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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
South Korea warns of crisis as truckers strike
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korean construction workers joined
striking truckers on Monday in the latest blow to new President
Lee Myung-bak, whose repeated policy stumbles have seen his
popularity plunge after less than four months in office. |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Egypt gives UN access to Eritrean asylum seekers |
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Summary: The Egyptian government has agreed to give the United Nations access to Eritreans seeking political asylum in Egypt for the first time since February the UN refugee agency said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Pope urges compassion for immigrants at Brindisi |
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Summary: Pope Benedict has used a trip to southern Italy to urge Italians who are embroiled in heated debate on immigration to show solidarity with the poor and suffering who come to their shores seeking a better life |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Muslim community looks for home |
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Summary: Muslims in Wrexham, who are having to pray in an old demountable building, say they'd like to find a new site. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PDT |
Bush to meet with Brown, Blair on last day of Europe tour
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush is set to meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his predecessor Tony Blair, and visit Belfast for talks on the future of Northern Ireland on Monday, the final day of his farewell tour of Europe. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
People's palace |
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Summary: Former king's home becomes a museum in Nepal |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Rise in inflation 'expectations' |
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Summary: The public believes inflation will hit 4.3% in a year's time, a report in the Bank of England quarterly review says. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Bush ready to touch down in NI |
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Summary: US President George W Bush is set to arrive in Northern Ireland later as part of his farewell tour of Europe before leaving office. |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PDT |
Israel to propose Olmert-Assad talks: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli envoys holding indirect peace
talks with Syrian officials will propose the leaders of the two
countries should meet in France next month, Israeli political
sources said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:17pm PDT |
Cancer doctors dodge the death talk |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Lakers still alive, beat Celtics 103-98 in Game 5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pack up the championship trophy and book a flight back to Boston, the NBA finals aren't over yet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:39pm PDT |
Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tens of thousands of victims of China's Sichuan earthquake were evacuated Monday as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PDT |
FCC chief recommends OK of satellite radio deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is recommending approval of the $5 billion merger between the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters in exchange for concessions that include turning over 24 channels to noncommercial and minor |
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PDT |
Floodwaters inundate Iowa City |
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Summary: Floodwaters inundated the University of Iowa arts campus on Sunday and forced evacuations in Iowa City despite what one official called a "Herculean effort" to hold back the water with sandbags.
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PDT |
College town floods despite sandbagging |
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Summary: Floodwaters inundated the University of Iowa arts campus on Sunday and forced evacuations in Iowa City despite what one official called a "Herculean effort" to hold back the water with sandbags.
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BBC News |
9:16pm PDT |
Brown and Bush in talks at No 10 |
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Summary: Gordon Brown and George W Bush hold formal talks on the second day of the US president's two-day visit to the UK. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Youth chief urges cut in custody |
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Summary: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales' head urges courts to make more use of community penalties. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Youth justice chief calls for less custody |
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Summary: The new head of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales urges courts to make more use of community penalties. |
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Cnn.com |
8:51pm PDT |
'In the Heights,' 'August' take top Tonys |
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BBC News |
8:42pm PDT |
EU meets to address Irish No vote |
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Summary: EU foreign ministers gather for talks on how to respond to the Irish rejection of the Lisbon reform treaty. |
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BBC News |
8:28pm PDT |
No deal at S Korea-US beef talks |
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Summary: Talks between South Korea and the US aimed at renegotiating a controversial beef deal end without agreement. |
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BBC News |
8:21pm PDT |
Israel and Syria 'in peace talks' |
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Summary: Israeli officials have resumed indirect peace talks with Syria with the mediation of Turkey, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20pm PDT |
AIG replaces CEO Sullivan amid subprime woes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The world's biggest insurer, American
International Group Inc , replaced CEO Martin Sullivan
on Sunday after it suffered two quarters of record losses from
risky mortgage bets and its share price more than halved over
the past year. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PDT |
`In the Heights' takes best-musical Tony
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "In the Heights," a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards, while "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts' scabrous tale of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, took best play |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PDT |
Sri Lanka suicide blast kills 12: military
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 12 people were killed and 22
injured in a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel suicide blast in
northern Sri Lanka on Monday, the military said. |
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BBC News |
8:04pm PDT |
Sri Lanka suicide bomb 'kills 10' |
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Summary: At least 10 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Sri Lanka's northern town of Vavuniya, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59pm PDT |
US, South Korean officials end beef talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The top U.S. and South Korean trade envoys broke off talks Sunday without resolving a crisis over the resumption of American beef shipments that has shaken South Korea's pro-U.S. government. |
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Cnn.com |
7:58pm PDT |
'August' wins Tony for best play |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
Tunes and politics mix at Bonnaroo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Destination festivals are a universe unto their own where the real world is left in the parking lot. But at this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, the outside world and its problems — politics, high gas prices — were always lurking just offstage |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
Another dramatic finish for Woods forces a playoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a week of epic moments at the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods delivered the biggest one yet. |
