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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PDT |
Crisis summit delivers no quick fix to Zimbabwe deadlock
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Southern African leaders issued Sunday a guarded response to Zimbabwe's presidential election impasse, calling only for the result of the March 29 poll to be delivered as soon as possible. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PDT |
Airstrike destroys US vehicle in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military says an Apache helicopter has accidentally destroyed one of its own armored vehicles in Baghdad. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
Iran media says mosque blast was not an attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A blast in a mosque in southern Iran
that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was not an attack
and was probably caused by negligence, Iranian media on Sunday
quoted a police official as saying. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
Iran mosque blast kills ten, wounds scores
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ten people were killed and at least 160 wounded when an explosion ripped through a mosque in Iran's southern city of Shiraz during evening prayers by a prominent cleric, officials said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Woods may quit after Tarver loss |
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Summary: Clinton Woods hints he could quit boxing after losing his IBF light-heavyweight title to home favourite Antonio Tarver in Tampa. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Italians voting to choose new PM |
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Summary: Italians vote in polls pitting centre-right Silvio Berlusconi against centre-left Walter Veltroni for prime minister. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PDT |
Poll: Catholics embrace faith, not Mass
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Catholics said in a new survey they were pleased with the leadership of Pope Benedict XVI, ahead of his first visit to the U.S. since he was elected. The study also found intense interest in faith among some young people. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Iran TV station: mosque blast was not an attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A blast in a mosque in southern Iran
that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was not an attack
and was probably caused by negligence, a police official was
quoted as saying on Sunday by a state television station. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
Small bombs hit south Philippines |
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Summary: Two small bombs explode in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, but no injuries are reported. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
China media slam Pelosi on Tibet, vows Games triumph
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese media slammed top politician
Nancy Pelosi as "the least popular person in China" for her
stance on Tibet in an editorial on Sunday, and said the Beijing
Olympic games would be a triumph of justice over evil. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PDT |
Regional leaders urge release of Zimbabwe poll result
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Regional leaders called Sunday on Zimbabwe to release the result of its March 29 presidential election as soon as possible after an emergency summit in the Zambian capital Lusaka. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
Regional leaders urge rapid Zimbabwe poll result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southern African leaders called on
Sunday for the rapid release of results from Zimbabwe's
election after a two-week delay that has raised fears of
violence. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PDT |
Johnson gets first NASCAR win of 2008
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jimmie Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the year, winning a fuel gamble Saturday night at Phoenix International Speedway. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PDT |
Death toll from Iran mosque bomb rises to 10: TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll from a bomb blast at a
mosque in southern Iran on Saturday had risen to at least 10
and more than 160 were wounded, Iranian Press TV state
television reported on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PDT |
Johnson gets first win of 2008
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jimmie Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the year, winning a fuel gamble Saturday night at Phoenix International Speedway. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Regional leaders urge fast Zimbabwe poll result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southern African leaders called on
Sunday for the expeditious release of results from Zimbabwe's
election after a two-week delay that has raised fears of
violence. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
Summit calls for Zimbabwe election result as soon as possible
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Southern African leaders called Sunday on the result of Zimbabwe's presidential election to be released "expeditiously" at the end of an emergency summit in the Zambian capital, a statement said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50pm PDT |
Kovalev wins it in overtime for Montreal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alex Kovalev scored a power-play goal 2:30 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Fears of violence as Zimbabwe recount ordered
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Twenty-three constituencies in
Zimbabwe's election will be recounted, an electoral official
said on Sunday, raising new fears of violence over disputed
results. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
Zimbabwe election crisis deepens as votes to be recounted
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The post-election crisis in Zimbabwe deepened Sunday with the announcement of a vote recount that could return control of parliament to President Robert Mugabe's ruling party. |
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BBC News |
8:27pm PDT |
Terror threat to UK 'is growing' |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith describes the terrorism threat facing the UK as "severe" and "growing". |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Immelman leads by two at softened Augusta
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South African Trevor Immelman
held steady through the front nine and surged ahead with an
impeccable homeward half on Saturday to seize a two-shot lead
with one round to play at the U.S. Masters. |
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BBC News |
8:21pm PDT |
Four dead in Lake District crash |
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Summary: Four people are killed and three others injured in a road crash in the Lake District. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PDT |
Kenyan leaders strike power-sharing deal: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and
opposition leader Raila Odinga struck a deal on a power-sharing
cabinet on Saturday after secret one-on-one talks to end a
six-week impasse, sources close to the talks said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
Battles kill 13 in Sadr City as blockade eased
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 13 gunmen
in clashes and air strikes overnight in the Baghdad stronghold
of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who said the United States would
remain his enemy until the "last drop of my blood." |
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Cnn.com |
7:16pm PDT |
Famous friends lay Charlton Heston to rest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:27pm PDT |
Western media 'demonises' China |
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Summary: China's UK envoy accuses the Western media of demonising China and says Tibet has "complicated problems". |
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BBC News |
6:27pm PDT |
Western press 'demonises' China |
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Summary: China's ambassador to London accuses the Western media of demonising China and says Tibet has "complicated problems". |
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Yahoo News |
6:17pm PDT |
Immelman steady as Woods makes his move
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Trevor Immelman watched one last shot turn out better than he expected Saturday in the Masters, each one keeping him atop the leaderboard and Tiger Woods farther behind. |
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PDT |
Vote recount announced in Zimbabwe
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's state media announced Sunday a vote recount that could overturn the opposition's parliamentary majority as regional leaders held a marathon emergency summit on its post-election crisis. |
