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11:34pm PDT |
Iraqi PM assures Iran on security |
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Summary: Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to attack Iran, says Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki during a visit to Tehran. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Body found after blaze in flats |
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Summary: Forty firefighters tackling an overnight blaze in east London find one person dead on a staircase. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
One dead after London flat fire |
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Summary: Forty firefighters tackling an overnight blaze in east London find one person dead on a staircase. |
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Cnn.com |
11:20pm PDT |
Man runs truck into crowd, stabs 15 in Tokyo |
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Summary: A man ran over a group of people with his truck and then stabbed at least 15 in a video game district of downtown Tokyo Sunday afternoon, according to a Tokyo fire official.
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Yahoo News |
11:17pm PDT |
Ruling Pakistan party says to cut Musharraf's power
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's ruling party has said it
is determined to curtail the powers of the presidency in favor
of parliament, whether President Pervez Musharraf likes it or
not. Staunch U.S. ally Musharraf, facing a chorus of calls to
resign, told journ |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Tokyo man goes on stabbing spree |
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Summary: A man armed with a knife has injured at least 14 people, killing two, in central Tokyo, Japanese media say. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
First lady Laura Bush makes visit to Afghanistan |
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Summary: First lady Laura Bush arrived in Afghanistan Sunday for a visit that was expected to last nine hours.
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PDT |
Red Cross: Myanmar dead may never be identified
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tens of thousands of people killed in last month's cyclone may never be identified because their bodies have decomposed so badly and many ended up far from home, an aid organization said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Chavez agrees to change 'spy' law |
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Summary: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez backtracks on plans to demand public co-operation with police agencies. |
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BBC News |
10:26pm PDT |
Blast rocks Basque printing press |
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Summary: An explosion has damaged the printing press of a newspaper in Spain's Basque region, police and officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Five feared dead in Tokyo stabbing rampage: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - As many as five people might have died
and at least 9 more were wounded after a man went on a knife
rampage through Tokyo's popular electronics district on Sunday,
Japanese media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
First lady in Afghanistan to highlight progress
(AP)
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Summary: AP - First lady Laura Bush is highlighting signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan on Sunday ahead of a donors conference in Paris, where the U.S. hopes billions of dollars in international aid will be pledged to help the embattled nation. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Laura Bush urges strong support on Afghan visit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - First lady Laura Bush made an unannounced
visit to Afghanistan on Sunday with an appeal to the
international community not to abandon the war-torn country in
the face of resurgent Taliban violence. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
Worst rainstorms in 50 years hit southeast China
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The heaviest rainstorms in 50 years
drenched parts of Guangdong province over the past two days,
killing at least 1 student and causing widespread flooding,
local media reported on Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24pm PDT |
'Wonderful Life' actor Bob Anderson dies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
Coast Guard searching for 6 in Gulf of Mexico
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Saturday for six regatta competitors in the Gulf of Mexico after the boat they were sailing was found capsized. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
China 'quake lake' a threat despite draining, say authorities
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Efforts to drain a swollen "quake lake" in southwest China have been succeeding, but a government minister warned the situation remained dangerous, state media said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
Bears running back Benson arrested for second time
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chicago Bears running back Cedric
Benson was arrested on a drunk-driving charge on Saturday in
Austin, Texas, his second arrest in just over a month. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Powerful storms swamp U.S. Midwest, spawn tornadoes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Heavy rains caused flooding that forced
hundreds of evacuations in Indiana, and a tornado raked
Chicago's suburbs on Saturday as violent thunderstorms pummeled
the already soggy U.S. heartland, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PDT |
G-8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japan's energy chief launched a meeting of ministers from the world's top industrialized nations Sunday by warning that soaring oil prices could trigger a global recession if they're not checked. |
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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
Obama praises 'valiant' Clinton |
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Summary: Democratic hopeful Barack Obama pays tribute to Hillary Clinton's "valiant" campaign after she bows out of the US presidential race. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
G8 energy ministers look inward on oil, spare OPEC
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Group of Eight energy ministers
on Sunday looked inward for solutions to oil's unrelenting
rally, touting the need for domestic efficiency rather than
piling pressure on a resistant OPEC to pump more crude. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Groups to monitor D.C. vehicle checkpoints
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police in the nation's capital set up controversial vehicle checkpoints Saturday in a neighborhood reeling from gun violence, with civil liberties groups considering legal action and closely observing officers. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
Groups to monitor DC vehicle checkpoints
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police in the nation's capital set up controversial vehicle checkpoints Saturday in a neighborhood reeling from gun violence, with civil liberties groups considering legal action and closely observing officers. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Shuttle astronauts move robot arm during first use
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Astronauts debuted the international space station's newest piece of equipment Saturday during a successful but very limited test. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44pm PDT |
University sailboat crew missing in Gulf |
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Summary: The six-person crew of a Texas A&M University sailboat was reported missing Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said.
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Yahoo News |
7:30pm PDT |
6 participants in Gulf of Mexico boat race missing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Coast Guard says it's searching for six people in the Gulf of Mexico who were competing in a boat race. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
Outcast writer seeks stories in China's quake zone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The people Liao Yiwu interviews exist on the fringe of Chinese society, and more than a few live closely with death. The mortician. The grave robber. The professional mourner, who now can't be found. |
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Yahoo News |
7:25pm PDT |
Severe storms bring flooding, tornadoes to Midwest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Severe storms crippled central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain Saturday and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs. |
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Cnn.com |
7:15pm PDT |
Clinton's presidential bid over: Now what? |
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Summary: Now that Sen. Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign and endorsed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, many wonder what her next step will be.
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