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BBC News |
2:36am PDT |
Calzaghe lining up career finale |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe hints he will have one more fight before calling time on an impressive career that has seen him win all of his 45 fights. |
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ChristianToday |
2:25am PDT |
Willow Creek to videocast Leadership Summit to UK churches |
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Summary: On October and November 17 UK Ireland venues will be among 115 cities worldwide hosting a videocast replay of the Leadership Summit organised by the wellknown Willow Creek Church in Chicago |
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ChristianToday |
2:22am PDT |
Iran dismisses Bush and Brown nuclear charges |
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Summary: Iran said on Sunday US and British accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work |
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ChristianToday |
2:20am PDT |
Pope to end US visit with Ground Zero blessing |
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Summary: Pope Benedict will visit Ground Zero in New York on Sunday to offer a blessing and meet rescue workers survivors and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3000 people |
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ChristianToday |
2:19am PDT |
Torch protests stir Chinese nationalism |
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Summary: Dogged by antiChinese protests in Paris London San Francisco and New Delhi the Olympic torch relay is acting as a catalyst for an outpouring of nationalism and indignation by the man on the street in China |
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ChristianToday |
2:18am PDT |
US commanders urge wider Pakistan attacks |
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Summary: US commanders in Afghanistan have recently urged expanding the war effort possibly including US attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside Pakistans tribal areas The New York Times reported in Sunday editions |
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ChristianToday |
2:14am PDT |
Turkmenistan officials its our duty to check up on church teaching |
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Summary: Officials who raided a Bible class held by the Greater Grace Protestant church in the capital Ashgabad on 11 April have insisted that the church does not have the right to teach its own members without approval from the governments Gengeshi Committee for |
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ChristianToday |
2:14am PDT |
Turkmenistan officials clamp down on church teaching |
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Summary: Officials who raided a Bible class held by the Greater Grace Protestant church in the capital Ashgabad on 11 April have insisted that the church does not have the right to teach its own members without approval from the governments Gengeshi Committee for |
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BBC News |
2:14am PDT |
Chancellor hints at 10p tax help |
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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 |
2:13am PDT |
Woman, 20, dies in car collision |
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Summary: A 20-year-old woman has died and another person has been seriously injured in an early-morning crash. |
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ChristianToday |
2:13am PDT |
Smoke cloud engulfs Argentine capital for 5th day |
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Summary: A thick cloud of smoke covered Buenos Aires for a fifth day on Saturday the fallout from field burning by ranchers that has forced the closure of highways flight delays and traffic congestion |
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ChristianToday |
2:11am PDT |
Eleven kidnapped north of Baghdad |
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Summary: Nine university students and their driver were kidnapped on Sunday near Baquba north of Baghdad when gunmen stopped their vehicle at a fake checkpoint police said |
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ChristianToday |
2:11am PDT |
Paraguay votes in first big test for ruling party |
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Summary: Paraguayans vote for a new president on Sunday in the first major challenge to the ruling Colorado Party in more than 60 years |
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ChristianToday |
2:10am PDT |
Darfur groups to discuss security not peace talks |
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Summary: Darfurs warring parties have agreed to discuss ways of improving security in the region but stopped short of promising ceasefires or new peace talks UN and African Union envoys said on Saturday |
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Yahoo News |
1:55am PDT |
Luxury auto rivals Daimler, BMW discuss sharing components
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, is discussing sharing components and technology development with rival BMW AG, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
1:53am PDT |
Internet brothel ring targeted |
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Summary: Police arrest 12 people as part of a major operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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BBC News |
1:53am PDT |
Police raids over online brothels |
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Summary: Police arrest 12 people as part of a major operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
SNP set 20-seat Westminster goal |
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Summary: Alex Salmond is to tell the SNP it could hold the balance of power after the next Westminster election. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PDT |
Iran dismisses Bush, Brown nuclear charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Sunday U.S. and British
accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless
and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work. |
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ChristianToday |
1:21am PDT |
Doctrine under great duress in postmodern era say US theologians |
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Summary: Friends fans and bearers of doctrine and theology got together this past week to confront the many skewed representations of the Gospel they have seen even among evangelicals and to reaffirm the centrality of doctrine in a postmodern era |
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BBC News |
1:19am PDT |
Nepal warning to torch protesters |
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Summary: Nepal says it is prepared to use force, including gunfire, against protesters as the torch ascends Everest. |
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BBC News |
1:18am PDT |
Four targeted in petrol bombing |
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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 |
1:03am PDT |
Taliban urge U.N. to block Afghan executions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taliban insurgents urged the
international community and right groups to stop Afghan
President Hamid Karzai approving the execution of about 100
prisoners whose death sentences were approved by the supreme
court. |
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BBC News |
12:42am PDT |
Blast families kept out of homes |
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Summary: Families evacuated from their homes after near-by controlled blasts wait to be allowed home. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39am PDT |
Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history by winning Japan 300
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17am PDT |
Pope to bless ground zero in NYC, pray for peace
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reached out in compassion to beleaguered clergy, victims of clergy sex abuse and members of other religious groups during his first U.S. trip. |
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BBC News |
12:15am PDT |
Royal succession law change due |
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Summary: A centuries-old law which gives males precedence in the royal line of succession is to be abolished. |
