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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
Rice wants "meaningful" steps to aid Palestinians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice said on Sunday she expected Israel to take meaningful
steps to improve the lives of Palestinians in the occupied West
Bank. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35pm PDT |
115,300 watch Red Sox beat Dodgers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Tibet tensions high as Olympic torch nears Beijing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Further unrest in Tibet's capital
appeared to have been sparked by attempts by police to carry
out security checks, indicating the tension and volatility
remaining in Lhasa weeks after a deadly anti-government riot. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
Huge crowd watches Red Sox beat Dodgers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36pm PDT |
Clinton, Obama press for Texas delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scrambled to secure more Texas delegates Saturday as the state pushed to settle the outcome of the March 4 caucus. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
China to bring home Olympic torch amid Tibet tension
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China braced against further protests on Sunday as it prepared for the arrival of the Olympic torch amid reports of fresh disturbances in the riot-torn Tibetan capital Lhasa. |
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Yahoo News |
9:59pm PDT |
Hansbrough, Tar Heels reach Final Four
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tyler Hansbrough always found a way for North Carolina, whether it was carrying the Tar Heels when they lost their point guard or making a shot despite every defender knowing the ball would end up in his hands. |
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BBC News |
9:58pm PDT |
Mark Thatcher 'weds in Gibraltar' |
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Summary: Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of the former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher, is reported to have remarried in Gibraltar. |
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Yahoo News |
9:39pm PDT |
North Carolina, UCLA advance to Final Four
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Carolina and UCLA, both number
one seeds and two of the most successful ever college
basketball teams, advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA
tournament on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
Hansbrough leads Tar Heels to Final Four
(AP)
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Summary: AP - This time, North Carolina got to celebrate instead of heading to the locker room to wait for next year. Tyler Hansbrough and his top-seeded Tar Heels just wouldn't be denied a trip to the Final Four again. |
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Cnn.com |
8:14pm PDT |
Death toll from Iraq fighting nears 300 |
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Summary: A strict curfew was extended indefinitely in the Iraqi capital Sunday as the death toll mounted from clashes between government troops and Shiite Muslim militants.
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
UCLA romps into Final Four
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - UCLA became the first team to reach the
Final Four in the NCAA tournament on Saturday and will head to
San Antonio looking for its 12th national title. |
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BBC News |
8:03pm PDT |
Open skies deal comes into effect |
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Summary: The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effec, aiming to open up air travel. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Cyrus is Kids Choice winner - twice
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show with a spirited performance of her hit song, "GNO — Girls Night Out." |
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BBC News |
7:44pm PDT |
Personal NHS budgets considered |
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Summary: Patients with long-term conditions could get control of their own NHS budgets, the government says. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44pm PDT |
Cheetahs attack woman at cat sanctuary |
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Fresh Tibet unrest as Olympic torch nears Beijing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A melee in Tibet's capital appeared to
have been sparked by attempts by police to carry out security
checks, indicating the tension and volatility remaining in
Lhasa weeks after an anti-government riot. |
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BBC News |
7:40pm PDT |
Vote counting begins in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Vote counting starts in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe faces a strong challenge from the opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
7:38pm PDT |
Clinton says no intention of dropping out: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defying mounting
pressure from some party leaders to bow out, Democratic
presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told The Washington Post
she will stick it out through the remaining primaries and the
contested Florida and Michigan results are r |
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Yahoo News |
7:36pm PDT |
Cyrus is Kids Choice winner
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show with a spirited performance of her hit song, "GNO — Girls Night Out." |
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Yahoo News |
7:30pm PDT |
Large and small screen actors cut ties
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the TV actors union voted to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds. |
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BBC News |
7:24pm PDT |
France 'could take Farc rebels' |
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Summary: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says France could take Farc rebels if they agree to free their hostages. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20pm PDT |
China still has trouble reading Tibet's pulse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - When China allowed envoys of the exiled
Dalai Lama to visit Tibet in the early 1980s as part of a
cautious detente, Communist Party cadres told residents not to
stone or spit at their one-time masters. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19pm PDT |
Zimbabwe counts votes after rigging charges
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Counting was under way on Sunday after Zimbabweans voted in a general election as opponents of veteran President Robert Mugabe accused him of trying to cheat his way to a sixth term in office. |
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Yahoo News |
7:15pm PDT |
N.Korea threatens to cut off dialogue with South
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea threatened to suspend
dialogue with the South over comments made by a South Korean
military official and said it was ready to attack its wealthy
neighbor, the North's state media said at the weekend. |
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BBC News |
7:14pm PDT |
'Divided' Arab summit continues |
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Summary: The Arab League summit continues with key leaders absent, as opinions are split over Lebanon. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
Cities switch off lights for Earth Hour
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PDT |
Obama says Clinton should keep running
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
7:05pm PDT |
UK 'must adopt disability treaty' |
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Summary: The government is urged by a charity to ratify fully an international treaty on disability. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42pm PDT |
Cheetah attacks woman at cat sanctuary |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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