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Cnn.com |
7:00am PDT |
Cyclone death toll could hit 10,000 |
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Summary: Almost 4,000 people have died after a weekend cyclone hit Myanmar, state media report. Diplomats said the country's foreign minister acknowledges as many as 10,000 could be dead.
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Cnn.com |
6:58am PDT |
Glenn Beck: Obama's odd timing on Wright |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama is moving away from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright so fast he may claim to be an atheist by next weekend. The ongoing sprint from such a polarizing figure is far from a surprise, it's just the timing of it that is so odd.
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Yahoo News |
6:53am PDT |
Myanmar says nearly 4,000 dead from cyclone
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar said Monday that nearly 4,000 people had been killed in the cyclone that tore into the impoverished and secretive Asian nation at the weekend, and that tens of thousands more could also be dead. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PDT |
Death toll from cyclone in Myanmar could reach 10,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from the cyclone that ripped through the country could reach 10,000. |
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BBC News |
6:24am PDT |
World Championship latest updates |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ali Carter continue their tussle in the World Championship final at The Crucible. |
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BBC News |
6:24am PDT |
Elaborate Austria cellar revealed |
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Summary: Police in Austria detail the elaborate lengths Josef Fritzl took to create the dungeon in which he kept his daughter. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
China, Dalai Lama aides agreed to talk again
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Envoys of the Dalai Lama and
Chinese officials agreed to further contact during a day of
talks aimed at mending fences following a wave of unrest that
pushed Tibet to centre stage ahead of the 2008 Olympics. |
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BBC News |
6:12am PDT |
Man remanded over headless body |
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Summary: A man is charged with the murder of a traveller whose headless body was found in Hertfordshire. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Austrian police: Suspect's dungeon plans date back to 1978
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police say the Austrian man accused of holding his daughter captive for 24 years planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when she was just 12 years old. |
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Yahoo News |
5:45am PDT |
Cyclone kills nearly 4,000 in Myanmar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A devastating cyclone killed nearly
4,000 people and left thousands more missing in army-ruled
Myanmar, state media said on Monday, a dramatic increase in the
toll from Saturday's storm. |
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Cnn.com |
5:42am PDT |
Trapped sea lions shot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:41am PDT |
Country star, 34, finishes high school |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Clinton, Obama, predict fight stretches to June 3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton took their fight over gas price relief to the morning talk shows Monday as they braced for the crucial Indiana and North Carolina primaries. |
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Yahoo News |
5:37am PDT |
Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A young man was shot and killed when
thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Monday over food
traders' refusal to take old currency notes amid spiraling
inflation, witnesses said. |
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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
Sick of work |
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Summary: Is stress a health and safety hazard the boss should fix? |
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Yahoo News |
5:25am PDT |
Yahoo shares tumble in premarket trading with Microsoft out
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shares of Yahoo fell 22 percent in premarket trading as hopes for the once dominant search engine dimmed on the withdrawal of a $43.7 billion bid from Microsoft Corp. over the weekend. |
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Cnn.com |
5:22am PDT |
4,000 dead in cyclone |
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Summary: Almost 4,000 people are believed dead and 3,000 are missing after a devastating cyclone hit Myanmar, state media report today. The government had previously put the death toll at 351 before raising it to 3,939.
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
Waltzing Matilda 'about love, not politics' |
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Summary: An outback historian claims to have found the true story behind the famous Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar, state radio says
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for in a single town after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Cyclone kills nearly 4,000 in Myanmar: state TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nearly 4,000 people were killed and
thousands were missing in two of Myanmar's devastated cyclone
regions, state television reported on Monday, a dramatic
increase in the toll from Saturday's storm. |
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Cnn.com |
5:12am PDT |
Thousands in Somalia riot over food |
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Summary: Thousands of people rioted in the streets of the Somali capital on Monday to protest rising food prices and shops' refusal to accept Somali currency.
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Yahoo News |
5:10am PDT |
Obama faces big tests in North Carolina, Indiana
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama faces tests in the North Carolina and Indiana
primaries this week that will help determine whether he has
survived a rough patch and can finally defeat Hillary Clinton. |
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ChristianPost |
5:05am PDT |
What Progressive Christians are Doing to U.S. Politics |
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Summary: Progressive Christians, who have found a louder voice this election year, have helped expand the issues that matter to religious people in the public square and brought together previously opposing communities, said a panel of progressive leaders and scho |
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BBC News |
5:02am PDT |
Burma's storm toll 'nears 4,000' |
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Summary: Nearly 4,000 people have been killed by a cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday, state media say. |
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ChristianPost |
4:57am PDT |
Malaysia Catholic Newspaper Wins First Round of Legal Battle Against 'Allah' Ban Order |
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Summary: A Roman Catholic newspaper cleared its first legal hurdle Monday in its fight against a Malaysian government ban on Christians using the word "Allah" as a synonym for "... |
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ChristianPost |
4:53am PDT |
Portugal Still Investigating Little Girl's Disappearance |
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Summary: A year after Madeleine McCann vanished from a resort in southern Portugal, police are still gathering evidence into the British girl's disappearance, a top detective said ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Myanmar cyclone death toll reaches 3,969: state television
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The death toll from the cyclone that hit Myanmar over the weekend has reached 3,969, state television said Monday, warning that thousands more could be dead. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PDT |
Govan shipyard crane snaps |
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Summary: BAE Systems confirms that an 80 tonne crane at its Govan shipyard snapped during routine operations. |
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BBC News |
4:49am PDT |
Snow business |
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Summary: Sir Elton John stars on the slopes as ski resorts get rocking |
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BBC News |
4:48am PDT |
Two die in Somali currency riot |
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Summary: Somali troops kill at least two people in the capital as they try to halt riots over rising costs and counterfeit money. |
