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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Two people die from vCJD in Spain |
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Summary: Two people die in Spain after contracting the human form of "mad cow disease", Spanish media say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished twice on Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Security officials extinguished the
Olympic torch at least twice on Monday during a chaotic relay
through Paris where thousands of pro-Tibet protesters tried to
block its path. |
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PDT |
Protests disrupt Olympic flame relay in Paris
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pro-Tibet activists disrupted the Paris relay of the Beijing Olympic torch Monday, clashing with police and three times forcing torchbearers to extinguish the flame and take refuge on a bus. |
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BBC News |
7:07am PDT |
Minister defends tax rate changes |
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Summary: The government defends the abolition of the 10p income tax rate - after MPs say it will hurt low earners. |
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
Travelers grumpy, airline complaints soar |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:52am PDT |
Cech has surgery after accident |
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Summary: Chelsea keeper Petr Cech undergoes facial surgery after a training ground accident. |
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Cnn.com |
6:43am PDT |
Iraq's leader wants answers on Blackwater |
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Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blasted the U.S. State Department for renewing its contract with the Blackwater security firm, saying the company has yet to answer for what he called a "massacre" last year.
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Olympic flame snuffed twice, backup fire used |
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Summary: The Olympic torch was in the hands of a wheelchair athlete when protest activity prompted relay authorities to put out the flame and load the torch onto a bus in Paris, The Associated Press reported.
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PDT |
Officials put out Olympic torch 3 times
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
10p tax crunch |
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Summary: Low-paid workers losing out under new tax system |
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Yahoo News |
6:33am PDT |
Iraq's Sadr to disband Mehdi Army if clerics order
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his
Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said
on Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Sergeant major voyeur is jailed |
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Summary: A sergeant major is jailed for a year for secretly filming teenage girls undressing in a military camp. |
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BBC News |
6:23am PDT |
Paddick's launch |
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Summary: Lib Dem Brian Paddick kicks off his mayoral campaign |
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BBC News |
6:17am PDT |
EU 'windfall for power firms' |
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Summary: A report accuses the EU of handing cheap profits to power firms under its scheme for buying and selling carbon emissions. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10am PDT |
Dumbo paints! Animals make zoo artwork
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brittany wields her paintbrush with confidence, slapping it roughly against the canvas to produce streaks of green or smears of orange. With apparent pride, she steps back, inspects her work — and extends her trunk to receive a freshly loaded paintbr |
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Cnn.com |
6:06am PDT |
Beer lovers mark sudsy anniversary |
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Summary: At the stroke of midnight, American beer drinkers were no longer breaking the law when they broke open a beer.
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BBC News |
5:46am PDT |
Stem cells made to mimic disease |
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Summary: Scientists have taken skin cells from patients with eight different diseases and turned them into stem cells. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44am PDT |
Notables express sorrow at Heston death |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
'Countless building jobs at risk' |
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Summary: Thousands of NI construction jobs are at risk if a downturn continues, according to an industry chief. |
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Yahoo News |
5:43am PDT |
Zimbabwe vote ruling delayed as Mugabe stirs tensions
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A high court judge in Zimbabwe on Monday postponed his ruling on an opposition bid to force the declaration of presidential election results, as Robert Mugabe stoked tensions ahead of a possible run-off. |
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Theophiles |
5:42am PDT |
Database Crash |
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Summary: Poetic justice, perhaps, but the database crashed overnight. I've repaired it and added an hour to the doomsday clock in case there's a few folks out there that wanted to read the last comments.... |
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Yahoo News |
5:41am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished on Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Security officials extinguished the
Olympic torch on Monday on the Paris leg of its journey,
disrupted by protesters against China's crackdown on Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PDT |
Officials extinguish Olympic torch twice
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch was extinguished and put on a bus for protection at least twice Monday as it moved through Paris amid heavy protests, including at least one attempt to rush a torch-bearer. |
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Iraq Sadr to disband militia if clerics give order
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his
Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said
on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished during Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch had to be extinguished
during the Paris leg of its marathon relay on Monday, police
said. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
McCain: Iraq no longer abyss of defeat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Disregarding a serious flare-up of violence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the United States is "no longer staring into the abyss of defeat" in Iraq, opening a campaign week that will draw him and his Democratic opponents back to |
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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
HSBC loses customers' data disc |
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Summary: The HSBC banking group admits losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
Iraqi leader warns Sadr movement |
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Summary: Iraq's prime minister threatens in a TV interview to exclude the movement of cleric Moqtada Sadr from politics. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
Lucky numbers |
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Summary: Why people base decisions on number meanings? |
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PDT |
Troopers probe Texas polygamist compound
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities who took 220 women and children from a polygamist compound weren't sure whether the teen girl whose phone call prompted the raid was among them. |
