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11:52pm PDT |
Kuwait begins identifying wedding fire victims
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Summary: AP - Kuwaiti authorities are running DNA tests to identify the 41 women and children killed in a wedding tent fire. |
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11:51pm PDT |
Man who swam to Suu Kyi's handed over in Myanmar
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Summary: AP - A U.S. man sentenced to seven years in jail for sneaking into the home of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was handed over to an American consular official on Sunday to be flown out of the country. |
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Cnn.com |
11:43pm PDT |
Myanmar hands American to U.S. officials |
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Summary: John Yettaw, who had been sentenced to seven years of hard labor for swimming to the house of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was handed over to U.S. Embassy officials in Myanmar on Sunday, an information ministry official said.
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11:37pm PDT |
Myanmar's Suu Kyi still detained but American freed
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained under house arrest on Sunday but American John Yettaw, whose swim to her home in May led to her detention, was due to head home after a U.S. senator secured his freedom. |
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11:32pm PDT |
Iran puts more post-vote detainees on trial
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Summary: Reuters - Iran began its third mass trial on Sunday of people accused of fomenting the unrest that erupted after the disputed June presidential election, Iranian media reported. |
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11:30pm PDT |
Kuwait begin identifying wedding fire victims
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Summary: AP - Kuwaiti authorities are running DNA tests to identify the 41 women and children killed in a wedding tent fire. |
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11:26pm PDT |
Suu Kyi 'guest' freed from jail |
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Summary: The US man jailed over a visit to Burma's pro-democracy leader is handed to US embassy officials ahead of deportation. |
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11:06pm PDT |
Myanmar hands over US man in Suu Kyi case
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Summary: AFP - A US citizen jailed for swimming to the house of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was set to fly out of the army-ruled nation Sunday with a visiting American senator who secured his release. |
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10:58pm PDT |
Deaths take UK Afghan toll to 201 |
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Summary: Two British soldiers die after explosions in Afghanistan, taking the number of UK troops killed since 2001 to 201. |
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10:37pm PDT |
Taiwan typhoon response boost, US, China offer aid
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Summary: AFP - More than 140,000 troops battled Sunday to reach survivors stranded a week after Typhoon Morakot struck as the United States and China offered helicopters to help in the rescue effort. |
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10:29pm PDT |
Iran puts more post-vote detainees on trial: agency
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Summary: Reuters - Iran put more people on trial on Sunday for their involvement in the unrest that erupted after the country's disputed June presidential election, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. |
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10:27pm PDT |
As farmers age, plans match aspirants with pros
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Summary: AP - He quit his job and drove his wife and their four young daughters across country, a 21st-century pioneer lured to these faraway farm fields by the promise of a life-changing deal with an older stranger. |
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10:17pm PDT |
Madonna has birthday in Poland amid protests
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Summary: AP - Polish fans joined together in song to wish Madonna a happy birthday at a concert in Warsaw Saturday evening — just hours before she turned 51. |
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10:02pm PDT |
Britain suffers 200th death in Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - A British soldier wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan died Saturday, the defense ministry said, bringing the country's military death toll there to 200. |
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9:18pm PDT |
Call to limit taxi drivers' hours |
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Summary: Road safety charity Brake calls on the government to limit the number of hours taxi drivers can work before they take a break. |
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9:03pm PDT |
North Korea makes nuclear threat over military drills
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea denounced upcoming joint South Korean and U.S. military drills and said it would "wipe out" the countries with nuclear weapons if they threatened the communist state, its KCNA news agency said on Sunday. |
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8:57pm PDT |
US man's Burma departure awaited |
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Summary: Burma is expected shortly to deport the US man whose visit to opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi led to her trial. |
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8:57pm PDT |
Storms Ana, Bill race west; hurricane expected
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Summary: Reuters - Tropical Storms Ana and Bill, the first named storms of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, were racing westward with gale force winds, and Bill was expected to develop into a hurricane in the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said. |
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8:48pm PDT |
Darling vow on City bonus rules |
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Summary: The government is ready to tighten laws on City bonuses to stop bankers taking excessive risks, the chancellor says. |
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8:36pm PDT |
US man in Suu Kyi case to fly out of Myanmar
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Summary: AFP - A US citizen jailed for swimming to the house of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was set to fly out of the army-ruled nation Sunday with a visiting American senator who secured his release. |
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Cnn.com |
8:08pm PDT |
Obama gets emotional about 'death panels' |
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Summary: President Obama criticized opponents of health care overhaul at a town hall meeting Saturday, taking to task members of Congress who he said reduce the debate to scare tactics and mischaracterizations.
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Cnn.com |
8:08pm PDT |
Obama gets personal in health care debate |
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Summary: President Obama criticized opponents of health care overhaul at a town hall meeting Saturday, taking to task members of Congress who he said reduce the debate to scare tactics and mischaracterizations.
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Cnn.com |
8:08pm PDT |
Obama slams 'dishonest' health care debate |
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Summary: President Obama criticized opponents of health care overhaul at a town hall meeting Saturday, taking to task members of Congress who he said reduce the debate to scare tactics and mischaracterizations.
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Cnn.com |
8:08pm PDT |
Obama gets personal on health care |
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Summary: In an unexpectedly personal moment, President Obama at a town hall meeting Saturday invoked the death of his grandmother as he took to task critics of overhauling health care. "I know what it's like to watch somebody you love, who's aging, deteriorate, an |
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Cnn.com |
7:18pm PDT |
2 tropical storms form in Atlantic |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Ana, which formed overnight, is expected to slowly strengthen as it heads west toward the Leeward Islands, forecasters said Saturday.
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6:50pm PDT |
Obama defends healthcare plans, criticizes insurers
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health insurance companies on Saturday, promising reforms that would prevent firms from capping coverage or charging "outrageous" fees. |
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Cnn.com |
6:38pm PDT |
No 'silver bullet' to fixing health care, Obama says |
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Summary: "There is no perfect, painless silver bullet out there that solves everyone's problem, that gives everyone perfect health care for free," Obama said at a town hall meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado. But the system needs to change to avoid "a world of hu |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor
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Summary: AP - The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong. |
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Yahoo News |
6:28pm PDT |
Tiger claws out a 2-shot lead at the PGA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The coronation of Tiger Woods turned into a contest Saturday at the PGA Championship. |
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6:17pm PDT |
Obama invokes grandmother's death in health debate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Now, it's personal. President Barack Obama invoked his own anguish over the death of a loved one as he challenged the debunked notion that Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care would include "death panels." |
