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5:42am PDT |
Twin suicide attacks kill 26 in Pakistan's Lahore
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Summary: AFP - Two suicide car bombers killed at least 26 people and partly demolished a key police building in Lahore Tuesday, deepening the security crisis facing Pakistan's incoming civilian government. |
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5:38am PDT |
Deficit widens as oil prices hit record
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Summary: AP - The United States' trade deficit grew larger in January as imports — including crude-oil prices — zoomed to all-time highs. |
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5:32am PDT |
Man jailed over al-Qaeda manual |
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Summary: A man who knew some of the 7 July bombers is jailed for possessing an al-Qaeda training guide. |
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5:31am PDT |
Official: Cash triggered Spitzer probe
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Summary: AP - A law enforcement official says New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's role in a prostitution scandal grew out of a public corruption inquiry triggered by his movement of cash to bank accounts operated by the call-girl ring. |
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5:28am PDT |
Shannon hunt 'near Ripper scale' |
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Summary: Police searching for schoolgirl Shannon Matthews say the case is their biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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5:28am PDT |
Shannon case 'biggest since Ripper' |
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Summary: Police searching for schoolgirl Shannon Matthews say the case is their biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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5:27am PDT |
BA pilots halt Easter strike plan |
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Summary: British Airways pilots will not take strike action over Easter, their union says. |
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5:23am PDT |
Islamic body seeks new role to fight "Islamophobia"
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Summary: Reuters - Facing "Islamophobia" in the West, the
world's biggest Islamic body is seeking to rebrand itself this
week as a forum for settling conflicts peacefully and for
redistributing wealth to the world's poorest states. |
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5:15am PDT |
Saudi woman driver seeks YouTube acceptance |
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Summary: A Saudi woman has posted a video of herself driving on YouTube in an effort to urge the Saudi government to expand the rights of women to drive in Saudi Arabia.
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5:12am PDT |
24 killed in Pakistan suicide bombings
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Summary: AP - Massive suicide bombs ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200 others in attacks that deepened Pakistan's security crisis. |
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5:11am PDT |
One in five denied chosen school |
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Summary: Nearly one in five children was denied a place at their first choice school, official figures show. |
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5:08am PDT |
Boot murder man to serve 17 years |
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Summary: A man convicted of murdering of a woman, whose body was found in the boot of a car in Belfast, is to serve 17 years. |
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5:04am PDT |
Mississippi voters head to polls |
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Summary: Mississippi holds its primaries as the Democratic battle continues between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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4:58am PDT |
Stealth fighters making final flights |
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4:50am PDT |
Hamas disputes Abbas comments on truce deal terms
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas denied on Tuesday comments by its
rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that its pursuit of
an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel was motivated by a
desire to protect its leaders from Israeli assassination. |
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4:50am PDT |
Home loans tumble to record low |
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Summary: The mortgage market is shrinking under the impact of the continuing problems in the banking system, say lenders. |
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4:49am PDT |
Mississippi voters head to polls |
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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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4:36am PDT |
Economists see US avoiding recession
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Summary: AP - The U.S. economy will suffer as the slumping housing market eats away at job creation and consumer spending, but the nation should avoid slipping into a recession this year, according to a new economic report. |
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4:34am PDT |
Iger: Disney to reap $1 billion online
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Summary: AP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday. |
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4:33am PDT |
Sample the beer before you buy it
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products. |
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4:22am PDT |
Zuma challenges evidence seizures |
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Summary: The leader of South Africa's ruling party tries to stop documents gathered in raids being used in his graft trial. |
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4:21am PDT |
Local tax plans to be published |
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Summary: The Scottish Government is to unveil plans to scrap the council tax and replace it with a local income tax. |
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4:20am PDT |
Twin suicide blasts kill 24 in Pakistan's Lahore
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two suicide car bombers struck
in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people
and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government
security office, police and officials said. |
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4:18am PDT |
Pakistan blasts kill 24, wound over 200
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pakistan's security crisis deepened Tuesday as massive suicide bombs tore through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 200 wounded. |
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4:00am PDT |
China "super-ministry" plan faces super hurdles
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday
unveiled a bureaucratic revamp he hopes will foster greener,
more efficient government, but experts said it was unlikely to
end turf wars over industry, energy and pollution. |
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3:59am PDT |
Ecuador border raid probe begins |
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Summary: An international team visits the site of a Colombian raid inside Ecuador that sparked a diplomatic crisis. |
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3:49am PDT |
Darling 'to cut growth forecasts' |
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Summary: Alistair Darling will have to cut his economic forecasts when he presents this year's Budget, analysts predict. |
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3:48am PDT |
Workers win pension compensation |
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Summary: Around 200 workers who lost savings in a company pension scheme are among the first to qualify for compensation. |
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Cnn.com |
3:45am PDT |
Oil crosses $109 a barrel |
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3:36am PDT |
Laurie 'snubbed' after US success |
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Summary: Actor Hugh Laurie says Britain has turned its back on him since he became a success on US TV. |
