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Yahoo News |
5:12am PDT |
Wall Street to tumble on disappointing 2Q results
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street looked to open sharply lower Tuesday after a dismal quarter from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chips heightened concerns about corporate results amid the ongoing credit crisis. |
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BBC News |
5:10am PDT |
Iran urged to free HIV pioneers |
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Summary: A human rights group calls on Iran to release or charge two renowned HIV/Aids doctors arrested last month. |
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BBC News |
4:58am PDT |
UK troops in Iraq stay at 4,100 |
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Summary: British forces in Iraq will remain at a strength of 4,100 "for the next few months", Gordon Brown tells MPs. |
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BBC News |
4:54am PDT |
Warming world 'drying wetlands' |
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Summary: More than 700 scientists meet in Brazil to draw up an action plan to protect the world's wetlands. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Wachovia loses $8.86 billion, slashes dividend
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wachovia Corp 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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Yahoo News |
4:49am PDT |
Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wachovia Corp. said Tuesday it lost $8.86 billion in the second quarter, slashed its dividend and announced 6,350 job cuts after losses tied to mortgages soared. |
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BBC News |
4:48am PDT |
New digger 'attack' in Jerusalem |
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Summary: About 12 people have been injured in Jerusalem, as the driver of a construction vehicle rams cars before he is shot dead. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Schools still wait for Sats marks |
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Summary: There are fears from primary schools that test results that have still not been returned might have been lost. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Obama visits former insurgent hotbed in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama traveled to a former hotbed of the Sunni insurgency on Tuesday for talks with tribal leaders who joined the fight against al-Qaida in Iraq and now seek a deeper role in Iraq's political future. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Karadzic hid in plain sight with false identity
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Radovan Karadzic grew a long, white beard to conceal his identity and even managed to openly practice alternative medicine while in hiding, officials said Tuesday in revealing details of the war crimes fugitive's capture after a decade on the run. |
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Judge nixes some evidence in bin Laden driver case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
4:41am PDT |
Mystery maestro |
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Summary: How did this man's song become the 'UK's most played'? |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Stocks look to fall after disappointing earnings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street looked to open sharply lower Tuesday after a dismal quarter from Wachovia Corp. heightened concerns about how corporate results will fare amid the ongoing credit crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
4:33am PDT |
Attacker killed near Obama's Israel hotel |
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Summary: The driver of a bulldozer was shot and killed Tuesday after he drove the vehicle over a number of cars near the King David Hotel in downtown Jerusalem, according to police.
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
Report: 'Batman' accused of assaulting mom, sister
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Batman star Christian Bale was to be questioned by police over allegations he assaulted his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of his film, "The Dark Knight," British media reported Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:30am PDT |
Campillo pitches Braves past Marlins 4-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rookie Jorge Campillo pitched seven innings and two relievers completed a two-hitter to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 4-0 Monday night. |
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BBC News |
4:29am PDT |
Management shortfalls at NI Water |
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Summary: Northern Ireland Water is found guilty of serious management shortfalls and a possible breach of its licence. |
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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Tropical Storm Dolly heads for Texas-Mexico coast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storm Dolly strengthened
slightly as it moved over the warm waters of the western Gulf
of Mexico early Tuesday and was still expected to become a
hurricane in the next 24 to 36 hours, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center said in its l |
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BBC News |
4:26am PDT |
Mercury shortlist |
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Summary: Video clips of the 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PDT |
Wachovia loses nearly $9 billion |
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Summary: Wachovia Corp. posted a nearly $9 billion loss for its second quarter Tuesday and slashed its quarterly dividend by five cents per share.
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BBC News |
4:06am PDT |
Ford focus |
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Summary: Luxury and fuel efficiency will boost sales, firm says |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Petrol prices begin to come down |
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Summary: UK drivers are set to benefit after a number retailers including Asda, Morrisons and BP said that they would cut petrol prices. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Fuel sellers start cutting prices |
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Summary: UK drivers are set to benefit after a number retailers including Asda, Morrisons and BP said that they would cut petrol prices. |
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Yahoo News |
4:02am PDT |
Zimbabwe crisis talks to start in South Africa
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling party and the
opposition Movement for Democratic Change will begin
negotiations on Tuesday on a power-sharing deal that could end
the political crisis, the opposition and diplomatic sources
said. |
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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
'A fifth of teens' carry a weapon |
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Summary: One in five teenage pupils carry a weapon, but only one in 20 take it to school, a study says. |
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BBC News |
3:57am PDT |
Mercury hat-trick for Monkey 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 |
3:56am PDT |
Obama visits Iraq's Anbar, former insurgent haven
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama traveled to Anbar province on Tuesday to meet
Sunni Arab tribal leaders whose decision to fight al Qaeda
helped change the course of the conflict in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PDT |
Trade powers struggle to save WTO round, eyes on U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Talks to unblock a global trade deal
focused on the United States on Tuesday amid hopes that
Washington was ready to announce long-awaited plans for cutting
farm subsidies. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PDT |
Gas prices head downward |
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Summary: Prices at the pump extended their decline overnight, a nationwide survey of gas station credit card swipes showed Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
3:33am PDT |
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive. |
