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Cnn.com |
10:41am PST |
Putin's chosen successor takes lead |
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Summary: Russians are voting today to pick a president, but the outcome is not expected to be a surprise: A hand-picked successor to President Vladimir Putin is expected to win in a landslide, after hardly even bothering to campaign.
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10:40am PST |
Venezuela 'sends tanks to border' |
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Summary: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez orders tanks to the border with Colombia after it kills a rebel Farc commander. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37am PST |
Reyes: Deal soon on eavesdropping law
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Summary: AP - The House Intelligence Committee chairman expects a compromise soon on renewal of an eavesdropping law that could provide legal protections for telecommunications companies as President Bush has insisted. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26am PST |
Ohio becomes campaign central for Clinton, Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidates
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged a tight campaign fight
across Ohio on Sunday as a top Democrat voiced concern about a
prolonged party battle after Tuesday's voting. |
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Cnn.com |
10:11am PST |
High-schoolers held in Texas killings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:57am PST |
Israel keeps up Gaza blitz as Abbas cuts contacts
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Summary: AFP - Israel kept up its deadly assault on Hamas-run Gaza on Sunday, prompting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to sever all contacts with the Jewish state in a blow to renewed peace talks. |
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BBC News |
9:55am PST |
Yakubu fires Everton to vital win |
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Summary: A brace from Yakubu helps Everton maintain their push for a Champions League spot with a win over Portsmouth. |
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Yahoo News |
9:48am PST |
Ahmadinejad takes a swipe at Bush
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
hailed a new chapter in ties with Iraq and took a jab at the
United States over its policies in the Middle East during a
landmark visit to Baghdad on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46am PST |
Feds search Utah home in ricin case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - FBI agents on Sunday searched a Utah house linked to a man whose hospitalization led to the discovery of deadly ricin in a motel room he had occupied on the Las Vegas Strip. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43am PST |
AP: 13,000 abuse claims in juvie centers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Columbia Training School — pleasant on the outside, austere on the inside — has been home to 37 of the most troubled young women in Mississippi. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PST |
First pictures of 'abuse' cellar |
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Summary: The first pictures are released of the cellar of a former children's home at the centre of abuse allegations in Jersey. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PST |
First pictures of Jersey cellar |
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Summary: The first pictures are released of the cellar of an ex-children's home at the centre of abuse allegations in Jersey. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PST |
Obama defends his Christian religion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Barack Obama says he's tired of questions about his religion. The Democratic presidential candidate told a town hall meeting Sunday in Nelsonvile, Ohio, in the state's rural southeast, that he is a devout Christian who prays to Jesus every n |
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9:28am PST |
Clinton opens big push before primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is hammering bedrock pocketbook issues and arguing that her campaign is about solutions. Clinton is sweeping across Ohio in an intense push two days before the state's presidential primary. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17am PST |
Palestinians suspend peace talks |
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Summary: Israel's prime minister brushes off mounting international criticism and vows to continue attacks against Palestinian militants who have been firing rockets into southern Israel from Gaza.
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BBC News |
9:14am PST |
Strong turnout in Russian polls |
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Summary: Russia's presidential election sees turnout reach 60%, in a poll which will end Vladimir Putin's eight years in office. |
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Cnn.com |
8:50am PST |
Obama relying on ground troops in Ohio |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton drew the early support of much of Ohio's Democratic Party and most of its high-wattage politicians. And she was the overwhelming choice of the blue-collar workers who form much of the state's Democratic base.
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8:50am PST |
40 die in NWest Pakistan suicide bombing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday at a large meeting called by tribal elders pushing for peace in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PST |
Abbas suspends talks with Israel over Gaza offensive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
suspended peace negotiations with Israel on Sunday, demanding
it end a Gaza offensive that has killed more than 100
Palestinians, many of them civilians. |
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8:32am PST |
White House calls for end to Gaza violence: spokesman
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Summary: AFP - The White House on Sunday called for an end to violence in Gaza and for a resumption of Middle East peace talks, as Israel kept up a deadly assault on the Hamas-run Palestinian strip. |
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BBC News |
8:29am PST |
Driver 'serious' in brick attack |
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Summary: A taxi driver suffers serious head injuries after a brick thrown from another car smashes his windscreen. |
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8:26am PST |
HSBC 'to unveil $16bn writedown' |
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Summary: HSBC will make an annual profit despite an estimated $16bn (£8.1bn) of losses for 2007, reports suggest. |
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BBC News |
8:13am PST |
Man, 70, arrested for city murder |
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Summary: A 70-year-old man is arrested over the murder of a young father stabbed in Manchester city centre. |
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Yahoo News |
7:53am PST |
Ahmadinejad: Iraq-Iran are brotherly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his landmark visit to Iraq opened a new chapter in "brotherly" relations between the two countries, which were once bitter enemies. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50am PST |
US military kills al-Qaida leader
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted al-Qaida in Iraq leader from Saudi Arabia who was responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, a spokesman said Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PST |
Abbas suspends peace talks with Israel |
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Summary: Israel's prime minister brushes off mounting international criticism and vows to continue attacks against Palestinian militants who have been firing rockets into southern Israel from Gaza.
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Yahoo News |
7:40am PST |
Ahmadinejad says Iraq visit opens new chapter
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
hailed a new chapter in ties with Iraq on Sunday, saying he was
"truly happy" to make a landmark trip to Baghdad now that
Iran's arch-foe Saddam Hussein had been deposed. |
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7:13am PST |
MoD names airman killed in Iraq |
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Summary: An airman killed in Iraq on Friday has been named as Sergeant Duane 'Baz' Barwood. |
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Cnn.com |
7:09am PST |
Man linked to ricin a loner, neighbor says |
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Cnn.com |
7:09am PST |
FBI plans house search in ricin case |
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