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Yahoo News |
3:14am PDT |
Israel snubs Carter, declines security help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel's secret service has declined
to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned
him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
3:11am PDT |
Probe into new maternity deaths |
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Summary: A north-west London hospital launches an investigation after three women died in the maternity unit. |
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Cnn.com |
3:08am PDT |
Iraqi bomb damages bomb resistant vehicle |
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Summary: Soldiers discovered more than two dozen decomposed bodies buried at a site north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday.
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Cnn.com |
3:08am PDT |
Roadside bomb sparks fire at Iraqi market |
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Summary: Soldiers discovered more than two dozen decomposed bodies buried at a site north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Monday.
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Disabled woman turned away by pub |
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Summary: A wheelchair-bound woman is paid £3,000 after being refused entry to a bar in Lurgan, County Armagh. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
Kenyans killed in sect protests |
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Summary: At least seven people have been shot dead by police in Kenya amid protests by members of an outlawed sect. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53am PDT |
Fighting resumes in Baghdad's Sadr City
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fighting erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City
overnight after a day's lull, dashing residents' hopes of a
let-up in clashes between U.S. and government troops and
Shi'ite gunmen who control the streets of the sprawling slum. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
Robinson to follow Paisley path |
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Summary: Peter Robinson will become the next Northern Ireland first minister when Ian Paisley steps down in May. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
Robinson to be NI first minister |
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Summary: Peter Robinson will become the next Northern Ireland first minister when Ian Paisley steps down in May. |
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BBC News |
2:45am PDT |
Two Britons 'killed in Somalia' |
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Summary: Two British nationals are reported to have been killed by Islamist fighters in central Somalia. |
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ChristianToday |
2:37am PDT |
London mayoral candidates to be grilled by Christians |
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Summary: From religious freedom to the environment from social justice to crime Christians will be asking mayoral candidates questions on the issues that matter to them in a central London hustings on 23 April |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Lonely Planet defends guides as writer says 'I never went there' |
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Summary: Guidebook publisher Lonely Planet defends its methods after reports say a former writer made up sections in its guides. |
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BBC News |
2:30am PDT |
Man faces the music after leaving £180,000 violin on a train |
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Summary: A man who left a 17th Century violin - valued at £180,000 - on a train appeals for its safe return. |
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
TV tragedy |
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Summary: The career of children's presenter Mark Speight |
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Yahoo News |
2:27am PDT |
Iraq to seek parliamentary approval for long-term U.S. pact
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq will seek parliamentary approval
for a strategic agreement being negotiated with the United
States even though it expects heated debate over the deal,
Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:24am PDT |
Bomb explosion in Baghdad kills 4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi police say a bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing four people and injuring 6. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PDT |
Pope and Bush have foreign policy differences
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict and President George
W. Bush disagree on the Iraq war and other foreign policy
issues, but their White House meeting this week may focus more
on areas of agreement like abortion. |
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BBC News |
2:19am PDT |
Minister admits 'difficult times' |
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Summary: The government and people of Britain are facing "difficult times", Communities Secretary Hazel Blears admits. |
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PDT |
4 killed in Kenyan gang protest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas to clear machete-waving gang members who blocked roads and set a police post on fire Monday to protest the killing of an imprisoned gang leader's wife. |
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ChristianToday |
2:15am PDT |
Jubilee Debt Campaign kicks off worldwide fast |
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Summary: Campaigners calling for the cancellation of poor country debts began a 36day rolling fast on Saturday ahead of the tenth anniversary of the Drop the Debt campaign in May |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Budget fuels wholesale inflation |
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Summary: Budget taxes on tobacco and alcohol help push the price inflation of goods leaving UK firms to a 17-year high. |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Producer prices at 17-year high |
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Summary: Budget taxes on tobacco and alcohol help push the price inflation of goods leaving UK firms to a 17-year high. |
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Yahoo News |
1:49am PDT |
McCain more conservative than his image
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The independent label sticks to John McCain because he antagonizes fellow Republicans and likes to work with Democrats. |
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Cnn.com |
1:44am PDT |
City's foreclosures up 178% |
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Summary: Youngstown, Ohio, has seen its population shrink by more than half over the past 40 years, leaving behind huge swaths of empty homes, streets and neighborhoods.
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Yahoo News |
1:44am PDT |
Zimbabwe awaits ruling on presidential result
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans were on Monday awaiting a court ruling that could finally mean they will find out whether Robert Mugabe or opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the presidential election more than two weeks ago. |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
Hip-hop 'wrong' for Glastonbury |
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Summary: Oasis star Noel Gallagher says it is "wrong" for a hip-hop act to be headlining the Glastonbury Festival. |
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BBC News |
1:37am PDT |
Seven dead in Kenya sect protests |
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Summary: Police in the Kenyan capital Nairobi say they shot dead seven people amid protests by members of an outlawed sect. |
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ChristianToday |
1:34am PDT |
Church makeovers transform communities says Archbishop |
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Summary: Old church buildings that adapt to 21st century living are breathing new life and energy into the community around them |
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BBC News |
1:30am PDT |
World shares down on market fears |
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Summary: Shares fall globally at the start of the week amid growing concerns over the state of the US economy. |
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BBC News |
1:29am PDT |
MPs 'will buy' 42-day detention |
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Summary: A Home Office minister says he believes MPs "will buy" the plans to extend terror detention limits. |
