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ChristianPost |
6:10am PDT |
Asia Sets Up First Grad School to Fight 'Culture of Death' |
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Summary: An institution set up to train students to fight abortion and low birth rates recently opened in South Korea, becoming the first bioethics graduate school in ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Shiite cleric al-Sadr offers Iraq truce
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is offering to pull his fighters off the streets of Basra and other cities if the government halts raids against his followers and releases prisoners held without charge. |
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BBC News |
5:59am PDT |
Iraqi cleric calls off militias |
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Summary: Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr orders his fighters off the streets of several cities in an effort to end fighting. |
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ChristianPost |
5:57am PDT |
Limbless Evangelist Preaches Joy In Christ |
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Summary: Nick Vujicic is a 25-year-old evangelist whose message about being content in all circumstances takes on new meaning when people see his physical condition – he was born without ... |
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BBC News |
5:53am PDT |
Warning over Zimbabwe claims |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's main opposition party is warned against declaring an early victory in the presidential poll. |
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Cnn.com |
5:51am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims early victory |
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Summary: Defying a government order, Zimbabwe's main opposition party released its election results on Sunday, claiming an early victory for their presidential candidate.
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BBC News |
5:47am PDT |
Olympic torch handed to China |
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Summary: The Olympic flame is passed to Chinese officials at an Athens ceremony, amid protests over Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
5:44am PDT |
`Killing Fields' survivor Dith Pran dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields," died Sunday, his for |
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ChristianPost |
5:39am PDT |
Cities Switch Off Lights for Earth Hour |
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Summary: 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 ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:32am PDT |
French jet on standby for Betancourt release
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - France has sent a jet to French Guyana to
be ready to evacuate French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt
in the event of a deal between Colombia and rebels holding her,
President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said on Sunday. |
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ChristianPost |
5:30am PDT |
Disposing of the Disabled |
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Summary: Most parents receive the news that they are "expecting" with joy and excitement. For some, however, the good news turns sour when they learn that their unborn or newly born child has Down syndrome or is afflicted with some other disability like cystic fib |
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ChristianPost |
5:25am PDT |
Muslims Denounce Film Critizing Islam |
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Summary: Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, demanding international laws to prevent insults to ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:25am PDT |
Muslims Denounce Film Criticizing Islam |
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Summary: Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, demanding international laws to prevent insults to ... |
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Cnn.com |
5:00am PDT |
'Open Skies' heralds new era in air travel |
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Summary: The first plane has landed under the "Open Skies" agreement between the United States and Europe, heralding what many hope will be a new era in air travel.
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Israel pledges to remove roadblocks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel has pledged to remove 50 West Bank roadblocks as part of a package to improve everyday life for Palestinians, U.S. officials said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:59am PDT |
City fans' overnight Wembley wait |
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Summary: Fans of FA Cup semi-finalists Cardiff City queue overnight for what may be a last chance of a Wembley ticket. |
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Yahoo News |
4:50am PDT |
Israel pledges to remove some W.Bank roadblocks: U.S
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel intends to remove about 50
roadblocks restricting Palestinian movement in the occupied
West Bank, the U.S. State Department said on Sunday during a
visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Warning on Zimbabwe victory claim |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's main opposition party is warned against declaring an early victory in the presidential poll. |
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BBC News |
4:38am PDT |
Games boost for apprenticeships |
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Summary: All school leavers in Glasgow are to be offered an apprenticeship by the city council next year. |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
No Arab consensus on Lebanon |
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Summary: The Arab League summit in Damascus ends with calls to end Lebanon's crisis, but no specific proposals. |
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Cnn.com |
4:23am PDT |
North Korea warns South of 'pre-emptive strike' |
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BBC News |
4:17am PDT |
Man dies after house fire rescue |
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Summary: A man caught in a house fire in County Londonderry dies shortly after being rescued by fire crews. |
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Yahoo News |
3:52am PDT |
China says Dalai Lama rejects dialogue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese state media accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of closing the door to talks over Tibet's future, an apparent response to rising international calls for Beijing to negotiate with Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader. |
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Yahoo News |
3:47am PDT |
China to take delivery of Olympic flame amid tight security, protest fears
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Games flame is handed over to China on Sunday in a tightly-guarded Athens ceremony with Greek authorities fearing a repetition of anti-Chinese protests that have dogged the seven-day Olympic torch relay through Greece. |
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Yahoo News |
3:40am PDT |
Rice pushes 'meaningful' Mideast steps
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday it is critical for Israel and the Palestinians to take "meaningful" steps to shore up the Palestinian economy and improve Israeli security if languishing efforts to reach a peace deal by the end of the |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Government is in touch says Smith |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Government is in touch - Smith |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Government 'is in touch' - Smith |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has dismissed claims by a fellow minister that the government is out of touch. |
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Yahoo News |
3:34am PDT |
Zimbabwe's opposition claims early lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's main opposition party is claiming an early lead in elections. The party says it is leading the presidential race against President Robert Mugabe with 67 percent of votes. |
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BBC News |
3:31am PDT |
High alert for Olympic handover |
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Summary: Police are on alert as 20,000 gather in Athens for the handover of the Olympic torch to Chinese officials. |
