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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
More aid finally reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Food and water reached cyclone victims in greater amounts Sunday after many roads were cleared, but there was no sign Myanmar's military rulers would allow foreign experts to handle the distribution, international aid groups said. |
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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
Burma's survivors 'facing crisis' |
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Summary: Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading agencies warn. |
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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
Serbs weigh pride against prosperity in key election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Serbs began voting on Sunday in an
election that will show whether the lure of European Union
membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed
secession of Kosovo. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Turkey says it has attacked Kurdish rebels in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkey said on Saturday it had
launched air and artillery attacks against Kurdish separatist
rebels in northern Iraq overnight after an insurgent attack on
a Turkish military base killed six soldiers. |
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Cnn.com |
11:29pm PDT |
Victims feared trapped in Midwest storms' rubble |
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Summary: A series of severe storms tore through parts of Oklahoma and Missouri on Saturday, killing at least 18 people, according to the National Weather Service. Emergency management officials say the death toll may rise amid fears some people may be trapped in r |
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11:25pm PDT |
Fighting in northern Lebanon as opposition ends Beirut takeover
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fierce battles raged in northern Lebanon on Sunday between rival clans as the Hezbollah-led opposition said it was ending its takeover of west Beirut. |
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11:06pm PDT |
Myanmar regime says 'massive turnout' in vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's ruling generals said Sunday there was "massive turnout" in their national referendum , held despite pleas to devote their resources to saving more than a million victims of a devastating cyclone. |
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10:57pm PDT |
Sudan cuts diplomatic relations with Chad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sudan broke off diplomatic relations
with Chad on Sunday after an attack by Darfur rebels on the
capital Khartoum that the government said was supported by
Chadian President Idriss Deby. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Lebanese troops patrol after Hezbollah pullout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lebanese troops patrolled Beirut on
Sunday after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had
seized in deadly gunbattles with supporters of the U.S.-backed
government. |
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Yahoo News |
10:42pm PDT |
Former 'Idol' winner Carrie Underwood joins Grand Ole Opry
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Carrie Underwood is the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
At least 18 said dead in Missouri, Oklahoma tornadoes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 18 people were killed on
Saturday in Missouri and Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through
the area, authorities in the two states said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
18 dead in Missouri, Oklahoma after new round of tornadoes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed at least 18 people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, injuring many and mangling buildings in the storm-weary region. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PDT |
12 dead in Missouri after tornado; 6 killed in Oklahoma
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed several people as severe storms raked the nation's heart Saturday, taking at least 18 lives, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region. |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Nobel Prize win a disaster, says author Doris Lessing |
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Summary: Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing says winning the award has stopped her being able to write. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Serbs voting in watershed ballot |
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Summary: Serbs are voting in a snap election seen as the most important since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Warning over care system's future |
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Summary: Ministers will warn that England's care system is heading towards a £6bn shortfall unless there is radical reform, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PDT |
Tornado flattens Oklahoma town |
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Summary: Tornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, levelling a town and killing at least 11 people. |
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9:56pm PDT |
Maddux gets 350th career win as Padres beat Rockies 3-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Greg Maddux became the ninth pitcher in big league history to win 350 games, reaching the plateau in his fifth try and leading the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. |
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Cnn.com |
9:45pm PDT |
Death toll rises to 18 in Midwest storms |
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Summary: A series of severe storms tore through parts of Oklahoma and Missouri on Saturday, killing at least 18 people, according to the National Weather Service. Emergency management officials say the death toll may rise amid fears some people may be trapped in r |
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Cnn.com |
9:43pm PDT |
Bernstein: Could Clinton land the VP nomination? |
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Summary: Friends and close associates of both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now convinced that, assuming she loses the race for the presidential nomination, she is going to fight to be the vice presidential nominee on an Obama-for-president ticket.
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9:41pm PDT |
Myanmar vote going ahead despite cyclone devastation
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar state media said on Sunday there was "massive turnout" in the country's national referendum, which the military regime held the previous day despite widespread damage from Cyclone Nargis. |
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Cnn.com |
9:39pm PDT |
Jenna Bush, Henry Hager exchange vows |
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Summary: First daughter Jenna Bush and Henry Hager -- the son of a well-connected Virginia Republican -- said "I do" Saturday on President Bush's 1,600-acre ranch in Crawford, Texas. The plans had been largely under wraps, but they called for gathering by a lake a |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Lebanese violence spreading |
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Summary: Clashes erupt in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between Hezbollah sympathisers and government supporters. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PDT |
Bernstein: Can Clinton land the VP nomination? |
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Summary: Friends and close associates of both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now convinced that, assuming she loses the race for the presidential nomination, she is going to fight to be the vice presidential nominee on an Obama-for-president ticket.
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BBC News |
9:16pm PDT |
Hunt for killer of boy in bakery |
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Summary: Police hunt the killer of a teenage boy who was attacked in a south-east London bakery. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Crewe within Tories' grasp - poll |
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Summary: The first opinion poll ahead of the Crewe by-election puts the Conservatives four points ahead of Labour. |
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
Enduring love |
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Summary: Cardinal's fears for the institution of marriage |
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Yahoo News |
8:50pm PDT |
James, Cavs shoot down Celtics to trim series deficit to 2-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The shots didn't drop again for LeBron James, and it hardly mattered. The rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers made most of theirs. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
At least 16 said dead in Missouri, Oklahoma tornadoes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 16 people were killed on
Saturday in Missouri and Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through
the area, authorities in the two states said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
"Unimaginable tragedy" if Myanmar delays aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis
poured out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Sunday in search of
food, water and medicine as aid groups said thousands more
people will die if emergency supplies do not get through soon. |
