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ChristianToday |
11:58pm PDT |
California gays lesbians marry legally |
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Summary: California performed its first legally recognised samesex weddings on Monday and opened its doors to gay and lesbian couples from around the United States a move likely to challenge other states that define marriage as between a man and a woman |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Gassed father's 'split with wife' |
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Summary: A man thought to have gassed himself and two of his children on Father's Day was going through a break-up with their mother. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
California couples |
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Summary: Celebration and criticism as same-sex weddings begin |
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Cnn.com |
11:47pm PDT |
Prince William becomes 1,000th knight |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
11:45pm PDT |
Rome churches shut to Angels and Demons filming |
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Summary: The Italian Catholic Church has refused to let a new movie based on a Dan Brown novel be filmed in churches in Rome after the authors The Da Vinci Code novel and its movie adaptation outraged the Vatican |
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
'Blind eye' turned to exam cheats |
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Summary: Universities are turning a blind eye to cheating to boost degree results, a leading academic says. |
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ChristianToday |
11:41pm PDT |
Xinjiang braces ahead of torch relay |
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Summary: China locked down the farwestern city of Kashgar on Tuesday in preparation for the passage of the Olympic torch relay through the sensitive region populated by ethnic Muslim Uighurs |
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ChristianToday |
11:41pm PDT |
France plans smaller and hardhitting army |
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Summary: France aims to create a smaller more mobile and better equipped army able to respond to threats ranging from terrorism to cyber attacks under plans to be formally presented by President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday |
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PDT |
Tight security as Olympic flame starts Xinjiang leg
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Police imposed a security lockdown as the Olympic torch Tuesday started its run through China's mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang, seen as one of the most sensitive legs on its nationwide journey. |
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ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Japan navy plans first visit to China since WW2 |
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Summary: A Japanese warship is set to arrive in China next week in the first such visit since World War Two Japans Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Al Gore backs Obama for White House |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore pledged on Monday to do all he could to help Barack Obama win the White House saying it was crucial the United States has not only a new leader but a new vision for its future |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
Overseas sales boost Adobe profit |
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Summary: US software firm Adobe reports a 41% jump in second-quarter profit thanks to international markets. |
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ChristianToday |
11:36pm PDT |
Petrol prices blow to Australia PMs popularity |
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Summary: High fuel prices have given Australias Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd his biggest setback since winning office a poll showed on Monday |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
WWI veteran marks 110th birthday |
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Summary: The oldest surviving veteran of World War I's trench warfare is celebrating his 110th birthday. |
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ChristianToday |
11:20pm PDT |
Southern Baptist head Love the homosexual hate our sin |
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Summary: Christians often say love the sinner hate the sin when expressing their stance on homosexuality But the new leader of the Southern Baptist Convention wants to offer something different |
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ChristianToday |
11:17pm PDT |
Inflation jump to trigger Bank explanation |
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Summary: Inflation is expected to have risen further above target in May and prompt the Bank of England to explain why for only the second time since it was made independent in 1997
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Cnn.com |
11:17pm PDT |
Photographer to blame in Spears hit-run |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Forgotten Kenyan conflict exposed |
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Summary: Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontiers exposes torture and sexual violence in a little-known conflict in western Kenya. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
UN assesses N Korea food supply |
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Summary: UN officials are given rare access to North Korea's countryside to assess how serious food shortages there are. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PDT |
Suspected sectarian attack kills four in Pakistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Suspected pro-Taliban militants
shot and killed four Shi'ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan on
Tuesday in what appeared to be the second deadly sectarian
attack in two days. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Market full of oil, price trend "fake": Ahmadinejad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The market is full of oil and the rising
price trend is "fake and imposed," Iran's President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:44pm PDT |
Gore backs Obama, rips Bush for 'failure' |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday, urging Americans to reject what he called the Bush administration's legacy of "incompetence, negligence and failure."
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Cnn.com |
10:44pm PDT |
Gore backs Obama, rips Bush for 'incompetence' |
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Summary: Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday, urging Americans to reject what he called the Bush administration's legacy of "incompetence, negligence and failure."
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Vigilance on dementia signs urged |
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Summary: The Alzheimer's Society says people need to watch for dementia signs as the condition becomes more common in Wales. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Mercenary faces trial in E Guinea |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann is set to go on trial in Equatorial Guinea accused of plotting a coup in 2004. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Mann to go on trial in E Guinea |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann is set to go on trial in Equatorial Guinea accused of plotting a coup in 2004. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
UK mercenary on trial in E Guinea |
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Summary: British mercenary Simon Mann is set to go on trial in Equatorial Guinea accused of plotting a coup in 2004. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Powerful South Korean labor group calls strike
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A powerful South Korean labor group on
Tuesday announced a one-day strike next month to protest
against President Lee Myung-bak's economic reform plans, adding
pressure on the embattled leader facing calls for his ouster. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
'Bangle' girl case reaches court |
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Summary: A teenager banned from a school for wearing a religious bangle sees her case reach the High Court. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
Obama holding on to small lead over McCain: poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama opens the general election campaign with a narrow
lead over Republican John McCain but the two score near even
among independent voters, The Washington Post reported on
Tuesday. |
