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9:01pm PDT |
Hamas chief invites Abbas for talks, says Israeli soldier alive
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Summary: AFP - Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal invited Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to Gaza for unconditional talks on the two factions' divisions, in a television interview Monday. |
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8:33pm PDT |
China celebrates Olympic flame, amid protest concerns
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Summary: AFP - China celebrated the Olympic flame's arrival on Monday but a thick blanket of security highlighted concerns that protests over Tibet, human rights and other issues may tarnish the historic torch relay. |
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8:21pm PDT |
Remains of U.S. soldier missing in Iraq identified
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Army has identified the
remains of a soldier captured by insurgents in Iraq nearly four
years ago, CNN reported on Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Trial: Popular drug fails to help heart disease |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Results of Vytorin study raise doctors' eyebrows |
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7:58pm PDT |
Security tight as Olympic flame arrives in China
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Summary: Reuters - 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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7:58pm PDT |
David Hicks gag order expires |
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Summary: A order preventing former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks giving interviews expires in Australia. |
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Cnn.com |
7:52pm PDT |
CIA boss: al Qaeda haven a 'danger' |
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7:49pm PDT |
'Policing pledge' to be unveiled |
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Summary: A "policing pledge" outlining standards for police in England and Wales is due to be launched by the Home Office. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PDT |
Plane hits homes near London; 5 killed |
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Summary: UK police have confirmed to CNN that a private aircraft has crashed into a residential area in the town of Farnborough in Kent, south-east of London.
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7:34pm PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in Beijing; security tight |
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7:30pm PDT |
Two Los Angeles freeway drivers shot |
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7:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe to release poll results |
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Summary: Zimbabwe is due to disclose the first results from Saturday's vote, amid growing tension over the delay. |
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7:23pm PDT |
No 'detail' on MP family register |
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Summary: MPs are told they will not have to publish details of work done by family members which is funded by taxpayers. |
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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
Remains identified as soldier missing since '04 |
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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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7:07pm PDT |
North Korea testing South with jet fighters: report
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Summary: Reuters - North Korean jet fighters have sortied
close South Korea's airspace at least 10 times since
conservative president Lee Myung-bak took office last month,
prompting Seoul to scramble its own planes in response, the
Chosun Ilbo newspaper report |
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6:48pm PDT |
Turkey court mulls party ban case |
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Summary: Turkey's constitutional court will rule whether to hear a case aimed at closing down the governing AK party. |
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6:39pm PDT |
Zimbabwe to learn election results
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Summary: AFP - The first results from Zimbabwe's elections were due to be announced on Monday after the opposition accused authorities of sitting on the outcome in a bid to keep President Robert Mugabe in power. |
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6:32pm PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in Beijing
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch touched down in Beijing on Monday amid high security before it leaves on a round-the-world relay expected to be a lightning rod for protests against China's policies and human rights practices. |
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6:30pm PDT |
Iraq to lift curfew in Baghdad |
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Summary: Iraq's government is to lift a Baghdad curfew, after a senior Shia cleric orders his fighters off the streets. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Olympic flame arrives in Beijing
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Monday ahead of the official start of the relay, with security tight at the Chinese capital's airport amid concerns over protests. |
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BBC News |
6:27pm PDT |
Call for curbs on Antarctic ships |
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Summary: Campaigners call for restrictions on ships in Antarctic waters to reduce accidents and preserve the local environment. |
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6:26pm PDT |
Antarctic peril |
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Summary: Why world's last great wilderness needs our care |
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6:23pm PDT |
Double yellows |
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Summary: Will parking law shake-up do away with dodgy tickets? |
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6:23pm PDT |
New parking rules |
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Summary: Tickets by CCTV, two-tier fines - how it's all changed |
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BBC News |
6:07pm PDT |
10,000 finance job cuts forecast |
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Summary: At least 10,000 jobs could be lost in UK financial services during the next three months, according to the CBI. |
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BBC News |
6:06pm PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in Beijing |
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Summary: A plane carrying the Olympic torch lands in Beijing, as the flame lit by the Greeks starts a world tour. |
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BBC News |
6:03pm PDT |
Police to question McCann friends |
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Summary: Friends of missing Madeleine McCann's parents are to be reinterviewed by police in the UK, the BBC has learned. |
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6:02pm PDT |
Homemade marge |
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Summary: Jamie wants us on a wartime diet - how would it taste? |
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6:02pm PDT |
Lessons in thrift |
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Summary: Advice from the families who faced wartime austerity |
