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7:25pm PST |
Venezuela, Ecuador troops ordered to borders |
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Summary: Ecuador's President Rafael Correa withdrew his government's ambassador in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered troops to the country's border. The actions follow similar moves by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in apparent reaction to a Colombian cross-border o |
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7:05pm PST |
Chavez warns of war with Colombia
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Summary: AP - President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil. |
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6:54pm PST |
Attack on family shocks Texas community
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angry that her parents demanded she break up with her boyfriend, a teenage girl helped kill her mother and two brothers during a grisly weekend ambush on the family's rural, wooded home, authorities said Sunday. |
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6:52pm PST |
Dame's fears for 'adult' children |
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Summary: Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson expresses concerns that youngsters are growing up too quickly. |
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6:52pm PST |
Children grow up too fast - author |
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Summary: Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson expresses concerns that youngsters are growing up too quickly. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01pm PST |
Russian power duo - good cop, bad cop?
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Summary: AP - As Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev appears set to play good cop to Vladimir Putin's bad cop. |
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5:59pm PST |
Israel hits new Gaza targets after U.S. urges halt
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli aircraft struck new targets in the
Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two militants, after the
government vowed to press home an offensive despite appeals
from Washington and elsewhere for an end to violence. |
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5:57pm PST |
Healthy eating plan for toddlers |
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Summary: An 10-week scheme to encourage young children to eat more healthily is being rolled out nationally. |
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5:41pm PST |
Edwards wins Vegas to make it 2 straight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Carl Edwards raced to his second win in six days, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. on a pair of late restarts Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. |
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5:23pm PST |
Jersey care home 'full of fear' |
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Summary: An ex-worker at the former Jersey children's home at the centre of an abuse probe says staff there were "ice cold". |
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5:13pm PST |
Nato tries to heal Macedonia row |
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Summary: Nato's secretary general is to visit Athens to try to convince Greece not to block FYR Macedonia's membership. |
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5:12pm PST |
China's new stance on sex spawns revolution |
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5:12pm PST |
China's new attitude on sex spawns revolution |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:11pm PST |
Ill. strip-mall killings remain unsolved
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There have been memorials and funerals and efforts to move on in the month since a gunman killed four shoppers and a store manager at a suburban Chicago strip mall. |
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5:10pm PST |
New 'Indiana Jones' trailer is smash hit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Times sure have changed in the 19 years since Harrison Ford last donned the signature fedora of thrill-seeking archaeologist Indiana Jones. The viral spread of the trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is proof of that. |
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Cnn.com |
5:06pm PST |
Next Russian leader: I'll work closely with Putin |
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Summary: With preliminary results showing he will likely win Sunday's presidential election in a landslide, Dmitry Medvedev vowed to work closely with the man who tapped him for the job, President Vladimir Putin.
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5:06pm PST |
Next Russian leader: I'll work with Putin |
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Summary: With preliminary results showing he will likely win Sunday's presidential election in a landslide, Dmitry Medvedev vowed to work closely with the man who tapped him for the job, President Vladimir Putin.
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5:04pm PST |
Medvedev vows to uphold Putin's legacy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's next president Dmitry Medvedev
pledged to uphold Vladimir Putin's policies on Monday after
winning an election critics said was stage-managed to let the
outgoing Kremlin leader keep his grip on power. |
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4:56pm PST |
FSA warning on risk 'deficient' |
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Summary: UK financial regulators must beef up the way they monitor banks, a report into the credit crunch says. |
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4:47pm PST |
NHS smoking ban 'flouted daily' |
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Summary: Smoking bans are being routinely flouted in many NHS hospitals in England, researchers say. |
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4:46pm PST |
Iran blames US for Iraq 'terror' |
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Summary: On his landmark visit to Iraq, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses the US of provoking terrorism. |
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4:42pm PST |
Medvedev vows to pursue Putin's policies
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev was elected as Russia's
next president after a vote on Sunday that will preserve the
power of his mentor Vladimir Putin but which opponents said was
unfair. |
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BBC News |
4:38pm PST |
School choice 'misleading phrase' |
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Summary: Schools organisations are calling on politicians to end the "misleading rhetoric" of school choice. |
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4:38pm PST |
'Many struggle' with arithmetic |
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Summary: A quarter of adults have difficulties with mental arithmetic, a survey suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28pm PST |
Chavez orders embassy closed in Colombia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil. |
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Yahoo News |
4:17pm PST |
Housing crisis puts off first-time buyers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - For decades, buying a home was a key
step on the path to financial security for the American middle
class. |
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BBC News |
4:16pm PST |
Major crackdown on gang violence |
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Summary: Violence, football hooliganism and public order is to be tackled in a major crackdown on gangs. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14pm PST |
New al-Qaida book defends violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader wrote a book published Sunday on militant Islamic Web sites in which he slams radical militants who have disavowed armed struggle and turned their backs on violence. |
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Yahoo News |
4:10pm PST |
Medvedev wins landslide in Russian election: preliminary results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, won a landslide victory in Russian presidential polls on Sunday according to preliminary results, as opponents charged the vote was rigged. |
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4:08pm PST |
Stewart limps off after wreck in Vegas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart bruised his foot, but was otherwise fine following a frightening crash Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. |
