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Yahoo News |
4:26am PDT |
China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless after quake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. |
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BBC News |
4:26am PDT |
7/7 accused denies bomb plotting |
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Summary: A man accused of a reconnaissance trip for the 7 July suicide bombers tells a jury he had nothing to do with the attacks. |
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ChristianToday |
4:26am PDT |
Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Dalai Lama |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama arrived in the UK on Tuesday for a 11day visit which includes a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury |
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4:13am PDT |
Woman killed as bus crashes into tree |
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Summary: A woman dies when a double decker bus crashes into a tree in central London. |
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BBC News |
4:08am PDT |
New public funding plan unveiled |
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Summary: A new way to fund the building of schools, hospitals and similar projects is outlined by Scottish ministers. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Agency staff to get equal rights |
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Summary: Agency workers will be given the same employment rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks under new plans. |
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Yahoo News |
4:03am PDT |
Flags at half-mast as U.N. aid envoy presses Myanmar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Flags across Myanmar flew at half-mast
on Tuesday for the victims of Cyclone Nargis as the U.N.'s top
aid envoy pressed the military government to allow foreign
helicopters to fly in supplies to survivors. |
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4:03am PDT |
German jailed for stabbing rabbi |
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Summary: A German court jails a Muslim of Afghan origin for three and a half years for stabbing a Jewish rabbi in the street. |
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4:02am PDT |
Presenter Speight hanged himself |
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Summary: Children's TV presenter Mark Speight committed suicide by hanging himself, a coroner rules. |
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Yahoo News |
4:01am PDT |
Survey: Passengers call airline service 'dismal'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Passengers are more dissatisfied with airlines' customer service than they have been in years at a time when carriers are charging more and more for tickets and services. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PDT |
Hundreds bid farewell to Burns |
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Summary: Mourners start to arrive for the funeral of Celtic legend Tommy Burns in Glasgow's east end. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50am PDT |
Gore says undecided on U.S. candidate endorsement
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore
said on Tuesday he still had not decided whether to endorse a
candidate in the Democratic presidential race. |
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Yahoo News |
3:48am PDT |
Bush apologizes to Iraqi PM over Koran shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush
apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised
prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the
Koran for target practice, Iraq's government said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
Barton handed six-month sentence |
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Summary: Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton is jailed after admitting assault and affray during an altercation in Liverpool. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Football fever |
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Summary: Best police shirts and many taxis for Moscow decider |
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BBC News |
3:36am PDT |
Pique agrees return to Barcelona |
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Summary: Barcelona will sign Man Utd defender Gerard Pique after he agrees a four-year deal at the Nou Camp. |
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Yahoo News |
3:32am PDT |
China says over 70,000 dead or missing from quake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China raised the number of dead
or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on
Tuesday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after
the huge tremor hit. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28am PDT |
Spurs beat Hornets 91-82, advance to West finals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Mon |
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BBC News |
3:24am PDT |
Clegg sets out tax-cutting plans |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg signals a policy shift with plans to cut tax for low and middle income families. |
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BBC News |
3:22am PDT |
Private bids for behaviour units |
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Summary: Private companies and charities will be asked to educate pupils excluded from schools in England. |
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Yahoo News |
3:21am PDT |
Mbeki urges calm after South Africa mob attacks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President Thabo Mbeki made an impassioned appeal for South Africans to respect the dignity of foreigners as calls grew on Tuesday for troops to be sent in to stamp out xenophobic violence. |
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Yahoo News |
3:20am PDT |
Sichuan: 40,000 dead in province after China quake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the region remained jittery Tuesday over warnings of aftershocks. |
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Yahoo News |
3:13am PDT |
14 hurt in blast at San Diego construction site
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
3:09am PDT |
Rescue of girls in Nigeria ignites islamic rampage |
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Summary:
NINGI, Nigeria, May 19 (Compass Direct News) ? Islamists under the auspices of a paramilitary force last week destroyed six churches to protest a police rescue of two teenage Christian girls kidnapped by Muslims in this Bauchi state town.
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
Sir Michael Parkinson to be a "dignity ambassador" for elderly |
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Summary: Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson is appointed a "dignity ambassador" for older people in care |
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
China quake toll 'nearly 40,000' |
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Summary: The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province rises to 39,500, local officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PDT |
Flags at half-mast in Myanmar amid aid pressure
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Flags across Myanmar flew at half-mast
on Tuesday for the victims of Cyclone Nargis as diplomats
pressed the military government to speed up aid to survivors. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PDT |
Chinese man pulled to safety eight days after
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A man was pulled alive from the
rubble of a power plant on Tuesday, eight days after China's
deadly earthquake and just hours after predictions of another
tremor sent thousands running on to streets in terror. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Opening arguments set to begin in R. Kelly trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence. |
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BBC News |
2:59am PDT |
Nice... NICE?! |
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Summary: Is niceness really something we should strive for? |
