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Protesters burn EU flag in north Kosovo
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Summary: AP - Up to 2,000 Serb protesters rallied against Kosovo's independence in the new nation's tense north on Monday, and a few set fire to EU flags in what has become a daily challenge of the country's secession from Serbia. |
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5:56am PST |
Classes to resume after NIU shooting
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Summary: AP - Classes are to begin Monday for the first time since the Feb. 14 shootings, in which former NIU graduate student Steve Kazmierczak opened fire on students — killing five and wounding 16 — before committing suicide. |
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5:55am PST |
Brown defends 'good' Speaker |
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Summary: Gordon Brown defends Commons Speaker Michael Martin, saying he has been "very, very good" at his job. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53am PST |
NY Phil tries Dvorak diplomacy with North Korea
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Summary: Reuters - The New York Philharmonic arrived in
a snowy Pyongyang on Monday to play the symphony "From the New
World" in an overture to thaw still frozen ties from the Cold
War era between the United States and North Korea. |
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Cnn.com |
5:51am PST |
'Doomsday' seed vault to open in Norway |
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Summary: A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world is scheduled to open this week in a mountain on a remote island near the Arctic Ocean.
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ChristianPost |
5:50am PST |
What Empty Churches Are Made of |
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Summary: There are an estimated 1.6 million Muslims in Great Britain. By some estimates, more people attend mosque than go to Anglican churches every week. Judging by recent comments by the Archbishop of Canterbury, it is easy to see ... |
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5:40am PST |
German police dogs to wear shoes
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Summary: AP - Police dogs in the western city of Duesseldorf will no longer get their feet dirty when on patrol — the entire dog unit will soon be equipped with blue plastic fiber shoes, a police spokesman said Monday. |
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5:36am PST |
Serbia and Russia reject Albanian rule in Kosovo
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Summary: Reuters - Serbia intends to rule parts of Kosovo
where "loyal citizens" still look to Belgrade for government,
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PST |
Putin's heir backs Serbia in Kosovo spat
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Summary: AFP - Russia's likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed Monday to stick by Belgrade in its fight against Kosovo's Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia one week ago. |
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ChristianPost |
5:33am PST |
NY Philharmonic Arrives in North Korea |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic arrived in North Korea Monday, becoming the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the isolated, nuclear-armed ... |
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5:30am PST |
S Africa to allow elephant cull |
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Summary: South Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling. |
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5:22am PST |
Pilot sacked after fly-by stunt |
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Summary: A pilot is sacked after performing a low-flying stunt with a brand new commercial plane. |
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5:18am PST |
Five face INLA membership charge |
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Summary: Five men - two from NI - appear in court in Dublin charged with membership of an illegal organisation. |
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5:18am PST |
Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he
did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical
comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA. |
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5:16am PST |
Turkish warplanes pound Kurdish rebels in Iraq
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Summary: AFP - Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions Monday in northern Iraq, as troops pressed on with a cross-border offensive despite Iraqi and US calls for a quick withdrawal. |
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5:13am PST |
Visa IPO may be largest in US history
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Summary: AP - Visa said Monday it could raise almost $19 billion from an initial public offering, which would easily become the largest IPO in U.S. history. |
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5:10am PST |
Turkish Cypriots urge unity talks |
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Summary: The Turkish Cypriot leader seeks early talks with the new Cyprus president on reunification. |
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ChristianPost |
5:01am PST |
Baptists Hope 400th Year Inspires Vision for Movement's Future |
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Summary: Preparations are already underway for celebrations in 2009 to mark 400 years of the world Baptist movement, which organizers are stressing will not only look at the achievements of the past, but also set out the vision that will ensure the movement’s succ |
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Cnn.com |
4:58am PST |
Cousin: Dying woman refused oxygen on flight |
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4 Shiite pilgrims slain in new attack
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed four Shiite pilgrims and wounded 15 south of Baghdad Monday in at least the third fatal attack on people traveling to one of their sect's most sacred gatherings, officials said. |
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ChristianToday |
4:49am PST |
Miliband should raise religious freedom in China visit CSW |
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Summary: Persecution watchdog Christian Solidarity Worldwide has urged Foreign Secretary David Miliband not to squander the opportunity to speak up on religious freedom in his visit to China this week |
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BBC News |
4:46am PST |
Hundreds of new graves on sale |
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Summary: Hundreds of new graves are to go on sale at Milltown cemetery in west Belfast after a clean-up operation. |
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4:43am PST |
First classes begin after NIU shooting
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Summary: AP - It's not violence that Northern Illinois University senior Kristen Bortolotti fears when classes resume — it's the memories. |
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4:39am PST |
AT&T, Tenn. create medical info exchange
(AP)
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Summary: AP - AT&T Inc. is partnering with Tennessee to provide the country's first statewide system to electronically exchange patient medical information, the telecommunications company said Monday. |
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BBC News |
4:37am PST |
Neighbour helped dying special Pc |
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Summary: A neighbour of a stabbed special constable tried to stop her bleeding with a dressing gown, a court hears. |
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4:36am PST |
Coen brothers film wins 4 Oscars
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Summary: AP - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face. |
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4:34am PST |
Bomb attack kills Pakistani general
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber hit a car carrying the army's surgeon general along a busy road in Rawalpindi on Monday, killing him along with at least seven other people, the army said. |
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Cnn.com |
4:34am PST |
Clarence Thomas silent in Supreme Court talks |
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Cnn.com |
4:30am PST |
Pakistan blocks 'objectionable' YouTube |
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Summary: Pakistan has become the latest country to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube on the grounds that one or more videos on the site offends Islam, authorities said today. The Pakistani government is also asking YouTube to remove "objectionable |
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ChristianPost |
4:29am PST |
NIU Students Resume Classes, Search for Meaning |
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Summary: Classes at Northern Illinois University resume Monday for the first time since the Feb. 14 shootings that killed five students plus the ... |
