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BBC News |
1:03pm PDT |
US welcomes N Korea nuclear files |
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Summary: A senior US diplomat says North Korea appears to have handed over full details of its plutonium programme. |
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Cnn.com |
12:59pm PDT |
Police raid ministerial building in Olmert probe |
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Summary: Israeli police investigators raided a ministerial building Tuesday and seized documents related to a fraud investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a police spokesman said.
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BBC News |
12:56pm PDT |
Straw: too many white male judges |
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Summary: Too few women and people from black and Asian backgrounds are appointed judges, Jack Straw tells MPs. |
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Cnn.com |
12:55pm PDT |
'Pancaking' floors kill half of school's students |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PDT |
Pastor Hagee apologizes for anti-Catholic remarks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant |
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AgapePress |
12:51pm PDT |
Trial Delayed for Uyghur Christian in China |
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Summary:
DUBLIN, May 13 (Compass Direct News) ? Court officials in Kashgar, Xinjiang province may soon decide the fate of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit, arrested on January 12 and accused of ?endangering national security.?
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Fla. wildfires hit 100 homes; arsonists sought
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists behind a string of stubborn wildfires that have destroyed or damaged about 100 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast. |
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Yahoo News |
12:36pm PDT |
Death toll in China earthquake exceeds 12,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35pm PDT |
Seven bombs kill 60 people in India's Jaipur
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seven bombs ripped through the
crowded streets of India's western city of Jaipur on Tuesday
evening, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu
temples. |
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Yahoo News |
12:32pm PDT |
Now the underdog, Clinton looks for win in W.Va.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton collided with Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary on Tuesday, persisting in the Democratic presidential race despite dwindling odds and a lengthening delegate deficit. |
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BBC News |
12:30pm PDT |
£120 for basic rate taxpayers |
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Summary: The chancellor announces a change in tax allowances which means all basic rate taxpayers gain £120 this year. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30pm PDT |
Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dott |
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AgapePress |
12:28pm PDT |
Indonesia: Islamists threaten to tear down church |
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Summary:
JAKARTA, May 6 (Compass Direct News) ? Muslim extremists and local government authorities last week threatened to tear down a church building under construction in North Sumatra even though church leaders met requirements of Indonesia?s draconian law on |
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ChristianPost |
12:23pm PDT |
Joel Osteen Maintains Homosexuality as Sin |
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Summary: Jay Bakker, a big supporter of a pro-gay group, met privately with Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church to talk about faith and sexuality issues and to ultimately gain the support of the ... |
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Yahoo News |
12:23pm PDT |
Senate votes to halt oil reserve shipments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oi |
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BBC News |
12:21pm PDT |
Tarantula found in store grapes |
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Summary: A tarantula is spotted lurking in a bunch of grapes - as a father prepared to give them to his four-year-old boy. |
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Cnn.com |
12:20pm PDT |
Concern grows for China's panda reserves |
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Summary: China's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing how they will get their next meals.
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Yahoo News |
12:05pm PDT |
Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week — more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-contro |
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Cnn.com |
11:56am PDT |
Don't wait to shop for summer flights |
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Summary: See an affordable domestic airfare? Book it now.
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Yahoo News |
11:53am PDT |
Olmert says understandings reached in peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
said on Tuesday he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had
reached "understandings and points of agreement" on some key
issues in U.S-backed peace talks. |
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Cnn.com |
11:52am PDT |
W.Va. highlights Obama's weak point |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton's expected victory in West Virginia Tuesday is unlikely to derail Sen. Barack Obama's path to the Democratic nomination, but it could renew questions about his ability to draw the support of white, blue-collar voters.
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Yahoo News |
11:51am PDT |
Death toll from China quake soars past 13,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll in China's
earthquake climbed past 13,000 on Tuesday and looked set to
rise much higher after media said some 19,000 people were
buried in rubble in just one area. |
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Cnn.com |
11:45am PDT |
Crews hunt victims as toll tops 12,000 |
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Summary: The death toll from the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in central China exceeded 12,000 today, as rescue workers frantically tried to pull victims from the rubble and clear roads so relief can be delivered. More than 25,000 people were trapped under rubble, acc |
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Yahoo News |
11:44am PDT |
Detroit City Council moves toward ousting mayor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The City Council narrowly approved taking the first step Tuesday toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick over explicit text messages to a former aide, but one council member's possible change of heart could scuttle the measure. |
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BBC News |
11:35am PDT |
Ties to Turkey |
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Summary: Nicholas Witchell on the background to the Queen's visit |
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Yahoo News |
11:26am PDT |
West urges Myanmar to act on crucial cyclone aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone
survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating
the already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million
people facing hunger and disease. |
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Cnn.com |
11:19am PDT |
1,000 pulled from rubble |
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Summary: Hundreds of soldiers entered China's earthquake epicenter at Wenchuan and pulled more than 1,000 people from debris, according to the disaster relief headquarters. More than 25,000 people were trapped, according the state media. The death toll topped 12,0 |
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Yahoo News |
11:19am PDT |
Olmert says "understandings" reached in peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
said on Tuesday that he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
have reached "understandings and points of agreement" on key
issues in U.S-backed peace talks but he gave no details. |
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Yahoo News |
11:10am PDT |
Bomb blasts kill 60 in western India
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sixty people were killed in a
series of bomb attacks in India's western city of Jaipur on
Tuesday evening, police, officials and witnesses said. |
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Leadership |
11:10am PDT |
God's Tough Command |
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