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Yahoo News |
4:21am PST |
Blast kills top Pakistani army medic and 7 others
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani
military vehicle in the city of Rawalpindi on Monday, killing
the army's top medical officer and two of his staff and five
passers-by, officials said. |
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BBC News |
4:20am PST |
Parents' relief over healthy baby |
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Summary: A couple say they bear no ill-will to medics who told them their "perfect" baby could die within hours of birth. |
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Yahoo News |
4:11am PST |
Gazans stage mass protest against Israeli blockade
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of
Palestinians formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip on Monday
in a peaceful protest against an Israeli blockade that has
deepened hardship in the Hamas-controlled territory. |
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Cnn.com |
4:06am PST |
Bomber kills Pakistan's top army medic |
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Summary: A suicide bomber struck Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi Monday, killing at least eight people, including the army's top ranking medical officer, military officials said.
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4:02am PST |
Bin searches in missing girl hunt |
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Summary: Officers are searching through bins in the search for a nine-year-old girl who has been missing for a week. |
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4:01am PST |
Gaza protesters in human chain |
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Summary: Thousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PST |
Russia pledges support to Serbia |
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Summary: Russia's probable next president vows to continue opposing Kosovo's Western-backed independence. |
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Yahoo News |
3:46am PST |
UK urges China to keep Hong Kong democracy pledge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David
Miliband urged China on Monday to honor its promise to allow
direct elections in Hong Kong by 2017, while reiterating
London's disappointment that universal suffrage could not come
sooner. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PST |
Tears pour at memorial for NIU victims |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:38am PST |
Rugby U: MacLeod cleared |
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Summary: Scotland's Scott MacLeod is retrospectively cleared of taking a controlled asthma medicine without permission. |
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BBC News |
3:38am PST |
MacLeod cleared of positive test |
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Summary: Scotland rugby union player Scott MacLeod is retrospectively cleared of taking a banned asthma medicine without permission. |
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BBC News |
3:35am PST |
Thousands of Darfuris 'desperate' |
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Summary: The UN warns that up to 58,000 people in Darfur are suffering after bombing in the Sudanese region. |
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BBC News |
3:28am PST |
Pakistan army's top medic killed |
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Summary: The Pakistan army's top surgeon is killed by a suicide attack in the city of Rawalpindi, the army says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:28am PST |
Death toll from Iraq pilgrim bombing rises to 63
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The death toll from Sunday's
suicide bomb attack on Iraqi pilgrims heading to a Shi'ite
festival south of Baghdad has risen to 63, a health official
said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
3:24am PST |
Brown defends 'very 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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BBC News |
3:24am PST |
Brown defends Speaker Martin |
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Summary: Gordon Brown defends Commons Speaker Michael Martin, describing him as being "very good" at his job. |
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Yahoo News |
3:20am PST |
Palestinian blockade protesters form chain in Gaza
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinians protesting against an
Israeli-led blockade formed a human chain on Monday along roads
in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Israel threatened to use
force if they tried to surge into its territory. |
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Cnn.com |
3:19am PST |
Activists climb onto BA jet at Heathrow |
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Summary: Greenpeace activists have climbed onto a British Airways plane at London's Heathrow Airport as part of a climate change protest, the environment group says.
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Yahoo News |
3:19am PST |
Gates seeks closer ties with Indonesia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed Monday to help Indonesia reform its military, saying the U.S. was ready to help provide airlift and other maritime capabilities the country needs. |
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Cnn.com |
3:18am PST |
Bomb under wheelchair kills Iraqi officer |
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Summary: A disabled, wheelchair-bound man blew himself up on Monday in a northern Iraqi police station, killing a top police official and wounding six police officers, police told CNN.
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BBC News |
3:14am PST |
Bomb hits Pakistan garrison city |
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Summary: There has been a suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, government officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:13am PST |
Roadside blast kills 13 in NW Pakistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A roadside bomb ripped through a
vehicle carrying a wedding party in Pakistan's northwestern
valley of Swat on Friday, killing 13 people, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
3:10am PST |
'Old Men' wins big at Academy Awards |
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Summary: The Coen brothers' brutal tale "No Country for Old Men" won best picture at the 80th Academy Awards. The Coens also won best directing and adapted screenplay for "No Country," while the four acting Oscars went to Europeans.
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3:08am PST |
Reprieve for brain surgery units |
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Summary: All four of Scotland's specialist neurosurgery units are to be retained, BBC Scotland reveals. |
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BBC News |
3:03am PST |
Scotland player in doping mix-up |
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Summary: A Scotland rugby union player is retrospectively cleared of failing a doping test after a form-filling error, BBC Sport understands. |
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BBC News |
2:53am PST |
Gaza protesters form human chain |
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Summary: Thousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade. |
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BBC News |
2:47am PST |
Climate protest on Heathrow jet |
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Summary: Greenpeace activists climb on top of a Boeing aeroplane in a protest over climate change at Heathrow Airport. |
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BBC News |
2:46am PST |
Clegg pushes 'in or out' EU vote |
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Summary: The time has come for a referendum on whether Britain should stay in the EU, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:43am PST |
Socialists see red as Sarkozy loses cool |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
2:26am PST |
Iraqi pilgrims caught in bombing |
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Summary: Three pilgrims are killed in an attack in Baghdad, as a bomber in a wheelchair attacks police in Samarra. |
