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6:27am PDT |
Tributes for wartime Bevin Boys |
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Summary: The prime minister pays tribute to the Bevin Boys, who are to be formally recognised for their mining work during World War II. |
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6:23am PDT |
Killer who posed with body jailed |
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Summary: A murderer who stabbed a man 80 times and posed for a picture next to his dead body is jailed for life. |
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6:21am PDT |
Brown compromise over embryo vote |
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Summary: Gordon Brown says Labour MPs will have a free vote on three controversial parts of the embryo research bill. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PDT |
Britney goes for laughs in flirty 'Mother' role |
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6:11am PDT |
Dozens of cars in Austria pile-up |
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Summary: Police in Austria say one person is killed as 60 vehicles are caught up in a motorway pile-up. |
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Cnn.com |
6:08am PDT |
U.S. fires warning shots at Egyptian boat |
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Summary: A U.S. military security team on a cargo ship transiting the Suez Canal Monday fired warning shots at a small Egyptian boat when it got too close, U.S. officials said.
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6:03am PDT |
Battles on Comoros rebel island |
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Summary: Comoros government troops take control of most of Anjouan island but fighting continues. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Iraqi forces battle Basra militias
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi security forces fought fierce
gunbattles with powerful Shi'ite militias in Basra on Tuesday
in a major operation aimed at bringing the southern oil city
under government control. |
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5:54am PDT |
Mugabe seeks election price cuts |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatens to make shops cut prices ahead of 29 March elections. |
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5:53am PDT |
America in Black and White |
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Summary: Can America have a rational discussion about ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:43am PDT |
Wheelchairs keep disabled pets moving
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Summary: AP - When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed the idea of putting the dog to sleep. Then he spotted an ad in a pet food store: "Eddie's Wheels For Pets. |
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Cnn.com |
5:41am PDT |
Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton said she "misspoke" last week when she gave a dramatic description of her arrival in Bosnia 12 years ago, recounting a landing under sniper fire.
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5:37am PDT |
Jersey 'punishment rooms' found |
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Summary: Two more "punishment rooms" have been found in the inquiry into alleged abuse at a Jersey children's home. |
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ChristianToday |
5:37am PDT |
Ben Cantalon to join Steve Chalke at launch of new Oasis community venue |
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Summary: Steve Chalke and Soul Survivors Ben Cantalon will be joined by Heather Small of M People and T4 Popworld winners Bluebird Kid Clark to open The Grand in Clitheroe on 2830 March the latest project from Oasis to serve at the heart of local community |
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5:36am PDT |
Appeal over Lucie trial verdict |
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Summary: The first hearing in an appeal against the acquittal of the man accused of killing Lucie Blackman takes place. |
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5:34am PDT |
HBOS leads UK shares rebound |
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Summary: HBOS shares gain as much as 17% after it emerges management bought £6m worth of shares in the bank. |
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ChristianPost |
5:30am PDT |
Saudi Arabia Leader Calls for Interfaith Dialogue |
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Summary: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia called for a dialogue among monotheistic religions Monday, marking a first for the ultra-conservative Muslim ... |
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5:28am PDT |
Israel backs larger deployment of Palestinian forces
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel will let Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas deploy hundreds of his security forces in the
West Bank city of Jenin after they complete U.S.-funded
training in Jordan, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26am PDT |
Iraqi troops, militias clash in Basra
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militiamen Tuesday in the southern oil port of Basra and gunmen patrolled several Baghdad neighborhoods as followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to demand an end t |
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Cnn.com |
5:24am PDT |
Al-Sadr followers protest raids |
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Summary: Iraqi security forces were battling Shiite militia members in the southern city of Basra Tuesday -- and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is personally overseeing the operation, officials said.
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5:23am PDT |
Detroit mayor to be arraigned today
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Summary: AP - Six years after being sworn into office with hopes of revitalizing his troubled city, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign now that he's been booked on charges of lying about steamy text messages with his former chief of staf |
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Cnn.com |
5:17am PDT |
Injured Emilio could face coma, memory loss |
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5:13am PDT |
Pakistani president swears in PM Gilani
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
swore in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday as two
senior U.S. officials arrived for talks including Pakistan's
role in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism. |
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5:11am PDT |
Red Sox, A's open season in Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season. |
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5:05am PDT |
HRT 'might ward off Alzheimer's' |
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Summary: Hormone replacement therapy may protect post-menopausal women against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. |
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4:57am PDT |
AU, Comoros forces not in full control of Anjouan: minister
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - African Union and Comoran troops are still fighting for control of the rebel island of Anjouan, where they are searching for renegade leader Mohamed Bacar, the defence minister said Tuesday. |
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4:57am PDT |
Social Security trustees to give update
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The trustees of Social Security and Medicare are certain to kick off a fierce round of debate when they release their annual assessment of the fiscal health of the government's two biggest benefit programs. |
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Cnn.com |
4:56am PDT |
Harry Potter being taught at colleges |
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Summary: J.K. Rowling has retired Harry Potter, but the fictional boy wizard lives in on college classes across the country where the children's books are embraced as literary and academic texts.
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4:54am PDT |
China raps Olympic torch protest |
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Summary: China condemns as shameful a protest over Tibet at the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. |
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ChristianPost |
4:54am PDT |
Chinese Media Ignores Olympic Protests |
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Summary: According to the state-run media, anti-Chinese government protests that marred the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony simply didn't ... |
