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Cnn.com |
10:15pm PDT |
Myanmar says cyclone death toll exceeds 15,000 |
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Summary: The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 15,000 people, Myanmar's government has said, with at least 10,000 killed in the township of Bogalay alone, according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PDT |
Myanmar cyclone death toll to rise past 15,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 15,000 people were killed in
the Myanmar cyclone and the toll was likely to rise as
officials made contact with the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta
areas, the military government's foreign minister said on
Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Death toll tops 15,000 in Myanmar cyclone: state media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - More than 15,000 people have died in Myanmar after a cyclone hit the country last weekend, including 10,000 people in a single town, a state newspaper said Tuesday in the latest update on casualties. |
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Yahoo News |
10:08pm PDT |
U.S. set for first execution since end of moratorium
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia is set to execute a convicted
murderer on Tuesday, the first U.S. inmate to be put to death
since the Supreme Court ended a de facto moratorium on capital
punishment last month. |
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BBC News |
10:08pm PDT |
Aid call as Burma casualties rise |
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Summary: Aid agencies push to launch a massive operation in cyclone-hit Burma, as the death toll rises to 15,000. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Images of 'paedophile' released |
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Summary: Interpol releases images of a second suspected paedophile, after a good response from the 'Mr Swirl' case. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Images released in 'paedophile' hunt |
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Summary: Interpol releases images of a second suspected paedophile, after a good response from the 'Mr Swirl' case. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Forces' centre gets £24m boost |
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Summary: Armed forces rehabilitation centre Headley Court is to get an extra £24m to improve facilities for injured personnel. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Men held after stabbings bailed |
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Summary: Five men arrested after a disturbance leaves five others suffering knife wounds are released on bail. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Men bailed over city stabbings |
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Summary: Five men arrested over a disturbance in which five others suffered knife wounds are released on bail. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Paul leads Hornets to another easy win over Spurs in Game 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shutting down David West only gave the San Antonio Spurs front-row seats for the Chris Paul show. With razzle-dazzle dribbles and a driving floater that couldn't miss, Paul had 30 points and 12 assists, leading the New Orleans Hornets to a 102-84 vic |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PDT |
Oil holds above $120 a barrel on supply worries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil futures held steady above $120 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after surpassing that mark for the first time in the previous session on threats to supply and a weakening of the U.S. dollar. |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Baby bottle chemical label call |
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Summary: Parents need more information about a controversial chemical found in plastic baby bottles, a childbirth charity says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Dalai Lama envoy says China talks 'good first step'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Talks between Chinese officials and envoys from the Tibetan government-in-exile were a "good first step," one of the Dalai Lama's representatives said here on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
Myanmar says cyclone death toll 15,000 and set to rise
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 15,000 people were killed in
the Myanmar cyclone and the toll was likely to rise as
officials made contact with the worst-hit areas, the military
government's foreign minister said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
8:24pm PDT |
CCTV boom 'failing to cut crime' |
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Summary: Huge investment in CCTV technology has failed to cut crime in the UK, a senior police officer warns. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Official media: 10,000 dead in 1 town from Myanmar cyclone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's official media said Tuesday that 10,000 people were killed by a cyclone in just one town, confirming fears of a spiraling death toll from the storm's 12-foot tidal surges and high winds that swept away bamboo homes in low-lying coastal regi |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
On eve of Indiana, N.C., Clinton, Obama duel on gas prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dueling over gas prices, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama strained for every last vote on Monday, the eve of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries that are the biggest prizes left in their epic Democratic nomination fight. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys 'very excited' after China talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Talks between Chinese officials and envoys from the Tibetan government-in-exile were a "good first step," one of the Dalai Lama's representatives said here on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Turning 60, Israelis feel pride, Palestinians pain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Like the state of Israel,
Akram al-Shamali and Moshe Feist both turn 60 this year. But
that's about where the similarities end. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
Oil pauses near record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil steadied on Tuesday after surging
more than $4 to a record over $120 a barrel in the previous
session, on a softer U.S. dollar and supply concerns in Iran
and Nigeria. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13pm PDT |
Cyclone kills 10,000 in one Myanmar town
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Countries worldwide promised help to
Myanmar after a cyclone killed 10,000 people in just one town,
suggesting the overall death toll in the impoverished
military-run Southeast Asian nation will be much higher. |
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Yahoo News |
7:07pm PDT |
Billups scores 28 as Pistons edge Magic 100-93 for 2-0 lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Detroit Pistons took advantage of what seemed to be a little help from the scorer's table and went on beat the Orlando Magic. Chauncey Billups scored 28 points, three on a disputed shot at the end of the third quarter, and Detroit got past Orland |
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Cnn.com |
7:03pm PDT |
Myanmar says death toll exceeds 15,000 |
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Summary: The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 15,000 people, the country's government has said. Survivors endured their third night without electricity in the aftermath of the cyclone. The main water supply has been cut in many areas, most phone se |
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Yahoo News |
6:51pm PDT |
Myanmar rulers under fire over cyclone
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's military rulers were under fire Tuesday after revealing more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the secretive and impoverished nation, with thousands more missing. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PDT |
Cyclone killed 10,000 in just one Myanmar town: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Some 10,000 people were killed in just
one town after a severe cyclone slammed into Myanmar's
Irrawaddy delta on the weekend, state television reported on
Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:18pm PDT |
Dalai Lama envoy upbeat on China talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An envoy of the Dalai Lama said on
Tuesday that one-day talks with China on the unrest in Tibet
had been "a good first step," and the two sides will meet again
after he reports back to the exiled spiritual leader. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05pm PDT |
More than 3.5 million new voters, AP survey finds
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Voter excitement, always up before a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof so far this year — with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey that offers t |
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Cnn.com |
6:04pm PDT |
Roland Martin on Rev. Wright row |
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Summary: Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, especially those who call themselves conservative, are happy he has put the dashiki-wearing, American-criticizing former Marine in his place.
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Cnn.com |
6:02pm PDT |
11,900 Chinese kids get virus; 26 die |
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Summary: More than 8,500 Chinese children have contracted hand-foot-mouth disease, and although it is a common childhood illness, its rapid spread and the 24 children it has killed have raised concerns in China, state-run media reported Monday.
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