Peru sentences coup backers |
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Summary: Peru's top court sentences 10 members from then President Fujimori's government for their part in a 1992 power grab. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PST |
Republicans threaten to cut aid to Iraq
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Summary: AP - Two Republican senators said Monday that unless Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki makes more political progress by January, the U.S. should consider pulling political or financial support for his government. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PST |
China prods U.S. to block Taiwan "splittist" moves
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China has again prodded the United
States to oppose a controversial referendum on U.N. membership
by Taiwan and warned Washington to stop arms sales to the
island China claims as its own, state media said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PST |
Documents: Mom described killing girl, 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PST |
Pair learn finders not always keepers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A pair of Salem residents learned the hard way that finders are not always keepers. Lonnie Anderson, 47, and Jacqueline Shimmin, 37, were arrested last week failing to return a lost ring. Each faces a charge of first-degree aggravated theft of lost o |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PST |
Two Koreas aim to ease tension along armed border
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea's defense minister went to
North Korea on Tuesday for a meeting of defense chiefs aimed at
easing tensions along one of the world's most heavily armed
borders. |
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BBC News |
7:37pm PST |
Dementia patients 'are ignored' |
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Summary: A report urges mandatory training for all care home staff after finding people with dementia are often neglected. |
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BBC News |
7:37pm PST |
Mandatory dementia training urged |
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Summary: All care home staff should be trained to treat people who have dementia, the Alzheimer's Society says. |
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BBC News |
7:37pm PST |
Call for dementia training |
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Summary: All care home staff should be trained to treat people who have dementia, the Alzheimer's Society says. |
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BBC News |
7:26pm PST |
Private pupils grab top courses |
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Summary: Independent schools tighten their grip on top universities, with their pupils claiming two-thirds of elite places. |
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Cnn.com |
7:21pm PST |
Son indicted over handling of socialite's estate |
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