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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Nepal deports U.S. Everest climber for Tibet banner
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nepal deported a U.S. national and
banned him from climbing in the country for two years, after he
was found carrying a pro-Tibet banner on an expedition to the
Everest last week, an official said on Tuesday. |
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9:34pm PDT |
Texas sect girls 'mostly mothers' |
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Summary: Most of the teenage girls taken from a Texas polygamist sect are either mothers or pregnant, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:30pm PDT |
China blames high speed for train disaster
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese authorities on Tuesday blamed excessive speed for the nation's worst train crash in more than a decade, amid fears the death toll would climb past 70. |
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9:07pm PDT |
Grangemouth refinery strike ends |
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Summary: Grangemouth oil refinery workers are ending a two-day strike amid warnings of further possible action and rising oil prices. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
High speed to blame for China train disaster: authorities
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - High speed was to blame for the train disaster in eastern China that killed 70 people and injured more than 400 others, official media said Tuesday, citing an investigation panel. |
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8:58pm PDT |
Austrian police quiz 'sex captor' |
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Summary: Police continue to question a man who confessed to fathering seven children with his captive daughter. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Tareq Aziz trial begins at Iraqi High Tribunal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The trial begins in Iraq on Tuesday of Tareq Aziz, former deputy premier and the international face of the Saddam Hussein regime, on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad merchants in 1992. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
Johnson scores 20 in 4th, Hawks stun Celtics to even series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Forget about a Boston sweep. The Hawks are headed back to Beantown all tied up with the mighty Celtics. Joe Johnson scored 35 points — 20 in the fourth quarter — and Josh Smith added 28 points and seven blocks for Atlanta, which surprised the Celtics |
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8:10pm PDT |
UN chiefs hold food crisis summit |
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Summary: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce details of new measures to tackle the global food crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PDT |
Tornadoes hit Virginia, 200 injured
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three tornadoes swept through
central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200
people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials
said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
Howard posts another 20-20 as Magic oust Raptors in 5 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dwight Howard had 21 points and 21 rebounds and the Orlando Magic advanced to second round of the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, beating the Toronto Raptors 102-92 on Monday night to close out their series in five games. |
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7:30pm PDT |
Tornadoes tear through Virginia |
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Summary: Three tornadoes rip through the US state of Virginia, injuring 200 people and damaging buildings. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24pm PDT |
Marines launch rare Afghan operation |
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Cnn.com |
7:23pm PDT |
31 sect girls pregnant or have given birth |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:13pm PDT |
Tariq Aziz due on trial in Iraq |
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Summary: Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07pm PDT |
Expert: Sect sacrifices secrecy to hasten heaven |
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Summary: It took an extraordinary event -- the state's seizure of more than 400 children -- for the polygamist Mormon sect to open its gates to outsiders after decades of seclusion. To parents, it's not a matter of mere custody, an expert explained. Their salvatio |
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Cnn.com |
7:03pm PDT |
More than 200 hurt as 3 tornadoes hit Virginia |
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Summary: Virginia officials said more than 200 people were injured as severe storms -- including three tornadoes -- swept across the southeastern part of the state, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. Video from the scene showed roofs torn off |
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7:01pm PDT |
3 tornadoes rip through Va., hundreds of people hurt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three tornadoes carved through central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, destroying homes, tossing cars and injuring more than 200 people. |
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BBC News |
6:57pm PDT |
US rates tipped for one more cut |
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Summary: It is thought US interest rates will be cut to 2% from 2.25% this week, but is tipped to be the last for a while. |
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BBC News |
6:55pm PDT |
Cargo flight 'a near catastrophe' |
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Summary: A string of failures led to a plane crash-landing at one airport before landing at a second, a report says. |
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Cnn.com |
6:54pm PDT |
Cuba announces Communist Party congress |
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6:40pm PDT |
Mozambique police 'kill at will' |
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Summary: Amnesty International accuses police in Mozambique of killing and torturing people with near total impunity. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PDT |
Severe weather hits Virginia, 200 injured
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Severe storms swept through central
and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200 people
and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, a state emergency
official said. |
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BBC News |
6:03pm PDT |
Pandemic alert |
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Summary: Indonesia's trial run for bird flu catastrophe |
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5:44pm PDT |
Warming 'affecting poor children' |
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Summary: Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency. |
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Yahoo News |
5:41pm PDT |
3 tornadoes rip through Virginia, injuring more than 200
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The National Weather Service says three tornadoes touched down in Virginia. Meteorologist Bryan Jackson says the twisters hit Suffolk, Colonial Heights and Brunswick County on Monday afternoon. Authorities say at least 200 people were injured. Proper |
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Cnn.com |
5:39pm PDT |
Half of Yellowstone's bison herd dies |
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Summary: More than half of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has died since last fall, forcing the government to suspend its annual slaughter program.
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Cnn.com |
5:39pm PDT |
Sharp decline in bison herd halts cull |
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Summary: More than half of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has died since last fall, forcing the government to suspend its annual slaughter program.
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BBC News |
5:35pm PDT |
Kosovo's future |
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Summary: What roles for the UN and EU after independence? |
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
NY cardinal criticizes Giuliani for taking Communion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope's visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Cardinal Edward Egan said Monday. |
