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ChristianToday |
11:58pm PDT |
Soil database to help map CO2 storage food output |
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Summary: New database of the worlds soils will help better map agricultural output and storage and sequestration of heat trapping carbon dioxide CO2 one of its creators the United Nations food agency FAO said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:57pm PDT |
About 20 percent of EU timber illegal or suspect report |
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Summary: Nearly a fifth of wood imported into the European Union has been harvested illegally or comes from suspect sources mostly in Russia Indonesia and China according to a report by environmental group WWF |
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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
Lonesome George may end bachelor days on Galapagos |
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Summary: After decades of solitude Lonesome George may finally save his species of Galapagos giant tortoise from extinction his keepers said on Monday |
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Cnn.com |
11:46pm PDT |
Texas, Mexico scramble under hurricane threat |
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Summary: A flurry of warnings were issued along the coasts of Texas and Mexico late Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly advanced across the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said.
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Woman dies after pavement crash |
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Summary: A woman dies in hospital after police say she was hit by a minibus which ran on to a pavement in Leeds city centre. |
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Cnn.com |
11:32pm PDT |
Obama finds 'consensus' for troop withdrawal |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama said he found "a strong, emerging consensus" for the redeployment of U.S. combat forces from Iraq, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki telling Obama he hoped American combat troops will be gone in two years.
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ChristianToday |
11:30pm PDT |
US presidential hopefuls to guest at Rick Warren forum |
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Summary: Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will make their first joint appearance as the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees when they come together for a leadership and compassion forum at the church of PurposeDriven Pastor Rick Warren |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Two young men dead in reservoir |
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Summary: Two young men die after disappearing below the water in a reservoir in Greater Manchester. |
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Yahoo News |
10:57pm PDT |
Lester leads Red Sox to 4-0 win over Mariners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Local favorite Jon Lester carried a shutout into the eighth inning, struggling Jason Varitek rewarded his manager's faith with a two-run homer and the road-weary Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43pm PDT |
'Butcher of Bosnia' arrested after 10-year chase |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic, accused of masterminding "ethnic cleansing" deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats, has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding, a U.N. war crimes tribunal said Monday.
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Family's plea over killer drivers |
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Summary: A petition begun by a bereaved family calling for tougher jail sentences for dangerous drivers is presented to Parliament. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PDT |
Plan to target £14m crime assets |
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Summary: Plans to recover £14m in criminal assets in Northern Ireland are unveiled by the Organised Crime Task Force. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
'Take cash and leave' says lender |
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Summary: A former sub-prime mortgage lender offers an 8% discount to borrowers if they redeem their home loans. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PDT |
Texas, Mexico scramble under threats of hurricane |
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Summary: A flurry of warnings were issued along the coasts of Texas and Mexico late Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly advanced across the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said.
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
India MPs to hold confidence vote |
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Summary: The Indian parliament will hold a vote of confidence in the government that could decide the fate of a US nuclear deal. |
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BBC News |
9:14pm PDT |
MPs call for coastal path rethink |
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Summary: The government is urged to think again about its plan to create a long-distance path around England's coast. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PDT |
Top war crimes suspect arrested in Serbia
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Summary: AP - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres and the politician considered most responsible for the deadly siege of Sarajevo, was arrested Monday evening in a Serbian police raid ending his 13 years as the world's mo |
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Cnn.com |
8:53pm PDT |
Oilman Pickens: We'll break the country |
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Summary: Earlier this month, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist T. Boone Pickens unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States' dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable |
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PDT |
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Defence spending 'masked' by MoD |
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Summary: The Ministry of Defence is accused of masking the true costs of military spending in a report. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Storm Dolly to become hurricane, heads for Texas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward
southern Texas on Monday, and forecasters said they expected it
to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican
border later this week. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PDT |
A-Rod leads Yankees to 8th straight home victory
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer and an RBI single Monday night to help the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 12-4 for their eighth straight home win. |
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BBC News |
8:04pm PDT |
Saying sorry |
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Summary: Diary from the Anglican Church's conference |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
Zimbabwe rivals set to begin negotiations
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Summary: AFP - Negotiators from Zimbabwe's opposition and ruling party were expected to head to South Africa on Tuesday for the first round of talks aimed at ending the country's months-long political crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Serbia captures Srebrenica genocide 'mastermind' Karadzic
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Summary: AFP - Serbia said its security forces had captured Radovan Karadzic, the mastermind of the genocidal Srebrenica massacre who had been on the run for nearly 13 years. |
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BBC News |
7:03pm PDT |
Arrest of Karadzic is 'justice' |
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Summary: The arrest of war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic is a "piece of justice", says Balkans expert Paddy Ashdown. |
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Cnn.com |
6:51pm PDT |
Bosnia war crime suspect Karadzic arrested |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been arrested after more than a decade as a fugitive from war crimes charges, the U.N. tribunal that charged him announced today. Karadzic, 63, was the Serb political leader during the 1992-1995 war that fol |
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Cnn.com |
6:34pm PDT |
Feds' estimate on Katrina supplies $60 million off |
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Summary: Federal officials vastly overestimated the value of hurricane relief supplies given away earlier this year, FEMA reported Monday. The original government estimate of $85 million should have been $18.5 million. The household goods were supposed to go to hu |
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Cnn.com |
6:34pm PDT |
Feds' estimate on Katrina supplies $60M off |
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Summary: Federal officials vastly overestimated the value of hurricane relief supplies given away earlier this year, FEMA reported Monday. The original government estimate of $85 million should have been $18.5 million. The household goods were supposed to go to hu |
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Cnn.com |
6:21pm PDT |
Hurricane warning expected in Texas, Mexico |
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Summary: A tropical storm warning remained in effect Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly moved over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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