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BBC News |
4:42am PDT |
Watchdog queries expenses rules |
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Summary: Parliament's standards watchdog warns MPs that their review of their expenses may not go far enough to restore public confidence. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Qaeda targets U.S. oil interests in N.Africa: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda's growing north Africa
network plans to attack U.S. interests seeking control of the
region's energy riches, its Algerian-based leader said in
remarks published on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Mugabe tells West to 'go hang'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Robert Mugabe's spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can "go hang a thousand times" over its criticism of the Zimbabwean president's widely discredited reelection which has seen Washington push for UN sanctions. |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
Smoking ban |
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Summary: Good for flirters and chefs, not so good for dry cleaners |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
Portuguese police end Madeleine investigation: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Portuguese police have ended their
investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine
McCann without finding sufficient evidence to charge anybody in
the case, local media reported on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
4:30am PDT |
French army chief quits over shooting |
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Summary: France's army chief of staff resigns after a soldier injured 17 people at a show by using live rounds instead of blanks. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28am PDT |
Obama to expand Bush's faith based programs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause controversy — |
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Yahoo News |
4:28am PDT |
Zimbabwe president's spokesman to West: 'Go hang'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's spokesman said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
W Bank in 'grave' water crisis |
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Summary: The West Bank is facing grave water shortages partly because of "discriminatory" Israeli policies, an Israeli rights group says. |
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Yahoo News |
4:16am PDT |
Scientists say ailing penguins signal sea problems
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say. Penguins may be the tuxedo-clad version of a canary in the coal mine, with generally ailing populations from a combination of global warming, |
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Yahoo News |
4:11am PDT |
African summit seeks consensus on Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An African Union summit
on Tuesday tried to overcome divisions on how to deal with the
re-election of President Robert Mugabe in a poll condemned
around the world. |
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Cnn.com |
4:09am PDT |
Man kills 5 officers in China police station |
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Summary: A man wielding a knife broke into a Shanghai-area police station Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, authorities said.
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ChristianToday |
4:07am PDT |
Youth violence gangs a public health issue |
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Summary: Its time to involve ourselves more closely in solving the problems that work against a positive youth culture |
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Cnn.com |
3:57am PDT |
Baby cut from murdered woman's womb |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PDT |
Rays rough up Red Sox in a 5-4 win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tampa Bay Rays don't need to brawl to prove they are no longer pushovers. Avoiding a repeat of their benches-clearing skirmish June 5, the Rays and Red Sox squared off Monday night as the top two teams in the AL East. The surprising Rays held on |
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Yahoo News |
3:52am PDT |
McCain to talk free trade in Latin America
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain has changed his mind about the president's tax cuts and drilling for oil off the U.S. coast, but the Republican presidential hopeful says his advocacy of free trade is unyielding. |
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Yahoo News |
3:46am PDT |
Coalition: 33 militants killed in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
New measures to protect savers |
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Summary: The chancellor is proposing measures to protect savers in the event of a bank getting into financial difficulty. |
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ChristianToday |
3:40am PDT |
Nepal Christians hope new republic brings more religious freedom |
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Summary: Christians are hoping the change in Nepal from a kingdom to a republic will lead to greater religious freedom |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
Police 'closing' Madeleine case |
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Summary: Portuguese police are winding up the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, local media report. |
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Cnn.com |
3:32am PDT |
Gas hits another all-time high |
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Summary: Retail gas prices have risen to a new record high while diesel prices have held steady, according to a daily survey by AAA Tuesday.
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BBC News |
3:26am PDT |
Parents fight for 'right to life' |
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Summary: A couple vow to fight to keep their daughter alive after doctors tell them she has reached the end of her life. |
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Yahoo News |
3:06am PDT |
China, Dalai Lama's envoys resume talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China resumed fence-mending talks with
envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on
Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image
weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PDT |
Israeli threats to Iran seen as bluff -- for now
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel seems content to keep Iran and
the rest of the world guessing uneasily about whether and when
it might attack the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities. |
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Cnn.com |
3:02am PDT |
Giraffe gathers troops, escapes circus |
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Summary: Fifteen camels, several llamas and a potbellied pig broke out of a circus near Amsterdam on Monday. The ringleader? A giraffe who bolted, too.
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Cnn.com |
3:00am PDT |
Report may fuel oil price debate |
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Summary: An influential oil-policy group released a report Tuesday arguing that the increase in oil-market speculation is not driving up crude prices. But the study far from ends the debate.
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BBC News |
2:58am PDT |
Spam experiment overloads inboxes |
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Summary: Security firm invites 50 people from around the world to surf unprotected for a month. |
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BBC News |
2:50am PDT |
Shatner says |
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Summary: Actor William Shatner answers your questions |
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ChristianToday |
2:43am PDT |
Street Pastors founder in gun crime appeal to churches young people |
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Summary: The founder of Christian anticrime initiative Street Pastors is urging church leaders and young people to turn out for Bite The Bullet a special one day conference aimed at encouraging young people to resist the lure of crime and helping churches reach ou |
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Yahoo News |
2:32am PDT |
California firefighters have to pick their battles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The unprecedented number and size of wildfires burning in California this year has forced firefighters to strategically choose which ones to tackle. |
