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Yahoo News |
5:25am PST |
Russia, China block UN Iran resolution
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Summary: AP - Russia and China on Tuesday scuttled a Western attempt to introduce a resolution on Iran's nuclear defiance at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, diplomats said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PST |
OPEC not moving to ease high oil prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - OPEC has virtually ruled out pumping more oil to ease record-high prices, key oil ministers signaled Tuesday on the eve of a cartel meeting. |
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PST |
Rice pushes for Mideast talks to resume
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed hard Tuesday to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, despite the chaos and violence of a week that saw both Palestinian and Israeli civilians killed. |
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Cnn.com |
5:12am PST |
Windstorm hits barracks, 14 Guardsmen hurt |
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Summary: A possible tornado touched down late Monday in southern Mississippi, slashing through a National Guard barracks and injuring 14 guardsmen, according to a sheriff and a military spokesman.
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Cnn.com |
5:09am PST |
Cold remedy maker settles suit |
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Summary: Airborne - the herbal supplement company that once claimed to help fight off colds - will pay $23.3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against the company for false advertising, according to one of the groups that joined the suit.
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Yahoo News |
5:08am PST |
Iraq's Sadrists demand U.S. release former minister
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Summary: Reuters - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr's political bloc demanded on Tuesday that the U.S.
military release a former deputy health minister after
terrorism charges against him were dropped. |
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Yahoo News |
5:06am PST |
Rice tells Israel and Palestinians to do more for peace
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to renew peace talks that were dealt a major blow by Israel's deadly assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PST |
Proms not inclusive, says Hodge |
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Summary: The Proms attract only a narrow section of society, culture minister Margaret Hodge has said. |
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Cnn.com |
5:00am PST |
Six-legged octopus discovered |
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Summary: English marine experts have laid their hands on an octopus that's missing two of its own: a six-limbed creature that they have dubbed 'hexapus.'
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PST |
Oregon holds health insurance lottery
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Summary: AP - Oregon is conducting a one-of-a-kind lottery, and the prize is health insurance. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PST |
Area key to post 11-plus plans |
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Summary: NI children's post-primary education will depend on the area in which they live, says the education minister. |
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ChristianToday |
4:46am PST |
Worship changes lives for the better says Church |
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Summary: The central importance of worship in the life of the church is emphasised in a new book published today by Church House Publishing for the Church of Englands Liturgical Commission under the banner of its Transforming Worship agenda |
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Yahoo News |
4:40am PST |
Floods in Namibia kill 42 and displace thousands
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Floods in Namibia have killed 42
people and displaced thousands since early February and
officials said on Tuesday more flooding can be expected. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PST |
Millions awarded in Jackson taping suit
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Summary: AP - The owner of a air charter service was ordered to pay attorney Mark Geragos and an associate several million dollars for ordering the secret videotaping of Michael Jackson and the lawyers as they flew with the pop star to his surrender on molestation |
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BBC News |
4:38am PST |
Detectives profile Shannon's DNA |
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Summary: A full DNA profile including the fingerprints of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is being used in the search for her. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PST |
Parents told school place results |
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Summary: Head teachers are warning that the admissions process and the promise of appeals is raising false expectations. |
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Cnn.com |
4:28am PST |
Six killed, including 2 kids, in Memphis home |
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Summary: Six people were killed, including two children, in a home Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Three other children were wounded. The four dead adults were shot and the two children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV.
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4:25am PST |
Zimbabwe sport ban 'madness' |
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Summary: A possible UK ban on Zimbabwe's sports people would be "racist madness", a Zimbabwean minister says. |
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4:24am PST |
Ukraine may cut Europe gas supply |
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Summary: Ukraine says it may restrict Russian gas supplies to Europe if Gazprom goes ahead with further cuts. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20am PST |
Colombia says FARC wanted to make radioactive bomb
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Summary: Reuters - Colombia said on Tuesday that FARC
rebels had been planning to make a "dirty bomb" with
radioactive material, threatening the entire Latin American
region. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20am PST |
4 killed in Pakistan suicide bombings
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Summary: AP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on the premises of a naval college Tuesday, killing four people and wounding 14 in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. |
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ChristianToday |
4:17am PST |
Iraqi Christians nervous after Archbishops abduction |
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Summary: Iraqs tiny Christian community is living in fear after the abduction of a Chaldean Archbishop in Mosul a city in the northern Nineveh province last week |
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BBC News |
4:09am PST |
SA protest over miniskirt attack |
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Summary: Hundreds of South Africans hold a protest march over an assault on a woman wearing a miniskirt. |
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BBC News |
4:09am PST |
SA women hold miniskirt protest |
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Summary: Hundreds of South Africans hold a protest march over an assault on a woman wearing a miniskirt. |
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ChristianPost |
4:09am PST |
Iraqi Christians Nervous after Cleric’s Abduction |
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Summary: Iraq’s tiny Christian community is living in fear after the abduction of a Chaldean Archbishop in Mosul, a city in the northern Nineveh province, last ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:09am PST |
Rice tries to revive Mideast peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday
to resume U.S.-sponsored peace talks suspended over Israel's
offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. |
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BBC News |
4:04am PST |
US contenders in key polling day |
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Summary: The races for both the Democratic and Republican nominations may be settled as four states vote in primaries. |
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Yahoo News |
4:03am PST |
Polls open in key US primaries
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Summary: AFP - Polls opened in Ohio Tuesday on a crucial day of presidential primaries that could see Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama end Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House. |
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BBC News |
3:57am PST |
Microsoft targets the mobile web |
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Summary: Microsoft signs a deal with Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones. |
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BBC News |
3:51am PST |
Child cancer care units retained |
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Summary: Child cancer services are "retained and enhanced" in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. |
