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6:11am PST |
Iran shrugs off sanctions threat over atomic plans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran voiced defiance on Monday as
Western powers pushed for new sanctions over its nuclear
program, saying high oil prices will cushion the blow. |
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BBC News |
6:07am PST |
PlayStation veteran stepping down |
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Summary: Phil Harrison, the British boss of Sony's PlayStation games division, says he will step down after 15 years. |
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6:07am PST |
PlayStation game boss steps down |
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Summary: The British boss of Sony's PlayStation division unexpectedly steps down after 15 years. |
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Cnn.com |
6:07am PST |
N.Y. sends Gershwin to secretive communists |
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Summary: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra arrived in North Korea Monday to perform a historic concert in the secretive communist nation's capital.
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6:01am PST |
Immigration debate snares seasonal businesses
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John Graham's crab company has held
its own for 65 years as the local catch has dwindled and cheap
Chinese crabmeat filled the supermarkets. It might not survive
the immigration debate in the U.S. Congress. |
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5:59am PST |
Protesters burn EU flag in north Kosovo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Up to 2,000 Serb protesters rallied against Kosovo's independence in the new nation's tense north on Monday, and a few set fire to EU flags in what has become a daily challenge of the country's secession from Serbia. |
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5:56am PST |
Classes to resume after NIU shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Classes are to begin Monday for the first time since the Feb. 14 shootings, in which former NIU graduate student Steve Kazmierczak opened fire on students — killing five and wounding 16 — before committing suicide. |
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5:55am PST |
Brown defends 'good' Speaker |
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Summary: Gordon Brown defends Commons Speaker Michael Martin, saying he has been "very, very good" at his job. |
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5:53am PST |
NY Phil tries Dvorak diplomacy with North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The New York Philharmonic arrived in
a snowy Pyongyang on Monday to play the symphony "From the New
World" in an overture to thaw still frozen ties from the Cold
War era between the United States and North Korea. |
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5:51am PST |
'Doomsday' seed vault to open in Norway |
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Summary: A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world is scheduled to open this week in a mountain on a remote island near the Arctic Ocean.
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5:40am PST |
German police dogs to wear shoes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police dogs in the western city of Duesseldorf will no longer get their feet dirty when on patrol — the entire dog unit will soon be equipped with blue plastic fiber shoes, a police spokesman said Monday. |
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5:36am PST |
Serbia and Russia reject Albanian rule in Kosovo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Serbia intends to rule parts of Kosovo
where "loyal citizens" still look to Belgrade for government,
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday. |
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5:35am PST |
Putin's heir backs Serbia in Kosovo spat
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia's likely next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed Monday to stick by Belgrade in its fight against Kosovo's Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia one week ago. |
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5:30am PST |
S Africa to allow elephant cull |
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Summary: South Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling. |
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5:22am PST |
Pilot sacked after fly-by stunt |
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Summary: A pilot is sacked after performing a low-flying stunt with a brand new commercial plane. |
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5:18am PST |
Five face INLA membership charge |
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Summary: Five men - two from NI - appear in court in Dublin charged with membership of an illegal organisation. |
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5:18am PST |
Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential hopeful
Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he
did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical
comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA. |
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5:16am PST |
Turkish warplanes pound Kurdish rebels in Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions Monday in northern Iraq, as troops pressed on with a cross-border offensive despite Iraqi and US calls for a quick withdrawal. |
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5:13am PST |
Visa IPO may be largest in US history
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Visa said Monday it could raise almost $19 billion from an initial public offering, which would easily become the largest IPO in U.S. history. |
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5:10am PST |
Turkish Cypriots urge unity talks |
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Summary: The Turkish Cypriot leader seeks early talks with the new Cyprus president on reunification. |
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Cnn.com |
4:58am PST |
Cousin: Dying woman refused oxygen on flight |
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4:57am PST |
4 Shiite pilgrims slain in new attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb killed four Shiite pilgrims and wounded 15 south of Baghdad Monday in at least the third fatal attack on people traveling to one of their sect's most sacred gatherings, officials said. |
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4:46am PST |
Hundreds of new graves on sale |
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Summary: Hundreds of new graves are to go on sale at Milltown cemetery in west Belfast after a clean-up operation. |
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4:43am PST |
First classes begin after NIU shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's not violence that Northern Illinois University senior Kristen Bortolotti fears when classes resume — it's the memories. |
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4:39am PST |
AT&T, Tenn. create medical info exchange
(AP)
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Summary: AP - AT&T Inc. is partnering with Tennessee to provide the country's first statewide system to electronically exchange patient medical information, the telecommunications company said Monday. |
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4:37am PST |
Neighbour helped dying special Pc |
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Summary: A neighbour of a stabbed special constable tried to stop her bleeding with a dressing gown, a court hears. |
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4:36am PST |
Coen brothers film wins 4 Oscars
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face. |
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4:34am PST |
Bomb attack kills Pakistani general
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber hit a car carrying the army's surgeon general along a busy road in Rawalpindi on Monday, killing him along with at least seven other people, the army said. |
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Cnn.com |
4:34am PST |
Clarence Thomas silent in Supreme Court talks |
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4:30am PST |
Pakistan blocks 'objectionable' YouTube |
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Summary: Pakistan has become the latest country to block access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube on the grounds that one or more videos on the site offends Islam, authorities said today. The Pakistani government is also asking YouTube to remove "objectionable |
