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Cnn.com |
11:05am PDT |
Report: Mogadishu battles leave 81 dead |
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Summary: Two days of fighting between government and Ethiopian troops and Islamic militants in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, have left 81 civilians dead and more than 100 wounded, a local human rights group reported today. "We are condemning the warring sides in t |
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Yahoo News |
11:03am PDT |
World map of metabolism finds blood pressure clues
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Researchers creating a map of human
metabolism around the world have found compounds in urine that
point to some surprising differences affecting blood pressure,
based not on genes but on what people eat and their gut
bacteria. |
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BBC News |
10:43am PDT |
Pennsylvania contest gains pace |
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Summary: Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaign ahead of a key primary. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31am PDT |
Clinton wins backing from former critic
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With two days to go
before a crucial U.S. presidential vote, Democrats Barack Obama
and Hillary Clinton campaigned through Pennsylvania on Sunday
as the former first lady got the support of one of her fiercest
critics. |
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Cnn.com |
10:28am PDT |
Iraq leader: We can't become new Somalia |
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Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is calling on political parties to unite against armed groups in Iraq, a spokesman said Sunday, warning that "Iraq cannot be the new Somalia."
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Black colleges seeking more financial support from alumni
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Making money, administrators at Virginia State University have learned, takes money. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Federer wins first title of season at Estoril Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Top-ranked Roger Federer won his first title of the season at the Estoril Open when second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko retired with a leg injury while trailing 7-6 (5), 1-2 Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PDT |
Food price crisis could harm global security: Ban
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The surge in global food prices risks
setting back the world's anti-poverty efforts and, if not
properly handled, could harm global growth and security, United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24am PDT |
'Forbidden Kingdom' fights to top of box office with $20.9M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A martial arts dream team — Jackie Chan and Jet Li — won the weekend as their movie matchup "The Forbidden Kingdom" debuted at No. 1 with $20.9 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53am PDT |
Rice in Iraq, violence surges after Sadr threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice backed Iraq's crackdown on militias in a visit on Sunday
to Baghdad, where the worst fighting in weeks erupted after
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened all-out war. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45am PDT |
Boy flees Islamic school that makes beggars of African kids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On the day he decided to run away, 9-year-old Coli awoke on a filthy mat. |
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BBC News |
9:40am PDT |
TV stars revel in Bafta spotlight |
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Summary: Some of the biggest stars in British television are attending this year's Bafta TV Awards ceremony in London. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29am PDT |
Colt's grip on military rifle market called bad deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No weapon is more important to tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan than the carbine rifle. And for well over a decade, the military has relied on one company, Colt Defense of Hartford, Conn., to make the M4s they trust with their |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Undecided superdelegates don't feel bound by primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Many of the Democratic superdelegates who are still undecided say the most important factor in their decision is simple — they just want a winner in November. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero as U.S. tour nears end
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict on Sunday made an
emotional visit to Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Center
felled in the September 11 attacks, and prayed for the 3,000
victims, their families and an end to hate and violence. |
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BBC News |
9:23am PDT |
Salmond sets out 'global vision' |
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Summary: First Minister Alex Salmond outlined his vision to make Scotland a major player on the world stage. |
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BBC News |
9:18am PDT |
Police raids target internet brothels |
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Summary: Police continue to question 15 people arrested as part of an operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
More than 80 die in Mogadishu fighting: rights group
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - 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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BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Two arrested after pub explosion |
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Summary: Two people have been arrested following an explosion at a pub in which several people were burned. |
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ChristianPost |
9:02am PDT |
Barack Obama: Cultural Anthropologist |
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Summary: Barack Obama has a way with words. They trip lightly from his tongue; in fact, some onlookers have swooned during his oratory. No one doubts his speechmaking ability. When opining off-the-cuff, however, he can get into trouble. Case in point: At a recent |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PDT |
'Vast right-wing conspiracy' leader's paper backs Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Could it be the "vast right wing conspiracy" is having second thoughts? Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed Sunday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, whose owner and publisher, billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, personally funded many of the |
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ChristianPost |
9:01am PDT |
Christian Coalition Backs Net Neutrality at FCC Hearing |
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Summary: Organizations that don't have "deep pockets" should have the same access to the internet "without snooping or blocking or slowing down" by internet providers, the vice president of a conservative Christian advocacy group said Thursday at a meeting on netw |
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Yahoo News |
8:52am PDT |
Zimbabwe 'war' killed 10 people since elections: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a war for power that has killed 10 people and forced thousands to flee their homes since parliamentary and presidential elections. |
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ChristianPost |
8:43am PDT |
Pope: Respect for Human Rights Key to Solving Problems |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by "the decisions of a small ... |
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BBC News |
8:39am PDT |
Somali fighting claims more lives |
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Summary: Fresh clashes between Ethiopian forces and Islamists in the Somali capital kill at least 13 people. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
Calm urged over refinery shutdown |
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Summary: Motorists are urged not to panic over warnings that the shutdown of an oil refinery could lead to fuel shortages. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Young Pennsylvania voters drawn to Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama is attracting record numbers of young voters --
but will a demographic known for low turnout vote in enough
numbers to defeat Hillary Clinton in the graying state of
Pennsylvania? |
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BBC News |
8:18am PDT |
Fight erupts in Jerusalem church |
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Summary: Fisticuffs break out between Orthodox clergymen at one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem. |
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ChristianPost |
8:18am PDT |
U.S. Churches Push for Two-State Israel-Palestine Solution |
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Summary: Nearly two dozen U.S. church and church-related organizations are pressing for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict at a conference beginning on ... |
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BBC News |
8:15am PDT |
Rapper Foxy Brown freed from jail |
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Summary: US hip-hop artist Foxy Brown is released from jail after serving eight months of her one-year sentence. |
