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Cnn.com |
1:56pm PDT |
Plane hits homes near London; five 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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Yahoo News |
1:56pm PDT |
Memphis rolls past Texas into Final Four
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Calipari has a good reason for calling his Memphis Tigers a "Dream Team" — a kid from Chicago who wears No. 23 and makes plays that bring fans out of their seats. |
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Yahoo News |
1:52pm PDT |
Zimbabwe results delayed to save Mugabe: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change accused authorities Sunday of deliberately sitting on general election results to fix the outcome in favour of long-ruling President Robert Mugabe. |
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ChristianToday |
1:44pm PDT |
Delays cause concern in Zimbabwe poll |
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Summary: Regional observers endorsed Zimbabwes elections as credible and fair on Sunday but long delays in issuing results stoked concerns that President Robert Mugabe was trying to cling to power by rigging the result |
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ChristianToday |
1:44pm PDT |
Iraqs Sadr orders followers off streets |
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Summary: Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr called on his followers on Sunday to stop battling government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control |
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Cnn.com |
1:41pm PDT |
Lewis: Race controversy good for dialogue |
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Summary: Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis suggested Sunday the controversy over Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor has reignited a conversation about race that could ultimately be beneficial for the country.
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ChristianToday |
1:38pm PDT |
Five dead as aircraft crashes into Kent house |
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Summary: All five people in a private jet going to France were killed on Sunday when the plane crashed into a housing estate near Farnborough southeast of London Kent fire brigade said There were no injuries on the ground |
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ChristianToday |
1:37pm PDT |
BA warns travellers face further Heathrow delays |
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Summary: Travellers hoping to fly from the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport on Monday face more delays from teething troubles with the computerised baggage handling system British Airways said on Sunday |
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Yahoo News |
1:37pm PDT |
Delays cause concern in Zimbabwe poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Regional observers endorsed Zimbabwe's
elections as credible and fair on Sunday but long delays in
issuing results stoked concerns that President Robert Mugabe
was trying to cling to power by rigging the result. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37pm PDT |
Ill. univ. top cop: 'I lost 5 people'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The police chief at Northern Illinois University replays the chaos over and over in his mind: sprinting, pistol in hand and reading glasses still on, through waves of screaming students at a lecture hall. |
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ChristianToday |
1:37pm PDT |
Woman dies after police car chase |
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Summary: A woman has died following a police car chase in central London police said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
1:36pm PDT |
Climate bill to clear first parliament hurdle |
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Summary: A landmark Climate Change Bill which for the first time sets a legal requirement on a government to cut carbon emissions is expected to pass its first parliamentary hurdle on Monday but has a rocky ride ahead |
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ChristianPost |
1:27pm PDT |
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Slow Down Alzheimer's Progression in Mice |
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Summary: Scientists have found that targeted immune suppression using stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood may reduce the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the March issue of Stem Cells and ... |
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Yahoo News |
1:25pm PDT |
China gets Olympic flames amid protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese spectators cheered Sunday as Greece handed off the Olympic flame for its journey to Beijing and relay through 20 countries. But protesters brandishing Tibetan flags stole the limelight. |
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Yahoo News |
1:21pm PDT |
Women push back in support of Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Debra Starks has heard the calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton to quit the presidential race, and she's not happy about it. |
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Yahoo News |
1:20pm PDT |
Democrats face summer of bitter infighting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Supporters of Barack Obama backed
away on Sunday from calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of
the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of
bitter fighting to win the party's White House nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
12:56pm PDT |
France offers plane if Betancourt released
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - France said on Sunday it was ready to
evacuate French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt in the
event of a deal between Colombia and rebels holding her. |
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Yahoo News |
12:56pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims poll victory as results delayed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The opposition claimed victory on Sunday in Zimbabwe's general election as concerns mounted over a delay to the results of a contest which could see veteran President Robert Mugabe turfed out of office. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53pm PDT |
Regional observers judge Zimbabwe poll "credible"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's election, seen as the most
important vote since independence, was a credible expression of
the will of the people despite problems, southern African
observers said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
12:50pm PDT |
Five killed in Kent plane crash |
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Summary: Five people are killed as a plane crashes in Farnborough in Kent severely damaging a house and garage. |
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Cnn.com |
12:31pm PDT |
Iraq PM welcomes al-Sadr call; curfews ending |
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Summary: Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's call for his followers to end violent clashes and cooperate with Iraqi security forces was welcomed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who called it a "step in the right direction." A curfew imposed on Baghdad will be lifted |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Iraq's Sadr orders followers off streets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr called on his followers on Sunday to stop battling
government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and
Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control. |
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Yahoo News |
12:11pm PDT |
Israel tells Rice will ease some West Bank restrictions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel announced plans on Sunday to
ease some restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West
Bank, responding to calls by visiting U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice to take steps to bolster peace talks. |
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Yahoo News |
11:54am PDT |
Al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Sunday that he was pulling his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison. |
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DJ Chuang |
11:38am PDT |
how emergent church emerged |
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Summary: if you’re curious like me (or, have a StrengthsFinder theme of INPUT, like me), I’ve wanted to know what really happened behind the scenes, and how this whole emergent church thing blossomed, and it was something years in the making, mostly un |
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BBC News |
11:32am PDT |
Battle for Basra |
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Summary: Must British forces get involved in the latest flare-up? |
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims victory as results delayed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The opposition claimed victory on Sunday in Zimbabwe's general election as concerns mounted over a delay to the results of a contest which could see veteran President Robert Mugabe turfed out of office. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27am PDT |
Regional observers say Zimbabwe poll "credible"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A report by Southern African observers
has judged Zimbabwe's elections "peaceful and credible" despite
major flaws, two dissenting mission members said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PDT |
Democrats face summer of bitter fighting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Supporters of Barack Obama backed
away on Sunday from calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of
the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of
bitter fighting to win the party's White House nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PDT |
Iraq fighting underscores power struggle
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Iraqi capital locked down by curfew. U.S. diplomats holed up their workplaces, fearing rocket attacks. Nearly every major southern city racked by turmoil. Hundreds killed in less than a week. |
