| • |
Yahoo News |
3:39am PST |
US raid in Iraq kills 3
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - At least three Iraqis were killed and one child was injured after American soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad and opened fire, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Tuesday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
3:38am PST |
Millions in China to greet new year without power
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Railways and highways were
returning to normal across China on Tuesday, but millions are
likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power
and water in what for some is the coldest winter in a century. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
3:34am PST |
Israel on high alert after bombing
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Israeli security forces were on high alert Tuesday, sending beefed-up patrols to public areas such as shopping malls, bus stations and train depots after the first Palestinian suicide attack in more than a year. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
3:31am PST |
Super Tuesday weather could snarl vote
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Another punch of snow loomed over the northern Midwest while thunderstorms crashed through the interior Southeast early Tuesday, potentially hampering voting in many of the states holding primaries and caucuses. |
| • |
BBC News |
3:29am PST |
BP to cut jobs after profits fall |
| |
Summary: BP will cut 5,000 jobs after reporting "disappointing" profits as margins were squeezed and costs rose. |
| • |
BBC News |
3:13am PST |
Lab creates three-parent embryo |
| |
Summary: Scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in IVF treatment by creating a human embryo with three separate parents. |
| • |
BBC News |
3:13am PST |
Three-parent embryo created |
| |
Summary: Scientists create a human embryo with three separate parents, raising hopes of new treatment for genetic disease. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
3:12am PST |
Rebels in Chad accept ceasefire; refugees still fleeing
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - Rebels in Chad trying to overthrow President Idriss Deby agreed Tuesday to an immediate ceasefire, as refugees streamed into neighbouring Cameroon by the thousands for fear of renewed fighting. |
| • |
BBC News |
2:59am PST |
Interactive maps of state-by-state vote |
| |
Summary: Guide to Super Tuesday polls and beyond |
| • |
BBC News |
2:59am PST |
Interactive maps of Super Tuesday vote |
| |
Summary: Guide to Super Tuesday polls and beyond |
| • |
BBC News |
2:31am PST |
Tory MPs called to expenses talks |
| |
Summary: David Cameron summons Tory MPs to a meeting to outline his plans to change rules on declaring their spending. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:31am PST |
Israeli lawmaker urges killing of Hamas leaders
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - A senior member of Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert's party urged the Israeli government on Tuesday to
order the assassination of Hamas political leaders in response
to a bombing in Israel claimed by the Islamist group. |
| • |
BBC News |
2:22am PST |
Inspections 'miss' track faults |
| |
Summary: Dangerous railway track defects could be missed due to system failures, the BBC has discovered. |
| • |
BBC News |
2:21am PST |
'Work or lose home' - minister |
| |
Summary: Council tenants should look for work or risk homelessness, the new housing minister Caroline Flint is proposing. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
2:19am PST |
New Iraqi flag raised over Baghdad |
| |
Summary: A new Iraqi flag flew for the first time in Baghdad Tuesday morning.
|
| • |
BBC News |
2:14am PST |
Ex-ally to fight Mugabe in poll |
| |
Summary: A senior member of Zimbabwe's ruling party says he will challenge President Robert Mugabe in March polls. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:14am PST |
New Orleans revelers usher in Mardi Gras
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Wearing beaded sunglasses with feathers, 83-year-old Lorraine McCaslin waved a green handkerchief as she danced in New Orleans' Woldenberg Park, ushering in what she says is her favorite time of year — Mardi Gras. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
2:12am PST |
Rebels in Chad accept ceasefire
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - Rebels who attacked Chad's capital Ndjamena over the weekend said Tuesday they accepted the principle of an immediate ceasefire, and blamed France for creating "enormous" civilian casualties. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:58am PST |
Interactive map |
| |
Summary: A state-by-state guide to voting in Super Tuesday states |
| • |
BBC News |
1:51am PST |
House prices unchanged in January |
| |
Summary: The Halifax - the UK's biggest mortgage lender - says house prices were unchanged in January. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:50am PST |
Democratic battle too close to call |
| |
Summary: Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are locked in a unique fight to secure their place in history, says the BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
1:50am PST |
Policeman felt under pressure to bug MP |
| |
Summary: A former policeman accused of bugging prison conversations between an MP and a terrorism suspect thought the operation was unjustified but felt under pressure to carry it out newspapers on Tuesday reported his lawyers as saying |
| • |
BBC News |
1:42am PST |
Lenders predict repossession rise |
| |
Summary: Four fifths of mortgage lenders predict repossessions will grow this year, according to a survey. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:37am PST |
France warns Chad rebels |
| |
Summary: France warns rebels in Chad that it could intervene if they continue to threaten the capital, N'Djamena. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:32am PST |
Glasgow gang levels match London |
| |
Summary: Glasgow is blighted by drug and alcohol abuse and has as many youth gangs as London, a think tank says. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:28am PST |
January house prices unchanged |
| |
Summary: The Halifax - the UK's biggest mortgage lender - says house prices were unchanged in January. |
| • |
BBC News |
1:27am PST |
Ministers launch fluoride drive |
| |
Summary: Health Secretary Alan Johnson calls for fluoride to be added to England's water supplies as a key means of tackling tooth decay. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
1:19am PST |
Texas Tech coach Bob Knight resigns
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Bob Knight promised that when he finally decided to call it quits at Texas Tech it would be hard to find him. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
1:14am PST |
A Super Tuesday showdown in 24 states |
| |
Summary: Voters in 24 states make their choices in an unpredictable presidential campaign on Tuesday with Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in a close fight and Republican John McCain aiming for a knockout blow against Mitt Romney |
| • |
BBC News |
1:13am PST |
Cricket: England defeat Kiwis |
| |
Summary: Dimitri Mascarenhas hits four sixes in a row as England beat New Zealand by 32 runs in a Twenty20 international. |
