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Cnn.com |
11:54pm PDT |
Bahrain's top envoy wounded in Baghdad |
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Summary: Gunmen in a pickup truck opened fire on the car of Bahrain's top diplomat Tuesday morning in a western Baghdad neighborhood, police said. |
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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
Koizumi wins postal reform vote |
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Summary: Japan's PM Junichiro Koizumi wins a key lower house vote to privatise the country's huge postal system. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
Two U.S. soldiers found dead in Afghanistan - paper (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers who went missing in
eastern Afghanistan a week ago have been found dead, the New
York Times reported on Tuesday, but a U.S. military spokesman
in Kabul said he was unable to confirm the report. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Rape boy 'should serve 15 years' |
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Summary: A 16-year-old boy who raped a teacher should stay in detention for a minimum of 15 years, a campaign group urges. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Aruba Investigation Centers on Dutch Teen (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The investigation into what happened to a U.S. teen who vanished more than five weeks ago is focusing on a Dutch minor after a judge ruled police could detain him an additional 60 days but ordered the release of two Surinamese brothers. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
Gunmen wound Bahrain's envoy in Baghdad -police (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Bahrain's envoy in Iraq was shot and
slightly wounded by gunmen who opened fire on his car in
Baghdad on Tuesday, the second attack on a senior Arab diplomat
in the city in three days, police and hospital sources said. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Sanyo to cut 14,000 jobs |
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Summary: Japanese electronics maker Sanyo is to cut 15% of its workforce over the next three years and diversify into eco-friendly products. |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
Gunmen killed at Indian holy site |
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Summary: Police kill militants who stormed the disputed religious complex in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya. |
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Yahoo News |
11:18pm PDT |
Bush Leaves on Fourth European Trip (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush begins his fourth trip to Europe this year in Denmark, dining with royalty and saying thanks to a wartime ally. He ends his visit in Scotland, where rich nations are being asked to do more to ease poverty in Africa. |
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11:10pm PDT |
Sunni Group Urges Election Participation (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A Sunni Arab group called on Sunnis to take part in future elections on Monday and a leading Sunni hardline cleric condemned kidnappings, as police searched for a top Egyptian diplomat seized over the weekend. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Jobs threat firm put up for sale |
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Summary: Furniture firm Christie Tyler, which has five sites in south Wales, goes on sale, with hundreds of jobs in the balance. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48pm PDT |
Bush Drops a Few Clues About Candidate (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush has had more than four years to think about what he wants in a Supreme Court justice and he has revealed a few clues about his ideal candidate and how he'll make the selection. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Two petrol bombs thrown at houses |
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Summary: Two petrol bombs are thrown at houses in south Belfast, causing minor damage to the buildings. |
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Cnn.com |
10:38pm PDT |
Comet collision grabs public's attention |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Strong earthquake rocks Sumatra |
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Summary: An underwater earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale has rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
Crosses Removed From Berlin Memorial (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Workers on Tuesday began removing a field of crosses at Berlin's former Checkpoint Charlie after a privately run museum lost a court battle to keep the memorial to people killed at the East German border during the Cold War. |
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BBC News |
10:22pm PDT |
Gunmen raid Indian religious site |
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Summary: Militants clash with police in India's disputed religious complex of Ayodhya, with at least one reported death. |
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BBC News |
10:22pm PDT |
Sasser worm suspect goes on trial |
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Summary: The trial begins on Tuesday of the German teenager charged with creating the Sasser worm. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PDT |
Brothers released in Aruba missing teen case |
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Summary: A judge has ordered the release of two of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, court officials announced Monday. But the judge ordered suspect Joran Van Der Sloot should be held for another 60 days while police con |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Gunmen wound Bahrain's envoy in Baghdad - police (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Bahrain's envoy in Iraq was shot and
slightly wounded by gunmen who opened fire on his car in
Baghdad on Tuesday, the second attack on a senior Arab diplomat
in the city in three days, police and hospital sources said. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PDT |
G8 heads and protesters get ready |
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Summary: US President George W Bush plays down expectations ahead of this week's G8 summit in Scotland this week. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
China Tells Congress To Back Off Businesses (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - SHANGHAI, July 4 -- The Chinese government on Monday sharply criticized the United States for threatening to erect barriers aimed at preventing the attempted takeover of the American oil company Unocal Corp. by one of China's three la |
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9:58pm PDT |
Siege drags on after officer shot |
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Summary: An armed siege at a house continues after an office was shot and seriously injured as he tried to make an arrest. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
ChiSox Hand Devil Rays 6th Straight Loss (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Jermaine Dye matched a career high by driving in six runs with a grand slam and a single, and the Chicago White Sox beat Tampa Bay 10-8 Monday night to hand the Devil Rays their sixth straight loss. |
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BBC News |
9:31pm PDT |
Scores face court after clashes |
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Summary: Nearly 100 people will appear in court following clashes with police in the centre of Edinburgh. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PDT |
Kyrgyzstan to halt repatriations |
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Summary: Kyrgyzstan drops plans to deport hundreds of refugees who fled Uzbekistan after unrest in May. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Mexico believes it captured drug cartel leader (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Mexico believes it may have
captured Vicente Carrillo, boss of the powerful Juarez drug
cartel, in what would be a major victory in a war on drug gangs
responsible for an explosion of violence on the U.S. border. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
2 Navy SEALS Found Dead in Afghanistan (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two Navy SEALS missing in Afghanistan have been found dead, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday night. Another SEAL was rescued on Saturday, and the fate of a fourth SEAL was unknown. The official who confirmed the recovery of the two bodies s |
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Yahoo News |
8:32pm PDT |
Two Navy SEALS Found Dead in Afghanistan (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two Navy SEALS missing in Afghanistan have been found dead, a senior U.S. defense official said Monday night. |
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BBC News |
8:29pm PDT |
Blair's Olympic 2012 plea |
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Summary: British Prime Minister Tony Blair says a London Olympics would provide a sporting legacy for generations. |
