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Yahoo News |
1:51am PDT |
Passenger Train collision kills 66 in eastern China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A high-speed passenger train jumped its tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds. Authorities were quoted as saying human error was to blame. |
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Yahoo News |
1:50am PDT |
US, Iraqi troops kill 38 militants in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American and Iraqi troops killed 38 militants in the fiercest clashes in weeks in Baghdad, including 22 who attacked a military checkpoint in a Shiite militia stronghold, the U.S. military said Monday. |
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BBC News |
1:45am PDT |
Grand Theft Auto receives acclaim |
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Summary: Grand Theft Auto IV receives a string of near-perfect review scores ahead of its release on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
1:43am PDT |
Ukraine helicopter crash kills 19 |
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Summary: A Ukrainian helicopter crashes at an offshore gas drilling platform in the Black Sea, killing 19 people. |
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BBC News |
1:34am PDT |
Monster of the deep? Scientists hope defrosting a colossal squid will reveal its secrets |
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Summary: Technicians in New Zealand begin defrosting a rare specimen of the colossal squid, the world's biggest. |
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BBC News |
1:34am PDT |
Colossal squid comes out of ice |
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Summary: Technicians in New Zealand begin defrosting a rare specimen of the colossal squid, the world's biggest. |
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Yahoo News |
1:23am PDT |
Olympic torch gets protest-free relay in NKorea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's close ally North Korea staged an elaborate welcome Monday for the Beijing Olympic torch, mobilising tens of thousands of cheering citizens and criticising protests elsewhere in the world. |
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BBC News |
1:22am PDT |
Clegg: I'm here for the long run |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says he is in the job for the "long term" and is pleased with the party's poll standing. |
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ChristianToday |
1:21am PDT |
Olympics Tutu urges leaders to miss Beijing opening |
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Summary: Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged world leaders on Sunday to stay away from the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August |
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Yahoo News |
1:20am PDT |
Taliban score propaganda coup with parade attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Taliban attack on an Afghan state
parade was a propaganda victory undermining faith in the
ability of President Hamid Karzai's government to protect
itself, let alone provide security for the Afghan people,
analysts said. |
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ChristianToday |
12:59am PDT |
Syria sets example for good relations between Christians and Muslims |
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Summary: Islam cannot be studied like grammar Patriarch Ignatius IV of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria told a delegation led by Rev Dr Samuel Kobia general secretary of the World Council of Churches WCC |
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Yahoo News |
12:56am PDT |
Fed poised to cut rates; may take a break after that
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Battling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is ready to bump down a key interest rate again to brace the wobbly economy. That rate cut could turn out to be the last one for a while as zooming energy and food prices heighten inflation c |
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Cnn.com |
12:55am PDT |
Study: Diabetes before motherhood on the rise |
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BBC News |
12:52am PDT |
Surrogacy jape tops US film chart |
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Summary: A comedy about surrogate motherhood leads North America's box office chart in its debut weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52am PDT |
Train collision kills 66 in eastern China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A high-speed passenger train jumped the tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring more than 400, a state news agency reported. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45am PDT |
Iran to give nuclear proposals to Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran will hand over to Russia a package
of proposals designed to defuse a nuclear row with world
powers, an Iranian official said on Monday without giving
details. |
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ChristianToday |
12:43am PDT |
Growing threats to religious property in Kazakhstan |
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Summary: Ten years after acquiring a disused kindergarten in the small town of Alga near the northwestern city of Aktobe a New Life Protestant congregation is about to lose its building |
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BBC News |
12:42am PDT |
Four children killed in Gaza raid |
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Summary: At least five people, including four young children, are killed by an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza, medics say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Miley Cyrus says Vanity Fair photo spread embarrasses her
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that's going around, and it's not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot — it's the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz. |
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ChristianToday |
12:26am PDT |
Christian Aid partner condemns demonic actions in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Churches in Zimbabwe are opening their doors to give refuge to people fleeing violence following the elections which were held almost a month ago |
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ChristianToday |
12:26am PDT |
World prays for Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Churches across the UK joined with Christians around the world on Sunday in a day of Global Prayer for Zimbabwe |
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BBC News |
12:24am PDT |
Brown shrugs off Levy's criticism |
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Summary: The prime minister dismisses suggestions by Lord Levy that Tony Blair believes he cannot beat David Cameron in an election. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PDT |
U.S. army says it killed 38 fighters in Baghdad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military said on Monday it had
killed 38 fighters in a day of battles in northeastern Baghdad
as militants took advantage of dust storms to launch apparently
coordinated assaults. |
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BBC News |
12:12am PDT |
HBOS mulls plan for extra funds |
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Summary: HBOS is considering a rights issue to raise up to £4bn of extra funding from its existing shareholders. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Olympic torch begins run through North Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch began its first-ever run through North Korea on Monday, where the flame was assured of a trip free of the anti-Chinese protests that marked other legs of the relay. |
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BBC News |
12:08am PDT |
Remand prisoner's hospital death |
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Summary: A man accused of raping an 18-year-old woman has died after apparently hanging himself in his cell. |
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BBC News |
12:08am PDT |
Rape accused dies after 'hanging' |
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Summary: A 21-year-old man accused of raping an 18-year-old woman has died after apparently hanging himself in his cell. |
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Cnn.com |
12:07am PDT |
North Korean officer defects to South Korea |
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