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Yahoo News |
8:43am PDT |
McCain lashes Democrats for "NAFTA-bashing"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain criticized his Democratic rivals on Tuesday for
pledging to renegotiate a hemispheric trade treaty that
Democrats blame for U.S. manufacturing job losses. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41am PDT |
Croatian general on trial for war crimes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina appeared before a war crimes court Tuesday, accused of unleashing a "nightmare" of persecution and murder on Croatian Serbs during the 1990s Balkan wars. |
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8:38am PDT |
Central banks try to ease crunch |
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Summary: Stock markets rise after central banks, announce more co-ordinated action to ease the credit crunch. |
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8:01am PDT |
50 councils may run post offices |
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Summary: Up to 50 councils are looking at taking over post offices scheduled for closure, it is claimed. |
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7:53am PDT |
Fed, central banks team up in bid to unstick markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve and other
central banks on Tuesday teamed up to get hundreds of billions
in fresh funds to cash-starved credit markets, allowing
financial firms to use home mortgages as collateral. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
MSPs' home allowance 'should end' |
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Summary: Taxpayers should no longer help MSPs pay for second homes in Edinburgh, says a review |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PDT |
U.S. "road map" assessment seen critical of Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States is not satisfied
with the pace at which Israel is moving to implement a
long-stalled peace "road map," U.S. and Western officials said
ahead of a key meeting to assess compliance with the plan. |
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Cnn.com |
7:39am PDT |
Sources: Moving cash set feds on Spitzer's trail |
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Summary: 'Kristen' the pretty, 105-pound brunette might be the watercooler element of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's link to a prostitution ring, but it was the moving around of a hunk of cash that put the crusading prosecutor in federal crosshairs.
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7:35am PDT |
'Shabby' lab blamed for disease |
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Summary: A review of last year's foot-and-mouth outbreak has criticised the laboratory at the source of the disease. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13am PDT |
Gaza rocket hits Israel, breaking lull
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip
hit southern Israel on Tuesday just hours after Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert visited the area and cautioned residents not to
expect a lull in Palestinian attacks to last. |
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Cnn.com |
7:10am PDT |
$200 billion loan pumps stocks |
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Summary: Stocks surged Tuesday morning after the Federal Reserve said it would loan up to $200 billion to banks and lenders in an effort to loosen up tight credit markets.
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
Japan criticized over child porn loopholes |
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Cnn.com |
7:02am PDT |
Clinton, Obama battle in Mississippi |
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Summary: One of the most Republican states in the nation takes center stage Tuesday in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
Prostitution scandal threatens N.Y. gov
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced mounting calls to resign amid a prostitution scandal, a law enforcement official said Tuesday that the governor first came under suspicion because of cash payments from several bank accounts to an account operated by a cal |
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6:55am PDT |
Shock over schools 'breaking law' |
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Summary: A government probe finds a "significant minority" of schools are breaking new rules on admissions. |
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BBC News |
6:55am PDT |
Schools 'breaking admissions law' |
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Summary: A government probe finds a "significant minority" of schools are breaking new rules on admissions. |
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Yahoo News |
6:51am PDT |
Stocks up sharply after Fed credit plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rebounded sharply Tuesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks said they will pump $200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrials surged more than 270 points. |
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BBC News |
6:46am PDT |
Cosmic 'treasure trove' revealed |
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Summary: A space probe measuring the oldest light in the Universe has found that cosmic neutrinos made up 10% of matter shortly after the Big Bang. |
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Burglary warning over bogus Pcs |
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Summary: Thousands of pounds are taken after a spate of distraction burglaries by bogus police officers. |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Saudi women make video protest |
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Summary: Saudi activists post video of a woman at the wheel of her car, in protest at the ban on female drivers. |
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BBC News |
6:37am PDT |
Central banks plan emergency cash |
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Summary: Central banks, including the Bank of England, plan another set of co-ordinated loans to ease financial market woes. |
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
UK braced for more bad weather |
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Summary: The UK is braced more storm weather overnight which will hit the country further north than on Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
Cipriani takes Wilkinson's place |
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Summary: Jonny Wilkinson is dropped from the England team to face Ireland on Saturday and replaced at fly-half by rising star Danny Cipriani. |
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BBC News |
6:30am PDT |
Goa mother faces 'neglect' probe |
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Summary: The mother of a British girl found dead in Goa says police may question her about possible neglect. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
Polls open in Mississippi for White House primary
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Voting started in Mississippi's primary Tuesday, as White House Democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle for momentum heading into a break of several weeks between contests. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Bomb hits Iraqi bus; at least 16 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that three American soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PDT |
Indian workers sue, charge 'modern-day slavery' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:05am PDT |
Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people' |
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Summary: A roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05am PDT |
Fed again takes steps to boost market liquidity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on
Tuesday that with pressure mounting again in financial markets,
it was expanding a securities lending program and will accept a
broader range of securities as collateral. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
Iraqis still ask if U.S. invasion was worth it
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Five years after U.S. and British
forces swept into Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis
are asking if the violence and upheaval that turned their lives
upside down was worth it. |
