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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Tesco sees profit rise to £2.8bn |
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Summary: Supermarket giant Tesco reports an 11.8% rise in annual profits for 2007 to £2.846bn. |
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election |
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Summary: Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
'Black hole' scientist dies at 96 |
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Summary: John Wheeler, the US physicist who coined the term "black hole", dies at the age of 96. |
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Zimbabwe police set up checkpoints ahead of strike |
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Summary: Soldiers and police fanned out across Zimbabwe on Tuesday ahead of a general strike called by the opposition to pressure officials to release the results of a presidential election |
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ChristianToday |
10:50pm PDT |
Bush releases 200 million in emergency food aid |
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Summary: President George W Bush on Monday ordered the release of 200 million 100 million pounds in US emergency food aid to help alleviate food shortages in developing countries in Africa and elsewhere the White House said |
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ChristianToday |
10:49pm PDT |
Strong earthquake hits off Guatemala |
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Summary: A strong 61 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Monday sending residents into the streets in panic but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries |
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ChristianToday |
10:48pm PDT |
Israel snubs Carter declines security help |
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Summary: Israeli leaders shunned former US President Jimmy Carter during a visit because of his plans to meet Hamas and Israels secret service declined to assist US agents guarding him US sources said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
10:48pm PDT |
Up to 800 people checked after Spain radioactive leak |
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Summary: Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November the nuclear watchdog said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
10:47pm PDT |
Amnesty details world executions |
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Summary: At least 24 people a week were executed officially last year and a further 64 sentenced to death Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday adding that this was likely to be an underestimate |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Policemen 'protected' IRA killer |
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Summary: RUC Special Branch and other senior police protected an IRA killer who was an informer, it is claimed. |
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ChristianToday |
10:46pm PDT |
Spanish enclaves offer lifeline for poor Moroccans |
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Summary: Illegal migrants see Spains enclaves in Morocco as gateways to a better life in Europe but many Moroccans suffer beatings and pay bribes to go in past razorwire fences just to be able to return home |
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ChristianToday |
10:45pm PDT |
Aid sector sees lingering woes in food aid crunch |
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Summary: A deepening global food crisis requires not only greater funding for food aid going to hungry nations but longterm investment to improve agriculture productivity especially in the developing world officials and aid groups said on Monday |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
New school bus measures expected |
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Summary: Laws to ensure pupil safety on school transport are expected to be announced by the Welsh Assembly Government. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Despite missteps, pope reaching out to other faiths
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, who is sometimes seen
as insensitive to other faiths, will reach out to other
religious leaders during his first visit to the United States,
even though the trip is aimed at Roman Catholics. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
IPL founder warns England stars |
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Summary: One of the IPL's founders warns England players not to reject their central contracts to take part in next year's competition. |
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ChristianToday |
10:36pm PDT |
Brown urges oil producers to counter price surge |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will sound the alarm on Tuesday over surging energy costs saying oil producing countries must act to counter high prices |
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Yahoo News |
10:35pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest to create largest airline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc will buy
Northwest Airlines Corp for more than $3 billion under
a proposal unveiled Monday to create the world's biggest
airline, as carriers seek to counter skyrocketing fuel prices
and a weak economy. |
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ChristianToday |
10:35pm PDT |
House price balance falls to lowest since 1978 |
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Summary: The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors house price balance fell in March to its lowest in the 30year history of the survey RICS said on Tuesday sending a strong signal that the housing market is cooling fast |
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ChristianToday |
10:34pm PDT |
Tributes paid to Ecuador crash victims |
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Summary: Tributes were paid on Monday to four British gap year students and their tour guide who were killed in a bus crash in Ecuador at the weekend |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Pakistan MPs urge UN Bhutto probe |
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Summary: The Pakistani parliament votes to request a UN investigation into the assassination of the former PM Benazir Bhutto. |
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ChristianToday |
10:33pm PDT |
Miliband says Zimbabwe poll wait a subversion |
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Summary: Zimbabwean authorities are delaying election results to allow them time to find an alternative to the will of the people Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
US merger forms 'largest airline' |
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Summary: Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines set to join forces to create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Cnn.com |
10:29pm PDT |
U.S. to give $200M in food aid |
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Summary: U.S. President George W. Bush has ordered the release of $200 million in emergency aid to help countries where the soaring cost of basic food has spurred riots and instability.
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Italy returns Berlusconi to power |
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Summary: Silvio Berlusconi secures a decisive victory in Italy's general elections, but warns of "difficult months ahead". |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Work begins for Delta and Northwest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Delta and Northwest are going to create the world's largest airline, they'll first have unions to cajole, politicians to placate, and antitrust regulators to convince. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
US merger forms 'largest carrier' |
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Summary: Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines set to join forces to create the world's biggest carrier. |
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
UN envoy warns Burma on vote |
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Summary: Burma's constitutional referendum will have no credibility unless monitors are allowed in, a UN official says. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Zimbabwe braced for strike action |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's MDC opposition party calls a general strike as it demands the release of presidential election results. |
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BBC News |
8:32pm PDT |
Ecuador crash survivors 'coping' |
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Summary: Eight students who survived a bus crash in Ecuador say they have coped by sticking together. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22pm PDT |
Mothers of some children forced to leave
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Texas officials who took 416 children from a polygamist retreat into state custody sent many of their mothers away Monday, as a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history. |
