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Yahoo News |
4:10am PDT |
Yahoo promises to 'amp' up ad platform
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. believes it's poised to revolutionize online advertising after years of being outmaneuvered by rival Google Inc. |
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BBC News |
4:09am PDT |
Tories outline rowdy pupils plan |
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Summary: Powers to expel disruptive pupils should be increased, with fewer appeal rights, the Conservatives say. |
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Cnn.com |
4:05am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished during Paris leg |
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Summary: Thousands of police are expected to protect the Olympic torch as it makes its run through Paris in a few hours.
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Yahoo News |
4:03am PDT |
Russia's biggest party to ask Putin to lead it
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's biggest party will invite
Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party's chief said on
Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin's influence
after he steps down from the presidency next month. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Can I say no? |
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Summary: How to deal with a glut of marathon sponsorship pleas |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Three-year 8% pay offer to nurses |
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Summary: Nurses and other NHS workers have been offered a three-year pay deal worth 8%. |
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Yahoo News |
3:47am PDT |
500 protest Olympic torch relay in Paris
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paris became the stage Monday for the latest round of global protests against China, with thousands of police deployed to protect the Olympic torch relay after chaos in London the day before. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Passengers recall 'terror' flight |
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Summary: Passengers speak of their fears as an aircraft engine caught fire in mid-air forcing an emergency landing. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Plane passengers in fire terror |
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Summary: Passengers speak of their fears as an aircraft engine caught fire in mid-air forcing an emergency landing. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Restaurant boss's Lords bid fails |
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Summary: A restaurateur whose £25,000 libel award for a bad review was quashed fails in a bid to take his case to the Lords. |
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BBC News |
3:38am PDT |
Viewers complain to BBC over Anne Robinson's 'grope test' |
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Summary: The BBC receives 16 complaints after a Weakest Link contestant feels presenter Anne Robinson's breasts. |
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ChristianToday |
3:36am PDT |
Parent and toddler group leaders understimated says charity |
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Summary: Care for the Family conferences to give encouragement to underestimated parent and toddler group leaders |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Europe clears mobiles on aircraft |
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Summary: The use of mobiles on planes in European airspace is given formal approval by the European Commission. |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
EU clears mobiles on aircraft |
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Summary: Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules. |
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Yahoo News |
3:15am PDT |
Mugabe opponent in South Africa for talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Calling for international intervention
to help end the 28-year rule of President Robert Mugabe,
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has gone to
regional power South Africa for talks, aides said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
3:05am PDT |
'Ex-slave' takes Niger to court |
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Summary: A former slave sues Niger's government, saying it has failed to implement any slavery laws. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Sri Lanka military says kills 49 rebels, bombs north
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sri Lanka air force jets bombed rebel
positions in the far north on Monday while troops killed 49
Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting, the military said. |
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BBC News |
2:59am PDT |
Allen leaves Orange judging panel |
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Summary: Pop star Lily Allen withdraws from the judging panel of this year's Orange Prize for Fiction, blaming ill health. |
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Cnn.com |
2:55am PDT |
Armed teens storm Australian school |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
2:53am PDT |
Government funding boosts YMCA homeless services |
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Summary: The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced a package of measures to improve services for homeless people and seven YMCA projects have been selected to receive funding |
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
HSBC customers' data disc lost |
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Summary: The HSBC banking group has admitted losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. |
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Japan nominates bank governor |
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Summary: Japan's government finds a candidate to be the Bank of Japan governor after weeks of political stalemate. |
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BBC News |
2:41am PDT |
Egypt opposition boycotts polls |
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Summary: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says it will boycott municipal polls after being allowed to field just 20 candidates. |
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BBC News |
2:35am PDT |
NZ man 'used hedgehog as weapon' |
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Summary: A man in New Zealand is charged with throwing a hedgehog at a teenager, a newspaper reports. |
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BBC News |
2:29am PDT |
Omagh civil case gets under way |
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Summary: A civil action against five people relatives believe were behind the Omagh bombing is beginning. |
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BBC News |
2:29am PDT |
Omagh civil case 'unprecedented' |
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Summary: A civil action against five people relatives believe were behind the Omagh bombing gets under way. |
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Cnn.com |
2:26am PDT |
Brazilian residents feel neglected in dengue fight |
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Summary: The battle against a massive and deadly outbreak of dengue continues Monday, but obstacles remain in at least one sprawling neighborhood.
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BBC News |
2:26am PDT |
Shannon mother arrested by police |
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Summary: The mother of Shannon Matthews is arrested by police investigating the alleged kidnapping of the nine-year-old schoolgirl. |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
Fear over child tranquilliser use |
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Summary: Increasing numbers of UK children are being prescribed unlicensed anti-psychotic drugs, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
Gates hints at Vista 'successor' |
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Summary: Microsoft's Bill Gates drops hints about when the next version of Windows might appear. |
