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ChristianToday |
1:40am PDT |
Brown preparing relaunch after poll drubbing |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing a new legislative programme focusing on the economy health education and constitutional reform to fight back as soon as next week after a drubbing in local elections |
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ChristianToday |
1:39am PDT |
Defra raises concern over bee colony losses |
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Summary: Investigations into the decimation of bee colonies have been stepped up after more severe losses this year the government said on Friday |
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BBC News |
1:10am PDT |
Labour 'must learn the lessons' |
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Summary: A Welsh ally of Gordon Brown says Labour has to listen to disillusioned voters who gave the party a "pounding". |
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Yahoo News |
1:07am PDT |
Former follower: Sect leader wanted to sleep with teenagers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. |
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ChristianToday |
1:05am PDT |
900 new churchgoers six months after Back to Church Sunday |
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Summary: Six months after the Back to Church Sunday evangelistic campaign figures from the Diocese of Lichfield show that between 700 and 900 of the 6000 people who came Back to Church in the area on 29 September last year are now regular churchgoers |
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ChristianToday |
12:53am PDT |
Alan Sugar tops Britains choice for quiz team |
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Summary: Youre hired Sir Alan Sugar is Britains top choice for a quiz team |
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Yahoo News |
12:48am PDT |
Southeast Asia to cooperate over food security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southeast Asia nations
meeting in Bali have agreed to cooperate over the rice market,
Malaysia's trade minister said on Saturday, as rocketing prices
shock a region where the grain is a core part of most meals. |
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ChristianToday |
12:42am PDT |
Scottish Bible Society seeks funds for conflictridden Congo |
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Summary: A new appeal by the Scottish Bible Society aims to raise funds to help people in the vast and conflictridden Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Brown's party routed in UK elections, loses London
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Labour Party suffered its
worst local election defeat on record and lost control of
London on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national poll. |
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BBC News |
12:30am PDT |
Mugabe rivals debate poll run-off |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition is to decide over the weekend whether to take part in a presidential run-off. |
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ChristianToday |
12:29am PDT |
World Vision international president to step down 2010 |
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Summary: The international president of World Vision the largest Christian humanitarian aid organisation announced today that he plans to retire from his role in September 2010 |
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Yahoo News |
12:27am PDT |
US fighter pilots contend with 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 |
12:26am PDT |
Russia says Iranian enrichment freeze is sole demand
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia on Saturday said that world powers concerned about Iran's nuclear programme were asking Tehran only to suspend uranium enrichment during a period of talks. |
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Yahoo News |
12:25am PDT |
Chinese, Dalai Lama officials to meet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - State-run media in China railed against the Dalai Lama as talks were set to take place between the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and Chinese officials. |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
Nanjing China becomes Bible printing capital of the world |
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Summary: Thirty years ago the Bible was banned there but now China has one of the biggest Bible factories in the world |
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Cnn.com |
12:11am PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys to hold talks in China |
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Summary: Envoys for the Dalai Lama are expected to hold talks in China on Saturday with representatives of the Chinese leadership, a spokesman of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said.
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BBC News |
12:01am PDT |
Afghan mine kills British soldier |
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Summary: A British soldier has died after a patrol vehicle hit a mine in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. |
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Yahoo News |
12:01am PDT |
Guam in spotlight as Democrat fight goes Pacific
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats in the tiny tropical
U.S. territory of Guam queued up on Saturday to vote in the
latest presidential primary, relishing a rare opportunity to
bask in the political spotlight. |
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ChristianToday |
12:00am PDT |
Conservatives London win shows taste for change |
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Summary: Boris Johnsons triumph in the London mayoral poll shows a thirst for change among voters that does not bode well for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown |
