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11:56pm PDT |
Man's body found in city laneway |
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Summary: Police launch an investigation after the body of a man is found in a laneway in Newry. |
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Cnn.com |
11:54pm PDT |
Ousted president shut out of Honduras |
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Summary: Deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya landed in El Salvador late Sunday after a failed attempt to return to his homeland.
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11:43pm PDT |
Obama lauds Putin at Russia talks |
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Summary: US President Barack Obama praises Russian PM Vladimir Putin's "extraordinary work" as the pair meet outside Moscow. |
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11:42pm PDT |
Zelaya to discuss Honduras crisis with Clinton
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Summary: AP - Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington on Tuesday, as supporters of the ousted leader threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the poor Central American nation. |
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PDT |
Putin says Russia pinning hopes on Obama
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Summary: AFP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia was pinning its hopes on US President Barack Obama to revive ties with the United States as the two leaders met for the first time. |
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11:37pm PDT |
Chaos in China's Urumqi city: state media
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Summary: AFP - There have been chaotic scenes in China's northwest Urumqi city, two days after unrest here left 156 people dead, state media and an AFP journalist reported. |
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11:36pm PDT |
UK soldier killed in Afghan crash |
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Summary: A British soldier has died in a helicopter accident in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. |
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11:35pm PDT |
7 US troops killed throughout Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops while three NATO troops died in a helicopter crash in one of the deadliest days for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, officials said Tuesday. |
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11:32pm PDT |
Wallet stolen in 1982 found in NYC tree; $20 gone
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Summary: AP - Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one. |
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11:23pm PDT |
Live crash victim pronounced dead |
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Summary: Two ambulance staff are suspended and given extra training after pronouncing a man dead when he was still alive. |
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Cnn.com |
11:22pm PDT |
Hearse, La Toya Jackson seen visiting cemetery |
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Summary: Several carloads of people, Michael Jackson's sister La Toya among them, came and went from a heavily secured Los Angeles cemetery after sunset Monday, but it was not immediately clear whether they were there for a private viewing.
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11:09pm PDT |
Obama praises Putin at first meeting
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Summary: Reuters - Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised Russia's most powerful politician, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as the two leaders met for the first time, saying there was an excellent opportunity to improve U.S.-Russia relations. |
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Cnn.com |
10:49pm PDT |
Palin: 'I am not a quitter; I am a fighter' |
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Summary: Sarah Palin's not a quitter, she wants the public to know.
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10:49pm PDT |
U.S. should plan 2nd fiscal stimulus: economic adviser
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Summary: Reuters - The United States should be planning for a possible second round of fiscal stimulus to prop up the economy, a member of the U.S. government's economic advisory panel said on Tuesday. |
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10:48pm PDT |
Robinson set for devolution talks |
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Summary: First Minister Peter Robinson is to discuss devolution of justice powers with Gordon Brown in London.
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10:48pm PDT |
Ambulance flaws 'costing lives' |
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Summary: Three years after he quit over safety, the former ambulance service chief says it is 'no better, probably worse'. |
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10:44pm PDT |
Ousted Honduran leader to meet with Clinton
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Summary: Reuters - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was due to meet U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday just over a week after he was toppled in a coup that has pushed the Central American state into international isolation. |
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10:41pm PDT |
Bug probe after man dies on liner |
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Summary: A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on a man who died during a suspected outbreak of a virus on a cruise liner. |
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10:40pm PDT |
Huge crowd seen for star-packed Michael Jackson memorial
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Summary: Reuters - Tens of thousands of Michael Jackson fans will crowd into downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday for a star-packed memorial to the King of Pop, whose sudden death nearly two weeks ago shocked the world. |
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10:36pm PDT |
Obama, Putin meet at last, exchange pleasantries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have shaken hands, commencing a first-time meeting that each said he hoped could ease relations between Washington and Moscow. |
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10:32pm PDT |
Pakistan seeks 'militant' re-arrest |
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Summary: A Pakistani court rejects on technical grounds appeals lodged by the government seeking the re-arrest of a "militant leader". |
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10:29pm PDT |
Obama tells Putin relations with Russia can improve
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that they may not agree on everything but that they had an excellent opportunity to put relations on a much stronger footing. |
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Cnn.com |
10:02pm PDT |
Egyptians angry over German courtroom slaying |
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Summary: Hundreds of Egyptians took part Monday in the funeral of Marwa Sherbini, an Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death last week in the German city of Dresden in a crime believed to be racially motivated.
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9:26pm PDT |
U.S. hospitals offer $155 billion for health reform: report
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Summary: Reuters - Three major hospital associations have offered to contribute about $155 billion over 10 years to help pay for a U.S. healthcare overhaul, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing industry sources. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18pm PDT |
South Carolina GOP votes to censure Sanford |
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Summary: After nearly four hours of deliberation and multiple rounds of balloting, the South Carolina Republican Party voted Monday night to censure Mark Sanford for traveling overseas to visit his mistress -- but stopped short of calling on the governor to resign |
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9:18pm PDT |
Fresh protest erupts in China's Xinjiang region
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ethnic Uighurs scuffled with armed police Tuesday in a fresh protest in Xinjiang, where at least 156 people have been killed and more than 1,400 people arrested in western China's worst ethnic violence in decades. |
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9:08pm PDT |
Angry Uighurs defy Chinese police |
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Summary: Chinese police arrest 1,434 people over rioting in Xinjiang province, state media says, as new protests erupt in Urumqi. |
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8:46pm PDT |
Fresh protest breaks out in Xinjiang
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fresh protest has broken out in the capital of China's volatile Xinjiang region, with a large group of protesters blocking a main road in a stand-off with security forces. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39pm PDT |
Xinjiang protests resume as death toll hits 156
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Summary: Reuters - Hundreds of Uighur protesters clashed with Chinese anti-riot police in the capital of China's Muslim region of Xinjiang on Tuesday, two days after ethnic unrest left 156 dead and more than 800 injured. |
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Cnn.com |
8:34pm PDT |
Mexico's ruling party loses midterm elections |
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Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon's ruling party lost races throughout the nation in midterm elections as the opposition Revolutionary Institutional Party rolled to victories in the lower legislative house and state and local posts.
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