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ChristianPost |
4:34am PDT |
Chaplains Salute Each of the Fallen |
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Summary: Chaplain Kevin Wainwright was preparing his Easter Sunday sermon in Iraq when there was a knock on his ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:34am PDT |
Chaplains Salute Fallen Soldiers as U.S. Toll Passes Milestone |
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Summary: On Easter night, the sad milestone of 4,000 American deaths in the Iraq war was reached with an announcement by the U.S. military that four U.S. soldiers had been killed in a roadside bombing in ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:34am PDT |
Obama's Church Addresses Controversy |
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Summary: The new pastor of Barack Obama's Chicago church said during Easter Sunday services that recent national scrutiny of the church is a test that will only make the congregation ... |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
Olympic torch lit despite protest |
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Summary: The Olympic torch is lit in Greece, in a ceremony briefly disrupted by pro-Tibet demonstrators. |
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ChristianToday |
4:32am PDT |
Faith schools under fire from teachers |
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Summary: The National Union of Teachers NUT is to debate a motion calling for faith schools to be abolished on the basis that they undermine community relations |
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ChristianPost |
4:32am PDT |
Christians Mark Easter in Jerusalem Despite Violence |
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Summary: Christian pilgrims, undeterred by the recent violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, sang and prayed on Easter Sunday at the church believed to be built on the site where Jesus rose from the ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Media cos. battle Web portals on ads
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Traditional media companies trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and other large Internet companies are increasingly building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25am PDT |
Dog prays at Japanese Zen temple
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays. Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 1/2-year-old black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind leg |
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Yahoo News |
4:18am PDT |
Overall US death toll in Iraq hits 4,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The overall U.S. death toll in Iraq rose to 4,000 after four soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, a grim milestone that is likely to fuel calls for the withdrawal of American forces as the war enters its sixth year. |
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BBC News |
4:15am PDT |
Boy, 10, disappears on walk home |
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Summary: Police make an urgent appeal after a 10-year-old boy goes missing a short distance from his home. |
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BBC News |
4:15am PDT |
Search for missing 10-year-old |
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Summary: Police make an urgent appeal after a 10-year-old boy goes missing a short distance from his home. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
Hamas 'wrecking Mid-East peace' |
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Summary: US Vice-President Dick Cheney says Hamas, along with Iran and Syria, is trying to torpedo Middle East peace. |
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Cnn.com |
3:51am PDT |
Ex-Bhutto aide may be new Pakistan PM |
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Summary: Pakistan's parliament was expected to elect Yousaf Raza Gilani, a long-time aide to slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, as its new prime minister Monday.
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Yahoo News |
3:51am PDT |
Fred Thompson looks to go back to acting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After a failed run for president, Fred Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50am PDT |
Forecasters warn of Arkansas flooding
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Forecasters warned communities in the Arkansas prairie along the White River that they could suffer their worst flooding in more than a quarter-century under clear skies and sunshine. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
Manager was stabbed in the neck |
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Summary: A store manager was stabbed in the neck during a robbery at a shopping centre, post-mortem tests reveal. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28am PDT |
Greeks light Beijing Olympics flame
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two men carrying black flags ran onto the field of the stadium in Ancient Olympia during Monday's flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, evading massive security aimed at preventing such disruptions amid China's crackdown in Tibet. |
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BBC News |
3:14am PDT |
Dr Seuss film remains top in US |
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Summary: Animated film Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who! tops the North American box office chart for a second week. |
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BBC News |
3:11am PDT |
Talks seek to end Somali violence |
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Summary: Somalia's interim prime minister meets Hawiye elders as he tries to quelll insurgent attacks |
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ChristianToday |
3:05am PDT |
Death is overcome Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams challenged people in his Easter sermon on Sunday to accept the inevitability of death but also to receive the newness of life after death that only God can give |
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ChristianToday |
3:05am PDT |
Death is real death is overcome Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams challenged people in his Easter sermon on Sunday to accept the inevitability of death but also to receive the newness of life after death that only God can give |
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Cnn.com |
2:59am PDT |
Olympic torch begins epic journey |
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Summary: A lone protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece Monday.
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Cnn.com |
2:56am PDT |
Ex-Bhutto aide expected to be new Pakistan PM |
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Summary: Pakistan's parliament was expected to elect Yousaf Raza Gilani, a long-time aide to slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, as its new prime minister Monday.
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Yahoo News |
2:55am PDT |
Protestors break into flame ceremony
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two pro-Tibet demonstrators ran onto field of the stadium at Ancient Olympia during the flame-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Cheney voices doubts on Hamas-Fatah reconciliation
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney said on
Monday he did not believe Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
would agree to reconcile with Hamas until the Islamist group
gave up control of the Gaza Strip. |
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BBC News |
2:50am PDT |
Casualties in south Russia blast |
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Summary: A car bomb injures at least four in Nazran, the main town in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia. |
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BBC News |
2:46am PDT |
Man still held over town murder |
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Summary: Police continue to question a man about the murder of Sean Fitzpatrick in Dungannon at the weekend. |
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BBC News |
2:35am PDT |
Oil prices fall on Saudi comments |
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Summary: Crude oil prices fall, as the dollar strengthens and Saudi Arabia makes reassuring comments. |
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BBC News |
2:34am PDT |
Search for coastal path walkers |
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Summary: A search is underway for a couple who failed to arrive at their destination after setting out on the Pembrokeshire coastal path. |
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Yahoo News |
2:23am PDT |
U.S. toll in Iraq hits 4,000 as four soldiers killed
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq
reached 4,000 on Monday, days after the fifth anniversary of a
war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on
track to win. |
