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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
Afghans 'seize Taleban commander' |
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Summary: Afghan officials say they have arrested a senior Taleban commander in the southern city of Kandahar. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
China denounces torch protest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday denounced protests that
disrupted the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London and IOC
chief Jacques Rogge said he was very concerned at the protests,
but added there was no momentum for a Games boycott. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01pm PDT |
China, New Zealand sign free trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China and New Zealand have signed a groundbreaking free trade agreement — the rising economic giant's first such pact with a developed country. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
Tennessee edges LSU on late putback
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alexis Hornbuckle's only basket of the game was enough to get Tennessee back in the championship game. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
Raucous protests greet Olympic flame
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London. |
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BBC News |
8:49pm PDT |
Youths attack Australian school |
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Summary: Several people are hurt after youths armed with bats and a machete attack a Sydney high school. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
Wiggins wills Stanford past Connecticut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Candice Wiggins refused to let Stanford lose to Connecticut. Not again. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PDT |
Clinton's top strategist quits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton's chief political strategist, Mark Penn,
stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free
trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes. |
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BBC News |
7:54pm PDT |
Tories to detail rowdy pupil plan |
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Summary: Classrooms will be rid of persistent troublemakers, under Tory school discipline proposals due to be outlined. |
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
Paris braced for torch protests |
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Summary: Hundreds of French police will be deployed to protect the Olympic torch from protesters angry at China's role in Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
7:43pm PDT |
Zimbabweans prepare for Mugabe to stay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For a few brief moments, Zimbabweans suffering under the authoritarian rule of Robert Mugabe allowed themselves a rare burst of optimism after their longtime president suffered what appeared to be a devastating electoral loss. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
China denounces Olympic torch protest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday denounced protests that
dogged the Beijing Olympic torch relay through London, while
state media announced impending trials of people accused of
rioting in the Tibetan capital. |
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BBC News |
7:36pm PDT |
The 'tapas seven' |
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Summary: The key witnesses in the Madeleine McCann case |
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BBC News |
7:29pm PDT |
Madeleine case police due in UK |
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Summary: Portuguese police probing the Madeleine McCann case are due in the UK to reinterview friends of her parents. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17pm PDT |
Clinton's top strategist quits over lobbying conflict
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton's chief political strategist, Mark Penn,
stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free
trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes. |
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Cnn.com |
7:14pm PDT |
Polygamist ranch raided, 219 women, kids taken |
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Summary: Authorities stormed the temple of a Texas ranch that's home to a rogue Mormon sect Saturday, as part of a search for victims of physical and sexual abuse, police said.
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Cnn.com |
7:13pm PDT |
Iraqi PM issues al-Sadr ultimatum amid violence |
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Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has laid down an ultimatum for Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, while fighting between U.S. troops and al-Sadr's militia left at least 20 people dead Sunday. Also, three U.S. soldiers died in two rocket attacks in Baghdad |
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6:42pm PDT |
Thai tensions |
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Summary: Wealth and power gap exposed in Bangkok court |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Wiggins helps Stanford past Connecticut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The bigger the stage, the better Candice Wiggins performs. |
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Yahoo News |
6:26pm PDT |
Zimbabwe awaits outcome of legal bid to force poll results
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe anxiously awaited Monday the outcome of a legal bid by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to force the declaration of poll results that could spell the end for President Robert Mugabe. |
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BBC News |
6:22pm PDT |
Africa advances |
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Summary: Scientists dedicated to improving the lives of Africans |
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BBC News |
6:02pm PDT |
Darfur women still face rape risk |
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Summary: Women and girls in Darfur are still subjected to widespread rape and sexual assault, Human Rights Watch says. |
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Yahoo News |
5:51pm PDT |
China slams "vile" Olympic torch protest in London
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's state media on Monday condemned
the "vile misdeeds" of the protesters who disrupted the Olympic
torch's marathon relay through London. |
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Cnn.com |
5:42pm PDT |
Rockets kill 3 U.S. troops, wound 31 |
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Summary: Three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 others wounded in two rocket attacks Sunday afternoon in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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Cnn.com |
5:42pm PDT |
Complaints soar at U.S. airlines |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:35pm PDT |
Two charged over beach head death |
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Summary: Two men are charged in connection with the death of a Lithuanian woman whose head was found on a Scottish beach. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Hillary Clinton strategist quits amid Colombia trade flap
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top campaign
strategist to Sen. Hillary Clinton, under fire for his meeting
with a Colombian diplomat to discuss a free trade deal that the
presidential candidate opposes, quit his post on Sunday, the
campaign said. |
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BBC News |
5:13pm PDT |
Shannon suspect in 'self-harm bid' |
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Summary: The man accused of abducting Shannon Matthews is treated in hospital after a "serious case of self-harm", authorities say. |
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BBC News |
5:13pm PDT |
Shannon suspect's 'self-harm bid' |
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Summary: The man accused of abducting Shannon Matthews is treated in hospital after a "serious case of self-harm", authorities say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02pm PDT |
Complaints about airlines on the rise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Late flights and lost bags, to say nothing of higher fares, are making air travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality says. |
