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Yahoo News |
4:46am PDT |
Facebook app lets users send movie clips
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Space truck orbits despite fault |
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Summary: Europe's new ATV space vehicle is up and running following Sunday's launch, although it has one glitch to deal with. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Space freighter unpacks in orbit |
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Summary: Europe's new ATV space truck is up and running following Sunday's launch, although it has one glitch to deal with. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
BAA sells World Duty Free shops |
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Summary: BAA, owned by Spain's Ferrovial, sells World Duty Free, its network of airport shops, to Italy's Autogrill. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PDT |
Comedians to gather for autism benefit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After being surrounded by the dramatic heavyweight stars of the Oscars, Jon Stewart will play host again, this time amid a bevy of comedians. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PDT |
Knitters dress up trees for public art
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No, that's not a hallucination. That pear tree is wearing a sweater. |
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Yahoo News |
4:32am PDT |
Cheney to visit Middle East next week
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney will
visit the Middle East next week and meet with leaders of Saudi
Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Turkey, his
office said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
4:23am PDT |
Boardroom shake-up at M&S |
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Summary: Marks & Spencer makes major management changes, with chief executive Stuart Rose to take over as chairman. |
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Yahoo News |
4:21am PDT |
Tibetan refugees protest globally as Olympics near
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tibetan refugees protested
across the world on Monday to mark the 49th anniversary of an
uprising against Chinese rule and press their demand for
independence ahead of the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
4:17am PDT |
EU sees Serb poll as chance to seal ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - European Union officials said on
Monday they were confident voters in Serbia would back pro-EU
parties in a forthcoming parliamentary election after its
10-month-old coalition collapsed over the loss of Kosovo. |
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BBC News |
4:14am PDT |
Heroin photo used in BNP leaflet |
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Summary: The parents of a heroin addict threaten legal action after a picture of their dead daughter appears on a leaflet. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Five injured in building collapse |
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Summary: At least five people are believed to have been injured after part of a building in Belfast city centre collapses. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Producer prices at 16-year high |
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Summary: Price inflation of goods leaving UK factories held at its highest rate in 16 years in February, official data shows. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
Saudis mend fences with neighbour |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia's crown prince heads to Qatar for the first official visit after a five-year hiatus. |
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Yahoo News |
3:47am PDT |
Female suicide bomber in Iraq kills 3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters northeast of Baghdad who had turned against al-Qaida insurgents, the leader's brother and a provincial police official said. |
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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
Pupil injured in school bus crash |
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Summary: A child is taken to hospital after a collision involving a school bus, a car and a lorry in County Tyrone. |
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Cnn.com |
3:31am PDT |
Female bomber kills Iraqi sheik, child |
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Summary: Two suicide bombings killed four people on Monday in Diyala province -- the volatile Iraq province that has been a major battleground in the war, police said.
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Cnn.com |
3:28am PDT |
Law gives 'indigenous' people control of firms |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a new law that hands over majority ownership of all businesses to "indigenous" Zimbabweans.
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Sarkozy's reforms 'to go ahead' |
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Summary: France's prime minister vows to continue President Nicolas Sarkozy's reforms despite setbacks in local polls. |
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Yahoo News |
3:25am PDT |
Israeli army and Gaza militants in uneasy lull
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel and Palestinian militants in
the Gaza Strip have been holding off from violence that could
jeopardize Egyptian efforts to mediate a ceasefire, sources
from both sides said on Monday. |
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ChristianToday |
3:16am PDT |
Hillsong mobilises thousands of woman to fight Aids |
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Summary: Taking responsibility for the worlds impoverished and oppressed was the message to the Colour Womens Conference as it drew to a close at the end of last week |
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Yahoo News |
3:07am PDT |
Kings hold on to beat Lakers 114-113
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With a one-point lead and 4.6 seconds on the clock, everyone in the building knew what was coming, especially the Sacramento Kings. So they blocked Kobe Bryant's path to the basket, forcing him to swerve to his right and take an off-balance jumper th |
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BBC News |
3:06am PDT |
CBI pressures Darling on tax cuts |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling faces calls from the CBI and Conservative Party to cut corporation tax. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05am PDT |
Israel reduces activity in Gaza Strip
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, officials in his office said Monday. |
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ChristianToday |
3:02am PDT |
Protestant churches to identify Europes most urgent social challenges |
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Summary: Protestant churches asked to identify Europes most pressing social challenges as part of an ongoing study to ensure the church is responding effectively to the areas of greatest need |
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ChristianToday |
3:02am PDT |
Churches to identify Europes most urgent social challenges |
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Summary: Protestant churches asked to identify Europes most pressing social challenges as part of an ongoing study to ensure the church is responding effectively to the areas of greatest need |
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BBC News |
3:00am PDT |
Football: Inter-Liverpool preview |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Tuesday's first knockout round second leg Champions League tie. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00am PDT |
Sarkozy's party trails in local voting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Candidates looked to cut deals with adversaries in a bid for victory in next week's second round of French municipal elections after a first vote that sent a warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
Deadly cyclone ravages Mozambique |
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Summary: At least seven people reportedly die and thousands are left homeless as Cyclone Jokwe hits Mozambique. |
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Yahoo News |
2:50am PDT |
Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A female suicide bomber killed the head of a local security group northeast of Baghdad on Monday, the targeted leader's brother and a provincial police official said. A child and a security guard were also killed. |
