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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
Defense Min.: Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Automatic gunfire broke out at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover. |
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ChristianToday |
11:34pm PDT |
Bishop of Harare on persecution in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: The Bishop of Harare the Rt Rev Sebastian Bakare speaks out on state crackdown on citizens in Zimbabwe |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Major British pipeline hours from closure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil giant BP PLC was completing the closure of a pipeline system responsible for delivering almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil production Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Afghan president safe after Taliban attack |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance interrupted a military ceremony they were attending in Kabul Sunday morning.
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
Olympic torch relay starts in South Korea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympic torch on Sunday began the South Korean leg of its troubled worldwide relay, with thousands of police deployed to block threatened protests. |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
tobyMac named Artist of The Year at GMA Dove Awards |
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Summary: Multiplatinum and award winning ForeFront recording artist TobyMac had one of his best Dove Award experiences in his acclaimed career last night as he was named Artist of the Year and received Dove Awards for Short Form Music Video of the Year Boomin and |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Explosions, gunfire disrupt Kabul military parade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Taliban extremists attacked an Afghan military parade on Sunday, sending thousands of troops and police scattering although President Hamid Karzai and other attending dignitaries were unharmed. |
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ChristianToday |
11:21pm PDT |
Archbishop holds day of fasting and prayer for Zimbabwe |
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Summary: The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu is inviting the public to join him at York Minster as he holds a day of fasting and prayer in support of the people of Zimbabwe |
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ChristianToday |
11:21pm PDT |
Sentamu holds day of fasting and prayer for Zimbabwe |
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Summary: The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu is inviting the public to join him at York Minster as he holds a day of fasting and prayer in support of the people of Zimbabwe |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Williams sparks Jazz past Rockets; take 3-1 series lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 on Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Afghan military parade attacked |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes unharmed as gunfire breaks out at a military ceremony in Kabul. |
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ChristianToday |
11:11pm PDT |
Church Army heads action plan to tackle cult of celebrity in schools |
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Summary: Church Army head Mark Russell offers five point action plan for tackling cult of celebrity in schools |
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Afghan president escapes assassination bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was hussled
away but escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt during
an official celebration in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
Fiancee says police acquittal like another death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The fiancee of an unarmed man who was
killed in a hail of 50 police bullets said on Saturday the
acquittal of three officers charged in his death was like "they
killed Sean all over again." |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
SAT7 reaching unprecedented numbers of Iranian youth |
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Summary: As young people in Iran find themselves trapped between rising political instability harsh Islamic Sharia laws systems and public security crackdowns a Christian satellite station is providing them with rest and winning their hearts for the Lord |
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
Taliban claims responsibility for Afghan attack |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance interrupted a military ceremony they were attending in Kabul Sunday morning.
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Transgender talks begin at United Methodist meeting |
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Summary: Hundreds of United Methodists have begun looking over some 1500 petitions that have been proposed by those seeking change in church policies and structures among other things during the churchs quadrennial gathering |
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Yahoo News |
10:42pm PDT |
U.S. asserts new interrogation rights: NY Times
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Recent letters from the Justice
Department to Congress state that U.S. intelligence agents
working to prevent terror attacks can legally use interrogation
techniques banned by international law, The New York Times
reported on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Torch relay begins in South Korea |
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Summary: More than 8,000 police in South Korea are braced for protests during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PDT |
Strike at oil refinery under way |
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Summary: Staff at the Grangemouth oil refinery start their strike, with extra fuel being shipped to Scotland to try to fill any gaps. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
Massive gunbattles break out in Tijuana; 13 dead, 9 wounded
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors |
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Summary: US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at a press dinner. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Bush pokes fun at his successors |
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Summary: US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at an annual press dinner. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PDT |
China pours scorn on Dalai Lama before proposed talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China poured scorn on the Dalai Lama on
Sunday and hailed protesters against Tibetan self-rule as
patriotic heroes, suggesting the government is not prepared to
give ground in talks proposed for coming days. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
Smith soars over Celtics as Hawks trim series deficit to 2-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Led by high-flying Josh Smith, the Atlanta Hawks finally showed they can beat the Boston Celtics. Good timing. Smith scored 27 points — and give him a perfect 10 in his own personal dunking contest — to lead the Hawks to a 102-93 victory Saturday nig |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Gov. Richardson meets Chavez over hostages
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The governor of New Mexico met on
Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to
restart talks with neighboring Colombia to secure the release
of hostages held by leftist rebels. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Strike at oil refinery to start |
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Summary: Staff at the Grangemouth oil refinery will start their strike shortly, with the authorities saying there will be enough fuel. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Nine killed with machetes in Honduran prison riot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nine prisoners were killed with
machetes and knives on Saturday during a riot in an overcrowded
prison in northern Honduras, the government said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Seventeen killed in Mexico drug battle near U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seventeen Mexican drug gang
members were killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their
bodies scattered along a road after one of the deadliest
shootouts in Mexico's three-year narco-war. |
