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Yahoo News |
11:52pm PDT |
Ukraine's "Orange" allies upbeat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Supporters of Ukraine's Western-leaning
parliamentary opposition claimed victory on Monday over allies
of the prime minister in a tight election certain to trigger
lengthy coalition negotiations. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PDT |
Ecuador's Correa set for strong mandate after vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa
appeared set to emerge with a strong mandate to dissolve
Congress and approve sweeping reforms after claiming a majority
in Sunday's vote for an assembly to rewrite the constitution. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
U.S. and Kyrgzstan sign pact to combat nuclear smuggling
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and Kyrgyzstan
signed an agreement on Sunday to prevent nuclear material from
being smuggled through the Central Asian nation. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PDT |
Player power cost Jenkins - Evans |
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Summary: Ex-Wales captain Ieuan Evans says headstrong players and WRU weakness contributed to Gareth Jenkins' downfall. |
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11:17pm PDT |
Zero-carbon homes get tax relief |
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Summary: Buyers of new zero carbon homes now qualify for tax relief on stamp duty, under a government change. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Barrage power plan awaits report |
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Summary: Plans for a barrage to generate 5% of the UK's electricity may move a step closer as a tidal power report is published. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Barrage power plan report awaited |
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Summary: Plans for a barrage to generate 5% of the UK's electricity may move a step closer as a major tidal power report is published. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Barrage plan 'wrong for estuary' |
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Summary: As a report is due on the sustainability of a Severn barrage, environmental groups say it is a bad idea. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
Police deny 'heavy handed' claims |
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Summary: Police reject claims by Sinn Fein that its officers were heavy handed during rioting in Londonderry. |
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Yahoo News |
11:03pm PDT |
UBS to write off $3.4 billion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - UBS AG , the world's largest
wealth manager, unveiled $3.4 billion in losses, swept out
senior managers and slashed jobs in one of the biggest
casualties yet worldwide from the credit crunch. |
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Yahoo News |
10:57pm PDT |
Mets headed home after historic collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The collapse is complete. When the New York Mets needed a big game, Tom Glavine pitched one of his worst. After blowing a big September lead in the NL East, the Mets missed the playoffs Sunday when Glavine was tagged for seven runs during the first i |
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10:43pm PDT |
Japan begins post office reform |
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Summary: Japan begins the long process of privatising its huge post office, after years of political wrangling. |
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10:34pm PDT |
Ecuador president claims poll win |
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Summary: Ecuador's President Rafael Correa claims victory in polls for a new assembly he wants to transform the country. |
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10:14pm PDT |
Hair 'hell' over forfeited Test |
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Summary: Umpire Darrell Hair says his life has been made hell since the 2006 forfeited Test between England and Pakistan. |
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BBC News |
9:57pm PDT |
'Fifteen dead' in Pakistan blast |
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Summary: Fifteen people die in a suspected suicide bomb on a military convoy in north-west Pakistan, the army says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
Correa surges to strong majority in Ecuador vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa claimed
a strong majority after Sunday's election for an assembly he
says must rewrite the constitution and dissolve the Congress
that has battled to resist his leftist proposals. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Pro-West party leads in Ukraine poll
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ukraine's pro-Western party of reformer Yulia Tymoshenko was leading in ballot tallies Monday after parliamentary elections, winning 34.09 percent with 20.83 percent of all ballots counted. |
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9:23pm PDT |
U.N. peace envoy waits to see Myanmar junta supremo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari was waiting
to see Myanmar junta chief Than Shwe on Monday in pursuit of
his mission to end a bloody crackdown against 45 years of
military rule, diplomats said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
UN envoy returns to Myanmar capital for junta talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has returned to Myanmar's capital in hopes of meeting reclusive junta chief Than Shwe to broker an end to a crackdown on dissent, an official said Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:12pm PDT |
Outrage at Darfur troop killings |
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Summary: The UN Secretary General leads condemnation of a deadly attack on a peacekeepers' base in Darfur. |
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9:09pm PDT |
Tide power plan is 'wrong option' |
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Summary: A plan to generate power from Severn estuary tides would be the "wrong option", green campaigners say. |
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Cnn.com |
9:06pm PDT |
Volcano eruption off Yemen 'catastrophic' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Children 'recover' from TV harm |
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Summary: Research suggests toddlers who watch too much television risk behaviour problems - but remedial action works. |
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Cnn.com |
8:51pm PDT |
Witness recounts escape from Myanmar |
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Summary: United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari met today with Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an effort to quell recent tensions between the strife-torn country's military leaders and thousands of protesters, the U.N. confirmed.
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8:51pm PDT |
New rules to guarantee savings |
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Summary: The government launches a new scheme to protect savers with money deposited in banks or building societies. |
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BBC News |
8:42pm PDT |
Met's Menezes trial due to start |
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Summary: The trial of the Metropolitan Police over the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is due to begin. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
Volcanic eruption reported off of Yemen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported Sunday. The Yemeni government asked NATO to assist in searching for sur |
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Cnn.com |
8:35pm PDT |
'Catastrophic' volcano eruption off Yemen |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
Secrets of 1957 Sputnik launch revealed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19pm PDT |
Darfur peace talks threatened by attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rebel forces stormed a small African Union base in northern Darfur and killed at least 10 peacekeepers, leaving behind charred armored vehicles and bombed out barracks in an unprecedented attack on the beleaguered mission that threatened upcoming pea |
