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BBC News |
6:54am PDT |
Brush with death |
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Summary: Mark Urban escapes a suicide bomber in Kabul |
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ChristianPost |
6:51am PDT |
Evangelicals Say Faith is Now too Political |
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Summary: Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the cultur |
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
Asian bank in food crisis warning |
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Summary: The Asian Development Bank warns rising food prices could reverse gains made in reducing poverty. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
Win takes Man Utd closer to title |
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Summary: Man Utd are one win from the Premier League title after thrashing West Ham at Old Trafford. |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
Zimbabwe run-off remains in doubt |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition is to decide over the weekend whether or not to take part in a presidential run-off. |
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Cnn.com |
6:31am PDT |
Would-be Hitler assassin dies |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southeast Asia nations
meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice
market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with
rocketing prices of the region's staple in most meals. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Security forces say kill 14 gunmen in Baghdad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 14 gunmen
in battles in eastern Baghdad overnight, the U.S. military said
on Saturday as several weeks of fighting with Shi'ite
militiamen showed no sign of easing. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
BNP wins seat in London Assembly |
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Summary: The British National Party wins its first seat on the London Assembly after passing the 5% voter threshold. |
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Cnn.com |
6:03am PDT |
McCain: Remarks on oil not about Iraq war |
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Yahoo News |
5:43am PDT |
U.S. embassy says 11 diplomats leave Belarus
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eleven U.S. diplomats have left Belarus
after a row with the tightly controlled former Soviet state
over human rights and sanctions, an embassy representative said
on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:43am PDT |
Talks between Chinese, Dalai Lama officials set to begin
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese media railed against the Dalai Lama and his supporters Saturday and pledged to crush any campaign seeking independence for Tibet ahead of a meeting between Beijing and envoys of the exiled spiritual leader. |
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Cnn.com |
5:37am PDT |
Police: Hunt for Madeleine McCann still on |
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Summary: Portuguese police are still investigating Madeleine McCann's disappearance a year after the British toddler vanished without trace from a beach resort villa, a senior detective said on Saturday.
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BBC News |
5:33am PDT |
Winehouse's 'Bond theme' shelved |
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Summary: Work on a possible Bond theme is scrapped because Amy Winehouse is 'not ready', says producer Mark Ronson. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
Iran won't talk to U.S. on Iraq till attacks stop: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A senior Iranian official said on
Saturday Tehran saw no need for more talks with the United
States about Iraqi security until what he described as U.S.
attacks on Iraqis stopped, Iran's Fars News Agency reported. |
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BBC News |
5:25am PDT |
Anti-academy fight ousts leader |
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Summary: A leader of a council is ousted in an anti-academy local election battle. |
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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Plan to film Scarlett murder case |
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Summary: A Bollywood film director is to turn the case of murdered Briton Scarlett Keeling into a film, it has emerged. |
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Yahoo News |
5:12am PDT |
China puts nation on alert to try to stop deadly virus
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert Saturday calling for heightened efforts to control a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and shows signs of spreading. |
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Yahoo News |
5:10am PDT |
US military: US forces kill 14 Shiite militants in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. soldiers killed 14 suspected Shiite militants in Baghdad, the military said Saturday, as clashes continued in the embattled Sadr City slum and surrounding militia strongholds. |
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BBC News |
4:59am PDT |
McCanns go to anniversary service |
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Summary: Kate and Gerry McCann attend a church service to mark a year since their daughter Madeleine disappeared. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
China orders nationwide fight against child virus
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China ordered authorities on Saturday
to tackle hand, foot and mouth disease aggressively ahead of
the Beijing Olympics after a rapidly spreading outbreak killed
at least 23 children and infected nearly 4,000. |
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Yahoo News |
4:40am PDT |
Olympic torch enjoys smooth run in casino haven Macau
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic torch enjoyed a trouble-free run in balmy conditions Saturday in the gambling haven of Macau, the final leg of its global tour before heading into mainland China. |
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Cnn.com |
4:28am PDT |
China on alert over deadly child virus |
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Summary: China's Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to eastern China's Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22, the country's Xinhua news agency reported.
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Cnn.com |
4:28am PDT |
Producer: Winehouse not ready for Bond theme |
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Yahoo News |
4:23am PDT |
US fighter pilots navigating crowded airspace in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
4:17am PDT |
UK ruling party vows to learn lessons of poll defeat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's ruling party pledged to learn
lessons on Saturday after suffering a crushing defeat in local
elections that newspapers said may signal the beginning of the
end for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Olympic torch passes through Chinese city Macau
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Runners carried the Olympic torch past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings on Saturday in the Chinese city of Macau — the world's most lucrative gambling center. |
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BBC News |
4:05am PDT |
Good parents 'should be rewarded' |
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Summary: Parents should be rewarded for spending quality time with their children, head teachers say. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Johnson wins mayoral race |
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Summary: Conservative Boris Johnson is the new mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50am PDT |
Olympic torch relay underway in casino haven Macau
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Olympic torch relay got underway Saturday in the gambling haven of Macau, the final leg on its round-the-world tour before heading into mainland China. |
