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ChristianToday |
11:59pm PDT |
Russian church in positive dialogue with Vatican |
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Summary: The Russian Orthodox Church has established a positive dialogue with the Catholic Church but obstacles remain to a reconciliation between the two faiths Russias Patriarch Alexiy II said on Tuesday |
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BBC News |
11:56pm PDT |
UN resignation over Algeria bomb |
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Summary: UN security chief David Veness resigns following an investigation into last year's bombing of the UN's mission in Algeria. |
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Cnn.com |
11:50pm PDT |
U.S. diabetes rates skyrocket, CDC says |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Flood victims |
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Summary: Life still not back to normal a year after Yorkshire deluge |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Flooding plan 'needs improvement' |
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Summary: Flood defence must be taken more seriously if communities are to be protected, a report on last summer's flooding will say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Divers search first-class cabins on Philippine ferry
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Divers scouted for
bodies in first-class cabins on a capsized ferry in the
Philippines on Wednesday looking for more than 700 people still
missing in the disaster. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PDT |
IOC investigates anti-Dalai Lama torch relay speech
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The International Olympic Committee
(IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet's Communist Party
boss at the end of last weekend's Beijing torch relay leg in
Lhasa in which he denounced the Dalai Lama. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23pm PDT |
Pregnant soldier found dead in motel room |
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Summary: Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a pregnant soldier whose body was found Saturday morning in a motel, police said.
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BBC News |
11:20pm PDT |
Israel's Olmert averts early poll |
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Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert strikes a last-minute deal with the Labour party to save his coalition. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13pm PDT |
Defendants in JFK terror plot head to U.S. |
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Summary: Three men accused last year of a plot to bomb New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport were headed to the United States late Tuesday after their fight against extradition from Trinidad and Tobago was rejected by an appeals court there, Trinidad an |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
UK soldier killed in mine blast |
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Summary: A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, says the Ministry of Defence. |
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ChristianToday |
10:58pm PDT |
Bishops welcome new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem |
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Summary: Catholic Archbishop Patrick Kelly of Liverpool and Bishop William Kenney Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham have extended a warm welcome to the new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Abducted Pakistani men found dead |
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Summary: Authorities in Pakistan find 22 bodies of tribal elders kidnapped by the local Taleban on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Olmert salvages Israel coalition in deal with Barak
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
averted a split in his restive coalition on Wednesday by
striking a deal with his biggest partner, the Labour party,
that stopped it backing a bill to dissolve parliament. |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Ambulance service progress vow |
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Summary: The Welsh Ambulance Service say they will make improvements after being given six months by the assembly government to meet targets. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
Tibet reopens to foreign tourism |
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Summary: Three months after violent anti-China protests, foreign tourists are being allowed back in to Tibet, state media says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
Bush to meet Iraqi president Wednesday
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will meet Wednesday for talks on efforts to forge a deal on a US military presence in the war-battered country after 2008, the White House said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22pm PDT |
India tries to break civilian nuclear deal deadlock
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - India's government and its communist
allies will try to break a deadlock on Wednesday over a
civilian nuclear deal with the United States, with the ruling
coalition split on an issue that could force snap elections. |
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Cnn.com |
10:14pm PDT |
List of world's millionaires reaches 10 million |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
O's end Cubs' streak, win on 1st trip to Wrigley
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brian Roberts had three hits against the team that was interested in acquiring him and the Baltimore Orioles made their first visit to Wrigley Field a memorable one, beating the Cubs 7-5 Tuesday night to end their 14-game home winning streak. |
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Yahoo News |
9:54pm PDT |
African leaders to hold emergency talks on Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southern African leaders will hold an
emergency meeting in Swaziland's capital Mbabane on Wednesday
to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53pm PDT |
Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off a debt of at least $10 million from her failed presidential campaign, setting the stage for joint appearances by the two former rivals later in the week. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
S Korea to allow US beef back in |
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Summary: South Korea says it will resume US beef imports from Thursday, after the two sides agreed extra anti-BSE safeguards. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PDT |
Fed seen holding rates as inflation unease grows
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve on
Wednesday is expected to hold interest rates steady and
indicate slightly greater unease on inflation, while stopping
well short of signaling higher borrowing costs are imminent. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PDT |
US to ignore Zimbabwe result |
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Summary: The US says it will not recognise the result of this Friday's presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe. |
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BBC News |
8:36pm PDT |
Report to attack flood protection |
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Summary: The official report into last summer's flooding is expected to say flood protection should be taken more seriously. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PDT |
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai urges isolation, peacekeepers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai urged the United Nations on Wednesday to isolate
President Robert Mugabe and said a peacekeeping force was
needed in Zimbabwe. |
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PDT |
Obama asks donors to help Clinton repay debt |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama has asked top contributors to help his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, retire her debt, an Obama campaign source said Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PDT |
Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama has asked top contributors to help his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, retire her debt, an Obama campaign source said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
T-Pain, Keys rock BET Awards; West among winners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer's wide-ranging influence on urban music. |
