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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Islamists killed in Lebanon clash |
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Summary: Twenty Islamist militants are killed by Lebanese troops as they tried to flee a besieged refugee camp, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
North Korea tour guide has own recipe for detente
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - As U.S. and North Korean envoys meet
in Geneva to try to push forward a disarmament plan, halfway
around the world a resident of the North's isolated capital has
her own ideas on resolving tensions. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
Second British general bashes US strategy in Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The British backlash over the US handling of post-invasion Iraq grew Sunday as another military commander blasted Washington's "fatally flawed" policy. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Freed S Korean hostages 'sorry' |
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Summary: Nineteen S Koreans held by the Taleban arrive home to tearful family reunions, and apologise for causing trouble. |
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10:02pm PDT |
Hurricane Felix to hit Caribbean |
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Summary: Eastern Caribbean islands brace for Hurricane Felix, as a tropical storm causes fatal landslides in Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
World's best whiskers vie for honors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One contestant had a mustache twisted into the shape of London's Tower Bridge; others sported bushy beards that would make Grizzly Adams envious. In the end, Beard Team USA nabbed four of the top honors — by a whisker — at the World Beard a |
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9:47pm PDT |
Social security scandal angers Japanese
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Thousands of crimes by under-10s |
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Summary: Almost 3,000 crimes were committed last year with suspects too young to be prosecuted, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PDT |
Keep failing pupils back - Tories |
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Summary: Failing students could repeat the last year of primary school, Tory leader David Cameron proposes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:42pm PDT |
Sci-fi throngs boldly go ... to Atlanta
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Allen Hansard did not want to be one of 500 Supermen at this year's DragonCon parade. Determined to stand out among hundreds of sorcerers, intergalactic soldiers, superheroes and other sci-fi characters, Hansard spent weeks on his Hawkman costume. Th |
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Yahoo News |
8:40pm PDT |
Freed Taliban captives return to SKorea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban insurgents after six weeks in captivity returned home to tearful embraces from loved ones Sunday, expressing sorrow for two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and apologizing to the nation. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
Ex-hostages say they were given gift of life
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nineteen South Korean former hostages who spent six weeks under threat of death from Afghanistan's Taliban arrived home Sunday, saying they felt as if they had died and then got their lives back. |
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8:21pm PDT |
Call to ban molester's book |
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Summary: A woman urges a firm to stop handling a music book written by the man who sexually assaulted her. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Apologetic South Korean hostages return home
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nineteen South Korean
Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on
Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death. |
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Yahoo News |
7:55pm PDT |
Church groups give key aid to Miss. town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52pm PDT |
Red Sox rookie Buchholz no-hits Orioles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The call-up came up with all zeros. Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after the Boston Red Sox promoted him from the minors Saturday night. The 23-year-old righty became the first Red Sox rookie to throw one |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Threatening Idaho fire nearly surrounded
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of expensive homes and once threatened the Sun Valley ski area was expected to be fully contained Monday, a fire manager said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
APEC meetings start in Sydney
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Asia Pacific officials began their annual meetings here Sunday under a tight security clampdown to discuss a wide range of issues from breaking down trade barriers to climate change. |
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BBC News |
7:35pm PDT |
Community vigil tribute for Rhys |
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Summary: Thousands are expected to join Rhys Jones' family at a community vigil to mark the youngster's life. |
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Cnn.com |
7:23pm PDT |
Red Sox rookie throws no-hitter |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:01pm PDT |
'No remaining hope' for Utah miners |
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Summary: There is "no remaining hope" of finding six men trapped for almost a month in a Utah coal mine alive, a federal official said Saturday.
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BBC News |
6:51pm PDT |
Tennis: Murray loses out to Lee |
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Summary: Britain's Andy Murray suffers a disappointing 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 loss to Hyung-Taik Lee in the third round of the US Open. |
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BBC News |
6:51pm PDT |
Below-par Murray loses out to Lee |
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Summary: Britain's Andy Murray suffers a disappointing 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 defeat to Hyung-Taik Lee in the third round of the US Open. |
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Cnn.com |
6:49pm PDT |
Felix grows into hurricane |
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Summary: Felix strengthened into a hurricane over the Caribbean on Saturday, setting its sights on Aruba and prompting Jamaica to issue a tropical storm watch. Earlier in Grenada, Felix damaged a concert venue and ripped roofs off at least two homes, The Associate |
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Yahoo News |
6:20pm PDT |
South Korean hostages return home from Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nineteen South Korean
Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan
for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on
Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release. |
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BBC News |
6:18pm PDT |
Pope leads eco-friendly festival |
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Summary: The Vatican names Sunday "Save Creation Day" as the Pope joins Roman Catholics for an eco-friendly festival. |
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BBC News |
6:18pm PDT |
Caracas frees Colombian plotters |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela pardons and frees 27 Colombians convicted for plotting against him. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56pm PDT |
2 Venice films look at Iraq war horrors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two Hollywood films that take up the politics of the Iraq war grew out of the conviction that the American public was not getting the full picture of the violence. |
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BBC News |
5:39pm PDT |
Glasgow set for record road race |
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Summary: Thousands of runners of all ages and abilities take to the streets of Glasgow for the Great Scottish Run. |
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BBC News |
5:39pm PDT |
City set for 'biggest' road race |
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Summary: Thousands of runners of all ages and abilities take to the streets of Glasgow for the Great Scottish Run. |
