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ChristianToday |
1:21am PST |
Musharrafs rivals head for big win |
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Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharrafs opponents headed for a big election victory on Tuesday after voters rejected his former ruling party raising questions about the future of the US ally who has ruled since 1999 |
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ChristianToday |
1:21am PST |
Bush recognises Kosovo independence |
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Summary: US President George W Bush recognized on Tuesday the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans |
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ChristianToday |
1:20am PST |
Chinas inflation hits 11year peak |
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Summary: Chinese consumer inflation surged in January to an 11year high of 71 percent and looks set to rise further cementing expectations that Beijing will stick to a tight monetary policy despite softening economic growth |
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ChristianToday |
1:19am PST |
Kenya negotiators return to table |
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Summary: Kenyas feuding parties resumed talks on Tuesday after a torrent of calls from home and abroad to solve a postelection crisis that has killed 1000 people and jeopardised the east African nations reputation |
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BBC News |
1:19am PST |
Ministers 'must review conduct' |
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Summary: The assembly must review its ministerial code, the ex-parliamentary commissioner for standards says. |
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ChristianToday |
1:18am PST |
Open Air Campaigners celebrate 40 years of sharing Christ in UK |
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Summary: Open Air Campaigners OAC will celebrate 40 years of sharing Jesus Christ in Britain this year with a special open air meeting on the beach at Brighton and Hove where the first OAC meeting took place four decades ago |
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Yahoo News |
1:15am PST |
North Korean, U.S. nuclear envoys meet in Beijing
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Summary: Reuters - Nuclear disarmament envoys from the
United States and North Korea met in Beijing on Tuesday,
seeking to advance a stalled agreement to dismantle the North's
atomic weapons program. |
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ChristianToday |
1:15am PST |
Armenians vote for president |
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Summary: Armenians voted on Tuesday in a presidential election that Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan given credit for swift economic growth and rising living standards is expected to win |
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ChristianToday |
1:13am PST |
Hightech Japan warship collides with fishing boat |
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Summary: A Japanese naval destroyer equipped with sophisticated radar key to the countrys missile defence system collided with a fishing boat on Tuesday the coastguard said raising questions about the ships monitoring |
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ChristianToday |
1:11am PST |
EU urges Chad government rebels to negotiate peace |
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Summary: The European Union called on Chads warring government and rebels to negotiate a peace deal as relief agencies said on Monday a new refugee crisis was developing in the east where EU troops are being deployed |
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BBC News |
1:09am PST |
Kosovo unique, says Miliband |
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Summary: Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatists, David Miliband says. |
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BBC News |
1:09am PST |
Kosovo case unique says Miliband |
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Summary: David Miliband says Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatist movements. |
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BBC News |
1:07am PST |
Maoists killed in India fighting |
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Summary: Authorities in the state of Chhattisgarh say 11 Maoists have been killed in fighting with security forces. |
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BBC News |
1:04am PST |
Porsche challenges C-charge rise |
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Summary: Porsche plans to mount a legal challenge over plans to increase London's congestion charge to £25-a-day. |
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BBC News |
12:56am PST |
Sperm damage 'passed on' |
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Summary: Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
12:56am PST |
Sperm damage 'passed to children' |
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Summary: Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51am PST |
Bush remembers Rwanda's genocide
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Summary: AP - President Bush visited a memorial of Rwanda's 1994 genocide on Tuesday, calling it a reminder that "evil cannot be tolerated" in the world. |
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Yahoo News |
12:43am PST |
Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat
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Summary: AP - The chairman of Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parities scored wins in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of President Pervez Musharraf — America's close ally in the war on terror. |
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Yahoo News |
12:36am PST |
Ailing Castro gives up the Cuban presidency
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Summary: AFP - Ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro permanently gave up the Cuban presidency on Tuesday, ending five decades of ironclad rule of the island marked by his one-man defiance of the United States. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34am PST |
Bush in Rwanda to focus on past, current conflicts
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will
commemorate the Rwandan genocide on Tuesday, one of the darkest
episodes in Africa's recent history, and call attention to the
current conflict in Darfur which he also calls genocide. |
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ChristianToday |
12:34am PST |
Kobia to step down as World Council of Churches head |
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Summary: The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has announced he will not seek another term as head of the 349member ecumenical body |
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BBC News |
12:27am PST |
Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war |
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Summary: Toshiba will stop making its HD DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the standard. |
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Cnn.com |
12:21am PST |
Big wins seen for Pakistan opposition parties |
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Summary: Unofficial returns Tuesday showed huge wins for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto, one day after a pivotal vote that could threaten Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability.
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Cnn.com |
12:21am PST |
Castro quits as president, state-run paper reports |
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Summary: Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published by state-run newspaper Granma.
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Yahoo News |
12:19am PST |
Castro resigns Cuban presidency
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Summary: AP - Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president from nearly a half-century early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. |
