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BBC News |
4:15pm PDT |
MPs criticise government over CO2 |
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Summary: The government has made "very poor progress" on reaching its own carbon emissions-cutting targets, MPs say. |
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BBC News |
4:09pm PDT |
Army acts to promote gay rights |
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Summary: The Army joins leading gay rights group Stonewall to promote tolerance within its ranks. |
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BBC News |
4:05pm PDT |
Girl guides' warning on self-harm |
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Summary: Girl guides' leaders warn that girls face too many sexual and consumer pressures to grow up too soon. |
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BBC News |
4:04pm PDT |
Forests to fall for food and fuel |
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Summary: Demand for land to grow food and fuel crops is set to outstrip supply, leading to forest destruction, a report warns. |
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BBC News |
3:58pm PDT |
US moves to support lenders |
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Summary: The US government announces sweeping measures to shore up troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. |
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Yahoo News |
3:52pm PDT |
Fed, Treasury step up to backstop Fannie and Freddie
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department and
Federal Reserve on Sunday announced sweeping measures to lend
money and buy stocks if necessary in embattled mortgage lenders
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . |
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Cnn.com |
3:47pm PDT |
Feds plan to rescue Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac |
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Summary: The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Sunday outlined a comprehensive government plan to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage finance giants that play a crucial role in the U.S. economy. The two companies own or back $5 trillion i |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Heavy rains complicate Calif. firefighting efforts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Violent thunderstorms brought rain bursts that modestly helped firefighting efforts Sunday, but the downpours also triggered mudslides that complicated California's unfolding wildfire disaster. |
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BBC News |
3:40pm PDT |
Rising above it |
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Summary: How congregation responded to gay bishop's heckling |
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BBC News |
3:40pm PDT |
All rise |
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Summary: How do you stop a heckler who won't leave? Just sing |
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Yahoo News |
3:32pm PDT |
US spells out Fannie-Freddie backstop plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury announced steps Sunday to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose shares have plunged as losses from their mortgage holdings threatened their financial survival. |
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Yahoo News |
3:08pm PDT |
US spells out Freddie-Fannie backstop plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve announced steps Sunday to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. |
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Yahoo News |
3:00pm PDT |
Assad sits out Olmert speech at Paris summit
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Syria's president sat out the Israeli prime minister's speech to a Paris summit Sunday in an apparent rebuff just hours after Ehud Olmert urged Damascus to open direct peace talks, Israeli officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:59pm PDT |
Israel, Arab states in on plan to ban WMDs |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:59pm PDT |
Knox and Vivienne make 8 for Jolie-Pitt family
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brad Pitt was emotional but calm, Angelina Jolie laughed and chatted. The world's most famous celebrity couple were joined in emotion during the birth of their twins — a boy and a girl — and all "are doing marvelously well," the doctor who delivered |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PDT |
Obama mourns US troop deaths, swipes at McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama mourned the death of nine U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Sunday, even as he said John McCain's numerous visits to the region don't leave the Republican better equipped to deal with its volatility as president. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58pm PDT |
Troubled mortgage lenders face key test
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Treasury is expected to
affirm its support for troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac on Sunday in a bid to calm
concerns ahead of a Freddie Mac debt sale Monday which is
likely to be a key test of investor co |
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Yahoo News |
2:50pm PDT |
Rally held to pressure Packers to reinstate Favre
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brett Favre's fans came to his defense Sunday, rallying outside Lambeau Field to pressure the Green Bay Packers to reinstate him as the starting quarterback. The crowd of more than 100 chanted "We want Brett," and carried signs reading, "Favre for Pr |
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BBC News |
2:48pm PDT |
Tragic wedding |
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Summary: Afghan civilians tell of raid that killed dozens |
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Yahoo News |
2:44pm PDT |
Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoo's board
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. |
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Cnn.com |
2:28pm PDT |
IndyMac: Your money is safe |
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Summary: The FDIC stressed Sunday that the takeover of failed bank IndyMac is largely a "non-event" for most customers.
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Yahoo News |
2:21pm PDT |
Attack on US base in Afghanistan kills 9 Americans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base close to the Pakistan border killed nine American soldiers and wounded 15 Sunday in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in three years, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
1:54pm PDT |
Schumer: Bank regulators 'asleep at the switch' |
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Summary: Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 911" by suggesting he had a role in one of the costliest U.S. bank failures.
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Cnn.com |
1:54pm PDT |
Schumer: Regulators 'asleep at the switch' |
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Summary: Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 911" by suggesting he had a role in one of the costliest U.S. bank failures. The New York Democrat also said federal banking regulators missed In |
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ChristianToday |
1:53pm PDT |
France launches Med Union |
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Summary: Leaders from Europe North Africa and the Middle East launched a 43nation Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday pledging practical cooperation among erstwhile enemies on water energy and education |
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ChristianToday |
1:53pm PDT |
Insurgents kill 9 US troops in Afghanistan |
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Summary: Insurgents killed nine US soldiers in an assault on an Afghan army and NATO outpost in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday making it one of the worst days for foreign troops casualties in the country since 2001 |
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ChristianToday |
1:52pm PDT |
UK military investigating 2003 Iraq abuse claim |
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Summary: British military police are investigating an abuse allegation after a newspaper reported an Iraqi youth claimed troops made him perform a sex act on another prisoner in 2003 the Ministry of Defence said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
1:52pm PDT |
Government scrambles to fight knife crime |
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Summary: Britons convicted of carrying knives will be made to visit hospital emergency wards in an attempt to confront them with the reality of stab wounds Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
1:51pm PDT |
IsraelHezbollah prisoner swap set for Wednesday |
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Summary: Israel and Lebanons Hezbollah group will exchange prisoners on Wednesday under a UNmediated deal the Israeli prisons service said on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
1:50pm PDT |
Iraq poised for new offensive |
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Summary: Iraqi security forces are poised to launch a major crackdown in volatile Diyala province the Interior Ministry said on Sunday the latest in a series of operations aimed at stabilising the country |
