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Yahoo News |
6:46am PDT |
Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
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Summary: AP - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Blair broke promises to stand down, says deputy |
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Yahoo News |
6:35am PDT |
Boat carrying aid for Myanmar cyclone victims sinks
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Summary: AP - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
'United' Labour suffers bad week |
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Summary: A UK Government minister says the referendum row has caused a bad week for his party - but vows to fight on. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Ministers attack Burma response |
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Summary: UK ministers condemn Burma's military rulers for not allowing aid to flow more freely into the cyclone-hit country. |
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BBC News |
6:24am PDT |
Chinese plane business gets wings |
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Summary: China launches a new plane maker to one day compete with Boeing and Airbus, state media report. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Clashes in northern and eastern Lebanon, outside Beirut
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Summary: AP - Heavy fighting broke out Sunday between supporters of Lebanon's Western-backed government and opposition followers in the central mountains overlooking the capital, security officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PDT |
20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
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Summary: AP - Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. |
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BBC News |
6:01am PDT |
Bakery murder boy was 'wonderful' |
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Summary: The parents of a teenager killed at a bakery in south-east London recall the final moments they shared with their son. |
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BBC News |
5:59am PDT |
Live - Premier League finale |
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Summary: Manchester United and Chelsea battle for the Premier League title as Birmingham, Reading and Fulham fight against relegation. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Brown not prickly, says Miliband |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband denies claims by John Prescott that Gordon Brown is "annoying and prickly". |
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BBC News |
5:00am PDT |
Scots group join Burma aid effort |
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Summary: A Scottish-based aid worker is heading to Burma, after securing a rare visa from the authorities. |
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Yahoo News |
4:57am PDT |
Key al Qaeda member killed in Afghanistan: web
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Summary: Reuters - A prominent member of al Qaeda was killed
in fighting with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, the group said
in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PDT |
Nepal arrests 560 Tibetan women |
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Summary: Nepalese police arrest 560 Tibetan women after breaking up demonstrations against China's crackdown in Tibet. |
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BBC News |
4:49am PDT |
Arson attack in village 'racist' |
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Summary: Two cars are extensively damaged by fire in what police say was a racist attack in a County Antrim village. |
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BBC News |
4:42am PDT |
T5 foreign passengers 'unchecked' |
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Summary: Security errors at Heathrow Airport allowed foreign passengers to enter the UK without proper checks, BA admits. |
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BBC News |
4:42am PDT |
T5 foreign flyers 'unchecked' |
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Summary: Security errors at Heathrow Airport allowed passengers to enter the UK without proper checks, BA admits. |
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Cnn.com |
4:41am PDT |
Sudan accuses Chad of training rebels |
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Summary: Sudan has cut ties with neighboring Chad, accusing it of helping train the rebels who attacked a suburb of Khartoum.
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Signs of normalcy in Iraq's Sadr City amid cease-fire
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Summary: AP - Militants were withdrawing from the streets and shops were reopening in Baghdad's Sadr City on the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces following two months of intense clashes. |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
Ministers criticise Burma action |
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Summary: UK ministers condemn Burma's military rulers for not allowing aid to flow more freely into the cyclone-hit country. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PDT |
Legal action threat over airport |
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Summary: A judicial review could be pursued by objectors in an attempt to block a private airfield in Snowdonia. |
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BBC News |
4:30am PDT |
Burma eases restrictions on aid |
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Summary: Increased amounts of aid reach cyclone-hit Burma amid signs the government is easing restrictions on access. |
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Cnn.com |
4:20am PDT |
Severe weather kills 20 |
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Summary: Severe weather, including tornadoes, has killed at least 20 people in Oklahoma and Missouri, according to emergency management agencies. One Oklahoma town "looks like a war zone," an emergency official said.
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Olympic climb |
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Summary: Your questions about taking torch up Mount Everest |
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AgapePress |
3:59am PDT |
BREAKING NEWS: Tornadoes claim at least 19 lives in Missouri, Oklahoma |
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The Midwest has been hit with another round of deadly tornadoes.
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Yahoo News |
3:31am PDT |
Qaeda says key member killed in Afghanistan: web
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A prominent member of al Qaeda was killed
in fighting with U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, the group said
in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23am PDT |
News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
3:17am PDT |
UK economic outlook 'worsening' |
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Summary: Economic prospects for the next 18 months have got worse, the British Chambers of Commerce warns. |
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BBC News |
3:15am PDT |
NI parties unite on abortion |
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Summary: The four main NI party leaders ask MPs to state their opposition to plans to extend the Abortion Act. |
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BBC News |
3:06am PDT |
Sri Lankan government wins vote |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's ruling coalition wins a provincial election seen as key to its strategy against the Tamil Tigers. |
