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BBC News |
11:58pm PST |
Review 'backs 24-hour licensing' |
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Summary: A review of the law which brought extended drinking hours to England and Wales is set to say it is working well. |
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Yahoo News |
11:50pm PST |
California's top court ponders gay marriage
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Four years after San Francisco
ignited passionate embraces and heated national debate by
briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top court hears
arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited
to a man and a woman. |
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11:45pm PST |
Napoli inquiry gets under way |
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Summary: An inquiry begins into the beaching of the stricken MSC Napoli which led to thousands scavenging its cargo. |
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Cnn.com |
11:42pm PST |
Rice calls for end to Mideast violence |
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Summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, in the latest diplomatic effort to revive a Middle East peace process sidetracked by violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
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11:30pm PST |
Freed Indian man crosses border |
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Summary: An Indian man freed from a Pakistani jail after spending 35 years on death row crosses the border into India. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PST |
Rice in Middle East to seek peace talks revival
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Egypt on Tuesday at the start of a regional tour with hopes for an Israeli Palestinian peace deal hit hard by an escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip. |
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10:47pm PST |
Anger as inmate flees open prison |
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Summary: As a violent robber serving an 11-year sentence absconds from an open prison, an MP asks why he was there at all. |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PST |
Latin America scrambles to defuse crisis in the Andes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Latin America scrambled to defuse a
three-nation crisis that threatens the region's stability after
Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and
ordered troops to their neighbor's border. |
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BBC News |
10:24pm PST |
Freed Indian set to meet family |
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Summary: An Indian man released from a Pakistani prison after spending 35 years on death row is due to be reunited with his family. |
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10:23pm PST |
Romanian family's home attacked |
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Summary: A Romanian family in Londonderry say they are terrified after their home was attacked with paint. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PST |
Spanish leaders in angry debate |
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Summary: Spanish leadership rivals clash in the second televised debate before general elections. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PST |
Clinton gains steam in tight Ohio and Texas races
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton gained ground on
rival Barack Obama to take a slim lead in Texas and pull even
in Ohio before their crucial Democratic presidential showdowns,
according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released
on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PST |
China says military budget up 17.6 percent in 2008
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China announced Tuesday its defence spending would rise 17.6 percent this year but insisted the increase was moderate, after the United States expressed concerns about Beijing's expanding military power. |
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9:42pm PST |
US states to hold crucial ballots |
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Summary: The races for both the Democratic and Republican nominations may be settled as four states vote in primaries. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PST |
UK soldiers arrested in Norway |
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Summary: Eight British commandos are flown home from Norway after reportedly stripping and urinating on each other. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PST |
Police find 6 bodies in Memphis home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police found the bodies of six people, including two children, as well as three critically wounded children in a Memphis home on Monday in a case authorities were treating as a multiple homicide. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PST |
Review due of 24-hour licensing |
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Summary: A review of the law which brought extended drinking hours to England and Wales is set to say it is working well. |
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BBC News |
8:44pm PST |
China to raise military spending |
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Summary: China says it plans to increase military spending by nearly 18% this year to 417bn yuan. |
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Cnn.com |
8:40pm PST |
Ecuador: Raid ended hope of captives' release |
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Summary: Ecuador's president said Monday that a deal to release political prisoners -- including former Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt -- was nearly complete before a Colombian raid into his country Saturday.
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Cnn.com |
8:40pm PST |
Ecuador: Raid ended hope of prisoners' release |
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Summary: Ecuador's president said Monday that a deal to release political prisoners -- including former Colombian Sen. Ingrid Betancourt -- was nearly complete before a Colombian raid into his country Saturday.
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BBC News |
8:33pm PST |
TV 'is important to blind people' |
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Summary: Television plays a pivotal role for millions of people with sight problems, according to the RNIB charity. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PST |
China's military budget up 17.6 percent in 2008: spokesman
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's defence budget will rise 17.6 percent this year, a parliament spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the United States expressed concerns over the Asian nation's expanding military power. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PST |
Bai Ling charged with petty theft
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maybe Bai Ling can plead a broken heart. The Chinese actress was charged Monday with petty theft for allegedly shoplifting a pack of batteries and two Star magazines at Los Angeles International Airport. |
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BBC News |
7:44pm PST |
Neighbours cut ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Venezuela and Ecuador take new diplomatic measures in response to a Colombian cross-border raid. |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PST |
6 dead, including 2 children, in Memphis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities say the bodies of six people, including two children, were found at a Memphis home. |
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Yahoo News |
6:50pm PST |
Pentagon concern at China's rising military muscle
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An annual Pentagon report on China on Monday said Beijing's lack of transparency posed risks to stability, voicing concern over how it would use its expanding military power. |
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BBC News |
6:48pm PST |
Opera's di Stefano dies aged 86 |
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Summary: One of the greatest tenors of the 20th Century, Giuseppe di Stefano, dies at his home near Milan. |
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Cnn.com |
6:43pm PST |
Six shot dead in Memphis |
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Summary: Six people were killed, including two children, and another three children wounded in a shooting today in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a 911 call at a home at 6:11 p.m. found the bodies and the wounded children, authori |
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BBC News |
6:42pm PST |
One in five 'has mortgage fears' |
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Summary: A survey finds 19% of people fear missing mortgage repayments, prompting a £2m advertising campaign. |
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BBC News |
6:42pm PST |
One in five 'have mortgage fears' |
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Summary: A survey finds 19% of people fear missing mortgage repayments, prompting a £2m advertising campaign. |
