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11:45pm PST |
Khmer Rouge leader 'enacts role' |
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Summary: A former Khmer Rouge prison chief is taken back to one of Cambodia's killing fields to re-enact his alleged actions. |
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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PST |
Rice seeks Chinese help on NKorea nukes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won a verbal assurance Tuesday from China to use its influence to jump-start the stalled process of dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs yet it was unclear when or how the Chinese would follow through. |
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11:38pm PST |
Music to ease US, N Korea ties |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic is to perform a groundbreaking concert in secretive and anti-American North Korea. |
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11:37pm PST |
Rice urges China to use influence on North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice urged China on Tuesday to use its influence to press North
Korea to make a full declaration of its nuclear programs so
that a disarmament deal can move forward. |
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11:36pm PST |
Brits 'under-estimate waist size' |
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Summary: British people think their waist is slimmer than it actually is - raising fears that they miss a warning sign of diabetes. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PST |
Study doubts effectiveness of antidepressant drugs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Antidepressant medications appear to
help only very severely depressed people and work no better
than placebos in many patients, British researchers said on
Monday. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PST |
New DUP minister to be announced |
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Summary: Assembly members are to be informed about the appointment of a new DUP junior minister at Stormont. |
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10:00pm PST |
Jersey 'cover-up faces exposure' |
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Summary: As police continue to search a former Jersey children's home, a former minister says he will expose a 'cover-up culture'. |
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Cnn.com |
9:59pm PST |
N.Y. Philharmonic tunes up in North Korea |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to play a historic concert in North Korea on Tuesday -- but there is no word yet on whether leader Kim Jong Il will attend.
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Cnn.com |
9:50pm PST |
Part of 'axis of evil' shows gutted nuclear plant |
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Summary: Talk about descent. Eighteen months ago, North Korea could test-fire a nuke. Now, the same plant that produced that feat has severed pipes and crumbling concrete. It's a far cry from the place that earned President Bush's "evil" label.
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Cnn.com |
9:44pm PST |
U.S. sees vote 'soon' on Iran sanctions |
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Summary: The United States predicted a quick vote on a third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as it begins to build a case against Iran's central bank for proliferation activities, senior State Department officials and European diplom |
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Cnn.com |
9:44pm PST |
U.S. predicts vote 'soon' on Iran sanctions |
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Summary: The United States predicted a quick vote on a third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as it begins to build a case against Iran's central bank for proliferation activities, senior State Department officials and European diplom |
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9:33pm PST |
Hinn turns over material to Senate panel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A senator's investigation into spending and oversight at six "prosperity gospel" ministries has hit a roadblock with a minister intensifying his efforts to fight the inquiry, but made progress on Monday when another turned over documents. |
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8:45pm PST |
Canada debates Afghanistan troops |
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Summary: A debate begins in the Canadian parliament in Ottawa on the future of the country's troops in Afghanistan. |
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8:25pm PST |
Regional casino details awaited |
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Summary: The government is expected to confirm plans for 16 regional casinos and scrap the super-casino for Manchester. |
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8:22pm PST |
Spears' dad, lawyer trade legal barbs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears' father and a lawyer who claims to represent her traded legal barbs Monday in an intensifying fight over whether James Spears is violating her civil rights by controlling her finances and life. |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PST |
Unbeaten boxer's wrestling payday: $20M |
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Summary: LOS ANGELES -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. will earn a record $20 million for his first professional wrestling match next month.
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8:06pm PST |
Scientists say rules may keep timid fish
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rules that allow only the catching of larger fish may encourage their replacement with slower growing, more timid varieties. That, at least, is the concern of researchers who studied test populations in two artificial lakes and report their findings |
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7:54pm PST |
Bus stop killer facing life terms |
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Summary: A man who killed two students and tried to kill a third faces life terms in prison when he is sentenced. |
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PST |
Mukasey: Keep crack convicts in prison |
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Summary: Attorney General Michael Mukasey Monday urged police officers to join his effort to push Congress to prevent what he fears will be a dumping of thousands of violent criminal offenders on the streets of U.S. cities in coming weeks.
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7:44pm PST |
Nigeria election verdict expected |
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Summary: A court is to rule on whether last year's presidential election in Nigeria should be re-run because of fraud. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22pm PST |
Hinn turns over material to senate panel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A senator's investigation into spending and oversight at six "prosperity gospel" ministries has hit a roadblock with a minister intensifying his efforts to fight the inquiry, but made progress on Monday when another turned over documents. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08pm PST |
North Korea to tune into New York Philharmonic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and North Korea
have fought a war and played at nuclear brinkmanship. On
Tuesday night, they will attempt a unique moment of unity when
the New York Philharmonic plays a concert in Pyongyang. |
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Yahoo News |
6:53pm PST |
Rice in China to seek progress on North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice was due to meet China's top leaders in Beijing on Tuesday
to discuss how to persuade North Korea to fully declare its
nuclear programs as a step toward eliminating them. |
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BBC News |
6:52pm PST |
Greenspan negative on US economy |
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Summary: Federal Reserve ex-head Alan Greenspan warns that the US economy could see a deep contraction. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PST |
Don't feel great? Rethink flying, expert says |
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Summary: The death of a passenger last week aboard an American Airlines flight underscores the importance of taking precautions before flying, an expert says. Jill Drake of MedAire Inc. has advice for anyone not feeling 100 percent: "Do not travel."
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Yahoo News |
6:34pm PST |
US Secretary of State arrives in China for NKorea talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Beijing Tuesday for vital talks with China's leaders about how to rebuild momentum in the stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament drive. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33pm PST |
McCain: 'My fortunes have a lot to do with' Iraq |
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Summary: Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his belief that U.S. troops will need to stay in Iraq for decades Monday but said the unpopular war will soon end "for all intents and purposes."
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Cnn.com |
6:33pm PST |
McCain: 'The war will be over soon' |
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Summary: Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his belief that U.S. troops will need to stay in Iraq for decades Monday but said the unpopular war will soon end "for all intents and purposes."
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Yahoo News |
6:20pm PST |
Probe sought in Marine vehicle delays
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon's inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq. |
