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BBC News |
2:26am PST |
Iraqi pilgrims caught in bombing |
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Summary: Three pilgrims are killed in an attack in Baghdad, as a bomber in a wheelchair attacks police in Samarra. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18am PST |
NYPD trio set for trial in groom's death
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On the morning of her wedding day, Nicole Paultre Bell learned her groom-to-be was dead. |
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PST |
Roadside blast kills 3 Shiite pilgrims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed three Shiite pilgrims Monday in the outskirts of Baghdad, while the death toll from a suicide bombing targeting pilgrims resting in a tent the day before rose to 56, authorities said. |
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BBC News |
2:14am PST |
EU in Cyprus reunification plea |
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Summary: The EU Commission urges Cyprus President-elect Christofias to work to reunite the island. |
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ChristianToday |
2:14am PST |
How to share your faith using Amy Winehouses Rehab |
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Summary: Selfharming behaviours reflect hurting individuals desperately efforts to fill the Godshaped hole every human has deep in the soul |
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Yahoo News |
2:03am PST |
Oscars become Coen country with 4 wins
(AP)
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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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Yahoo News |
2:01am PST |
Turkish jets pound Kurdish rebels in Iraq: security sources
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Turkish fighter jets have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in the mountainous Hakurk region of northern Iraq, security sources told AFP. |
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Yahoo News |
1:58am PST |
Kremlin ruler or Putin's puppet: Who is Medvedev?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - People who know Dmitry Medvedev describe
him as an intelligent and straightforward man who dislikes risk
-- but does he have the political instincts to survive as
Russia's next president? |
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Yahoo News |
1:55am PST |
Musharraf dismisses exit talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman on Monday dismissed suggestions from three U.S. senators that the embattled Pakistani leader make a "graceful" retreat from power after his opponents' recent election victory. |
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Yahoo News |
1:48am PST |
Foreign stars and mavericks grab Oscar glory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood's biggest stars took a
backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen
brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical
acclaim but only modest box-office success. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46am PST |
Gazans form 'human chain' to protest Israeli blockade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren began forming a human chain the length of the impoverished territory on Monday morning to protest a crushing Israeli blockade, an AFP correspondent witnessed. |
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BBC News |
1:43am PST |
Gazans gather for border protest |
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Summary: Thousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37am PST |
Ex-CEO takes over as South Korean president
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ex-construction boss Lee Myung-bak was
sworn in as South Korea's new president on Monday, promising
business-like pragmatism after a decade of ideological policies
he said had left the world's 13th largest economy adrift. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37am PST |
Classes set to resume at NIU
(AP)
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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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Yahoo News |
1:31am PST |
Tiger tops the world
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even in another landslide victory, Tiger Woods conceded nothing. |
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ChristianToday |
1:26am PST |
Bishop stands firm on nogo areas claim |
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Summary: The Bishop of Rochester has defended his claims over nogo areas in Britain and says he will not be silenced in spite of fierce criticism and death threats |
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ChristianToday |
1:26am PST |
Bishop stands firm on nogo areas claims |
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Summary: The Bishop of Rochester has defended his claims over nogo areas in Britain and says he will not be silenced in spite of fierce criticism and death threats |
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Yahoo News |
1:25am PST |
Governors hope for federal cash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Governors are debating priorities if Congress takes up a second stimulus package, with some state leaders pushing for federal money to repair roads, water systems and bridges. |
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Yahoo News |
1:19am PST |
States with later primaries may count
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrats in states that refused to join the stampede to the front of the presidential nominating calendar might end up with the final say by voting last. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15am PST |
Cuba gets new president, old-guard team
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters. |
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BBC News |
1:14am PST |
NY Philharmonic arrives in N Korea |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic orchestra arrives in North Korea, for a remarkable display of cultural diplomacy. |
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Yahoo News |
1:10am PST |
Guns ready, Israelis eye planned Gaza border march
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel threatened to use deadly force on
Monday should a planned march by thousands of Palestinians to
protest a blockade on the Gaza Strip turn into an attempt to
surge across the border into Israeli territory. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PST |
NY Philharmonic arrives in North Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Philharmonic arrived in North Korea Monday, becoming the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the isolated, nuclear-armed country. |
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BBC News |
12:56am PST |
Indonesia issues tsunami warning |
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Summary: Indonesia issues a tsunami warning after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54am PST |
Top economists see signs of recession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Job growth is faltering, consumer confidence plunging. The fallout from the worst housing slump in a quarter-century grows. Wherever you look, the signs are unmistakable that the economy is in trouble. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51am PST |
Foreign stars, mavericks grab Oscar glory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood's biggest stars took a
backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen
brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical
acclaim but only modest box-office success. |
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BBC News |
12:49am PST |
Co-pilot dies during plane flight |
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Summary: A plane carrying 156 passengers from Manchester to Cyprus is diverted when the co-pilot dies. |
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BBC News |
12:39am PST |
Cake-eating contest death tragedy |
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Summary: The owners of a cafe where an off-duty employee died in a cake-eating competition say they are devastated. |
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Cnn.com |
12:39am PST |
Hitler, Frankenstein battle for votes |
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Summary: Think Barack Hussein Obama has it rough campaigning for president with a name like that? The Illinois senator has nothing on Frankenstein Momin. Or Billy Kid Sangma. Or Adolf Lu Hitler Marak.
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BBC News |
12:35am PST |
Adobe merge on and offline worlds |
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Summary: Adobe launches software designed to make it easier for computer users to access online information offline. |
