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Yahoo News |
1:29am PST |
Pakistanis trickle to 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 choose a
parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from
office. |
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BBC News |
1:26am PST |
Al Fayed attending Diana inquest |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed arrives to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and his son Dodi. |
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ChristianToday |
1:25am PST |
Vatican calls for moderation in Kosovo and Serbia |
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Summary: The Vatican called for prudence and moderation in Kosovo and Serbia after the breakaway province declared independence on Sunday |
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BBC News |
1:12am PST |
Action plan targets knife crime |
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Summary: Police are to be issued with airport style metal detectors in a crime crackdown being launched by Jacqui Smith. |
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ChristianToday |
1:11am PST |
Caritas launches Chad appeal as refugees stream into Cameroon |
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Summary: The Caritas network of Catholic aid agencies has launched an appeal to help refugees fleeing from turbulent Chad to neighbouring Cameroon |
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BBC News |
1:02am PST |
Athletics: Call for long bans |
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Summary: Tanni Grey Thompson, leading an anti-doping review for UK Athletics, wants eight-year bans for drugs cheats. |
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Yahoo News |
12:55am PST |
Protests greet U.S. war games in the Philippines
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of people protested against
U.S. soldiers involved in humanitarian missions in Muslim areas
of the southern Philippines on Monday, saying the troops'
presence could be provocative. |
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Yahoo News |
12:49am PST |
East All-Stars beat West 134-128
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Like tourists who flock here, a few All-Stars departed the Big Easy with souvenirs from a memorable weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
12:48am PST |
Musician salutes Lincoln with new album
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just in time for Presidents Day comes a new album saluting Abe Lincoln. Honest. Chris Vallillo's "Abraham Lincoln in Song" is a collection of mostly Civil War-era songs, including "Dixie" and "Battle Cry of Freedom." |
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Yahoo News |
12:47am PST |
Rice arrives in Kenya to push crisis talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice arrived in Kenya on Monday to push talks to end the
post-election crisis but can expect a lukewarm welcome from the
government, bristling at Western pressure for a quick deal. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44am PST |
McCain advisers chart a new direction
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain's presidential campaign has been likened to a pirate ship: A feisty captain, rhetorical saber in hand, leading a fiercely loyal crew against his Republican primary opponents. |
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Cnn.com |
12:40am PST |
NIU shooter's girlfriend: 'He was normal' |
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Summary: Jessica Baty got a note from her boyfriend on Valentine's Day -- the same day he killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University. Baty described to CNN the letter and two packages sent to her by the man she thought she knew. "He was anyth |
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Cnn.com |
12:40am PST |
NIU shooter's girlfriend: 'I do still love him' |
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Summary: Jessica Baty got a note from her boyfriend on Valentine's Day -- the same day he killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University. Baty described to CNN the letter and two packages sent to her by the man she thought she knew. "He was anyth |
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Yahoo News |
12:35am PST |
Bush touts effort to stop malaria deaths
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north on Monday, saying the United States is part of an international effort to provide enough netting to protect every child under five in the east African nation. |
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ChristianToday |
12:30am PST |
Pakistanis vote in delayed polls |
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Summary: Fears of violence kept many Pakistanis away from the polls on Monday with 80000 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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ChristianToday |
12:29am PST |
Kosovo awaits recognition and Serb challenge |
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Summary: 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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ChristianToday |
12:29am PST |
US makes largest beef recall |
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Summary: A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest US meat recall on record 143 million lbs the Agriculture Department said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
12:28am PST |
Picnic site blast kills over 80 Afghans |
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Summary: A suicide bomber killed more than 80 people at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday in the most deadly attack since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 the government said |
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BBC News |
12:27am PST |
Rice in Nairobi to push for deal |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Kenya in an attempt to end the political crisis. |
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ChristianToday |
12:22am PST |
Child campaign brings Freetown slum to Internet |
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Summary: From Monday people all over the world can become virtual neighbours to the residents of a Sierra Leone slum plagued by infant mortality and rampant disease through an Internet campaign by the charity Save the Children |
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ChristianToday |
12:21am PST |
Barack Obama visits John Edwards |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama slipped away for a private meeting with former rival John Edwards on Sunday to seek his endorsement as the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton battle for Wisconsin |
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ChristianToday |
12:20am PST |
Ugandas Anglicans hail boycott of Lambeth meeting |
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Summary: Ugandas Anglican worshippers praised on Sunday their archbishops decision to boycott a onceinadecade global Church meeting over a row over gay clergy and samesex unions |
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ChristianToday |
12:20am PST |
Thousands of villagers flee after Darfur offensive |
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Summary: Three elderly Darfuri men hack away at a pile of logs struggling to build a new home in Kondobe town more than a week after they fled their village to escape government attacks and militia looting |
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ChristianToday |
12:19am PST |
East Timor police arrest 200 for breaking curfew |
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Summary: East Timor police have arrested slain rebel leader Alfredo Reinados lawyer in connection with last weeks assassination attempt on President Jose RamosHorta the prosecutor general said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PST |
EU must rapidly seek Chad ceasefire to avert crisis |
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Summary: European foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday must increase diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire in Chad to prevent a major humanitarian crisis British charity Oxfam said |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PST |
Cyprus president defeated in election |
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Summary: Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday sending two candidates who want talks on reuniting the island to a runoff |
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BBC News |
12:11am PST |
Liverpool form worries Carragher |
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Summary: Liverpool are suffering from something more serious than a "bad spell", according to defender Jamie Carragher. |
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BBC News |
12:11am PST |
French police target riot leaders |
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Summary: French police arrest more than 30 people in raids near Paris, targeting the instigators of November's riots. |
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ChristianToday |
12:08am PST |
Brown faces grilling on Rock nationalisation |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a grilling on Monday after the government said it would take ailing bank Northern Rock into public ownership the first nationalisation since the 1970s |
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ChristianToday |
12:08am PST |
Brown faces grilling on Rock nationalistion |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a grilling on Monday after the government said it would take ailing bank Northern Rock into public ownership the first nationalisation since the 1970s |
