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1:32am PST |
New bid to break Kenya deadlock |
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Summary: Talks aimed at breaking Kenya's political deadlock resume after Condoleezza Rice urged a power-sharing deal. |
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1:19am PST |
Ministers 'must review conduct' |
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Summary: The assembly must review its ministerial code, the ex-parliamentary commissioner for standards says. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15am PST |
North Korean, U.S. nuclear envoys meet in Beijing
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Summary: Reuters - Nuclear disarmament envoys from the
United States and North Korea met in Beijing on Tuesday,
seeking to advance a stalled agreement to dismantle the North's
atomic weapons program. |
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1:09am PST |
Kosovo case unique says Miliband |
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Summary: David Miliband says Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatist movements. |
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1:09am PST |
Kosovo unique, says Miliband |
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Summary: Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatists, David Miliband says. |
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1:07am PST |
Maoists killed in India fighting |
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Summary: Authorities in the state of Chhattisgarh say 11 Maoists have been killed in fighting with security forces. |
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1:04am PST |
Porsche challenges C-charge rise |
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Summary: Porsche plans to mount a legal challenge over plans to increase London's congestion charge to £25-a-day. |
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12:56am PST |
Sperm damage 'passed to children' |
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Summary: Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. |
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12:56am PST |
Sperm damage 'passed on' |
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Summary: Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51am PST |
Bush remembers Rwanda's genocide
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Summary: AP - President Bush visited a memorial of Rwanda's 1994 genocide on Tuesday, calling it a reminder that "evil cannot be tolerated" in the world. |
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12:43am PST |
Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The chairman of Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parities scored wins in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of President Pervez Musharraf — America's close ally in the war on terror. |
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12:36am PST |
Ailing Castro gives up the Cuban presidency
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro permanently gave up the Cuban presidency on Tuesday, ending five decades of ironclad rule of the island marked by his one-man defiance of the United States. |
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12:34am PST |
Bush in Rwanda to focus on past, current conflicts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will
commemorate the Rwandan genocide on Tuesday, one of the darkest
episodes in Africa's recent history, and call attention to the
current conflict in Darfur which he also calls genocide. |
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12:27am PST |
Toshiba drops out of HD DVD war |
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Summary: Toshiba will stop making its HD DVDs, ending a battle with rival format Blu-ray over which would be the standard. |
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Cnn.com |
12:21am PST |
Big wins seen for Pakistan opposition parties |
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Summary: Unofficial returns Tuesday showed huge wins for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto, one day after a pivotal vote that could threaten Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability.
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Cnn.com |
12:21am PST |
Castro quits as president, state-run paper reports |
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Summary: Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published by state-run newspaper Granma.
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12:19am PST |
Castro resigns Cuban presidency
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president from nearly a half-century early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. |
