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Yahoo News |
4:11am PDT |
Zimbabwe court postpones MDC vote hearing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Zimbabwean judge has postponed until
later on Sunday his hearing of an opposition application for
presidential elections results to be released immediately, an
opposition lawyer said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:06am PDT |
Arrests mar London's Olympic torch relay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police scuffled with protesters as Olympians and celebrities carried the Olympic torch through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Johnson must be coach - Woodward |
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Summary: World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward says Martin Johnson is the man to lead England's revival - but only if he is a hands-on coach. |
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BBC News |
4:02am PDT |
Glastonbury ticket sale under way |
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Summary: Thousands of Glastonbury Festival fans are jamming phone lines and its website after tickets went on sale. |
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BBC News |
4:01am PDT |
Tykes fans head for FA Cup clash |
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Summary: Thousands of Barnsley football fans head to Wembley for their FA Cup semi final clash with Cardiff. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
Live - Bahrain Grand Prix |
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Summary: Title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen bid for supremacy at the Sakhir circuit. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
Bahrain GP as it happened |
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Summary: Felipe Massa claims an easy victory as Lewis Hamilton struggles in Bahrain. |
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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
Scuffles mar Olympic torch relay |
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Summary: The London leg of the Olympic torch relay to Beijing begins as small scuffles break out along the route. |
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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
'No rethink' on tax rate - Hutton |
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Summary: Business Secretary John Hutton says there will be no rethink on the decision to scrap the 10p starting rate of income tax. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41am PDT |
Bush, Putin agree to cooperate on missile defence
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush hailed a "breakthrough" Sunday at his final summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin after they agreed to consider a joint anti-missile defence system with Europe. |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Scores of Iraqi students abducted |
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Summary: Gunmen kidnap 42 university
students near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
3:24am PDT |
42 students kidnapped by Iraqi gunmen |
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Summary: Gunmen took at least 42 college students hostage in northern Iraq Sunday, according to police in Iraq's Nineveh police province.
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Yahoo News |
3:15am PDT |
More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - There is more than a 50 percent chance
the United States could go into recession, former Federal
Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an
interview published on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
3:13am PDT |
Buoyant Barnsley target Cup final |
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Summary: Manager Simon Davey is confident his Barnsley side can beat Cardiff in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final. |
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Cnn.com |
3:13am PDT |
Mugabe's party calls for vote recount |
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Summary: An official with Zimbabwe's ruling party said they have rejected an offer by the opposition party to form a national unity government, saying such a coalition would be "like mixing water with fire," according to Zimbabwe's state newspaper, The Daily Mail. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Kenyan leaders hold cabinet talks |
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Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and
would-be PM Raila Odinga hold talks to form a coalition government. |
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BBC News |
2:55am PDT |
'Candid' Clegg acknowledges risk |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says that politicians who are "candid" about their private lives "run some risks". |
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Yahoo News |
2:50am PDT |
More than 50 pct chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - There is more than a 50 percent chance
the United States could go into recession, former Federal
Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an
interview published on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:49am PDT |
Bush, Putin bury hatchet over anti-missile defence
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush announced a "breakthrough" Sunday after persuading his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to soften opposition to a planned US missile defence shield at the leaders' swansong summit by the Black Sea. |
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Cnn.com |
2:40am PDT |
Bush, Putin disagree on missile defense |
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Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush failed to resolve their differences over U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe but said they had agreed a "strategic framework" to guide future U.S.-Russian relat |
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BBC News |
2:40am PDT |
Olympic parade begins in London |
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Summary: Champion rower Sir Steve Redgrave begins the London leg of the Olympic torch relay to Beijing. |
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Yahoo News |
2:35am PDT |
Bush and Putin fail to resolve missile differences
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush and
Russia's Vladimir Putin failed to resolve differences over
missile defense at a farewell summit on Sunday but pledged to
leave a positive legacy for their successors. |
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
More cancellations at Terminal 5 |
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Summary: Heathrow's Terminal 5 is hit by 62 cancellations as snow causes further disruption to its service. |
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Yahoo News |
2:28am PDT |
Gunmen kidnap 42 students in N.Iraq: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen kidnapped 42 university students
near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, police said,
in one of the biggest mass abductions in the country in many
months. |
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
Drivers warned of icy conditions |
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Summary: The Met Office warns of wintry conditions across Northern Ireland, as parts of the UK wake up to snow. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13am PDT |
Rescuer: victim fell from helicopter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A crewman who died at the site of a sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea fell from a rescue basket being pulled into a helicopter, a rescuer has testified. |
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BBC News |
2:02am PDT |
'Some progress' in Russia-US ties |
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Summary: George Bush and Vladimir Putin sign a basic agreement on bilateral ties, without a breakthrough on differences. |
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ChristianToday |
1:59am PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in London |
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Summary: The Olympic flame arrived at Heathrow Airport on Saturday evening ahead of an allday parade through Londons streets on Sunday that antiChina protesters aim to disrupt |
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ChristianToday |
1:58am PDT |
Computer glitch sparks Terminal 5 woes |
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Summary: London Heathrows showpiece terminal 5 beset by baggage chaos since its opening last month hit more problems on Saturday as a luggage software glitch forced British Airways to cancel seven flights |
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ChristianToday |
1:58am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition says poll recount illegal |
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Summary: Zimbabwes opposition said on Sunday a ruling party demand for a recount of the presidential election was illegal and it feared President Robert Mugabe would unleash violence to stay in power |
