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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Pain 'missed' in premature babies |
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Summary: Premature babies undergoing medical procedures may be in pain even if there is no obvious sign, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
U.N. Security Council condemns Zimbabwe violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. Security Council
unanimously agreed to take its first formal action on Zimbabwe
by condemning violence against the opposition and ruling that a
free and fair presidential run-off was impossible. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
Oil prices steady as market eyes Nigeria
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil prices steadied near $137 a barrel Tuesday, supported by concerns over supply disruptions out of Nigeria and new European Union sanctions against Iran. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Berlin hosts Palestinian summit |
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Summary: Officials from 40 countries meet in the German capital to earmark funds for the Palestinian police and justice system. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
Germany plans to boost Afghan troop limit by 1,000
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said
on Tuesday that Germany planned to increase the number of
troops it can send to Afghanistan by 1,000 later this year. |
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Cnn.com |
11:04pm PDT |
Malaysian city bans lipstick for Muslim women |
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Summary: Authorities in a northern Malaysian city have forbidden Muslim women from wearing bright lipstick and noisy high-heeled shoes, saying the directive is intended to prevent sexual assaults and "illicit sex."
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PDT |
Nuclear deal or early polls, India may learn soon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - India's government and its communist
allies meet on Wednesday over a civilian nuclear deal with the
United States, in talks that could decide if the controversial
energy pact or the ruling coalition survives. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Israelis 'kill two in West Bank' |
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Summary: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, including a militant, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources say. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Man dead following city shooting |
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Summary: A man dies in a shooting in the Creggan area of Londonderry. |
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ChristianToday |
10:47pm PDT |
US Evangelicals not locked in partisan embrace Pew |
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Summary: American evangelicals remain more Republican than Democratic but are not locked tightly in the embrace of either party according to a new survey released on Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion Public Life |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Taleban's '$100m opium takings' |
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Summary: Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan took more than $100m from the opium trade in 2007, a top UN official tells the BBC. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Blueprint for 6,500 cheaper homes |
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Summary: Ministers are told later how targets for building thousands of more affordable homes can be met in Wales. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Dobson accuses Obama of `distorting' Bible
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Barack Obama broadens his outreach to evangelical voters, one of the movement's biggest names, James Dobson, accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Kashmir violence over shrine land |
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Summary: One person dies after police fires on a group of protesters in Srinagar, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
Hernandez's rare slam leads Mariners past Mets 5-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years, then departed with a sprained ankle before he could qualify for a win in the Seattle Mariners' 5-2 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38pm PDT |
Divers find no sign of ferry survivors |
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Summary: Philippine divers found bodies but so far no survivors inside the hull of a ferry that capsized in a typhoon, a Philippine Coast Guard official said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
Bodies found in Philippine ferry |
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Summary: Divers found bodies but no survivors as they began searching a capsized ferry in the Philippines, navy personnel say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Only bodies under toppled ferry in Philippines
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Divers managed to get inside an upside-down ferry Tuesday but found only bodies and no survivors three days after the vessel capsized during a powerful typhoon with more than 800 people aboard, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Divers find bodies in sunken Philippine ferry
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Divers found bodies
floating inside a ferry that sank in the central Philippines
with over 800 people on board, a navy spokesman said on
Tuesday, confirming grim fears. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear report expected by Thursday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States said it expects North
Korea to hand over a long-awaited declaration of its nuclear
activities by Thursday, allowing for the resumption of
multilateral disarmament talks. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PDT |
Philippine divers enter sunken ferry, hundreds feared dead
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Philippine divers Tuesday entered the hull of a passenger ferry which capsized with hundreds on board, as officials held out slim hopes of finding survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
8:11pm PDT |
Cresting Mississippi 'quite a test' of levee |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear report expected Thursday
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States confirmed on Tuesday
that it expects North Korea to hand over a long-awaited
declaration of its nuclear activities in two days' time,
allowing for the resumption of multilateral disarmament talks. |
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DJ Chuang |
7:53pm PDT |
neither competitor nor achiever |
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Summary: I met Daniel Im at the Awaken Conference this past April, and enjoyed a very engaging conversation with this next gen leader. It always excites me when I meet someone with new ideas and isn’t a cookie-cutter person living out a predictable narrative |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
Broadcom exec pleads guilty to lying to SEC
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli pleaded guilty Monday to lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission as it probed stock option backdating at the chip maker. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition leader in Dutch embassy as UN nixes runoff vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai remained holed up in the Dutch embassy in Harare Tuesday after pulling out of a run-off election he said should be declared "null and void" due to violence, a stance backed by the UN Security Council. |
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BBC News |
6:58pm PDT |
UN: Free Zimbabwe poll impossible |
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Summary: The UN Security Council unanimously condemns the violence against Zimbabwe's main opposition party. |
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BBC News |
6:49pm PDT |
Carbon standard 'to renew trust' |
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Summary: A certificate scheme that shows which firms have made genuine carbon cuts is launched by the UK's Carbon Trust. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PDT |
Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters from neighboring states arrived to help Monday after an "unprecedented" lightning storm sparked more than 800 wildfires, from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County. Thousands of firefighters battled the blazes on the ground and from |
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Yahoo News |
6:39pm PDT |
Sheets throws complete game, Brewers beat Braves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The opening game of an 11-day road trip didn't bother Ben Sheets. The Milwaukee Brewers' ace hasn't lost on the road all season. |
