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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PDT |
Pakistan pushes on with anti-militant offensive
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani forces pressed ahead on Sunday with the new government's first major offensive against Islamist militants, demolishing an insurgent group's building near the Afghan border. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50pm PDT |
Rice emphasizes friendship during China visit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, under pressure to raise human rights and
Tibet with Chinese officials, emphasized friendship over
friction during a visit to China on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
Israel to reopen Gaza crossings |
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Summary: Israel says it will reopen commercial crossing points to the Gaza Strip because of a lull in cross-border attacks. |
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11:14pm PDT |
Malaysia's Anwar accused of sodomy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police opened an investigation Sunday into allegations that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim sodomized his male aide, sparking fears he could be sent back to prison on the same charge that ousted him from Malaysia's government a decade ago. |
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Cnn.com |
11:03pm PDT |
Writer claims to be pregnant soldier's killer |
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Summary: Authorities have identified a soldier in training as a person of interest in the death of a pregnant soldier in North Carolina, a military official said. Plus, a North Carolina newspaper received a letter purportedly from the soldier's killer.
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PDT |
Pakistani secure militant area in Khyber region
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani security forces
have secured an area in the Khyber region, where a key supply
route passes into Afghanistan, a day after launching an
offensive to push back militants threatening Peshawar. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PDT |
Scores hurt in South Korea beef protests |
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Summary: Thousands of protesters battled riot police in downtown Seoul early Sunday morning after a rally opposing South Korea's decision to import U.S. beef turned violent. More than 100 were wounded, the state news agency reported.
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PDT |
Scores hurt in S. Korea beef protests |
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Summary: Thousands of protesters battled riot police in downtown Seoul early Sunday morning after a rally opposing South Korea's decision to import U.S. beef turned violent. More than 100 were wounded, the state news agency reported.
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10:48pm PDT |
`Dodgers beat Angels without a hit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo combined to no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night — and it still wasn't good enough for the Los Angeles Angels. |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PDT |
Call for Zimbabwe intervention |
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Summary: Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls on the international community to intervene in Zimbabwe - by force if necessary. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
Pakistan pushes ahead with anti-militant offensive
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani forces pressed ahead with an anti-militant offensive near the Afghan border for a second day Sunday, in a move aimed at easing US fears over Islamabad's talks with insurgents. |
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Cnn.com |
9:34pm PDT |
Model dies in fall from NYC high-rise |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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9:31pm PDT |
Gay equals fourth-fastest 100 after near miss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - World champion Tyson Gay equaled
the fourth fastest 100 meters of all time when he clocked an
American record 9.77 seconds in the quarter-finals at the U.S.
Olympic trials on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PDT |
U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran - report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late
last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a
major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at
destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New
Yorker magazine p |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
SNP denies Alexander bias claims |
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Summary: The SNP defends the standards committee of Scotland's parliament against bias claims after Wendy Alexander quits. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
Mugabe set to be declared winner of Zimbabwe poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe is expected to
be declared the winner of Zimbabwe's widely condemned election
on Sunday and prepare to confront his critics at an African
Union summit the next day. |
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BBC News |
8:45pm PDT |
Discrimination row after child denies classmates party invites |
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Summary: An eight-year-old boy causes a controversy in Sweden by failing to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party. |
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8:45pm PDT |
Reports: Model dies in fall from NYC building
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
Beef dispute confronts Rice on Korean visit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Beef bested bombs. |
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BBC News |
7:47pm PDT |
Labour to begin leadership battle |
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Summary: Moves to choose a successor to Wendy Alexander as Scottish Labour leader will begin this week, the party says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05pm PDT |
Mugabe set for inauguration after Zimbabwe's one-man poll
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Robert Mugabe was expected to be inaugurated Sunday for a new term as Zimbabwe's president following a one-man election that has led to international condemnation and the United States planning new sanctions. |
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BBC News |
7:04pm PDT |
Drunk girl and dogs' mess feature in council charm offensive |
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Summary: Councils launch a campaign to remind voters of the work they do. |
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Cnn.com |
6:31pm PDT |
Teen is struck, killed by roller coaster |
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Summary: A boy was decapitated at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park outside Atlanta, police said.
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Cnn.com |
6:29pm PDT |
Conservative Anglicans to target 'liberal gospel' |
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Yahoo News |
6:26pm PDT |
Chinese investor pays $2.1M to eat with Buffett
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PDT |
'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard weds in Ala.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former "American Idol" Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. |
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5:40pm PDT |
U.S. Army history slams post-invasion Iraq plan-report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A new Army history of the Iraq
conflict faults the invasion's top U.S. commander for his
sudden decision to overhaul the Baghdad-based military command,
The New York Times said in its Sunday edition. |
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BBC News |
5:36pm PDT |
Police forces 'block race audit' |
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Summary: Twenty police forces are accused of blocking an inquiry into discrimination against minority officers. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17pm PDT |
Fellow GI sought in pregnant soldier's death |
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Summary: Authorities have identified a soldier in training as a person of interest in the death of a pregnant soldier who was found in a hotel, a military official said.
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Cnn.com |
5:02pm PDT |
Wildfire smoke choking Northern California |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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