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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
Church must think carefully before partnering with government Theos |
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Summary: Jim Wallis author social activist and faith adviser to the Prime Minister has backed the conclusions of a new Theos report published on Saturday arguing that the church must think carefully before partnering with government |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Whispers 'hold back black police' |
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Summary: Campaigns to stop black and Asian officers reaching top ranks are happening, a police chief admits. |
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ChristianToday |
11:46pm PDT |
CAFOD mourns death of founding member |
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Summary: Catholic aid agency CAFOD has expressed its great sadness at the death of one of its founding members Jacqueline Stuyt who has passed away at the age of 88 |
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Yahoo News |
11:46pm PDT |
UN's top disaster official headed to Myanmar
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Summary: AFP - The UN's top disaster official headed Sunday to Myanmar, where the government is under mounting pressure to accept a full-scale relief operation for desperate cyclone survivors in need of immediate aid. |
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ChristianToday |
11:28pm PDT |
Brown sets out vision for single moral universe |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled his vision for a global humanity united under a common moral sense |
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Cnn.com |
10:53pm PDT |
Starvation looms before Myanmar, group warns |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PDT |
India to resume Pakistan peace talks
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Summary: Reuters - India's foreign minister travels to
Pakistan this week for his first meeting with leaders of a new
civilian government and to review a peace process that has been
in the doldrums for more than a year. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
Ashlee Simpson gets fairy tale wedding |
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Cnn.com |
10:35pm PDT |
One villager's lament: 'I have lost everything' |
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Cnn.com |
10:35pm PDT |
Quake victim's lament: 'I have lost everything' |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Bush: Mideast must push back against Iran, Syria
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Summary: AP - Israel got glowing praise from President Bush. The Arab world is getting renewed promises, but also a bit of a lecture. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
Strong aftershock rattles China quake survivors
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Summary: AFP - A powerful aftershock rattled China's southwest early Sunday, hampering frantic efforts to find earthquake survivors and help nearly five million people facing the risk of disease and flood. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Problem debt 'hitting affluent' |
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Summary: A national debt advice organisation says its offices in some of the most affluent parts of the UK are being overwhelmed by demands for help. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
McCain makes age jokes on 'Saturday Night Live'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain is 71 years old, and his age has provided late-night comics with some easy punch lines. On "Saturday Night Live," he joined in. |
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Cnn.com |
9:47pm PDT |
Charter bus overturns on freeway, killing 1 |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Pompey parade to mark Cup triumph |
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Summary: Thousands of football fans are set to join a victory parade to celebrate Portsmouth's first FA Cup win since 1939. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PDT |
Pressure mounts on Myanmar to accept aid
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Summary: Reuters - Aid was trickling in on Sunday to an
estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis
in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta as foreign envoys tried to get the
junta to open up to more international relief. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
Big Brown wins Preakness; poised for Triple Crown
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Not once but twice, jockey Kent Desormeaux sneaked a peek to see if anyone was gaining on Big Brown. "I looked between my legs, under my arms, and they were eight (lengths) behind me," Desormeaux said. "I stopped pushing. I said, `That's enough.'" |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
New drug 'can kill MRSA superbug' |
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Summary: British scientists are working on a drug which they say can destroy the most virulent strains of superbug MRSA. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
Simpson-Wentz have 'Alice in Wonderland' wedding
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ashlee Simpson got her fairy tale wedding to Pete Wentz on Saturday complete with an "Alice in Wonderland" themed reception at her parents' Los Angeles area home, according to People magazine. |
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BBC News |
8:59pm PDT |
China praises world's quake aid |
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Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao voices his gratitude for the international aid after Monday's deadly earthquake. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PDT |
3 NIU shooting victims to get posthumous degrees
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of students ran screaming from the lecture hall three months ago to escape a gunman who had opened fire inside. On Saturday, while much of the rest of the campus celebrated graduation, a somber Laurel Dubowski stood outside the building's gl |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
China searches for survivors as quake toll nears 30,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of soldiers and
families looking for missing kin streamed into one of the worst
affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as a
strong new aftershock hit and the death toll neared 30,000. |
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BBC News |
8:02pm PDT |
Art therapy |
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Summary: Vying for the first contemporary Afghan art prize |
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BBC News |
7:29pm PDT |
UN to press Burma on aid access |
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Summary: A UN envoy is due in Burma to ask the ruling junta to grant more access to aid workers to help cyclone survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
7:28pm PDT |
Dominican president wins 3rd term |
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Summary: Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez, who led the island nation out of dire economic times, was re-elected to a third term on Saturday, according to election results.
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
3 NIU shooting victims get posthumous degrees
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of students ran screaming from the lecture hall three months ago to escape a gunman who had opened fire inside. On Saturday, while much of the rest of the campus celebrated graduation, a somber Laurel Dubowski stood outside the building's gl |
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BBC News |
7:21pm PDT |
PM urges support of embryo bill |
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Summary: Gordon Brown calls on MPs to back research using human-animal embryos in a Commons vote on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Myanmar health system strained by cyclone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Saw Htin's cheeks were wet with tears after waiting in line with hundreds of sick, desperate cyclone survivors. The 18-year-old mother clutched her wheezing baby boy. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PDT |
Breakdown blamed for carnival ride collapse |
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