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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Spice of life |
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Summary: Why do protesters fear for the great British curry? |
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
Rice visits Iraq in show of support for government assaults
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top U.S. diplomat made a surprise visit to Baghdad in a show of support for the country's leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PDT |
Fresh anti-Western protests rock China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fresh anti-Western protests broke out in China Sunday with angry demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French store Carrefour in rows over perceived bias, Tibet and the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
A day of violence in Mogadishu leaves 81 dead: activist
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Clashes between insurgents and allied
Somali-Ethiopian troops killed 81 people in Mogadishu in one
day, a prominent local human rights group said on Sunday. |
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ChristianPost |
8:01am PDT |
Reformed Church Leader: Zimbabweans Pleading for 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 ... |
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BBC News |
8:00am PDT |
Rome in pictures |
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Summary: Centurions go back on the streets, to mark the city's birth |
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Yahoo News |
7:48am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero and honors dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict visited Ground Zero,
site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the September 11
attacks, on Sunday to pray for the nearly 3,000 victims and
their families and for an end to hatred and violence. |
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Cnn.com |
7:46am PDT |
China protests target CNN, French store |
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Summary: Protests against Tibetan independence have continued Sunday in several Chinese cities, according to the country's state-run news agency.
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Don't fear immigration - Phillips |
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Summary: Equality chief Trevor Phillips says the UK must not "cower in fear and fret" about admitting immigrants. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
UK told not to fear immigration |
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Summary: Equality chief Trevor Phillips says the UK must not "cower in fear and fret" about admitting immigrants. |
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BBC News |
7:36am PDT |
TV stars set for Bafta spotlight |
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Summary: Cranford, Harry Hill's TV Burp and The Street are among the shows hoping to scoop Bafta TV Awards in London. |
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Cnn.com |
7:36am PDT |
At Ground Zero, pope prays for grieving, hateful |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI prayed at New York's Ground Zero today, asking God to bring healing and strength to grieving families, and direction for people "consumed with hatred."
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Yahoo News |
7:20am PDT |
In Iraq, Rice shows support for gov't-led assaults on militias
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top U.S. diplomat made a surprise visit to Baghdad in a show of support for the country's leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20am PDT |
US military says 12 militants killed in 'uptick' in fighting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops killed 12 militants during an "uptick" in fighting Sunday, the military said, as fierce clashes broke out in Baghdad's Sadr City district after radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warned he will declare war if a crackdown against his followers |
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PDT |
Pope blesses ground zero in NYC, prays for peace
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world." |
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BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
Call for action on Zimbabwe 'war' |
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Summary: A leading figure in Zimbabwe's opposition urges African leaders and the UN to stop the "war" there following disputed polls. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero to pray for victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict visited Ground Zero,
site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the September 11
attacks, on Sunday to pray for the nearly 3,000 victims and
their families and for an end to hatred and violence. |
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BBC News |
7:04am PDT |
Pope offers prayer at Ground Zero |
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Summary: The Pope prays for peace and the victims of the 9/11 attacks as he visits Ground Zero at the end of his US trip. |
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BBC News |
7:02am PDT |
Prescott's bulimia |
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Summary: The ex-deputy PM's confession came as a genuine surprise |
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BBC News |
6:58am PDT |
Move to change succession laws |
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Summary: A centuries-old law which gives males precedence in the royal line of succession could be abolished. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Female sailor found dead at U.S. Navy base in Bahrain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A female sailor was found dead at a U.S.
naval base in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain on Sunday, the
Navy said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:17am PDT |
Young Pennsylvania voters take a shine 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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Yahoo News |
6:11am PDT |
Distressed war veterans get day in court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan and elsewhere who say they have systematically
been denied proper medical care will get their day in federal
court starting on Monday in San Francisco. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Zimbabwe 'war' kills ten people since elections: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a "war" that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PDT |
McCain visiting poor areas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain spends this week visiting economically struggling
areas of the United States to show Americans he is a different
kind of Republican. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
RBS 'plans to sell insurance arm' |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling its insurance firms Direct Line and Churchill, a report suggests. |
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BBC News |
5:56am PDT |
Rampant Villa thrash Birmingham |
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Summary: Ashley Young and John Carew both score twice as Aston Villa thrash Birmingham 5-1 to leave their rivals in the bottom three. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
US military: 12 militants die as Baghdad violence increases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City. |
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BBC News |
5:44am PDT |
Zimbabwe in state of war - MDC |
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Summary: A leading figure in Zimbabwe's opposition says the country is in a state of war following disputed polls. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Iranian, Afghan forces clash at southwestern border
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday. |
