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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
Brown promises to put patients at heart of NHS |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to put patients at the heart of the National Health Service seeking a tonic for his flagging ratings as the statefunded system prepares to mark its 60th anniversary |
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ChristianToday |
11:53pm PDT |
Renewables push will boost energy bills |
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Summary: Meeting Britains renewable energy targets will add significantly to domestic energy bills on top of already steeply rising fuel prices a report said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Estate agents losing out in sleep stakes |
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Summary: Estate agents top the list of sleepdeprived professionals due in part to credit crunch worries and a weakening housing market a survey of British workers published on Monday found |
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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Feeble pound shifts Britons holiday targets |
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Summary: Vodka the famous Starowka quarter and the Palace of Culture commonly draw tourists to Warsaw but John Bentley had a more mercenary motive for holidaying there recently it wouldnt break the bank despite sterlings weakness |
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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Bishop defends Churchs missionary approach to Islam |
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Summary: The Bishop of Lichfield has stepped into the debate about whether the Church should seek to convert Muslims by defending the churchs missionary approach to Islam |
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ChristianToday |
11:51pm PDT |
Consumers seen unprepared for rising energy bills |
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Summary: Energy bills are set to climb by over 200 pounds a year to help pay the costs of meeting a European Union goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020 consultants Ernst Young said on Monday |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
'Loud blasts' heard in Pakistan |
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Summary: Police in Pakistan investigate two loud explosions heard in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Blasts heard near Pakistan's capital
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Summary: AP - Police were investigating two large explosions heard near the Pakistani capital on Monday, as the government was engaged in a military operation against militants in its northwestern tribal regions. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Stylish Spain win thrills Torres |
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Summary: Match-winner Fernando Torres says Spain deserved to win Euro 2008 because they "played the best football". |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Spain win thrills Torres |
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Summary: Match-winner Fernando Torres says Spain deserved to win Euro 2008 because they "played the best football". |
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ChristianToday |
11:41pm PDT |
Mugabe to confront critics at summit |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will confront his critics at an African Union summit on Monday fresh from victory in a onecandidate election which observers said was unfair because of violence and intimidation |
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ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Six killed as two helicopters crash in Arizona |
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Summary: Six people were killed and one was seriously injured on Sunday when two medical helicopters collided on their way to a hospital in Flagstaff Arizona air officials said |
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ChristianToday |
11:39pm PDT |
Blast but no bomb in Pakistani cities |
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Summary: A loud blast alarmed residents and security officials in the Pakistani capital Islamabad and nearby city of Rawalpindi on Monday but police later said it appeared it had been a sonic boom |
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ChristianToday |
11:39pm PDT |
Israel approves prisoner swap |
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Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won his cabinets approval on Sunday for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah under which two soldiers held by the Lebanese guerrilla group and believed to be dead would be recovered |
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ChristianToday |
11:38pm PDT |
Malaysias Anwar remains at embassy and files suit |
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Summary: Malaysias main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim taking refuge at the Turkish embassy after saying his life was in danger filed a defamation suit on Monday over fresh accusations that he committed sodomy |
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ChristianToday |
11:37pm PDT |
Cargo plane explodes into fireball in Khartoum |
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Summary: A cargo plane crashed into an empty area near the airport in Sudans capital Khartoum on Monday exploding into a fireball witnesses said |
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ChristianToday |
11:36pm PDT |
Mongolians await result of dead heat election race |
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Summary: Mongolians awaited on Monday the results of a general election that saw the countrys two main parties in a dead heat and hoping to avoid a deadlock that could stall efforts to tap the vast countrys mining wealth |
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ChristianToday |
11:35pm PDT |
Zambian president rushed to hospital in Egypt |
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Summary: Zambias President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm elSheikh on Sunday after a health emergency Egyptian health sources and state media said |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Man auctions life, but disappointed at bid price
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Summary: AP - A man who auctioned his life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — on eBay said Monday he is disappointed with the selling price: almost $384,000. |
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ChristianToday |
11:33pm PDT |
PCUSA Assembly approves deleting gay clergy ban |
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Summary: The Presbyterian Church USAs highest governing body voted last Friday in favour of a proposal that would allow for the ordination of noncelibate gays and lesbians |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Alexander visits Helmand province |
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Summary: International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander is visiting British troops in southern Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Iran sentences man to death for spying for Israel
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Summary: Reuters - A court has sentenced an Iranian man to
death on charges of spying for Israel, Iranian media said on
Monday. |
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BBC News |
11:11pm PDT |
Malaysia's Anwar seeks safety vow |
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Summary: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he will not leave the Turkish embassy until his safety is guaranteed. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Iraq seeking help to develop oil |
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Summary: Iraq is set to announce a series of contracts with foreign oil companies in an effort to boost output. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Young sex abusers treatment call |
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Summary: Services to treat children and young people who commit sexual abuse should be improved, a children's charity says. |
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PDT |
Report: U.S. preparing battlefield in Iran |
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Summary: The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, journalist Seymour Hersh told CNN on Sunday.
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BBC News |
10:32pm PDT |
Loud blasts 'heard' in Islamabad |
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Summary: At least two loud explosions are heard in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, residents say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
UN chief hits out at Zimbabwe vote
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday sharply criticised Zimbabwe's violence-marred election, saying he considered the results giving President Robert Mugabe another term illegitimate. |
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BBC News |
10:26pm PDT |
NHS at 60 |
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Summary: One family has good reason to toast the occasion |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
Turtles return home after UK stay |
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Summary: Two loggerhead turtles are flown to Gran Canaria and returned to the wild after washing up on UK shores. |
