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BBC News |
11:52pm PST |
Cricket: Kallis leads SA fightback |
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Summary: South Africa reach 230-3 on day one of the Sydney Test against Australia, with Jacques Kallis 80 not out. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PST |
Starbucks wins Chinese logo case |
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Summary: A Chinese firm is found guilty of violating Starbucks' trademark by using a similar name and logo. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Ivorian military base 'attacked' |
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Summary: A major military base in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan has come under attack, reports say. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PST |
Beach hut pair's wait nearly over |
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Summary: A Dorset couple who have queued for four nights to secure a beach hut lease find out if they they have been successful. |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PST |
U.N. Seeks Interview With Syrian President (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The U.N. commission investigating the assassination of a prominent Lebanese politician has asked to interview Syria's president and foreign minister. |
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Cnn.com |
11:23pm PST |
U.N. seeks interview with Syria's Assad |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PST |
Bucs, Steelers, Redskins Head to Playoffs (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The last time Joe Gibbs coached a playoff game for Washington, Bill Cowher was a rookie coach in Pittsburgh and Jon Gruden was just starting out as a receivers coach in Green Bay. All three guided their teams into the postseason Sunday, claiming the |
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Yahoo News |
10:58pm PST |
Rain, snow disrupt Pakistan quake relief (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan has forecast more rain and snow in quake-affected areas, where bad weather has disrupted emergency assistance and made life even tougher for survivors huddled in tents. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PST |
S Korea leader reshuffles cabinet |
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Summary: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun appoints new ministers ahead of local elections later this year. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PST |
41 Beached Whales Shot in New Zealand (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Wildlife officers shot 41 pilot whales that beached on New Zealand's South Island, the Department of Conservation said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PST |
Second Major Storm Washes Across Calif. (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The second major storm in two days washed across Northern California on Sunday, prolonging the threat of flooding as residents began cleaning up the mud and debris left behind by the first wave of floodwater. |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PST |
Holiday shopping frenzy subsides |
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Summary: Despite frenetic Boxing Day business, shopper numbers between Christmas and New Year are lower than last year. |
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Cnn.com |
10:10pm PST |
Ukraine leader: Russia's gas shutoff 'unacceptable' |
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Summary: Russia's state-owned natural gas monopoly Gazprom suspended the flow of natural gas to Ukraine over a pricing dispute Sunday, a move the Ukrainian president decried as "unacceptable." |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PST |
Inmates Skip Lunch to Feed Fellow Kenyans (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of prisoners skipped lunch Sunday to send food to fellow Kenyans affected by food shortages, a senior prison official said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:07pm PST |
Haitian government confirms elections postponed (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Haiti's interim government has confirmed general elections scheduled for January 8 will be postponed again, and did not immediately set a new date for the vote. |
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BBC News |
9:53pm PST |
Many 'unaware' of new NHS choice |
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Summary: Many in England do not know they now have more choice over where they get NHS treatment, a study shows. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PST |
Football: Owen to undergo op |
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Summary: England and Newcastle striker Michael Owen says he will be having surgery to pin the broken bone in his right foot. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59pm PST |
Wildfires force evacuations in Oklahoma City (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Wildfires fueled by high
temperatures and strong winds damaged several homes around
Oklahoma City on Sunday and forced 15 to 20 families to
evacuate as the flames neared their houses, officials said. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PST |
Australian fires destroy homes |
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Summary: Bushfires destroy more than a dozen homes in south-eastern Australia, and threaten hundreds more. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PST |
Australian fires continue to rage |
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Summary: Bushfires destroy more than a dozen homes in south-eastern Australia, and threaten hundreds more. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PST |
Fires Ravage Oklahoma City, Texas Towns (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Grassfires raged across the dry southern prairie Sunday, burning homes in Oklahoma City, destroying two small towns in Texas, and creating patchworks of flames as burning embers were blown by winds gusting up 50 mph. |
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Cnn.com |
8:07pm PST |
Teen who went to Baghdad returns home |
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Summary: The Florida teen who made a December trip to Baghdad without telling his family was to return home Sunday night, his relatives told CNN. |
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BBC News |
8:04pm PST |
10-year transport pledge 'broken' |
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Summary: A long-term plan to improve the UK's transport network has barely begun after five years, say the Conservatives. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32pm PST |
Tice, Capers Are First Coaching Casualties (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Mike Tice couldn't stop the off-the-field embarrassments from piling up in Minnesota. Dom Capers couldn't stop the terrible losses from dragging down Houston. |
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Cnn.com |
7:23pm PST |
Heavy rain washes across California |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
7:19pm PST |
Plan for disasters, firms urged |
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Summary: Employers' organisation, the CBI, warns businesses they need to improve plans to deal with emergencies. |
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BBC News |
7:19pm PST |
Plan for disasters, firms urged |
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Summary: Employers' organisation, the CBI, warns businesses they need to improve plans to deal with emergencies. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10pm PST |
Bush defends NSA spying program |
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Summary: President Bush on Sunday defended his administration's use of wiretaps on U.S. citizens without a court order, saying comments he made in 2004 that "nothing has changed" in the use of wiretaps were not misleading. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PST |
Bush Calls Domestic Spy Program 'Limited' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush strongly defended his domestic spying program on Sunday, calling it legal as well as vital to thwarting terrorist attacks, and contended the leak making it public had caused "great harm to the nation." |
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PST |
2nd Storm Prompts California Evacuations (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The second major storm in two days washed across Northern California on Sunday, prolonging the threat of flooding as residents tried to clean up thick layers of mud and debris left behind as the first wave of floodwater receded. |
