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Yahoo News |
4:10am PDT |
Death toll in China quake reportedly nears 12,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bodies covered with sheets lined the streets Tuesday as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades in a search for more victims. The official death toll rose to nearly 12,000, and thou |
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BBC News |
4:06am PDT |
Drunk 'Darth Vader' spared jail |
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Summary: A man dressed as Darth Vader gets a suspended jail sentence for attacking the founder of a Jedi Church. |
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BBC News |
4:06am PDT |
Four artists up for Turner Prize |
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Summary: The four artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize are revealed, with film and sculpture dominating the line-up. |
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ChristianToday |
3:58am PDT |
MPs report provides exciting vision of hope Evangelical Alliance |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance says a new report from Christian MPs could radically transform Britain for the better |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
University staff faking survey |
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Summary: University staff have been caught pressuring students to dishonestly exaggerate in an official funding council survey. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Classics lessons |
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Summary: What can the Spartans teach Boris about politics? |
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BBC News |
3:39am PDT |
West Virginia voters go to polls |
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Summary: West Virginia holds its Democratic presidential primary, with Hillary Clinton aiming for a big win. |
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Cnn.com |
3:36am PDT |
Cyclone food aid may be going to military |
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Summary: The United States has sent more aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar amid allegations that the ruling military junta is keeping the best foreign supplies for itself and doling out rotting food.
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Cnn.com |
3:34am PDT |
Reporters covering Myanmar 'live in fear' |
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ChristianToday |
3:29am PDT |
Dump energyhungry tumble dryers this summer says CofE advisor |
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Summary: The Church of Englands Environmental Adviser David Shreeve is calling for households to switch off their energyhungry tumble dryers and instead dry their clothes on good oldfashioned clothes lines
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BBC News |
3:20am PDT |
Recognise this? |
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Summary: How Wembley's twin towers got turned into hills |
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Yahoo News |
3:15am PDT |
Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors
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Summary: Reuters - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone
survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating
already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people
facing hunger and disease. |
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Yahoo News |
3:12am PDT |
Lebanon army ready to use force to halt fighting
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Lebanese troops were ready to use force on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have plunged the nation into fear and chaos. |
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BBC News |
3:12am PDT |
Virtual telescope opens night sky |
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Summary: Microsoft launches a free tool that allows amateur star-gazers to explore the universe from their computers. |
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Yahoo News |
3:11am PDT |
Hospital officials: Clashes in Baghdad kill 11
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
Darling to set out 10p tax plans |
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Summary: Alistair Darling is to make a statement to MPs on compensation for losers from the 10p tax rate's scrapping. |
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BBC News |
3:06am PDT |
Heathrow T5 boss leaves BAA job |
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Summary: The Heathrow airport boss who oversaw the opening of Terminal 5 is to leave his role, BAA says. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58am PDT |
Myanmar regime accused of hoarding cyclone aid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United Nations said Tuesday that only a tiny portion of international aid needed for Myanmar's cyclone victims is making it into the country, amid reports that the military regime is hoarding good-quality foreign aid for itself and doling out rot |
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ChristianToday |
2:52am PDT |
Lichfield Cathedral celebrates 1st class Royal Mail stamp |
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Summary: Lichfield Cathedral is putting on special tours and musical performances to celebrate the launch of the Royal Mails new Cathedral stamp series on Tuesday |
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BBC News |
2:40am PDT |
Search for China quake survivors |
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Summary: A massive search and rescue operation is under way in China, after an earthquake in which at least 12,000 died. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39am PDT |
12 militants killed in southern Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
2:38am PDT |
Pakistan's government in turmoil |
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Summary: Ministers from one of Pakistan's main parties hand in their resignations, just three months after elections. |
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BBC News |
2:37am PDT |
Chief executive stands down early |
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Summary: Aberdeen City Council's chief executive says he is to retire early, as a finance probe gets under way. |
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BBC News |
2:36am PDT |
Australian driver fined after buckling up beer but not child |
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Summary: A driver in Australia is fined for strapping down a pack of beer in his car rather than his young child. |
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Yahoo News |
2:36am PDT |
Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses. |
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Cnn.com |
2:32am PDT |
Quake toll nears 12,000; disaster teams arrive |
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Summary: The death toll in the massive earthquake that rocked central China is at nearly 12,000, officials say. It comes as teams of rescuers battling through rock and mudslides Tuesday arrived at the epicenter of the earthquake.
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BBC News |
2:30am PDT |
Cannes log |
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Summary: Our reporter gets set for the world's top film festival |
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BBC News |
2:25am PDT |
Drogba & Terry recover for final |
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Summary: Didier Drogba says he and Chelsea team-mate John Terry will be fit for the Champions League final against Manchester United. |
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BBC News |
2:25am PDT |
Lebanon army 'ready to use force' |
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Summary: The Lebanese army says it is prepared to use force to disarm gunmen and restore order across the country. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20am PDT |
Death toll in China quake rises to nearly 12,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Chinese disaster relief official says the death toll has risen to nearly 12,000 following a massive earthquake that struck the country. |
