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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - 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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Cnn.com |
5:33am PDT |
Iraqi lawmaker issues ultimatum to U.S. |
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Summary: An Iraqi lawmaker warned the U.S. military today that if it doesn't immediately end its attacks on Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, "all options are open to us." Fawzi Tarzi, a Sadrist member of parliament, made his remarks as U.S. Secretary of |
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Yahoo News |
5:16am PDT |
China seeks to contain patriotic outbursts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China sought on Sunday to contain an
outpouring of nationalism triggered by protests along the route
of the Olympic torch relay, with state media urging people to
channel their patriotism into "rational" expressions. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Blast families could return home |
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Summary: Families evacuated after police arrested their neighbour under the Terrorism Act may be allowed to return home on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
Rice in Iraq after Sadr's "open war" threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi
government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,
who has threatened an "open war" on security forces. |
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ChristianToday |
5:00am PDT |
Christians face persecution in popular tourist spots warns Open Doors |
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Summary: Open Doors has urged travellers from the UK to be aware of persecution against the Christian community in their favourite tourist destinations including India |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Tibet, Olympics spark Chinese anti-Western protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fresh protests broke out across China Sunday with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
10 people killed in Zimbabwe election violence: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ten people have been killed in violence in the wake of the March 29 general election in Zimbabwe, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
Darling: I can't rewrite Budget |
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Summary: Alistair Darling rules out reinstating the 10p tax rate - but says he will do more to help those hit in future. |
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BBC News |
4:31am PDT |
Bank's £50bn rescue plan 'needed' |
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Summary: A plan to loan billions of pounds to UK banks is needed to stop the financial crisis worsening, the chancellor says. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Rice in Iraq for surprise visit |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad to promote reconciliation between sectarian groups. |
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BBC News |
4:25am PDT |
Paraguay votes in key elections |
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Summary: The people of Paraguay are voting in elections that could end 60 years of domination by one party. |
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Yahoo News |
4:23am PDT |
Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere. |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims mass arrests |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition party Sunday said dozens of its members have been detained as authorities try to block the party's challenge to a recount of votes that could crush their claimed victory over President Robert Mugabe.
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
China urges 'rational' protests |
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Summary: China urges its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08am PDT |
Rice visit to Iraq intended to promote gains
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said her latest trip to Iraq on Sunday is intended to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04am PDT |
400 opposition supporters detained in Zimbabwe: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four hundred opposition supporters have been detained in Zimbabwe following March 29 elections, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said in Johannesburg on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Pope to offer Ground Zero prayer |
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Summary: The Pope will pray for world 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 |
3:46am PDT |
Captive tigers 'may save species' |
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Summary: Many captive tigers have "pure-bred ancestry" and could play a key role in the animals' survival, a study suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PDT |
'Bond' car plunges into lake |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
No charge against ex-police chief |
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Summary: The Crown Prosecution Service is not pressing charges against the former chief of Dyfed-Powys Police. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41am PDT |
Rice in Iraq after "open war" threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, a day after
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch an "open
war" against the U.S.-backed government. |
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BBC News |
3:28am PDT |
Bomb attack 'racially motivated' |
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Summary: Two men and two women escape injury after a house in County Tyrone is targeted in a petrol bomb attack. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28am PDT |
Lawsuit: Veterans Affairs has failed to prevent suicides
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs isn't doing enough to prevent suicide and provide adequate medical care for Americans who have served in the armed forces, a class-action lawsuit that goes to trial this week charges. |
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Yahoo News |
3:17am PDT |
Results of Zimbabwe partial vote recount face delay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A partial recount of Zimbabwe's disputed
March 29 election could take longer than the three days
originally planned, an official said on Sunday, dragging out a
political stalemate that has raised fears of violence. |
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BBC News |
3:14am PDT |
Gas scare after hotel body found |
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Summary: A hotel is evacuated after a man's body is found and high levels of carbon monoxide are detected. |
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BBC News |
3:02am PDT |
Catching corals' spectacular moment |
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Summary: The coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific are on the brink of a spectacular mass spawning. |
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BBC News |
3:02am PDT |
Night spectacular |
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Summary: Pacific corals are on the brink of a mass spawning |
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BBC News |
2:57am PDT |
Iraqi students seized near Baquba |
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Summary: Three male students and their driver are kidnapped by gunmen who set up a fake checkpoint near Baquba. |
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Yahoo News |
2:56am PDT |
Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Global food price rises are leading to
"silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought
"horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an
Austrian newspaper on Sunday. |
