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11:39pm PST |
French police raid housing projects
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris early Monday, detaining at least 20 people in a bid to find rioters who led an outburst of violence last year, police said. |
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11:33pm PST |
Pakistanis vote in delayed polls
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fears of violence kept many
Pakistanis away from the polls on Monday with 80,000 troops
backing up police to watch over a vote that could return a
parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from
office. |
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11:29pm PST |
Kosovo awaits recognition, and Serb challenge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kosovo looked forward on
Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to
save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new
state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory. |
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11:11pm PST |
Huge beef recall stems from Calif. plant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs. |
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11:07pm PST |
Pakistanis vote amid violence, fraud fears
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Summary: AFP - Millions of Pakistanis voted on Monday in critical elections overshadowed by violence and fears of rigging, with the fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf hanging in the balance. |
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11:01pm PST |
Baccalaureate students to double |
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Summary: The number of students able to study the Welsh Baccalaureate will rise to 18,000 from September. |
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10:55pm PST |
Rice to face Japan protest on military discipline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will
face complaints about military discipline when she arrives in
Tokyo next week, Japan's top government spokesman said on
Monday, after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa. |
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10:45pm PST |
Murray returns to world's top 10 |
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Summary: Andy Murray moves up to number 10 in the world following his second title win of the year in Marseille. |
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10:26pm PST |
5th anniversary of nightclub fire marked
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The wind would strum a 100-string harp in a memorial that was proposed Sunday as hundreds of people gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest fires. |
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10:22pm PST |
Pakistan votes amid fears of violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf — America's key ally in the war on terror. |
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10:19pm PST |
Japan angered by new U.S. crimes after rape arrest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan slammed U.S. military discipline as
slack on Monday, and it plans to raise the issue with U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice next week after a series of
minor crimes following the arrest of a Marine for rape. |
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9:57pm PST |
Kidd headed out in revised, 9-player NBA deal |
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Summary: The New Jersey Nets have reached agreement on their long-discussed trade of Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks, SI.com has confirmed from league sources.
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9:33pm PST |
Crisis measures for Northern Rock |
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Summary: Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank. |
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9:23pm PST |
Clinton campaign issues economic plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign released a 13-page blueprint for fixing the economy Monday, detailing the former first lady's plans to achieve universal health care, address the home foreclosure crisis and develop jobs for the middle class |
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9:15pm PST |
NIU shooter's girlfriend reads 'goodbye' note |
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Summary: Around the day of the shootings at Northern Illinois University, Jessica Baty was sent packages in the mail by her boyfriend, shooter Steven Kazmierczak. One contained a "goodbye" note and a new cell phone, the other had a holster and ammunition, Baty sai |
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9:05pm PST |
Obama, Edwards meet in N.C.; no nod yet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama sneaked down to North Carolina Sunday and met with former rival John Edwards, who has yet to make an endorsement in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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9:04pm PST |
Allen leads East to All-Star win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a proud city still restoring its unique beauty, the Eastern Conference repaired its own image. |
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8:44pm PST |
Al Fayed to attend Diana inquest |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed is to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi. |
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8:20pm PST |
Talks on cluster bomb ban in NZ |
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Summary: Officials from 120 nations meet in New Zealand to try to agree a text for a proposed ban on cluster bombs. |
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8:20pm PST |
NZ hosts meeting on cluster bombs |
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Summary: Officials from 120 nations meet in New Zealand to try to agree a text for a proposed ban on cluster bombs. |
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8:18pm PST |
Economic woes reveal a long-felt unease
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even when experts were declaring the economy healthy, many Americans voiced a vague, but persistent dissatisfaction. True, jobs were relatively plentiful over the last few years. It was easy to borrow and very cheap. The sharp rise in the value of ho |
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8:12pm PST |
Veterans 'need more mental care' |
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Summary: There is too little support for the long-term mental health needs of veterans, a committee of MPs finds. |
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Cnn.com |
7:55pm PST |
Voting under way in tense Pakistan |
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7:51pm PST |
Nancy Reagan hospitalized after fall
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nancy Reagan, wife of former U.S.
President Ronald Reagan, fell at her Los Angeles home on Sunday
morning and is staying overnight at St. John's Hospital in
Santa Monica for observation, her spokeswoman said. |
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7:51pm PST |
Pakistan holds crucial elections
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf — America's key ally in the war on terror. |
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7:49pm PST |
Musical memorial proposed for RI fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The wind would strum a 100-string harp in a memorial that was proposed Sunday as hundreds of people gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest fires. |
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7:47pm PST |
Gunman called girlfriend to say goodbye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The girlfriend of the man who killed five people and himself at Northern Illinois University said Sunday that he called her early on Valentine's Day, the day of the shooting, to say goodbye. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PST |
Newman gives Penske elusive Daytona win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Another thriller, another heartbreak at the Daytona 500. For the second straight year, The Great American Race came down to the last lap. This time the drama rewarded Ryan Newman, who hadn't won in 81 races over more than two years, and team owner Ro |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PST |
Pakistan polls open amid violence, fraud fears
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistanis began voting Monday in critical parliamentary elections overshadowed by violence and fears of rigging, with the fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf hanging in the balance. |
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Cnn.com |
7:39pm PST |
Kosovo celebrates independence; riots in Serbia |
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Summary: Kosovo's parliament officially declared the province's independence from Serbia today, a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but supported by many western governments. "From this moment on, the political position of Kosovo changes. Kosovo is a republic -- a |
