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BBC News |
5:04am PDT |
Mississippi voters head to polls |
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Summary: Mississippi holds its primaries as the Democratic battle continues between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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Cnn.com |
4:58am PDT |
Stealth fighters making final flights |
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Yahoo News |
4:50am PDT |
Hamas disputes Abbas comments on truce deal terms
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas denied on Tuesday comments by its
rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that its pursuit of
an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel was motivated by a
desire to protect its leaders from Israeli assassination. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PDT |
Home loans tumble to record low |
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Summary: The mortgage market is shrinking under the impact of the continuing problems in the banking system, say lenders. |
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Cnn.com |
4:49am PDT |
Mississippi voters head to polls |
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Summary: One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PDT |
Economists see US avoiding recession
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. economy will suffer as the slumping housing market eats away at job creation and consumer spending, but the nation should avoid slipping into a recession this year, according to a new economic report. |
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Yahoo News |
4:34am PDT |
Iger: Disney to reap $1 billion online
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:33am PDT |
Sample the beer before you buy it
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products. |
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ChristianPost |
4:23am PDT |
Forced Marriage Morally Wrong, Says Church of England |
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Summary: Forced marriage is "morally and legally wrong," the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs Council said on Monday in response to a Home Office consultation on “marriage to partners from ... |
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BBC News |
4:22am PDT |
Zuma challenges evidence seizures |
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Summary: The leader of South Africa's ruling party tries to stop documents gathered in raids being used in his graft trial. |
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
Local tax plans to be published |
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Summary: The Scottish Government is to unveil plans to scrap the council tax and replace it with a local income tax. |
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Yahoo News |
4:20am PDT |
Twin suicide blasts kill 24 in Pakistan's Lahore
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two suicide car bombers struck
in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people
and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government
security office, police and officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:18am PDT |
Pakistan blasts kill 24, wound over 200
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's security crisis deepened Tuesday as massive suicide bombs tore through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 200 wounded. |
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Yahoo News |
4:00am PDT |
China "super-ministry" plan faces super hurdles
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday
unveiled a bureaucratic revamp he hopes will foster greener,
more efficient government, but experts said it was unlikely to
end turf wars over industry, energy and pollution. |
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BBC News |
3:59am PDT |
Ecuador border raid probe begins |
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Summary: An international team visits the site of a Colombian raid inside Ecuador that sparked a diplomatic crisis. |
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ChristianToday |
3:51am PDT |
Churches set up 50000 relief fund for Zimbabwe Anglicans |
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Summary: Church of England dioceses team up with Lambeth Palace Mothers Union and Anglican mission agency USPG in setting up 50000 emergency fund for Anglican Church in Zimbabwe |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Darling 'to cut growth forecasts' |
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Summary: Alistair Darling will have to cut his economic forecasts when he presents this year's Budget, analysts predict. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
Workers win pension compensation |
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Summary: Around 200 workers who lost savings in a company pension scheme are among the first to qualify for compensation. |
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Cnn.com |
3:45am PDT |
Oil crosses $109 a barrel |
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3:36am PDT |
Laurie 'snubbed' after US success |
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Summary: Actor Hugh Laurie says Britain has turned its back on him since he became a success on US TV. |
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BBC News |
3:32am PDT |
Chemical brain controls nanobots |
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Summary: A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated. |
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Yahoo News |
3:31am PDT |
Taliban urge factions to fight foreign forces
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement
has urged the war-torn nation's former mujahideen factions to
join it in their campaign to drive out foreign forces from the
country. |
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ChristianToday |
3:17am PDT |
Forced marriage morally and legally wrong Church of England |
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Summary: Forced marriage is morally and legally wrong the Church of Englands Mission and Public Affairs Council said on Monday in response to a Home Office consultation on marriage to partners from overseas |
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BBC News |
3:14am PDT |
PSNI help in Jersey abuse probe |
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Summary: Officers from the PSNI arrive in Jersey to help with an investigation into suspected child abuse. |
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BBC News |
3:05am PDT |
BBC launches Arabic TV channel |
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Summary: The BBC launches an Arabic language TV channel, broadcasting across North Africa and the Middle East. |
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Cnn.com |
3:04am PDT |
Sex scandal spurs calls for Spitzer's resignation |
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Summary: Political opponents are raising calls for the resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who has apologized for an undisclosed personal matter as federal investigators linked him to a high-rolling prostitution ring.
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Cnn.com |
3:01am PDT |
Frozen remains of WWII airman identified |
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Summary: The U.S. military has identified frozen remains found atop a California glacier as those of a World War II era airman who vanished more than half a century ago.
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BBC News |
3:00am PDT |
Mascarenhas joins Indian league |
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Summary: Hampshire's Dimitri Mascarenhas becomes the first England player to be signed by the Indian Premier League. |
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BBC News |
2:59am PDT |
MPs face tougher receipts rules |
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Summary: MPs will have to submit receipts for expenses claims over £25 from 1 April, it is announced. |
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Yahoo News |
2:47am PDT |
Twin bombs kill 25 in Pakistan's Lahore
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Two suspected suicide car bombings killed at least 25 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, posing a fresh challenge to the US-allied country's incoming civilian government. |
