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11:59pm PDT |
N Korean leader Kim 'has cancer' |
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Summary: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a South Korean TV news channel says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
Rio arrests reflect Beijing financial jitters
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Summary: Reuters - China's arrest of Rio Tinto staff for spying points to economic worries in Beijing, a security analyst said, and an Australian newspaper reported China's president endorsed the Rio investigation. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
US troop killed in attack in Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - An American service member has been killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. |
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11:39pm PDT |
China says embassy protests show riots organized
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Summary: Reuters - Demonstrations against Chinese consulates in Europe and the United States show that ethnic riots in the city of Urumqi last week were orchestrated, state media said on Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:38pm PDT |
Family learns of death a month after protests |
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Summary: An Iranian family learned of their 19-year-old son's death nearly a month after he was shot during a demonstration over the Islamic republic's disputed election results, an international human rights group said Sunday.
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Cnn.com |
11:38pm PDT |
Teen's death in Iran protests revealed |
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Summary: An Iranian family learned of their 19-year-old son's death nearly a month after he was shot during a demonstration over the Islamic republic's disputed election results, an international human rights group said Sunday.
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11:36pm PDT |
Deadly blast in Pakistani village |
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Summary: At least nine people are killed and more than 50 injured after a blast hit a Pakistani village east of the city of Lahore, police say. |
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11:13pm PDT |
Obama orders probe of killings in Afghanistan
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama said in an interview to be aired that he has ordered a probe into attempts to quash an investigation into the mass execution of Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan. |
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11:02pm PDT |
Zimbabwe constitution step closer |
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Summary: Zimbabwe is expected to take another step towards the drafting of a new constitution at a conference in Harare.
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Cnn.com |
10:59pm PDT |
Saudi family sues genie, alleges harassment |
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Summary: A family in Saudi Arabia has taken a genie to court, alleging theft and harassment, according to local media.
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10:49pm PDT |
Project 'yet to help' poor pupils |
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Summary: Education watchdogs say a flagship plan to help the poorest pupils in Wales has had no major effect on performance. |
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10:34pm PDT |
Arson attack on house 'sectarian' |
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Summary: An arson attack in which a house in Ballymena was extensively destroyed is being treated as sectarian, say police. |
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Cnn.com |
10:18pm PDT |
Three arrested in killings; 2 face murder charges |
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Summary: Three arrests have been made in the killings of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, a sheriff's spokesman said Sunday. Two suspects face murder charges in an investigation that Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan says has becom |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
Obama's first Supreme Court pick faces hearing
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Summary: Reuters - President Barack Obama's pick to fill his first U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, Sonia Sotomayor, goes before a Senate hearing on Monday with most people betting she already has enough votes to win confirmation. |
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10:12pm PDT |
Japan's PM 'to call August vote' |
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Summary: Japan's PM Taro Aso is to call a general election for 30 August after poor local poll results in Tokyo, his office says. |
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Cnn.com |
9:40pm PDT |
Obama to join All-Star Game broadcast booth |
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Summary: Barack Obama will be adding baseball broadcaster to his résumé. SI.com learned Sunday that the President will join Fox Sports announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver during Tuesday's All-Star Game. Obama is expected to be in the booth sometime between the th |
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9:37pm PDT |
Manx teenager dies in Thai pool |
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Summary: A schoolboy from the Isle of Man has died on holiday in Thailand, after he was sucked into a swimming pool pumping system. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Teenager sucked into pool pump |
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Summary: A schoolboy from the Isle of Man has died on holiday in Thailand, after he was sucked into a swimming pool pumping system. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
Japan PM to call August 30 election: reports
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Summary: AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, fighting on after a key poll defeat, is to call a snap election for next month with his party's half-century of almost unbroken rule under threat, reports said. |
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9:11pm PDT |
Japan PM 'calls August election' |
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Summary: Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will call a general election for 30 August, say media reports. |
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9:08pm PDT |
Europe gas line deal to be signed |
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Summary: Five countries prepare to sign an agreement on the long-planned Nabucco gas pipeline, linking the Caspian Sea to Europe. |
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8:48pm PDT |
Body of man recovered from sea |
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Summary: Police divers find the body of an 18-year-old man who got into difficulties after going swimming in Port Talbot. |
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Cnn.com |
8:36pm PDT |
Two more arrested in killing of Florida couple |
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Summary: Authorities have made an arrest in the killings of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children, a sheriff's spokesman said Sunday.
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
2 held on murder charges in Fla. couple's slaying
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Summary: AP - Officials in the Florida Panhandle say they're holding two men on open murder charges in the slaying of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting children with developmental disabilities. |
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Cnn.com |
8:12pm PDT |
King: Confirmation a test for nervous Dems |
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Summary: The Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings for a seat on the Supreme Court will dominate the Washington stage this week, but just as important to this president's agenda will be the "Off Broadway" maneuverings in an increasingly murky health care reform de |
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7:59pm PDT |
Funds due for more primary places |
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Summary: The government is expected to announce extra funding to provide new primary school places in areas with shortages. |
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7:53pm PDT |
Fla. sheriff prepares to charge slaying suspect
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Summary: AP - Officials in the Florida Panhandle said late Sunday they were preparing to charge a suspect with open murder in the slaying of a wealthy Florida couple known for adopting children with developmental disabilities. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52pm PDT |
China's Hu endorsed Rio arrests, report says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's President Hu Jintao personally endorsed an investigation into global miner Rio Tinto that led to the detention of four of its China-based staff, a newspaper said on Monday, citing Chinese government sources. |
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BBC News |
7:34pm PDT |
Gun murder accused due in court |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering a shopkeeper who was shot six times in Greater Manchester, is due in court later. |
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BBC News |
7:33pm PDT |
UK Afghan mission support 'rises' |
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Summary: Public opinion is almost evenly divided over the UK Afghan mission but support is up since 2006, a new poll suggests. |
