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Cnn.com |
7:05am PDT |
Photos released of bearded, ex-fugitive Karadzic |
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Summary: Alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic was working as a doctor with an elaborate false identity before he was captured in Belgrade, prosecutors said today. Karadzic is accused in the ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian war that killed tens of thousands. He had |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PDT |
Stocks open lower as Wachovia, others disappoint
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street retreated Tuesday after discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips heightened concerns about the continuing impact of the credit crisis. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
'Bitter hope' |
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Summary: Zimbabweans wonder if deal can end violence |
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BBC News |
6:49am PDT |
Boy found hanging from rope swing |
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Summary: A 12-year-old boy is found hanging from a rope swing in woodland in Lancashire. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48am PDT |
Cash prices at the pump confuse some drivers |
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Summary: Think the price you see on the gas station sign is already way too high? Try paying with a credit card and that price could jump by 10 cents a gallon or more, perhaps without you knowing it. Credit card companies say they've cut or capped their fees to tr |
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Cnn.com |
6:46am PDT |
Texas activates National Guard as storm nears |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Dolly intensified early Tuesday in the western Gulf of Mexico, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said.
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
BP says 60 staff leaving Russia |
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Summary: BP says the remaining 60 of its staff seconded to joint venture TNK-BP are being recalled from Russia. |
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BBC News |
6:29am PDT |
Calzaghe calls off Jones Jr bout |
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Summary: A hand injury forces Joe Calzaghe to withdraw from his September super-fight with Roy Jones Jr. |
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BBC News |
6:29am PDT |
Calzaghe postpones Jones Jr fight |
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Summary: A hand injury forces Joe Calzaghe to postpone his September super-fight with Roy Jones Jr. |
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Yahoo News |
6:29am PDT |
Treasury: Swift support needed for mortgage giants
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Congress needs to quickly approve a support package for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make sure the two mortgage giants maintain their critically important role in housing finance. |
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Yahoo News |
6:27am PDT |
Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring four people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Karadzic arrested in Serbia, worked as doctor
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan
Karadzic, indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war, was captured
in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had
been working as a doctor, Serbian officials said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
6:03am PDT |
Sky launches net music service |
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Summary: The satellite TV firm teams up with Universal Music to offer downloads for a monthly fee. |
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ChristianPost |
5:59am PDT |
'Focus on the Family' Radio Program Wins Hall of Fame Spot |
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Summary: The ?Focus on the Family? radio program, founded by prominent conservative Dr. James Dobson, will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame despite efforts by homosexual activists to keep it out. |
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Yahoo News |
5:59am PDT |
Treasury: Support for mortgage giants needed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Congress needs to quickly approve a support package for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make sure the two mortgage giants maintain their critically important role in housing finance. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55am PDT |
Obama arrives in Jordan for talks with king |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama arrived Tuesday in Jordan on the next leg of a trip intended to bolster the Democratic presidential hopeful's foreign policy credentials.
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
U.S. says ready to cut farm aid to $15 billion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States is ready to cut its
ceiling for trade-distorting farm subsidies to $15 billion a
year to help unblock talks for a global trade deal, U.S. Trade
Representative Susan Schwab said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:52am PDT |
Bulldozer on Jerusalem rampage before Obama visit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into
vehicles on a busy Jerusalem street on Tuesday, ahead of a
visit by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama,
and injured at least 16 people before being shot dead. |
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ChristianPost |
5:52am PDT |
'Sorry You're Not Here,' Anglican Head Tells Conservatives |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury said on Monday that the hundreds of conservative bishops boycotting the Lambeth Conference would have helped heal divisions in the Anglican Communion had they decided to take part. |
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BBC News |
5:48am PDT |
Your US accents |
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Summary: Readers respond with their Yankee twangs |
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Yahoo News |
5:46am PDT |
Tropical Storm Dolly strengthens slightly
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Dolly continued to
strengthen slightly early Tuesday as it moved over the warm
waters of the western Gulf of Mexico towards the Texas-Mexico
border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest
update. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
''Speeding driver' killed boy, 3 |
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Summary: A trial hears how a child who had been playing in the road was run over by a driver who did not stop. |
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BBC News |
5:42am PDT |
'Speeding driver' killed boy, 3 |
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Summary: A trial hears how a child who had been playing in the road was run over by a driver who did not stop. |
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
E-petitions planned for Commons |
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Summary: Ministers outline plans to set up a system to allow people to petition MPs and Parliament online. |
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BBC News |
5:38am PDT |
Obama meets Iraqi Sunni leaders |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama meets pro-US tribal militiamen in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. |
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BBC News |
5:37am PDT |
Mercury hat-trick for Monkeys man |
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Summary: Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner scores his third Mercury Prize nomination in three years with The Last Shadow Puppets. |
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem with front loader
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Palestinian man from east Jerusalem rammed a construction vehicle into three cars and a city bus in downtown Jerusalem near the luxury hotel where presidential candidate Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday night as he kicks off a visit to Isra |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Paulson urges mortgage rescue |
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Summary: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Congress Tuesday to approve the Bush administration's plan to back up mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
Wachovia loses $8.86 billion, slashes jobs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wachovia Corp , the
fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Tuesday posted an $8.86 billion
second-quarter loss, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350
job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared. |
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Cnn.com |
5:16am PDT |
Attacker killed near Obama's Jerusalem hotel |
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Summary: A man was shot and killed today after he drove an earth-moving machine over a number of cars in downtown Jerusalem, police said. A bus was also hit in the rampage near the hotel where presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is expected to stay tonight. T |
