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Yahoo News |
7:48am PDT |
At least 120 dead in temple stampede in north India
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Summary: AFP - More than 120 Hindu worshippers were killed Sunday in a stampede during a religious festival in the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:45am PDT |
9 feared dead on world's 2nd-highest mountain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least nine climbers are feared dead and five others are missing on the world's second-highest peak in northern Pakistan, which is regarded as more challenging to climb than Mount Everest, officials said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
7:41am PDT |
Irish K2 mountaineer feared dead |
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Summary: An Irish climber, missing on the slopes of the world's second highest mountain is now feared dead. |
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BBC News |
7:31am PDT |
Rivals resume Zimbabwe deal talks |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition parties restart talks on a power-sharing deal after a midweek adjournment. |
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Yahoo News |
7:30am PDT |
Truck bombing kills 12 on busy Baghdad street
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Summary: AP - A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:29am PDT |
Palestinian youths sent back into Gaza |
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Summary: Hamas arrested several Palestinian youths that Israel returned to Gaza on Sunday after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they were not part of a Fatah-linked group granted passage through the Jewish state, an official in Abbas' office said.
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ChristianPost |
7:23am PDT |
Christian-Muslim Statement Among First Fruits of 'Common Word' Gathering |
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Summary: Following a four-day conference, Christian and Muslim leaders from around the world announced the first fruits of the "Common Word" exchange through a joint statement that affirmed their support for religious freedom and further interfaith dialogue based |
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Yahoo News |
7:19am PDT |
Therapist: anthrax suspect tried to poison people
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Summary: AP - Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, told his psychotherapist after learning he was about to be indicted that "he was going to go out in a blaze of glory, that he was going to take everybody out with him," sh |
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Yahoo News |
7:14am PDT |
Reports: Christina Applegate has breast cancer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. |
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Yahoo News |
7:12am PDT |
Pope sends greetings to China before Olympics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI sent greetings to China on Sunday before the Olympics and said he hoped the Games would offer an example of coexistence among people from different countries. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09am PDT |
Police say 68 killed in India temple stampede
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least 68 people, including 30 children were killed Sunday when pilgrims stampeded at a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India, police said. |
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BBC News |
7:05am PDT |
Ministers back Brown's leadership |
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Summary: Three cabinet ministers rally to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's defence, insisting he is the right man for the job. |
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Yahoo News |
7:03am PDT |
Al-Qaida announces deaths of 4 commanders
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida confirmed in a Web statement Sunday the death of a senior commander known as a top explosives and poisons expert, who is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan last week. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02am PDT |
China warns protesters, allows Tiananmen music
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China allowed a first foreign orchestra
concert in Tiananmen Square on Sunday but also issued warnings
to would-be protesters in delicate efforts to show openness
while avoiding embarrassment at the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Gaza fugitives 'being sent back' |
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Summary: Palestinians let into Israel amid fighting between Hamas and Fatah factions are being returned to Gaza, Israel says. |
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
Kovalainen claims maiden victory |
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Summary: McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen wins his first Grand Prix after race leader Felipe Massa retires with three laps to go. |
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Cnn.com |
6:39am PDT |
20 street cleaners killed in Somalia blast |
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Summary: A roadside bomb killed 15 women who were cleaning rubbish from a street in southern Mogadishu Sunday morning, according to journalists and witnesses at the scene.
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BBC News |
6:30am PDT |
Iran 'is open to nuclear talks' |
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Summary: Iran's president says he is open to nuclear talks - one day after he said he would not retreat "one iota" on the issue. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Stampede kills 123 Hindu worshippers in India
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll in a stampede
at a temple in northern India on Sunday rose to at least 123
people, police said. |
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BBC News |
6:18am PDT |
Somalia bombing 'kills 20 people' |
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Summary: A roadside bombing kills at least 20 people in Mogadishu, most of them women working to clean the street, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Bush's China hurdle: Keeping sports, politics apart
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Despite long insisting that sports
and politics don't mix, U.S. President George W. Bush will have
a hard time keeping them separate when he visits China this
week for the Beijing Olympics. |
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Cnn.com |
6:09am PDT |
Palestinian youth sent back into Gaza |
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Summary: Hamas arrested several Palestinian youths that Israel returned to Gaza on Sunday after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they were not part of a Fatah-linked group granted passage through the Jewish state, an official in Abbas' office said.
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BBC News |
5:53am PDT |
Nine feared dead in K2 avalanche |
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Summary: At least nine climbers are feared dead in an avalanche on K2, the world's second-highest peak, expedition organisers say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26am PDT |
China warns protesters, Tiananmen hosts music
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China allowed a first foreign orchestra
concert in Tiananmen Square on Sunday but also issued warnings
to would-be protesters in delicate efforts to show openness
while avoiding embarrassment at the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
5:16am PDT |
World's smallest snake discovered, 'thin as spaghetti' |
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Summary: World's smallest snake discovered, 'thin as spaghetti' |
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BBC News |
5:16am PDT |
World's smallest snake discovered |
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Summary: Scientists describe what they say is the world's smallest snake - a creature just 10cm long and as thin as a spaghetti noodle. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Vaughan quits as England captain |
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Summary: Michael Vaughan resigns as England captain, saying it is both the hardest and the easiest decision he has made. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
BA close to American alliance |
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Summary: British Airways says it is close to agreeing a tie-up with its largest US rival American Airlines. |
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BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
BA closes in on American alliance |
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Summary: British Airways says it is close to agreeing a tie-up with its largest US rival American Airlines. |
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Yahoo News |
4:40am PDT |
Va. congressman vetted as possible McCain veep
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Summary: AP - John McCain's campaign has asked Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor for personal documents as the Republican presidential candidate steps up his search for a running mate, The Associated Press has learned. |
