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BBC News |
3:31am PDT |
Cameron denies 'taming' Johnson |
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Summary: Tory leader David Cameron denies having to "tame" his party's mayoral candidate Boris Johnson. |
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Yahoo News |
3:17am PDT |
McCain to propose tax cuts, lash Democrats
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain on Tuesday will propose middle-income tax cuts,
accuse Democratic rivals of backing big tax increases and
distance himself from the Bush government. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14am PDT |
Separatist ally warns Italy's Berlusconi on reform
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A junior partner in Silvio Berlusconi's
victorious election bloc said in remarks published on Tuesday
that Italy's next government must overhaul tax laws and crack
down on illegal immigration or risk its anger. |
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BBC News |
3:11am PDT |
Deadly car bomb hits Iraqi city |
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Summary: A car bomb has killed at least 30 people and injured 50 in the Iraqi city of Baquba, police report. |
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Yahoo News |
3:08am PDT |
China demands CNN apology for "goons" comment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday demanded that
television news channel CNN apologize after one of its
commentators said the Chinese were "goons" and that their
products were "junk." |
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Cnn.com |
3:07am PDT |
Suicide bomb kills 34 and injures dozens more |
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Summary: At least 34 people have died in the suicide car bombing that rocked a restive Iraqi provincial capital on Tuesday, a medical source told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
3:06am PDT |
Car bomb kills 30 in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi police say a car bomb that exploded in Baqouba killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00am PDT |
Political 'earthquake' in Italy, but scepticism over Berlusconi
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Italy has shifted back to the right with the return of flamboyant media baron Silvio Berlusconi after a convincing election victory, but expectations for significant change were muted on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
Chinese fund snaps up stake in BP |
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Summary: A Chinese state-run fund spends £1bn buying a 1% stake in BP, the latest in a series of similar moves. |
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Yahoo News |
2:55am PDT |
2 Midwest colleges reopen after threats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two colleges returned to normal class schedules after a promised doomsday scrawled in graffiti came and went without incident, but one university remained closed Tuesday as administrators weighed the seriousness of the threats. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
Muted response to Zimbabwe strike |
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Summary: Many Zimbabwean businesses open as usual despite opposition calls for a strike over undeclared election results. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Berlusconi charts a course for Italy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Silvio Berlusconi quickly laid out his strategy Tuesday for resolving Italy's crises, from its ailing national airline to garbage in Naples, a day after the media mogul triumphed in parliamentary elections. |
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ChristianToday |
2:50am PDT |
New rector for Diocese of Westminster seminary |
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Summary: Mgr Mark OToole has been appointed as the new Rector of Allen Hall the seminary of the Diocese of Westminster |
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BBC News |
2:41am PDT |
IRA to al-Qaeda |
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Summary: Charting the bloody evolution of political violence |
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Cnn.com |
2:34am PDT |
Rowling: Harry Potter saved my sanity |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:33am PDT |
Carter says request to enter Gaza turned down
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, shunned by Israeli leaders over his plans to meet
Hamas, said on Tuesday he sought permission to enter the
Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip but was turned down. |
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Yahoo News |
2:29am PDT |
Iran will eliminate Israel if it attacks: agency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran will eliminate Israel if it
launches a military attack on the Islamic state, a senior army
commander was quoted as saying on Tuesday. |
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ChristianToday |
2:28am PDT |
Obama Clinton face tough questions on God Bible |
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Summary: Moderators of Sundays faith forum spared the Democratic presidential candidates no mercy as they drilled them on difficult theological questions ranging from Why does God allow people to suffer to Do you believe that God created the world in six days |
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Yahoo News |
2:26am PDT |
Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Home foreclosure filings surged 57
percent in the 12 month-period ended in March and bank
repossessions soared 129 percent from a year ago, as homeowners
struggled to make mortgage payments, real estate data firm
RealtyTrac said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18am PDT |
Slow start to Zimbabwe general strike
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A general strike called by Zimbabwe's opposition to force the release of last month's election results got off to a slow start Tuesday with shops and services open for business as usual. |
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BBC News |
2:18am PDT |
Twelve arrested over Rhys murder |
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Summary: Twelve people are arrested in connection with the death of schoolboy Rhys Jones, four of them on suspicion of murder. |
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PDT |
Cleric Sadr key player in helping poor Iraqis: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The anti-U.S. movement of Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is now Iraq's main humanitarian
organization helping needy Iraqis, a relief group said in a
report that is certain to cause concern in Washington. |
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ChristianToday |
2:12am PDT |
Sentamu to jump 12500ft for Afghanistan parachute regiment |
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Summary: Archbishop John Sentamu will take a leap of faith next month when he throws himself from a plane 12500ft in the air to raise money for a parachute regiment stationed in Afghanistan |
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BBC News |
1:54am PDT |
Minister to quit before election |
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Summary: Trade Minister Lord Jones says he plans to leave his post before the next general election, it is reported. |
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BBC News |
1:50am PDT |
School fire kills Uganda children |
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Summary: An overnight fire in a school dormitory near Uganda's capital has killed 19 children, police say. |
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BBC News |
1:48am PDT |
UK inflation held steady in March |
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Summary: UK consumer inflation was at 2.5% in March, the same level as the previous month, but still at a nine-month high. |
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BBC News |
1:48am PDT |
Four questioned about Rhys murder |
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Summary: Two men and two teenagers are arrested on suspicion of murdering Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones. |
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BBC News |
1:42am PDT |
Two hit and killed by 80mph train |
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Summary: A man and a woman die when they are struck by an 80mph train on a railway line in west Essex. |
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BBC News |
1:40am PDT |
Zimbabweans urged to stay at home |
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Summary: There is tight security as Zimbabwe's opposition party calls a general strike to press for the release of election results. |
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BBC News |
1:35am PDT |
NHS ruling 'denies drug to many' |
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Summary: Nearly 100,000 Alzheimer's patients a year will be denied drugs that could delay the onset of the disease, the Court of Appeal hears. |
