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Cnn.com |
11:51pm PDT |
Zimbabwe vote results slowly coming in |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's government began slowly announcing parliamentary election results Monday morning, but the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has not released any results yet in the presidential contest.
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Three-day curfew ends in Baghdad |
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Summary: Iraqi authorities end a curfew in the capital, after a senior Shia cleric orders his fighters off the streets. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
Rock pledges to repay taxpayers |
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Summary: Newly-nationalised bank Northern Rock promises to repay its £24bn to the taxpayer in full by 2010. |
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PDT |
Muslims more numerous than Catholics Vatican |
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Summary: Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world the Vatican said on Sunday |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Rice on last leg of Mid-East tour |
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Summary: The US secretary of state is to hold more talks with Israelis and Palestinians, wrapping up her Middle East tour. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
China blasts Dalai Lama as Olympic torch arrives
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China stepped up its attacks on the
Dalai Lama on Monday, blasting him for abusing religion,
stirring protests in Tibet and preparing for independence as
the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing under tight security. |
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Cnn.com |
11:19pm PDT |
Pitcher-in-chief opens new ballpark |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
CORRECTED: China blasts Dalai Lama as Olympic torch arrives
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China stepped up its attacks on the
Dalai Lama on Monday, blasting him for abusing religion,
stirring protests in Tibet and preparing for independence as
the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing under tight security. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
Blast kills two British soldiers |
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Summary: Two British soldiers are killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms. |
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BBC News |
11:15pm PDT |
Crash bodies to be recovered |
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Summary: Rescue workers will attempt to recover the bodies of five people after a private jet crashed in Kent. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13pm PDT |
2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan blast |
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Summary: Two soldiers in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed in an explosion Sunday, the force said.
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Zimbabwe releases first election results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission began announcing official results Monday of elections the opposition party claims to have won, after a delay that heightened fears of rigging and brought security forces onto the streets. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Ohio soldier's remains found in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
MDC and ZANU-PF run even in early Zimbabwe results
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC and ruling
ZANU-PF were running neck-and-neck, according to the first
election results issued by the Electoral Commission on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48pm PDT |
Olympic torch re-lit in Beijing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch was re-lit Monday at an elaborate ceremony that signaled the start of a round-the-world relay that is expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
Bush seeks to salvage legacy at NATO and Putin summits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush sets off on
Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state
meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in a bid to salvage a
foreign policy legacy frayed by the Iraq war. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
China launches Olympic torch relay, amid protest concerns
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China celebrated the start of the Olympic torch relay on Monday, but heavy security highlighted concerns that protests over Tibet, human rights and other issues may tarnish its historic journey. |
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Cnn.com |
10:38pm PDT |
Missing soldier's family finds closure |
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Summary: After nearly four years of hoping, waiting and praying, an Ohio family learned on Sunday that their missing son died in Iraq. "It really hurts," said Carolyn Maupin, whose son, Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, was captured by insurgents in April 2004. A w |
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Cnn.com |
10:38pm PDT |
Remains of soldier missing 4 years ID'd |
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Summary: After nearly four years of hoping, waiting and praying, an Ohio family learned on Sunday that their missing son died in Iraq. "It really hurts," said Carolyn Maupin, whose son, Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, was captured by insurgents in April 2004. A w |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
First poll results in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: First results from elections in Zimbabwe are split between the opposition MDC and President Mugabe's Zanu-PF. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Zimbabwe announces first results |
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Summary: First results from elections in Zimbabwe are split between the opposition MDC and President Mugabe's Zanu-PF. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Zimbabwe commission starts announcing poll results
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's electoral commission on
Monday started announcing results of the country's election
after a long delay. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
North Korea bites hand that feeds it
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea has sent jet fighters to test
the South's air defenses and threatened to reduce its wealthy
neighbor to ashes as it tries to push the new government in
Seoul to back off from its hard line with Pyongyang. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PDT |
Security tight as China launches Olympic torch relay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's president and the country's top
athlete launched the Beijing Olympics torch relay on Monday
amid cheering, dancing and tight security, marking the symbolic
start to a Games overshadowed by activism and unrest in Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Bush seeks to salvage legacy at NAT0 and Putin summits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush sets off on
Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state
meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in a bid to salvage a
foreign policy legacy frayed by the Iraq war. |
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ChristianToday |
10:09pm PDT |
Security tight as Olympic flame arrives in China |
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Summary: The Beijing Olympic flame was welcomed by cheering children amid tight security in China on Monday a symbolic start to the Games that has been overshadowed by unrest in Tibet and concerns over human rights |
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ChristianToday |
10:08pm PDT |
Tensions rise as world faces short rations |
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Summary: Food prices are soaring a wealthier Asia is demanding better food and farmers cant keep up In short the world faces a food crisis and in some places its already boiling over |
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Yahoo News |
9:59pm PDT |
Bill Clinton woos Calif. superdelegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Allowing the Democratic presidential race to continue several more weeks will not hurt the party's chances in November, former President Clinton said Sunday, urging those concerned that the opposite will happen to "chill out" and let the balloting ru |
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Yahoo News |
9:57pm PDT |
Lehman Brothers sues Marubeni in Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lehman Brothers filed a lawsuit against major Japanese trading company Marubeni on Monday, demanding $350 million in a case of alleged fraud. |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PDT |
Olympic torch re-lit in Beijing |
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Summary: The Olympic torch is taken to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, as the flame lit by the Greeks starts a world tour. |
