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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Mood thaws at N Korea talks |
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Summary: North Korea and the US both make conciliatory remarks as fresh talks open on North Korea's nuclear programme. |
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Yahoo News |
11:59pm PDT |
Shuttle countdown sees fuel sensors perform well (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Space shuttle Discovery
cleared a critical countdown hurdle on Tuesday when a suspect
sensor performed well during fueling, clearing the way for the
first shuttle launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster. |
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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Lebanese ex-warlord is released |
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Summary: Lebanese Christian militia leader Samir Geagea is freed after serving 11 years in jail for civil war era crimes. |
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
US can keep Kyrgyzstan air base |
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Summary: Kyrgyzstan says the US can retain its airbase there, as long as it is needed for operations in Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Strong oil demand lifts BP profit |
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Summary: Oil giant BP unveils record first-half profits for 2005 on the back of soaring world demand for oil. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
BP profits from demand for oil |
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Summary: Oil giant BP unveils record first-half profits for 2005 on the back of soaring world demand for oil. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Police presence at 'feud' estate |
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Summary: Police and Army retain a presence in an east Belfast estate where occupants are forced out in a loyalist feud. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Divided Labor Movement Worries Democrats (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The AFL-CIO fracture is posing potential problems for Democratic leaders, who rely heavily on unions for money and volunteers. And it could play into the hands of Republicans seeking to extend their clout among one of the most traditionally Democrati |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
Some Roberts Documents Being Released (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The White House won't release documents that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts prepared while working in the solicitor general's office from 1989-1993, even if senators who will judge his nomination request them, a senior administration official sai |
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Cnn.com |
11:18pm PDT |
Natalee Holloway's mom announces $1M reward |
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Summary: The mother of Natalee Holloway on Monday announced a reward of $1 million for the safe return of her 18-year-old daughter, who disappeared in Aruba nearly two months ago. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
Space Shuttle Discovery Passes First Test (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A fuel sensor system on Discovery's external tank passed its first test early Tuesday as NASA began fueling the space shuttle for the first launch attempt since the doomed Columbia flight 2 1/2 years ago. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Job fears over council's budget |
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Summary: A council meets to discuss plans to make financial savings which could lead to job losses among its staff. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Boy injured in petrol tank blaze |
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Summary: A five-year-old boy is treated for burns after the petrol tank of a burning car explodes in Londonderry. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PDT |
Protest in Brazil after shooting |
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Summary: Relatives and friends of an innocent man shot by police on the Tube march in his hometown in Brazil demanding arrests. |
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Cnn.com |
10:13pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear talks resume |
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Summary: Diplomats from the United States, North Korea and four other Asia-region powers sat down together in the Chinese capital Tuesday for a fresh round of talks aimed at getting North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Beijing venue for N.Korea talks shrouded in secrecy (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - It has seen endless intrigue and secret
meetings where scheming mandarins plotted palace coups. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
U.S. Pushes Anti-Terrorism in Africa (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - N'DJAMENA, Chad -- The U.S. military is embarking on a long-term push into Africa to counter what it considers growing inroads by al Qaeda and other terrorist networks in poor, lawless and predominantly Muslim expanses of the continen |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Four Scout Leaders Die in Va. Accident (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - FORT A.P. HILL, Va., July 25 -- Four adult Scout leaders from Alaska were killed Monday afternoon at the Boy Scout Jamboree in an electrical accident that apparently occurred when a pole from a tent they were setting up struck an over |
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9:55pm PDT |
Report: Iraq Police Need Better Screening (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Iraq's police force has suffered from inadequate recruiting and screening of candidates, apparently even allowing some insurgents to join, a U.S. report said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
N.Korea crisis talks resume with hope for progress (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Six-party talks aimed at ending the
crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions resumed on Tuesday
after a one-year hiatus with positive signals from both
Washington and Pyongyang raising hopes for progress. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Kelly planning catch-up lessons |
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Summary: The education secretary announces extra help to stop poorer children from falling behind in school. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Poor pupils do worse, says Kelly |
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Summary: The education secretary is to announce more help for England's poorest children so they do better at school. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Microsoft Begins New Piracy Restrictions (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. has kicked off a new program aimed at severely curtailing the ways people using pirated copies of its Windows operating system can get software updates. |
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BBC News |
9:12pm PDT |
Rumsfeld in talks on US air bases |
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Summary: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Central Asia to discuss the future of US air bases in the region. |
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Cnn.com |
9:03pm PDT |
Tropical storm bears down on Tokyo |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:57pm PDT |
Bomb bid manhunt centres on flats |
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Summary: The hunt for four men behind the failed London bomb attacks last Thursday is focusing on a block of council flats. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PDT |
Insurgents 'joining Iraqi police' |
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Summary: The Iraqi police force is recruiting insurgents and former criminals, the US Pentagon says in a report. |
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Yahoo News |
8:18pm PDT |
Courtney Love, David Grohl Still Feuding (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Though some have labeled David Grohl of the Foo Fighters the "nicest guy in rock," Courtney Love would beg to differ. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Devil Rays Top Red Sox for 4th Win in Row (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays matched their longest winning streak of the season with their fourth straight victory, beating Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday night on Aubrey Huff's two-out RBI double in the 10th inning. |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PDT |
Accident kills 4 Boy Scout leaders at Jamboree |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
