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Yahoo News |
5:22am PDT |
US military: 3,500 US troops set to leave Iraq
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Summary: AP - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, part of a plan to reduce the number of troops who were part of last year's "surge" by 20,000. |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
Burma's cyclone death toll soars |
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Summary: Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:11am PDT |
Myanmar state radio says cyclone death toll soars above 22,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend rose above 22,000 Tuesday as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported. |
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Yahoo News |
5:11am PDT |
Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 15,000
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - More than 15,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses. |
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BBC News |
5:11am PDT |
Businessman loses wife murder appeal |
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Summary: Nat Fraser loses his appeal against a life jail term for murdering his wife Arlene 10 years ago. |
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Cnn.com |
5:07am PDT |
Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000 |
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Summary: The death toll in the devastating Myanmar cyclone has risen to more than 22,000, according to state radio and opposition sources. The U.N. estimates up to a million could be homeless.
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BBC News |
5:06am PDT |
Art student is killed in accident |
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Summary: A budding young artist from County Antrim is knocked down by a car and killed in England. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03am PDT |
Indiana, N.C. voters settling largest remaining contests
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Summary: AP - Voters in Indiana and North Carolina crowded polling places Tuesday as they sought to settle the largest remaining contests in the Democratic presidential nomination struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton that has dragged improbably |
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Yahoo News |
5:01am PDT |
Myanmar raises cyclone death toll to 22,500
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its
death toll on Tuesday from the devastating Cyclone Nargis to
just under 22,500 people, state media reported. |
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BBC News |
5:00am PDT |
'No move' on Scots referendum plan |
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Summary: The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon says her party's referendum timetable will not change, despite Labour pressure. |
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4:59am PDT |
Mortgage fraudster banned by FSA |
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Summary: A mortgage broker from South London is banned for submitting fraudulent mortgage applications. |
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BBC News |
4:54am PDT |
School service for car murder boy |
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Summary: A memorial service is to be held at the school of a six-year-old boy found murdered in a car alongside his brother. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46am PDT |
Iraq war strains U.S. army mental health system
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fort Drum, a bleak U.S.
Army base in upstate New York, is a test case for how the
military is handling a looming mental health crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Yahoo teams with McAfee to offer search results security
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Pets on lap while driving may soon be a no-no in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pull over and put down the dog. A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net a $35 fine. The bill passed the Assembly on a 44-11 vote on Monday, and heads to the Senate. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Pistons, Hornets take 2-0 leads in the NBA playoff series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Detroit Pistons took advantage of what seemed to be a little help from the hometown scorer's table and went on beat the Orlando Magic 100-93 for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal. |
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BBC News |
4:29am PDT |
Somalia forces 'out of control' |
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Summary: Somalis are at the mercy of armed groups who kill, rape and kidnap with impunity, says a human rights group. |
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BBC News |
4:12am PDT |
Rush-hour rumpus |
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Summary: Have fold-up bikes become too popular? |
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BBC News |
4:08am PDT |
Payout to injured baby's parents |
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Summary: A couple whose baby suffered brain damage in a crash caused by a dangerous driver receive compensation. |
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BBC News |
3:59am PDT |
Ex-police chief misused expenses |
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Summary: A former police chief misused work e-mails and a force credit card during an affair, an inquiry finds. |
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Yahoo News |
3:57am PDT |
Ga. execution would be first since Supreme Court ruling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Georgia moved forward with preparations to execute a convicted killer, who on Tuesday night could become the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a three-drug lethal injection procedure. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
Radio host James Whale sacked |
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Summary: Talksport host James Whale is fired for telling listeners to vote for London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson. |
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Yahoo News |
3:43am PDT |
Oil hits record $120.93 on fear of tight supply
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil futures rose to an all-time high near $121 a barrel Tuesday with new concerns about a threat to supply and a weaker dollar. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
'No benefit' from mail competition |
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Summary: Opening up the UK postal service has offered "no significant benefit" for homes and small firms, a study says. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Attacks test Pakistan ceasefire |
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Summary: Two bloody attacks in north-west Pakistan test fragile peace moves by the new government. |
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Cnn.com |
3:40am PDT |
15,000 feared dead in cyclone |
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Summary: The Myanmar military regime said today that at least 15,000 people were killed and the U.N. estimates up to a million could be homeless after the catastrophic cyclone that has battered the country.
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Yahoo News |
3:40am PDT |
Iraqi alleges Abu Ghraib torture, sues US contractors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. |
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BBC News |
3:37am PDT |
Grateful violinist plays NY cabbie concert |
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Summary: A musician who left his 285-year-old violin in a taxi plays a thank-you concert for the driver who returned his instrument. |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
348,000 'persistent truant' risk |
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Summary: More than one in 20 pupils in England is on the margins of becoming a persistent truant, reveal official figures. |
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Cnn.com |
3:32am PDT |
Colbert wins 'Webby Person of the Year' |
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Summary: Stephen Colbert may have already earned the title of "Greatest Living American" but now he can add "Webby Person of the Year."
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