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Yahoo News |
6:41pm PST |
UK enlisted astrologer to fight Hitler
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Summary: AP - Desperate for a glimpse into Adolf Hitler's unpredictable mind, British spies hired an astrologer during World War II to write horoscopes for him and other Nazi leaders, documents declassified Tuesday show. They soon regretted it. |
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6:39pm PST |
Spacecraft photographs Mars avalanche
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Summary: AP - A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday. |
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Cnn.com |
6:30pm PST |
Passenger: 'Jubilant moment' after close call |
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Summary: Battling blustery weather, a Lufthansa Airlines flight scraped its wing on the ground during a landing attempt in Hamburg, Germany over the weekend, an airline spokesman said Monday.
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Cnn.com |
6:18pm PST |
Police: Teens plotted killings for month |
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6:18pm PST |
Pig farmers rally in London |
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Summary: Hundreds of farmers are to hold a demonstration at Westminster to protest at the falling price of pork. |
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Cnn.com |
6:16pm PST |
Delegate game solves Dem 'what ifs' |
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6:14pm PST |
Rice urges Mid-East talks renewal |
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Summary: The US secretary of state calls on Palestinians to resume peace talks with Israel as she begins a Mid-East tour. |
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6:11pm PST |
Snowboarder falls 80ft to death |
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Summary: A snowboarder from Leeds dies when he falls 80ft down a crevasse in the French Alps, the Foreign Office says. |
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5:58pm PST |
Photo shows avalanche on Mars |
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5:45pm PST |
Newsreader Barnes in hospital |
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Summary: Former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes, who used to present the News at Ten bulletin, is seriously ill in hospital. |
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5:34pm PST |
Warnings over child snatch bids |
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Summary: Police warn parents and children in Birmingham after a man abducted a girl and tried to snatch another. |
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5:17pm PST |
Spacecraft spies avalanche on Mars
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Summary: AP - A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:12pm PST |
Texas, Ohio could decide Dem nomination
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton reached for the finish line of contentious Ohio and Texas primary campaigns on Monday as senior Democrats expressed concern the party could suffer this fall if their struggle goes much longer. |
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5:09pm PST |
Rice says Mideast talks should resume
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Palestinians on Monday to quickly resume peace talks with Israel, suspended in protest over an Israeli military offensive that killed more than 100 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. |
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5:05pm PST |
Venezuela, Ecuador break Colombia ties over raid
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Summary: Reuters - Leftist allies Venezuela and Ecuador
escalated a crisis with Colombia on Monday, cutting diplomatic
ties after their neighbor raided inside Ecuador in an attack
that sparked troop deployments and warnings of war. |
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4:31pm PST |
Ecuador cuts ties with Colombia |
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Summary: Ecuador severs diplomatic relations with Colombia in a deepening crisis over a cross-border raid. |
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4:28pm PST |
Bid to stop blame theory on rape |
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Summary: A campaign is to be launched to combat the perception that women are sometimes partly to blame if they are raped. |
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4:27pm PST |
South America gripped by Colombia-Ecuador crisis
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Summary: AFP - Colombia on Monday accused Ecuador and Venezuela of colluding with its FARC rebel foes in an escalating regional crisis sparked by a cross-border strike that raised the specter of a military confrontation. |
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4:19pm PST |
UK reveals its spies had astrologer in World War Two
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Summary: Reuters - British spies hired an astrologer during
World War Two, although many thought he was a fraud, and even
sent him to the United States on a propaganda mission, secret
documents released on Tuesday revealed. |
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Cnn.com |
4:11pm PST |
700-year-old Magna Carta to be displayed |
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Summary: An investment executive who paid more than $20 million for an original, handwritten copy of the Magna Carta presented the ancient paper Monday to the media and plans to loan it to the National Archives.
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4:08pm PST |
Rice on rescue mission in Mideast
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging Palestinians to quickly resume peace talks with Israel. |
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4:06pm PST |
Colombia: Chavez funding FARC rebels
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Summary: AP - Venezuela vowed to expel Colombia's ambassador and Ecuador completely broke diplomatic ties on Monday, two days after Colombian commandos killed a guerrilla leader and several rebels in a cross-border incursion into Ecuador. |
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4:01pm PST |
NHS waits up under Labour |
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Summary: Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show. |
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4:01pm PST |
Average NHS wait up under Labour |
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Summary: Average hospital waiting times have risen under Labour, figures obtained by the BBC News website show. |
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4:01pm PST |
'Testosterone link' to depression |
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Summary: Older men with less male sex hormone testosterone could be more prone to depression, research suggests. |
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3:59pm PST |
Pats re-sign Randy Moss to 3-year deal
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Summary: AP - Randy Moss is staying with the New England Patriots. The defending AFC champions re-signed the record-breaking receiver on Monday to a three-year deal worth $27 million, his agent said. The signing was confirmed by the team shortly after Moss posted |
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3:54pm PST |
Ecuador breaks off Colombia ties in Andean crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuador broke off diplomatic ties with
Colombia on Monday, escalating a dispute across the Andean
region that erupted after Colombian soldiers raided inside its
southern neighbor to kill a guerrilla leader. |
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BBC News |
3:35pm PST |
UK mulls Zimbabwe sporting ban |
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Summary: All Zimbabwean sports people may be banned from competing in the United Kingdom, the BBC's Inside Sport programme has learned. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23pm PST |
'Jackass' star Steve-O arrested
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Steve-O of "Jackass" fame was arrested for investigation of vandalism and possession of a controlled substance at his Hollywood home. |
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BBC News |
3:18pm PST |
Vatican-Muslim talks due in Italy |
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Summary: Vatican officials and senior Muslims are due to meet in Rome, hoping to lay the groundwork for an historic meeting. |
