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Cnn.com |
8:34am PDT |
Sources: 5 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad blast |
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Summary: U.S. military officials in Iraq told CNN that five U.S. soldiers on foot patrol in Baghdad were killed in a suicide attack today. The officials said four soldiers were killed in the initial blast and one died later of wounds. Also, three U.S. soldiers and |
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BBC News |
8:31am PDT |
Labour's general secretary named |
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Summary: City fund manager David Pitt-Watson is to be the new general secretary of the Labour Party. |
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BBC News |
8:26am PDT |
'Delight' over final Ledger film |
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Summary: Director Terry Gilliam says he is "delighted" Heath Ledger's final film, Doctor Parnassus, will be released. |
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Yahoo News |
8:19am PDT |
Iraqis search for signs of change in U.S. election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqis are avidly watching the 2008
U.S. election race, searching for signs of policy change under
a new president and prospects for U.S. troop withdrawals from
their country. |
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Cnn.com |
8:19am PDT |
Oil prices soar |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
India stops Tibet protest march |
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Summary: Indian police say that have banned exiles from marching to Tibet in protest against China holding the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PDT |
Spanish PM says majority "sufficient, solid"
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Monday his new government would be "solid" enough to revive the economy and pursue bold social reforms, despite failing to secure an absolute majority in elections. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
Teachers call for ban on homework |
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Summary: A union conference motion proposes that homework be abolished for primary school age children. |
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BBC News |
7:53am PDT |
Accused denies murdering Krystal |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering a pregnant woman after a neighbour dispute denies knowing she was dead until his arrest two days later. |
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Cnn.com |
7:53am PDT |
Talk of anger, justice, revenge at co-ed funerals |
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PDT |
Ohio digs out of record snowfall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Highway and utility crews cleared major highways in time for Monday morning commuters following the snowstorm that buried parts of Ohio in as much as 20 inches of snow during the weekend. |
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BBC News |
7:50am PDT |
Budget plan speculation grows |
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Summary: Green taxes and measures to help those struggling to pay energy bills are likely to feature in the chancellor's first budget. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49am PDT |
Gas prices near records, following oil
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gasoline prices were poised Monday to set a new record at the pump, having surged to within half a cent of their record high of $3.227 a gallon. Oil prices, meanwhile, surged to $107, a new inflation-adjusted record and their fifth new high in the la |
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BBC News |
7:39am PDT |
Iraq bomb kills five US troops |
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Summary: Five American soldiers are killed by a suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, according to witnesses. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
As border tightens, smugglers raise their game
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - When U.S. authorities raised a
tall curtain of steel through this tiny Arizona border town to
prevent people crossing illegally from Mexico, the smugglers on
the south side were ready. |
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Cnn.com |
7:22am PDT |
Rare pygmy hippos caught on camera |
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Summary: An endangered and secretive animal rarely seen in the wild has been caught on camera in West Africa.
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
Gretna move into administration |
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Summary: Struggling Gretna begin formal proceedings to move into administration. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PDT |
More high winds set to batter UK |
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Summary: Forecasters warn of more strong winds and heavy rain to come as storms lash parts of the UK. |
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Cnn.com |
7:16am PDT |
Drugs found in U.S. drinking water |
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
'Monstrous' robot going up on space station |
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BBC News |
6:58am PDT |
Pancreas cancer hope over surgery |
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Summary: An operation for people with advanced pancreatic cancer has been performed by UK doctors for the first time. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Teenager admits killing in park |
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Summary: A 16-year-old boy admits murdering a woman who was kicked to death in a Lancashire park. |
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BBC News |
6:47am PDT |
Death crash police seeking tanker |
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Summary: An appeal is made to trace a tanker driver who may be a vital witness to a crash which claimed seven lives. |
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BBC News |
6:40am PDT |
Boxer sentenced after pub arrest |
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Summary: Scott Harrison is sentenced to 200 hours community service after a disturbance in a pub in Glasgow. |
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BBC News |
6:30am PDT |
FA Cup: Barnsley to face Cardiff |
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Summary: Barnsley will play fellow giant-killers Cardiff and West Brom face Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26am PDT |
KKK vendor fights to sell his racist goods |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
Afghan clashes up in 2008 but in fewer places: NATO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO forces in Afghanistan have clashed
more times with Taliban insurgents in the first two months of
2008 compared to last year, though fighting has occurred in
fewer places, the alliance-led force said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:15am PDT |
Church to step up climate fight |
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Summary: Leaders of the influential US Southern Baptists decide climate change is real and they should fight it. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Sprint phone first to use fast network
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times. |
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BBC News |
6:03am PDT |
Barnsley to face Cardiff in semis |
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Summary: Barnsley will play Cardiff while West Brom will take on Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals. |
