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Cnn.com |
10:09pm PST |
Games over: Olympics end in circus |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
9:39pm PST |
Microsoft Plans New Windows Products
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Summary: AP - The most common consumer version of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows operating system will include tools for things like recording and watching television, along with other functions aimed at using the PC for entertainment purposes. |
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BBC News |
4:46pm PST |
Drugs arrest for George Michael |
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Summary: George Michael is arrested in London on suspicion of possessing drugs. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PST |
Bush appeal wanes for some Republican faithful
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Robert Dukes, a Baptist
preacher who calls New Orleans "sin city" and believes gay
rights are the biggest threat to America, is questioning his
faith in President George W. Bush. |
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Yahoo News |
7:39am PST |
Aide: Bush Supports Delay of Ports Deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush supports efforts to delay a United Arab Emirates company's plan to take over major operations at six U.S. ports as long as it does not derail the deal, an aide said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
7:37am PST |
Depot robbers left behind £1.3m |
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Summary: The gang which stole up to £50m from a Securitas depot left £1.3m in an abandoned van, say police. |
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BBC News |
7:32am PST |
Iraq leaders see hope of progess |
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Summary: Political and militia leaders in Iraq say they have made progess in easing sectarian tensions. |
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BBC News |
7:28am PST |
Philippines marine head removed |
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Summary: The man who commands the Philippines marines is removed from his post, prompting a stand-off. |
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BBC News |
7:27am PST |
Jowell facing conduct questions |
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Summary: The Tories call for an inquiry into whether the culture secretary breached the ministerial code in relation to her husband's financial affairs. |
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Yahoo News |
7:24am PST |
Dubai Ports ready to wait for security review
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dubai Ports is ready to wait for a
security review before taking control of six U.S. ports to
allay fears that have unleashed a political storm in the United
States, a source close to the firm said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22am PST |
Iran says it agrees basic nuclear deal with Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has reached a "basic"
agreement with Russia on jointly enriching uranium, officials
said on Sunday -- but there was no immediate sign that it would
suspend home-grown enrichment to allay fears that it is
developing nuclear wea |
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BBC News |
7:21am PST |
Darling takes a swipe at Lib Dems |
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Summary: Scottish Secretary Alasdair Darling closes the Labour conference with an attack on its coalition partners. |
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BBC News |
7:17am PST |
Archer 'may vote in Lords again' |
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Summary: Disgraced peer Lord Archer says he could be tempted back to Westminster if there was a prison reform debate. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PST |
Philipppine Marines holed up inside camp agree to stand down: official
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Summary: AFP - A Marine colonel who holed up at a military camp with a small group of armed followers after being implicated in a Philippine coup plot has agreed to stand down, his superior said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PST |
Six killed and 38 wounded in Baghdad mortar attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six people were killed and 38 wounded
in a mortar attack on a southern Baghdad neighborhood on
Sunday, police and hospital sources said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PST |
Philippine Marine Officers End Standoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A challenge to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's state of emergency ended peacefully Sunday night after disgruntled marine officers ended a five-hour standoff that started when their commander was relieved of duties. |
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BBC News |
7:00am PST |
Rehab offer to drug troops |
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Summary: Armed Forces personnel may be offered rehabilitation rather than dismissal for drug offences, the MOD says. |
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Cnn.com |
6:59am PST |
Renewed violence rocks Iraq |
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Summary: A string of violent attacks rocked Iraq today despite calls from Iraqi and U.S. leaders to end sectarian bloodshed that was triggered last week by the destruction of one of the holiest Shiite sites in the country. In the southern city of Basra, an explosi |
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Yahoo News |
6:45am PST |
Afghan Inmates Riot, Take Over Prison Wing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of inmates, including convicted al-Qaida and Taliban militants, waving knives and wielding clubs made from furniture overpowered guards and took control of parts of a high-security prison in Afghanistan's capital, officials said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
6:09am PST |
Football: Liverpool beat Man City |
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Summary: Harry Kewell's first-half goal is enough to sink Manchester City. |
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Cnn.com |
6:08am PST |
Reports: Progress in Iran, Russia talks |
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Summary: Russia and Iran reported progress Sunday on a Russian proposal for a joint uranium enrichment program, according to Russian news agencies. |
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Yahoo News |
6:02am PST |
2 U.S. GIs Among 7 Dead in Iraq Violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bomb blasts and gunfire killed at least seven people, including two U.S. soldiers, in Baghdad and to the south Sunday as an extraordinary daylight curfew was lifted in three provinces following the bombing of a Shiite shrine and a wave of retribution |
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Yahoo News |
5:53am PST |
Germany, U.S. Finish 1-2 in Medal Count
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Germany and the United States again won the most medals at a share-the-wealth Turin Olympics that featured more countries winning medals and more in double figures than ever before. Canada and Austria, among others, had their best all-time showing. |
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BBC News |
5:50am PST |
Live updates - Carling Cup final |
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Summary: Man Utd do battle with Wigan in the final of the Carling Cup at the Millennium Stadium. |
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BBC News |
5:47am PST |
Afghanistan prison riot spreads |
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Summary: More prisoners join an uprising at a notorious Kabul high-security jail as the death toll reportedly rises to seven. |
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Yahoo News |
5:45am PST |
Somali president appeals for unity as parliament meets at home
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed appealed for unity as the transitional parliament opened its first session on home soil since relocating from exile last year. |
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Yahoo News |
5:43am PST |
Abortion measure could mean big legal battle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Restrictions on abortion that would be
the most severe since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized the
practice 33 years ago are likely to turn South Dakota into an
expensive legal battleground should they become law. |
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BBC News |
5:31am PST |
High Court bid to block P&O deal |
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Summary: A US company seeks to block the controversial £3.9bn takeover of shipping giant P&O in the English High Court. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PST |
French pledge for disease island |
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Summary: French PM Dominique de Villepin offers a package of aid to help its Reunion island fight a crippling epidemic. |
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Yahoo News |
4:57am PST |
Conn. Man Sells Holy Hardware on eBay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thomas Haley was unloading supplies for his job at Hardy's Hardware when he said something odd caught his eye: the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal. |
