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CTI News |
8:27am PDT |
Jordan's Stormy Toleration |
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Summary: Country hailed for tolerance deports at least 27 Christians.
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
US 'must suspend' Iraq withdrawal |
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Summary: The top US military leader in Iraq calls for troop withdrawals to be suspended to protect improved security. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Minister plans pilot badger cull |
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Summary: A targeted cull of badgers is to go ahead in Wales as part of plans to combat the spread of TB in cattle. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15am PDT |
Gov't says gas prices could hit $4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Retail gas prices could climb as high as $4 a gallon this summer, but prices at such lofty levels will make many Americans think twice about hitting the road this summer, the Energy Department said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14am PDT |
Petraeus says Iraq security gains "fragile"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told
Congress on Tuesday that Iraqi security gains after a year-old
troop increase were fragile and said in a report to deeply
divided lawmakers he would stop troop withdrawals in July. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
WaMu gets $7 billion infusion, cuts jobs, sees big loss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , the
largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Tuesday it obtained a $7
billion capital injection from private equity firm TPG Inc and
other investors, but that mortgage problems will lead to a $1.1
billion quarterly loss |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
Iran reveals new atomic work and draws Western rebuke
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new
centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, in a new snub to the West which
fears Tehran is trying to build nuclear bombs. |
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ChristianPost |
8:09am PDT |
'Religious Literacy' Author Kicks Off Religious Awareness Week |
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Summary: Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy, spoke to college students Monday during an event seeking to promote religious tolerance by raising cross-religion ... |
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Cnn.com |
8:09am PDT |
Petraeus: Return to 'pre-surge' levels, then wait |
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Summary: The top U.S. military commander in Iraq testified today that troop levels should return to "pre-surge" levels this summer, but the military should gauge conditions before making further decisions.
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Family plea to missing presenter |
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Summary: The family of TV presenter Mark Speight, whose fiancee died after taking drugs, urges him to get in touch. |
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Cnn.com |
8:00am PDT |
Baby with two faces worshipped as goddess |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
Security high for torch's US arrival
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, a day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's human rights record. |
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Cnn.com |
7:54am PDT |
Olympic flame arrives in U.S. |
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Summary: The Olympic flame, glowing in a small lamp, arrived in San Francisco early Tuesday to continue an international torch relay that has been plagued by passionate protests.
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BBC News |
7:45am PDT |
'Huge violence' in Zimbabwe poll |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition says its supporters have been attacked around the country since last month's poll. |
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PDT |
Eminem's mother sued over book profits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eminem's mother has been sued by a man who alleges he helped her with a book about the Detroit rapper but was cut out of the profits. |
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Cnn.com |
7:15am PDT |
Google map allows zooming on refugee camp |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PDT |
Polar bear cub Flocke makes debut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Never mind the burly polar bear Knut, here's the cute new cub Flocke. With all the fanfare of a movie premiere or record release, Nuremberg city and zoo officials on Tuesday introduced Germany's latest winsome polar bear cub to a public eager for its |
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ChristianPost |
7:12am PDT |
Where Do Preaching and Culture Meet? |
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Summary: Hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders grappled Monday with the basic but difficult to answer question of how to stay plugged in to the culture to gain access and share the Gospel with a younger generation that is 'fundamentally atheistic.... |
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ChristianPost |
7:12am PDT |
Pastors: Where Do Preaching and Culture Meet? |
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Summary: Hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders grappled Monday with the basic but difficult to answer question of how to stay plugged in to the culture to gain access and share the Gospel with a younger generation that is 'fundamentally atheistic.... |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
Baby with 2 faces born in north India
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PDT |
Petraeus wants troop drawdowns suspended
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq war commander Gen. David Petraeus says in prepared testimony to a Senate committee that he recommends the U.S. military suspend troop drawdowns from Iraq after July for a 45-day pause before assessing when additional reductions can be made. |
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BBC News |
7:05am PDT |
Police 'terror' swoop on BBC man |
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Summary: A BBC reporter is held to the ground by six anti-terrorist police after his transmitter kit is mistaken for a bomb. |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
Innovators shortlisted for award |
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Summary: The creator of DNA fingerprinting
heads the shortlist for the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02am PDT |
Russia demands permanent access to shield sites
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia is demanding that the United
States give the Russian military permanent access to its
planned missile shield sites in eastern Europe, Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58am PDT |
Gov't expects gasoline to peak at $3.60
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Retail gas prices will peak near $3.60 a gallon in June, but prices at such lofty levels will make many Americans think twice about hitting the road this summer, the Energy Department said Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:58am PDT |
Odd mole might lead to rape victims ages 7 to 9 |
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Summary: Police in Hallandale Beach, Florida, are looking for at least two victims of underage sexual abuse seen in videotapes found in the apartment of a man arrested last week on child pornography charges.
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BBC News |
6:48am PDT |
Man Utd given boost by Ferdinand |
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Summary: Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand may be fit to face Roma on Wednesday, despite concerns over a foot injury. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
WaMu gets $7 bln infusion, sees big quarterly loss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , the
largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Tuesday it received a $7
billion capital injection from private equity firm TPG Inc and
other investors. |
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Suspect 'planned bombs in diary' |
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Summary: The suspected leader of an alleged plot to blow up planes kept notes of his plans in his pocket diary, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
6:41am PDT |
Petraeus will stick to his guns, aide says |
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Summary: Gen. David Petraeus likely will stick to his guns in today's testimony before Congress and maintain that troops reductions should be dictated not by politics, but conditions on the ground, a senior official said.
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