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Yahoo News |
7:14am PDT |
China foils attempted terror attack on flight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China foiled a bid to cause an air
disaster on a passenger jet en route to Beijing and the plane
made a safe emergency landing, an official said on Sunday, in
what state media called an attempted terrorist attack. |
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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
Israel approves settlement growth |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert backs a plan to build up to 750 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. |
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BBC News |
6:56am PDT |
Israel backs settlement growth |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert backs a plan to build up to 750 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. |
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Yahoo News |
6:55am PDT |
China says thwarted attack on Olympics: state media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Suspected "terrorists" killed in a raid in northwest China's Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympics, a top official said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:42am PDT |
Pakistan opposition leaders sign coalition agreement
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan's two major opposition leaders signed a formal declaration Sunday on forming a coalition government, and urged President Pervez Musharraf to convene parliament without delay. |
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BBC News |
6:14am PDT |
Pakistani parties to share power |
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Summary: The leaders of the two parties that won Pakistan's elections sign an agreement on a coalition government. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Upswing in Iraq attacks not a trend: U.S. military
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military said on Sunday a
recent increase in bombings was not the start of a wider trend
in Iraq and violence had decreased overall. |
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Yahoo News |
5:58am PDT |
Olmert approves West Bank construction
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved new construction in a West Bank settlement outside Jerusalem, a Construction Ministry official said Sunday, just days after a Palestinian man killed eight Israelis at a religious seminary. |
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Cnn.com |
5:51am PDT |
Thrift store worker finds, returns $30,000 |
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5:42am PDT |
Clegg urges new political system |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says he will not join a Labour or Tory Cabinet - but demands a "new type of government". |
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BBC News |
5:41am PDT |
Bhutanese refugees start new life |
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Summary: The first of tens of thousands of refugees from Bhutan begin leaving camps in Nepal for a new life in the West. |
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BBC News |
5:41am PDT |
Flood warning as storm approaches |
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Summary: Experts say they have to "prepare for the worst" as Wales is warned of the most fierce storm of the winter. |
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5:34am PDT |
Obama beats Clinton in Wyoming contest
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama trounced rival Hillary Clinton in Wyoming caucuses, but the two candidates continued Sunday their pitched battle for every nominating delegate. |
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5:31am PDT |
Spain votes, PM Zapatero seen winning second term
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Spain's voters looked likely to return
the ruling Socialist Party to power on Sunday in an election
unlikely to produce an absolute majority. |
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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
M20 chaos ends after Stack lifted |
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Summary: Drivers using the M20 in Kent are given a temporary reprieve with the lifting of Operation Stack. |
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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Gang 'plotted attack on Olympics' |
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Summary: Chinese officials say they have foiled two plans, one to attack the Olympics and another to crash an airliner. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
'Power-sharing deal' in Pakistan |
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Summary: The leaders of the two parties that won Pakistan's elections reportedly sign an agreement a coalition government. |
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BBC News |
5:21am PDT |
UK teenager in Goa 'was murdered' |
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Summary: New post-mortem tests on 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling, found dead on a Goa beach, suggest she was murdered. |
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Cnn.com |
5:13am PDT |
Anti-drug chief raps Winehouse, Moss |
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Summary: The United Nations' anti-drugs chief has denounced celebrities such as pop star Amy Winehouse and supermodel Kate Moss, saying that their alleged drug use was helping devastate West Africa.
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5:02am PDT |
High CO2 cars targeted by Budget |
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Summary: Cars that produce large amounts of carbon dioxide could be hit by Wednesday's budget. |
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BBC News |
5:02am PDT |
High CO2 cars targeted by budget |
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Summary: Cars that produce large amounts of carbon dioxide could be hit by Wednesday's budget. |
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Cnn.com |
5:02am PDT |
Winter storm: 'It's horrible out there' |
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4:42am PDT |
School is 'the last moral force' |
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Summary: Children from chaotic homes only have schools to teach right from wrong, say head teachers. |
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Cnn.com |
4:37am PDT |
Obama-backed Dem wins Hastert's seat |
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Cnn.com |
4:37am PDT |
Democrat wins seat held by Hastert |
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4:31am PDT |
I did 'smash' Sinn Fein - Paisley |
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Summary: The departing N Ireland first minister says Sinn Fein can no longer be seen as "true republicans". |
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Cnn.com |
4:30am PDT |
Report: China thwarts Olympics plot |
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Summary: Chinese officials told the state-run media Sunday that they successfully thwarted two terrorist attacks, including one targeting the Summer Olympic Games.
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BBC News |
4:21am PDT |
Off-duty firefighter rescues four |
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Summary: Four people are saved from a house blaze by an off-duty fire officer who saw smoke as he drove past. |
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Yahoo News |
4:21am PDT |
Britain makes camera that "sees" under clothes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A British company has developed a camera
that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under
people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a
breakthrough for the security industry. |
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BBC News |
4:19am PDT |
Crash man 'had drink conviction' |
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Summary: The driver of a car involved in a head-on collision which killed seven people had a conviction for drink driving, it is believed. |
