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11:49pm PDT |
Former champion Gatti found dead |
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Summary: Former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti is found dead in a hotel room in Brazil. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Firefighter killed in pub blaze |
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Summary: A firefighter dies and another is injured after a floor collapsed as 70 firefighters tackled a blaze in an Edinburgh pub. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Metro bridge collapses in Delhi |
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Summary: A partially constructed bridge collapses in Delhi, killing at least five people, Indian police say. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Deaths not halting success - PM |
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Summary: UK forces' mission in Afghanistan is showing "signs of success", despite the deaths of 10 soldiers in 15 days, Gordon Brown says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
China city tense but calm 1 week after riots
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Summary: AP - The center of the riot-hit city of Urumqi was tense but calm Sunday, one week after ethnic fighting began that left 184 people dead and alarmed China's communist leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Freed Italian Red Cross worker speaks of relief
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Summary: AFP - Gaunt and haggard, freed Italian aid worker Eugenio Vagni has said his release after being held for six months by armed Islamic militants in the Philippines was a day he thought might never come. |
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Cnn.com |
11:14pm PDT |
Source: Cheney kept CIA program from Congress |
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Summary: The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source con |
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Cnn.com |
11:11pm PDT |
Bush wiretaps had limited results, audit says |
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Summary: Federal agents found much of the information produced by the Bush administration's top-secret warrantless surveillance program vague and difficult to use, a sweeping review of the program found.
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Yahoo News |
10:28pm PDT |
China blast: terrorism ruled out says official
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Summary: AFP - An oil tank explosion at a chemical plant in China's restive Urumqi city was not due to terrorism, the factory's vice manager has said, one week after ethnic unrest left more than 180 people dead. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Martin wins 4th race at Chicagoland
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Summary: AP - Mark Martin will feel his age in the morning or a day or two after a race. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Attack ruled out in oil tank fire in Xinjiang
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Summary: Reuters - An oil tank blew up at a chemical plant in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's restive Xinjiang region, on Sunday, but local police and refinery officials ruled out a deliberate attack. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
NASA aiming to launch space shuttle on Sunday
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Summary: Reuters - Hoping to end a string of delays, NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday on a mission to deliver the last piece of Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station. |
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Cnn.com |
9:54pm PDT |
Source: Cheney kept CIA info from Congress |
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Summary: The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source con |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
Old Man and the C: Martin wins at Chicagoland
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Summary: AP - Mark Martin won at Chicagoland Speedway, getting the strong jump off the double-file restart with two laps left to win his series-high fourth race of the season. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
Oil tank explodes in Xinjiang, attack ruled out
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An oil tank blew up at a chemical plant in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, on Sunday morning, but local police ruled out a deliberate attack. |
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Cnn.com |
8:32pm PDT |
Van found, 2 questioned in couple's killing |
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Summary: Detectives are questioning two people in connection with the killing of a couple known for adopting special-needs children, the Escambia County sheriff said Saturday. Investigators also have found a red Dodge van seen on surveillance cameras leaving the B |
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Cnn.com |
8:32pm PDT |
2 questioned in killing of adoptive couple |
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Summary: Detectives are questioning two people in connection with the killing of a couple known for adopting special-needs children, the Escambia County sheriff said Saturday. Investigators also have found a red Dodge van seen on surveillance cameras leaving the B |
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Yahoo News |
7:22pm PDT |
AP source: Holder considering torture probe
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Summary: AP - Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20pm PDT |
Pakistan, India meet may lead to dialogue
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Summary: Reuters - A meeting of the prime ministers of India and Pakistan on the fringes of the Non-Aligned Movement Summit this week could set the stage for a dialogue between the rivals that was stalled after last November's attack in Mumbai. |
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BBC News |
6:58pm PDT |
Church to consider fewer bishops |
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Summary: The Church of England's ruling body is to debate whether to reduce the number of bishops in a bid to save money. |
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Yahoo News |
6:48pm PDT |
Obama urges Africans to fight tyranny, corruption
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama has condemned tyrants who enrich themselves and urged Africans to demand stronger governments as he made a landmark trip to the continent where his father was born. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PDT |
New York Philharmonic looks at possible Cuba tour
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Summary: Reuters - The head of the New York Philharmonic met with Cuban officials and toured facilities in Havana on Saturday ahead of a possible visit to the communist-led island by the orchestra later this year. |
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Cnn.com |
6:16pm PDT |
Mexican gangs gun down police in eight cities |
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Summary: Coordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials called an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs. The attacks were in retribution for the capture early Saturday of Arnold |
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BBC News |
5:50pm PDT |
Congo poll to open amid veto call |
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Summary: Polls are set to open in the Republic of Congo, as opposition candidates urge voters to stay away over fraud claims. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35pm PDT |
AP sources: Cheney told CIA not to discuss program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
5:31pm PDT |
Peru president reshuffles cabinet |
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Summary: Peruvian President Alan Garcia brings in a new prime minister, a month after political violence which killed at least 33. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
Relatives go to Ill. cemetery looking for answers
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Summary: AP - A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in a cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies in a scheme to resell plots. |
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BBC News |
5:24pm PDT |
Cost of deportations questioned |
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Summary: More than £8.2m was spent last year on chartering private jets to deport immigrants from the UK, official figures show. |
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BBC News |
5:19pm PDT |
Hip problems |
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Summary: 'If they picked it up earlier she wouldn't have needed an op' |
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BBC News |
5:16pm PDT |
People paid for supplying power |
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Summary: People that contribute electricity to the National Grid are to receive payments under a new government scheme. |
