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11:53pm PDT |
Iran conservatives dominate parliament polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iran's conservatives were Sunday set to win two-thirds of the seats in parliament after dominating legislative elections, despite a respectable showing by reformists who suffered heavy pre-vote vetos. |
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PDT |
G20 backs climate fight, argues over industry caps
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A grouping of the world's top
greenhouse gas emitters on Sunday backed U.N.-led efforts to
forge a global pact to fight climate change but disagreed on a
sectoral approach to curb emissions from industry. |
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Cnn.com |
11:14pm PDT |
U.N.: Glaciers shrinking at record rate |
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11:11pm PDT |
Hamilton wins dramatic F1 opener |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton gets his Formula One campaign off to the best possible start with victory in an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix. |
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10:44pm PDT |
Taiwanese to rally over China law |
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Summary: Taiwan's political parties plan rival mass rallies against China's anti-secession law, a week before presidential polls. |
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10:03pm PDT |
Tension high, security lockdown in riot-hit Tibet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police and troops locked down the
capital of Tibet on Sunday as tension remained high, two days
after ugly street protests against Chinese rule that some
sources claimed had killed dozens of people. |
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9:58pm PDT |
Dalai Lama's Tibet bloodshed fear |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama says he fears more deaths in Tibet unless Beijing changes its policies, in an exclusive BBC interview. |
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9:54pm PDT |
Cricket: England close in on win |
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Summary: England will need four wickets on the final day to level their Test series against New Zealand after reducing the Kiwis to 242-6, chasing 438. |
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9:42pm PDT |
Tories would 'save up' tax cuts |
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Summary: The Tories may hold tax cuts for a first term of parliament to build up reserves to secure a second term, a shadow minister says. |
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9:42pm PDT |
Poll: More see government as secretive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nearly nine in 10 Americans say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government, but three out of four view the federal government as secretive, according to a survey released Sunday. |
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9:22pm PDT |
Pitt beats No. 9 Hoyas to win Big East
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Things looked a lot like the last several Big East tournament championship games for Pittsburgh. Except the result. |
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9:17pm PDT |
Deconstructing Spitzer's spiraling end
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eliot Spitzer finally had to tell someone his secret. It was last Sunday morning, and he had just spent five hours driving through a fierce storm to his family and his Fifth Avenue apartment. |
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8:56pm PDT |
Crane crushes NYC buildings; 4 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A crane rising 19 stories alongside a skyscraper under construction toppled like a tree across a city block Saturday, crashing into apartment buildings, killing four people and setting off a scramble for survivors. |
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8:53pm PDT |
Pittsburgh beats No. 9 Georgetown
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Things looked a lot like the last several Big East tournament championship games for Pittsburgh. Except the result. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PDT |
Buyer for Sainsbury's is arrested |
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Summary: A buyer for supermarket Sainsbury's is arrested over claims he received £3m from a supplier. |
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8:35pm PDT |
Sainsbury's buyer is arrested |
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Summary: A buyer for supermarket Sainsbury's is arrested over claims he received £3m from a supplier. |
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Cnn.com |
8:19pm PDT |
U.S. soldier returns to My Lai, finds hope |
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8:05pm PDT |
Two killed in Georgia storms |
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Summary: Two people die in storms in the US state of Georgia, a day after a tornado tears through the city of Atlanta. |
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8:05pm PDT |
Two die as storms maul Georgia |
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Summary: Two people die in storms in the US state of Georgia, a day after a tornado tears through the city of Atlanta. |
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BBC News |
7:38pm PDT |
Crane kills four in New York |
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Summary: Four people die as a 19-storey crane topples into apartment buildings in New York. |
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BBC News |
7:29pm PDT |
Hard-liners dominate Iran polls |
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Summary: President Ahmadinejad's allies lead in partial results from Iran's elections, but reformists claim limited successes. |
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7:09pm PDT |
Conservatives set for big victory in Iran polls
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iranian conservatives were advancing Sunday towards a two-thirds majority in parliament but with reformists retaining a presence despite losing hundreds of candidates to pre-election vetting. |
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Cnn.com |
6:59pm PDT |
Storms kill 2 in Georgia, then head east |
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Summary: At least one person was killed Saturday as a dangerous line of thunderstorms, possibly packing a tornado, raked across northern Georgia north of Atlanta, officials said.
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6:50pm PDT |
Obama expands delegate lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama expanded his fragile lead in delegates over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday, picking up at least seven delegates as Iowa activists took the next step in picking delegates to the national convention. |
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6:38pm PDT |
China declares "people's war" to control Tibet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese officials have declared a
"people's war" of security and propaganda against support for
the Dalai Lama in Tibet after riots racked the regional capital
Lhasa, and some sources claimed the turmoil killed dozens. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26pm PDT |
Astronauts begin building mega-bot |
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6:14pm PDT |
Spacewalking astronauts begin assembling robot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A pair of space shuttle astronauts
floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday to
assemble a mechanical maintenance man while crewmates set up
equipment inside the first piece of Japan's newly arrived space
laboratory. |
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BBC News |
5:55pm PDT |
Bid to separate future elections |
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Summary: The Scottish Government is launching a bid to separate future Holyrood elections from council ballots. |
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5:54pm PDT |
Clemson stuns No. 7 Duke
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Clemson's dubious basketball history has drawn chuckles for years, and the depth of its futility — try 0-53 at North Carolina — is difficult to comprehend. |
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5:52pm PDT |
Astronauts take spacewalk to build robot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With Dextre the robot's power problem solved, astronauts ventured outside the international space station on Saturday to put together the bulk of the gigantic walking and working machine. |
