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Cnn.com |
11:52pm PDT |
Next PM backs Japan's role in terror war |
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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
Fukuda wins poll, likely next PM
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The moderate veteran politician Yasuo Fukuda easily won election as president of Japan's struggling ruling party on Sunday, assuring his selection as the new prime minister in a parliamentary vote later this week. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Japan's ruling party names Fukuda as PM
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday chose Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate veteran lawmaker, as prime minister to replace conservative Shinzo Abe, a party official said. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Fukuda set to be new Japan PM |
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Summary: Japan's Liberal Democratic Party picks Yasuo Fukuda as leader and likely replacement for Shinzo Abe as PM. |
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PDT |
Ruling party picks Fukuda to lead Japan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked
Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to
succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive
party fortunes and fill a political vacuum. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Missing vessel located off Orkney |
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Summary: A Polish yacht which went missing on its way to Aberdeen carrying seven crew is found off Orkney. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PDT |
Red Sox top Rays to clinch playoff spot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, rallying on ninth-inning home runs by Jason Varitek and Julio Lugo to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6 Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Japan's ruling party poised to pick Fukuda for PM
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday
to pick Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian
neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort
to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum. |
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BBC News |
10:11pm PDT |
Further bluetongue tests at farm |
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Summary: Further tests are being carried out at a Suffolk farm hit by the UK's first case of bluetongue disease. |
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BBC News |
10:05pm PDT |
Japan's lawmakers begin PM vote |
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Summary: Japan's ruling party is electing a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM. |
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Yahoo News |
9:48pm PDT |
Emboldened Myanmar monks challenge junta rule
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Emboldened after a march to see Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist monks have vowed fresh protests in the biggest challenge to the junta's rule in nearly two decades. |
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BBC News |
9:33pm PDT |
Merkel-Dalai Lama talks anger China |
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Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel angers China with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama in Berlin. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Bulldogs stun Alabama in overtime win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mikey Henderson caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford in overtime to lift No. 22 Georgia to a 26-23 victory over No. 16 Alabama on Saturday night. |
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BBC News |
8:51pm PDT |
Woman accused of police murder |
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Summary: A woman is charged with the murder of an off-duty MoD police constable who was stabbed to death. |
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BBC News |
8:51pm PDT |
Woman accused of policeman murder |
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Summary: A woman is charged with the murder of an off-duty MoD police constable who was stabbed to death. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
Australia targets workshy surfers |
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Summary: The Australian government is cracking down on welfare recipients in coastal areas where unemployment is high. |
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BBC News |
8:15pm PDT |
Speeders face more points |
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Summary: Motorists who fail to declare who was behind the wheel when a speeding offence was committed face stiffer penalties from Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PDT |
Israel thwarts suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli police seized an explosive
belt that was intended to be used in a Tel Aviv suicide bomb
attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a police spokesman
said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
UN hopes to broaden Iraq role |
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Summary: The UN is ready to broaden its role in support of Iraq, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says at key talks. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
UN hopes to broaden role on Iraq |
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Summary: The UN is ready to broaden its role in support of Iraq, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says at key talks. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47pm PDT |
U.N. considers a greater Iraq presence |
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Summary: Bolstered by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's assurances that there's been "substantial improvement" in security and stability in Iraq, the United Nations is considering boosting its presence in the country.
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BBC News |
7:05pm PDT |
Millionaire funding McCanns |
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Summary: A millionaire businessman says he is using his money to help Kate and Gerry McCann fight the allegations they face. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PDT |
Del. State students describe tension
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tension between rival groups of friends from New Jersey and Washington, D.C., preceded the late-night shooting at Delaware State University that wounded two people, students said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Fujimori back in Peru to face trial
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Seven years after fleeing Peru, former president Alberto Fujimori was back in Lima Saturday to face trial on charges of corruption and responsibility in death squad massacres during his rule. |
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BBC News |
6:46pm PDT |
Germany 'drops CIA extradition' |
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Summary: Germany will not seek extradition of suspected CIA agents in an alleged kidnapping case, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:42pm PDT |
Japan ruling party poised to pick Fukuda for PM
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan's ruling party was poised on Sunday
to pick Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian
neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort
to revive party fortunes and fill a political vacuum. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PDT |
First UK case of Bluetongue disease found
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A laboratory has found the Bluetongue
virus in a cow in eastern England, the agriculture ministry
said on Saturday, the first case in Britain and a fresh setback
for the country's farming industry. |
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Yahoo News |
6:03pm PDT |
FBI probes anti-Jena 6 Web page
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and "essentially called for their lynching," an agency spokeswoman said Saturday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:02pm PDT |
Police: Campus shooting not gang-related |
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Summary: The Delaware State University campus reopened Saturday for limited student activities after being locked down after a shooting Friday, university officials said. Meanwhile, police downplayed the possibility that gang warfare could have played a role in th |
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BBC News |
5:58pm PDT |
Ivory Coast ex-head in rare rally |
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Summary: Ivory Coast's ex-President Bedie - who was deposed in a 1999 coup - has held a rare political rally outside the capital. |
