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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
McLeish optimistic despite slump |
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Summary: Birmingham boss Alex McLeish was stunned by the 5-1 defeat at Aston Villa but believes his side can still avoid relegation. |
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ChristianToday |
11:57pm PDT |
China defends human rights record as Olympics loom |
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Summary: China mounted a stern defence of its much maligned human rights record on Monday as the clock ticks ever nearer the Beijing Olympics accusing Western countries of ignoring problems of their own and having double standards |
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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
RBS considers plan to raise cash |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland confirms it is considering asking shareholders for cash to shore up its financial position. |
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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Refinery shuts down before strike |
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Summary: A crude oil unit closes at the Grangemouth oil refinery ahead of planned strike action over pensions. |
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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Torch relay begins in Malaysia |
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Summary: The Malaysian leg of the Olympic torch relay begins, amid tight security over fears of pro-Tibet protests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
U.N. official in Iran to press for nuclear answers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top
investigator arrived in Tehran on Monday to press Iran for
answers to Western intelligence which suggested it covertly
studied how to design atomic bombs. |
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Cnn.com |
11:50pm PDT |
School bomb plot included 'farewell' tape |
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Summary: An 18-year-old South Carolina student was in jail Sunday after he collected bomb-making supplies, including ammonium nitrate, in a plan to attack his high school, authorities said.
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Baby died after warnings missed |
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Summary: A baby died aged two days because staff missed 30 warning signs that he was in difficulties, a report finds. |
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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Churches concerned at Zimbabwe violence |
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Summary: Zimbabwe Christians are requesting for prayers so that they can hold onto hope as the information blackout in their country enters a third week |
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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Churches concern at Zimbabwe violence |
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Summary: Zimbabwe Christians are requesting for prayers so that they can hold onto hope as the information blackout in their country enters a third week |
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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Zimbabweans struggling to stay in hope |
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Summary: Zimbabwe Christians are requesting for prayers so that they can hold onto hope as the information blackout in their country enters a third week |
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BBC News |
11:40pm PDT |
£2m help for Troubles' soldiers |
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Summary: The Army is to launch a £2m a year care service for more than 60,000 former UDR and Royal Irish Regiment soldiers. |
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BBC News |
11:40pm PDT |
£2m help for Troubles' soldiers |
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Summary: A £2m a year care service is being launched for more than 60,000 former UDR and Royal Irish Regiment soldiers. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
NHS hygiene drive to save lives |
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Summary: A campaign to save 1,000 lives in Welsh hospitals by improving hygiene and drug management is launched. |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Exbishop wins Paraguay election |
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Summary: Fernando Lugo a mildmannered former Roman Catholic bishop won Paraguays presidential election on Sunday to end more than 60 years of oneparty rule |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Miliband talks with Pakistan PM |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to emphasise the fight against terrorism during talks with Pakistan's new prime minister. |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
Pope ends US trip with Ground Zero visit |
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Summary: Pope Benedict ended his US trip on Sunday with an emotionally charged visit to Ground Zero where he prayed at the site of the felled World Trade Center and a triumphant Mass for 57000 people at Yankee Stadium |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
Malaysia tightens security for torch relay |
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Summary: Malaysian police warned protesters they faced arrest on Monday if they tried to disrupt the Olympic torch procession in the capital as authorities seek to avoid the kind of chaos that has dogged the relay elsewhere |
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ChristianToday |
10:57pm PDT |
Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises |
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Summary: Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Food price rises may hit growth says Ban Kimoon |
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Summary: Higher food prices risk wiping out progress towards reducing poverty and if allowed to escalate could hurt global growth and security United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PDT |
More than 80 die in Mogadishu fightingrights group |
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Summary: Somali Islamist insurgents and government troops exchanged mortar fire on Sunday and a prominent human rights group said 81 people had been killed in the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest clashes in months |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PDT |
Niger hit by Tuareg revolt adopts antiterror law |
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Summary: Niger has toughened its antiterrorism legislation to help its security forces fight a rebellion by Tuareg fighters in the countrys uraniumproducing north officials said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
10:47pm PDT |
50billion pound mortgage plan to be unveiled |
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Summary: The government will try to ease the effects of a credit crunch on borrowers by unveiling plans on Monday to swap government bonds worth 50 billion pounds for banks riskier mortgage debt |
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ChristianToday |
10:46pm PDT |
UK agency says rescues more children from sex abuse |
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Summary: A British police agency specialising in protecting children from sexual abuse played a part in the arrest of 297 suspected offenders last year a threefold annual increase it said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
10:46pm PDT |
Foreign Secretary urges party unity |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband seen as a possible successor to struggling Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned Labour to stop fighting amongst itself or risk poll defeat |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
U.S. election looms over North American summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With the U.S. election looming over
their annual summit, North American leaders gather in New
Orleans this week for what is expected to be a largely symbolic
meeting overshadowed by questions about free trade. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Torch relay to begin in Malaysia |
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Summary: Malaysia deploys 1,000 police officers to protect the Olympic torch as it makes its way through Kuala Lumpur. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PDT |
Ducks become 4th straight defending champ to fall in round 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dallas Stars are taking their chase of the Stanley Cup into the second round of the playoffs — and the reigning champs aren't. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Bosses 'weigh up pregnancy risk' |
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Summary: The majority of UK bosses assess the chances of a woman falling pregnant before hiring them, a survey finds. |
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BBC News |
10:18pm PDT |
Enniskillen bomb |
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Summary: Who within the IRA knew about 1987 attack in advance? |
