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8:15pm PDT |
Iraq: US death toll in war hits 4,000
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. |
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8:14pm PDT |
Peer and Church clash on embryos |
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Summary: A Labour peer accuses a senior Catholic of misleading people over the government's embryo research bill. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Historic polls set to begin as Bhutan ends royal rule
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Summary: AFP - Voting began in the small Himalayan nation of Bhutan Monday, in elections that will select the country's first ever democratic government and mark the end of absolute royal rule by the revered Wangchuk dynasty. |
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8:01pm PDT |
US military death toll in Iraq hits 4,000: AFP tally
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Summary: AFP - The death toll of US military in Iraq has hit 4,000, according to an AFP tally based on independent website www.icasualties.org, after the military announced on Monday the deaths of four soldiers. |
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7:59pm PDT |
US army deaths in Iraq hit 4,000 |
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Summary: The US army death toll since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 reaches 4,000, independent counts say. |
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Cnn.com |
7:55pm PDT |
Forecasters warn of historic flooding |
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Cnn.com |
7:45pm PDT |
China blasts Dalai Lama, Nancy Pelosi |
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7:03pm PDT |
MPs back complaints body |
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Summary: A "one-stop-shop" should be created to make it easier to complain about public services, MPs say. |
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7:03pm PDT |
MPs back new complaints body |
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Summary: A "one-stop-shop" should be created to make it easier to complain about public services, MPs say. |
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Cnn.com |
6:54pm PDT |
Al Qaeda No. 2 urges attacks to support Gaza |
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Summary: A new statement attributed to al Qaeda's No. 2 figure, Ayman al-Zawahiri, calls on Muslims to attack Western interests in defense of the Palestinians in Gaza.
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6:02pm PDT |
Shuttle crew prepares to leave station
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Summary: Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) -- Shuttle Endeavour astronauts on Sunday
prepared to leave the International Space Station after a
successful 12-day visit to install the first piece of a
Japanese laboratory and assemble a Canadian maintenance robot. |
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6:00pm PDT |
Fishing boat sinks off Alaska; 4 dead
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Summary: AP - Four crew members died Sunday and another was missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat sank in high seas off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. |
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5:43pm PDT |
Hezbollah calls for Beirut rally |
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Summary: Hezbollah is to hold a rally in Beirut to mark the end of mourning for its assassinated commander, Imad Mughniyeh. |
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Cnn.com |
5:36pm PDT |
Survey: Gas prices jump to all-time high |
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Summary: Gas prices surged nearly 7 cents over the past two weeks to reach an all-time inflation-adjusted high of $3.26 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
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5:30pm PDT |
Anbar: U.S. trophy for Iraq security losing its shine
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Summary: Reuters - Tensions are simmering again in
once bloody Anbar province, Washington's prize good news story
for security in Iraq. |
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5:22pm PDT |
Cigarette display ban considered |
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Summary: Shops may be banned from displaying cigarettes under plans being considered to try to reduce smoking. |
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5:09pm PDT |
Call for delay to biofuels policy |
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Summary: The UK’s chief environment scientist deals a damaging blow to the government's biofuels policy. |
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5:03pm PDT |
Tar Heels keep rolling against Arkansas
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Summary: AP - North Carolina put on a show for its home-state fans in its first two NCAA tournament games. Now the overall No. 1 seed is off and running to the round of 16, where another comfortable setting awaits. |
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4:18pm PDT |
Several die in Alaskan shipwreck |
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Summary: At least four crew members of a fishing boat die after the vessel sinks off the coast of Alaska, US coast guards say. |
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4:04pm PDT |
Sarkozy's ex-wife due to marry |
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Summary: French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz is due to remarry in New York. |
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4:00pm PDT |
Forecasters warn of flooding in Ark.
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Summary: AP - High water pouring down the White River could cause historic flooding in cities along its path in eastern Arkansas, forecasters warned Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:45pm PDT |
4 dead, 1 missing in fishing vessel's sinking |
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Summary: Four crew members of a fishing vessel sinking off the coast of Alaska have died, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Sunday.
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3:41pm PDT |
Lebanon speaker says could call for crisis talks
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanon's parliament speaker said on
Sunday he would invite rival Lebanese leaders for direct talks
if an Arab summit in Syria this week failed to find a solution
to the country's political deadlock. |
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3:20pm PDT |
Cheney urges Mid-East concessions |
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Summary: US Vice-President Dick Cheney says peace in the Middle East will require painful concessions on both sides. |
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3:16pm PDT |
WWII bomb found on beach |
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Summary: A beach is cordoned off after a suspected unexploded World War II bomb is discovered in Kent. |
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2:52pm PDT |
Coast Guard: 4 dead, 1 missing from ship
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Summary: AP - Four crew members died Sunday and another was missing after a Seattle-based fishing boat began sinking in high seas off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:47pm PDT |
Iraq security official to Americans: Be patient |
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Summary: U.S. troops raided a suspected suicide bombing cell Sunday, killing a dozen militants, half of whom had shaved their bodies -- which the U.S. military says indicates they were in the final stage of preparation for a suicide attack.
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2:46pm PDT |
Davidson storms back to stun Georgetown
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Summary: AP - Stephen Curry couldn't stop jumping up and down at midcourt at the final buzzer. Little Davidson was on its way to the NCAA tournament's round of 16 after another brilliant performance by its big-time guard. |
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2:37pm PDT |
Dr. Seuss holds off Tyler Perry at box office |
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2:33pm PDT |
Grammy winner Emilio badly hurt in crash |
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