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Yahoo News |
2:09am PDT |
Russia and U.S. voice optimism before tough talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and the United States struck an
optimistic note on Tuesday before talks that are likely to be
tough on nuclear arms control, NATO expansion and U.S. plans to
build a missile defense shield. |
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BBC News |
2:04am PDT |
Cranford leads Bafta nominations |
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Summary: Costume drama Cranford gains four Bafta TV nominations, including one for best actress for Dame Judi Dench. |
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BBC News |
2:00am PDT |
London's mayoral race under way |
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Summary: The official start of campaigning for the 2008 Mayor of London election begins as nominations open. |
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BBC News |
1:50am PDT |
Boy, 14, charged with NZ murder |
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Summary: A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of British backpacker Karen Aim in New Zealand. |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
Stocks rebound from Monday slump |
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Summary: Shares in Europe have rebounded from Monday's heavy losses, following gains in Asia. |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
Stocks rebound from Monday fall |
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Summary: Share prices in Europe rebound from Monday's heavy losses, following healthy gains in Asian markets. |
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Yahoo News |
1:34am PDT |
Obama tackles race and religion in White House epic
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democrat Barack Obama was to address inflammatory language by his flamboyant former pastor on Tuesday as he bids to lance a controversy dogging his White House campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
1:33am PDT |
Pakistani spy chief suspected by Bhutto to quit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Pakistani intelligence chief,
regarded as a dangerous enemy by assassinated former Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto, will quit his job before her party
comes to power at the head of a new coalition. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30am PDT |
China links Dalai Lama to Tibet unrest
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China has evidence linking the Dalai Lama to the deadly unrest against Chinese rule in Tibet, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday, as he accused protesters of trying to sabotage the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
1:19am PDT |
Behaviour contracts for children |
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Summary: A £218m government initiative will target young children to try to stop them getting into serious crime. |
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BBC News |
1:16am PDT |
China blames Dalai Lama for riots |
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Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, organised recent unrest in Lhasa. |
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BBC News |
12:52am PDT |
Blacks Leisure suspends director |
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Summary: Outdoor clothes firm Blacks Leisure suspends a board director, after accounting problems at a subsidiary. |
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Yahoo News |
12:38am PDT |
Wen blames Tibet protests on Dalai Lama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's premier on Tuesday denounced the Dalai Lama's supporters as separatists and accused them of instigating violent anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, after a deadline for the rioters to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrende |
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Yahoo News |
12:35am PDT |
If Bear staff is cut, tough U.S. job market awaits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - It will come as no surprise to some
Bear Stearns employees if they lose their jobs as a result of
the company being sold to stave off bankruptcy. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34am PDT |
Obama to confront racial issues
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama is seeking to distance himself from statements by his longtime pastor that have aggravated racial divisions in the contentious Democratic primary battle. He is calling for both sides to tone down their rhetoric. |
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Yahoo News |
12:32am PDT |
US-Russia talks to start on upbeat note
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vladimir Putin, president of Russia for a few more weeks, surprised President Bush's top Cabinet officers with welcoming words about cooperation with the U.S., even as he warned that serious disagreements remain. |
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BBC News |
12:24am PDT |
Fed battles to restore confidence |
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Summary: The US central bank is expected to slash interest rates on Tuesday to help boost the US economy. |
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ChristianToday |
12:24am PDT |
China says Tibet rioters aim to ruin Olympics |
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Summary: Chinas premier accused Tibets exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots in which dozens may have died and said his followers were trying to incite sabotage of Beijings August Olympic Games |
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ChristianToday |
12:23am PDT |
Chinas Wen offers to resume talks with Taiwan |
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Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered on Tuesday to resume talks with selfruled Taiwan but his plea was ignored in a barrage of antiChina rhetoric ahead of Saturdays presidential election on the island |
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BBC News |
12:23am PDT |
Asian markets mixed after turmoil |
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Summary: Asian shares are mixed after Monday's turmoil sparked by the emergency sale of Bear Stearns. |
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Cnn.com |
12:22am PDT |
Madonna denies reports of marital discord |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
12:22am PDT |
Obama seeks to quell pastor controversy |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama will seek to quell a controversy over inflammatory rhetoric by his former pastor in a speech on Tuesday on the issue of race |
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Cnn.com |
12:21am PDT |
Study: Turn off TV, turn on your life |
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Summary: What happens when people turn off the TV for three weeks? They turn to their spouses, newspapers and religion.
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ChristianToday |
12:19am PDT |
Japan recognises Kosovo independence from Serbia |
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Summary: Japan recognised Kosovos independence on Tuesday a month after the majority Albanian region declared secession from Serbia with the backing of the United States and most European Union states |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
NATO holds line in Kosovo after riots |
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Summary: NATO troops secured a hostile strip of north Kosovo on Tuesday after Serb riots forced the pullout of UN personnel in the most serious challenge to the state since it split from Serbia last month |
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Yahoo News |
12:17am PDT |
Cheney to troops: Mideast needs freedom
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rallying troops after an overnight stay at an air base, Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that as long as freedom is suppressed in the Mideast, the region will remain a place of "stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export." |
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Yahoo News |
12:17am PDT |
Rice meets opposition heavyweights in Moscow
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seeking ways to open Russia's
Kremlin-dominated political system, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice met civil society leaders and Kremlin
opponents on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Fed poised to cut rates again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve is expected to aggressively lower interest rates in its intensified battle against the credit crisis and spreading economic weakness. The question is whether all of the effort will turn the tide. |
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ChristianToday |
12:12am PDT |
Venezuela border violence remains after crisis |
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Summary: The last time friends and family saw Hector Nieves and Luis Garcia they were drinking and singing songs to mark the start of the annual festival of a local patron saint |
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Cnn.com |
12:12am PDT |
Dalai Lama 'clique' blamed for violence in Tibet |
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Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama on Tuesday for violence in Tibet. He also said Chinese forces exercised restraint in confronting unrest there.
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