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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
Mosley acted out 'prison fantasy' |
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Summary: A woman involved in a role-play "party" with motorsport boss Max Mosley denies there was any Nazi element involved. |
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BBC News |
6:54am PDT |
EU includes aviation in CO2 curbs |
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Summary: The European Parliament backs a law to include aviation in the CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for cutting greenhouse gases. |
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BBC News |
6:47am PDT |
Anglican anger |
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Summary: Women bishops debate plays on after crucial vote |
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Yahoo News |
6:46am PDT |
Fed plans new rules to protect future homebuyers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve, trying to stabilize a shaky U.S. financial system, may give squeezed Wall Street firms more time to tap the central bank's emergency loan program, chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:38am PDT |
Fed eyes extending emergency loans for Wall Street
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve, trying to stabilize a shaky U.S. financial system, may give squeezed Wall Street firms more time to tap the central bank's emergency loan program, chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
PM 'right man' to steer economy |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is the right person to take the British economy through "difficult times". |
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BBC News |
6:31am PDT |
Durham progress 'is only option' |
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Summary: Durham say they should be allowed to progress to the Twenty20 finals day without having to replay their postponed quarter-final against Yorkshire. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. |
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BBC News |
6:17am PDT |
Saudis urged to curb maid abuse |
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Summary: Human Rights Watch calls on Saudi Arabia to do more to protect Asian domestic workers from mistreatment. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Prince Harry takes troops to help African school |
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Summary: Prince Harry is working in Lesotho to refurbish a special needs school in Lesotho, with help from colleagues in his regiment. |
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BBC News |
6:12am PDT |
US and Czechs sign defence deal |
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Summary: The US secretary of state signs a deal to base part of Washington's missile defence system in the Czech Republic. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10am PDT |
Obama proposes easing consumer bankruptcy laws
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose overhauling bankruptcy
laws to ease their impact on people unable to pay their bills
because of medical expenses or military service. |
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ChristianPost |
6:05am PDT |
Obama's Joshua Generation Project Hits Legal Rift with Homeschoolers |
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Summary: The Obama campaign said it will drop the use of the name "Joshua Generation" to dub an effort to attract younger faith voters after learning that a homeschooling group already claimed trademark rights to a very similar name. |
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Cnn.com |
6:04am PDT |
Bigger war role for Congress proposed |
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Cnn.com |
6:03am PDT |
Vatican miffed about women bishops |
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Summary: The Vatican said Tuesday it regrets the decision by the Church of England's governing body to allow the ordination of women as bishops.
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Yahoo News |
6:02am PDT |
U.S. and Czechs sign missile defense deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and the Czech Republic
signed a treaty on Tuesday allowing Washington to build part of
a missile defense shield in the central European NATO state,
despite tough opposition from Russia. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
Siemens cutting 17K jobs worldwide to cut costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Tuesday it will cut 16,750 jobs, or 4.2 percent of its global work force, to streamline operations and slice nearly $2 billion in costs in the face of a slowing economy. |
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BBC News |
5:54am PDT |
Dando accused 'was local nutter' |
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Summary: The man accused of murdering television presenter Jill Dando was known as the "local nutter", the Old Bailey hears. |
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ChristianPost |
5:52am PDT |
Mourners Bid Final Farewell to Helms at NC Church |
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Summary: Mourners who attended a viewing of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms on Monday remembered the conservative champion as the last politician of his kind. Helms, who died Friday after years of failing health, lay in a closed casket covered with a U.S. f |
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Yahoo News |
5:48am PDT |
Afghanistan says foreign agents behind embassy bomb
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomb attack on the Indian
Embassy in the Afghan capital bore all the hallmarks of a
foreign intelligence agency, Afghanistan's presidential
spokesman said on Tuesday in a likely reference to Pakistan. |
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BBC News |
5:34am PDT |
No trial for Emma murder accused |
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Summary: The case against four men accused of murdering Glasgow woman Emma Caldwell is not being brought to court. |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
Afghan officials accuse Pakistan of Indian embassy attack
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Afghan officials accused Pakistan Tuesday of being behind a suicide blast at the Indian embassy that left 41 people dead, saying the attack had the hallmarks of its intelligence agency. |
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Yahoo News |
5:21am PDT |
Bernanke says Fed may extend Wall Street lending
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank may keep an
emergency lending facility for big Wall Street firms open past
year-end while it seeks to restore financial market stability. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
India beggar amasses coin fortune |
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Summary: A beggar in India deposits thousands of coins collected during a lifetime on the streets into a bank account. |
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BBC News |
5:19am PDT |
Woman cleared to sue Lotto rapist |
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Summary: A 78-year-old woman is cleared to sue a serial rapist who won £7m on the lottery, a High Court judge rules. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Iranian president says no war with US, Israel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
'Slow progress' on internet crime |
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Summary: Ministers are still not doing enough to protect people from criminals targeting internet users, says a House of Lords committee. |
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ChristianPost |
5:08am PDT |
Hillsong Conference Kicks Off with Over 24,000 |
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Summary: Internationally-known Hillsong Church kicked off its annual conference Monday, drawing over 24,000 Christians from all around the world to Sydney, Australia. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
Lampard wants to stay - Scolari |
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Summary: Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says Inter Milan target Frank Lampard wants to stay at the London club. |
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BBC News |
4:57am PDT |
TV chefs 'fail on basic hygiene' |
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Summary: TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to following basic hygiene standards, public health chiefs say. |
