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BBC News |
4:09am PST |
SA protest over miniskirt attack |
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Summary: Hundreds of South Africans hold a protest march over an assault on a woman wearing a miniskirt. |
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BBC News |
4:09am PST |
SA women hold miniskirt protest |
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Summary: Hundreds of South Africans hold a protest march over an assault on a woman wearing a miniskirt. |
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Yahoo News |
4:09am PST |
Rice tries to revive Mideast peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday
to resume U.S.-sponsored peace talks suspended over Israel's
offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. |
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BBC News |
4:04am PST |
US contenders in key polling day |
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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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Yahoo News |
4:03am PST |
Polls open in key US primaries
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Polls opened in Ohio Tuesday on a crucial day of presidential primaries that could see Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama end Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House. |
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BBC News |
3:57am PST |
Microsoft targets the mobile web |
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Summary: Microsoft signs a deal with Nokia to bring its Silverlight platform to millions of mobile phones. |
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BBC News |
3:51am PST |
Child cancer care units retained |
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Summary: Child cancer services are "retained and enhanced" in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee. |
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3:43am PST |
Iraq drops 'death squad' charges |
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Summary: An Iraqi court drops charges against two former senior officials accused of helping Shia death squads. |
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3:38am PST |
Proms targeted by minister Hodge |
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Summary: The Proms attract only a narrow section of society, culture minister Margaret Hodge has said. |
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BBC News |
3:27am PST |
Cricket: India stun Aussies |
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Summary: India beat Australia by nine runs in Brisbane to win the Commonwealth Bank Series 2-0. |
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Yahoo News |
3:16am PST |
Suicide blast kills 6 at Pakistan navy college
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least six
people in a truck bomb attack at the entrance to a Pakistan
naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. |
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BBC News |
3:15am PST |
Pair guilty of litter row killing |
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Summary: Two teenagers plead guilty to killing a man who confronted them after litter was thrown into his car. |
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3:11am PST |
Killer nurse jailed for life |
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Summary: A nurse who murdered four elderly patients is jailed for life, and told he must serve a minimum of 30 years. |
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Yahoo News |
3:10am PST |
5 killed in Pakistan suicide bombings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on the premises of a naval college Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 13 in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
3:07am PST |
Rice arrives in Israel to try to save peace talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
arrived in Israel on Tuesday after saying she hoped to salvage
peace talks that Palestinians suspended in protest at an
Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. |
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Cnn.com |
3:04am PST |
Rice wants Mideast talks back on track |
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Summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised Tuesday to push for the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that was sidetracked by recent violence. Rice is in Cairo, Egypt, as part of a whirlwind tour of the Middle East.
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3:00am PST |
Extra lane 'to ease congestion' |
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Summary: Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly is to unveil plans to allow drivers to use the hard shoulder on motorways. |
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BBC News |
2:54am PST |
Gazprom deepens Ukraine gas cuts |
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Summary: Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, says it will cut supplies of gas to Ukraine by a further 25%. |
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BBC News |
2:52am PST |
Child cancer care 'is retained' |
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Summary: Aberdeen is set to keep its child cancer care service rather than seeing it be downgraded. |
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2:38am PST |
Rice pushes for Mideast peace after Gaza bloodshed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Tuesday for a halt to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, telling both sides in the conflict to do more to fulfill their peace plan obligations. |
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Yahoo News |
2:37am PST |
6 found dead in Memphis home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police who forced their way into a small brick house discovered the bodies of four adults and two children, as well as three children found clinging to life. |
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BBC News |
2:36am PST |
Reds owners get Dubai ultimatum |
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Summary: Liverpool's owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have 24 hours to accept an offer from DIC to buy the club, BBC Sport understands. |
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Cnn.com |
2:32am PST |
Tuesday looms large for Dems, GOP hopefuls |
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Summary: Voters in four states will go to the polls Tuesday with a good chance at making the difference in deciding the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.
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Yahoo News |
2:31am PST |
Strip club: 'Idol' once danced here
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "American Idol" contestant David Hernandez once entertained audiences by removing his clothes instead of singing tunes, a manager at a male strip club in Phoenix told The Associated Press. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18am PST |
Rice to seek resumption of Mideast talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday she will work toward resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as soon as possible, saying Hamas is trying to wreck chances for the peace process. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13am PST |
Suicide blast kills 5 at Pakistani navy college
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least five people were killed on
Tuesday in a suspected suicide truck bomb attack on a Pakistan
naval college in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
2:10am PST |
Suicide blast kills 5 in Pakistan |
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Summary: A suicide bomber set off explosives and killed at least five people and wounded 15 others on Tuesday after being prevented from entering a naval college in Lahore, Pakistan, an army official told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
2:00am PST |
Rice seeks Egypt's help on Gaza, reviving talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, her
credibility at stake, urged Israelis and Palestinians on
Tuesday to quickly resume U.S.-sponsored peace talks suspended
over Israel's offensive in Hamas-run Gaza. |
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Yahoo News |
1:59am PST |
Clinton under pressure as Ohio and Texas vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The fate of Hillary Clinton's
presidential bid rested with voters in Ohio and Texas on
Tuesday, as they cast their ballots in her hard-fought
Democratic duel with rival Barack Obama. |
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BBC News |
1:51am PST |
DJ Kershaw back in jail |
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Summary: Andy Kershaw is arrested on suspicion of breaching a restraining order three days after being released from jail. |
