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BBC News |
1:55am PST |
Olmert defiant over Gaza assault |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert vows to continue operations against Gaza militants despite mounting calls for restraint. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46am PST |
Ahmadinejad says Iraq visit opens new chapter in ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flew to
Baghdad on Sunday for the first visit by an Iranian president
since the two neighbors fought a bitter war in the 1980s and
said his trip marked a "new chapter" in relations. |
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Yahoo News |
1:45am PST |
Israel vows to keep up deadly Gaza assault
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel vowed Sunday to keep up its assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip which has killed more than 60 Palestinians and has threatened to entomb the recently-revived Middle East peace process. |
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BBC News |
1:18am PST |
Fears for missing elderly couple |
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Summary: Police and the Coastguard continue to search for an elderly couple reported missing on the Antrim coast. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05am PST |
Eight killed in Armenian opposition protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eight people were killed and 33 police
injured in Armenia's capital during overnight protests, which
ended after the government declared a state of emergency and
mobilized the army. |
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Yahoo News |
1:01am PST |
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Pakistan, scores hurt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 30 people were killed and up
to 40 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a traditional
tribal meeting in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials
said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54am PST |
Olmert rejects critics of Gaza offensive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday rejected international criticism of an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and vowed to press forward with the operation. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52am PST |
8 dead in clashes in Armenia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eight people died in clashes between police and opposition supporters that led the president to declare a sweeping, 20-day state of emergency, officials said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
12:48am PST |
Suicide bomb kills 20 in Pakistan |
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Summary: More than 20 people are killed in a suicide attack on a gathering of elders in north-west Pakistan, reports say. |
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BBC News |
12:47am PST |
More jobs 'likely' at wings plant |
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Summary: More jobs are expected to be created at the Airbus plant in Flintshire after a £20bn US defence deal. |
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BBC News |
12:44am PST |
Eight killed in Armenia protests |
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Summary: Eight people die in clashes between police and opposition protesters in Armenia's capital Yerevan, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:43am PST |
9 killed in Armenia election protest |
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Summary: The violent clashes between police and protesters over alleged election fraud in Armenia have killed at least nine people and injured 17 police officers, a government official told CNN Sunday.
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Yahoo News |
12:39am PST |
Israel pledges to press on with Gaza offensive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel vowed on Sunday to press on with a
Gaza offensive and curb rocket attacks, threatening even
stronger action despite U.N. condemnation of assaults that have
killed 100 Palestinians, many of them civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34am PST |
Iran's president begins landmark Iraq trip
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a traditional red-carpet welcome in Iraq on Sunday for a two-day visit he has billed as a "major step in deepening brotherly relations" between the Muslim neighbours. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27am PST |
Bombings hit southern Russian town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police say two bombings have hit a police convoy in a town in southern Russia on Sunday, leaving an unspecified number of dead and injured. |
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Yahoo News |
12:25am PST |
New Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza: medics
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians in the north of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early on Sunday as the military continued a massive blitz against militants, medics said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18am PST |
Eight killed in Armenian protests: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eight people were killed during
Armenia's violent protests overnight and 33 policemen were
injured, police said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PST |
Ahmadinejad makes landmark visit to Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Sunday in Baghdad for the first-ever visit by an Iranian president to Iraq, walking a red carpet past Iraqi troops to meet the president of a once-bitter enemy nation that's now under growing Iranian influence. |
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Yahoo News |
12:05am PST |
At least 20 killed, scores hurt in Pakistan blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 20 people were killed and
scores more injured when a suicide bomber attacked a
traditional tribal meeting in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday,
a security official said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:03am PST |
Russians vote for new president
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russians voted for a new president on
Sunday in an election expected to deliver victory to Kremlin
leader Vladimir Putin's chosen successor and another blow to
Moscow's tarnished democratic image in the West. |
