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10:10pm PDT |
UN expert stands by Nazi comments |
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Summary: The next UN investigator into alleged Israeli human rights abuses says he stands by a comparison with the Nazis. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Landmark India-Africa meet begins |
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Summary: The first-ever summit aimed at strengthening trade and diplomatic ties between India and Africa begins in Delhi. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Kansas surges past Memphis to NCAA title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - So patient for 20 years, Kansas had no problem working an extra five minutes to bring a long-awaited championship back to the heartland. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
'Wow' girl - South Korea's first astronaut set for blast off |
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Summary: South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, is set to blast off for a mission to the International Space Station. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
South Korea's first astronaut is set to blast off for a mission |
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Summary: South Korea's first astronaut, Yi So-yeon, is set to blast off for a mission |
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BBC News |
9:43pm PDT |
Princes welcome inquest verdicts |
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Summary: Princes William and Harry draw a line under their mother's inquest, saying they agree with its verdicts. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
Kansas seals first NCAA title for 20 years
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kansas capitalized on some
poor free-throw shooting by Memphis late in the game to grind
out a 75-68 overtime victory and seal a first national title in
20 years on Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Zimbabwe poll officials detained |
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Summary: Zimbabwe olice arrest officials who allegedly undertallied votes for President Mugabe, as the opposition goes to court. |
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9:33pm PDT |
Shannon mother still in custody |
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Summary: The mother of Shannon Matthews continues to be questioned by police about her daughter's disappearance. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Over 400 kids taken from polygamist sect
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More than 400 children, mostly girls in pioneer dresses, were swept into state custody from a polygamist sect in what authorities described Monday as the largest child-welfare operation in Texas history. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
China vows to keep torch on track |
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Summary: Beijing says no force can stop the world relay of the Olympic flame as it faces new protests on the Californian leg. |
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Cnn.com |
9:13pm PDT |
Uneasy calm settles on Tibet |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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9:06pm PDT |
Chalmers sends Kansas to OT, win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - So patient for 20 years, Kansas had no problem working an extra five minutes to bring a long-awaited championship back to the heartland. |
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9:05pm PDT |
Kansas beats Memphis in overtime to win NCAA title
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kansas overcame Memphis
75-68 in overtime on Monday to seal their first national title
in 20 years. |
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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
US and N Korea hold nuclear talks |
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Summary: Envoys from the US and North Korea meet in Singapore in a bid to break deadlock on the stalled nuclear deal. |
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8:17pm PDT |
Decision due on major badger cull |
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Summary: Britain's first major cull of badgers to combat tuberculosis in cattle could be announced later. |
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8:11pm PDT |
China turns patriotic wrath on Olympics demonstrators
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday denounced protesters
who upstaged the Olympic Games torch relay in London and Paris,
with state media reporting on the demonstrations as the work of
saboteurs bent on wrecking Games goodwill. |
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8:08pm PDT |
Sen. Vitter may testify in sex case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Louisiana Sen. David Vitter may be called to testify on behalf of a woman accused of running an upscale Washington prostitution service, attorneys said Monday at the opening of trial. |
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8:07pm PDT |
Protests dog Olympic torch from Paris to San Francisco
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympics flame headed Tuesday for San Francisco and further pro-Tibet protests after two days of chaos in Europe forced officials to douse the torch and cut short the Paris leg of the relay. |
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7:44pm PDT |
Kansas leads Memphis 33-28 at halftime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kansas played its usual stingy defense in taking a 33-28 halftime lead over Memphis on Monday night in the national championship game. |
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7:33pm PDT |
U.S., North Korean envoys meet on nuclear impasse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S nuclear negotiator was
meeting his North Korean counterpart in Singapore on Tuesday
with hopes of reviving stalled disarmament talks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32pm PDT |
Pressure builds for Zimbabwe poll result 10 days on
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans hoped a court ruling Tuesday might bring to an end their long wait for presidential election results, ten days after the polls and with international pressure mounting on Robert Mugabe. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19pm PDT |
Boy, 11, takes wheel of runaway bus |
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7:13pm PDT |
Green bandwagon |
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Summary: Everyone claims to be green but what does it mean? |
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6:33pm PDT |
UK bank details 'for sale for £5' |
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Summary: So-called cyber-crime supermarkets are selling UK bank account details to fraudsters for as little as £5, a report says. |
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6:30pm PDT |
Civil rights icon's incest trial starts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A daughter of a civil rights icon who served as a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. testified Monday that her father regularly molested her beginning when she was 6 years old. |
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Yahoo News |
6:26pm PDT |
Study: Dyslexia differs by language
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dyslexia affects different parts of children's brains depending on whether they are raised reading English or Chinese. That finding, reported in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, means that therapists may nee |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
No troop cuts expected in 'State of Iraq' report |
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Summary: Pentagon officials told CNN on Monday they do not expect Gen. David Petraeus to recommend or predict additional U.S. troop cuts in Iraq when he testifies before Congress this week.
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ChristianPost |
6:09pm PDT |
Christmas Store Founder Bronner Dies |
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Summary: Wally Bronner, whose Christmas retail empire made Frankenmuth one of Michigan's most popular tourist destinations but who strove to keep the focus on the Nativity and Christian tradition, has died. He ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:02pm PDT |
McCain raises over $15 mln in March: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain raised more than $15 million for his White House
bid in March, a campaign source said on Monday, putting the
Arizona senator well behind his Democratic rivals. |
