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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PDT |
Asian stocks tumble on Bear Stearns news
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asian stocks plunged and the dollar sank Monday after JPMorgan Chase said it would buy troubled U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns, signaling to investors the depths of the credit crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
China insists used massive restraint on Tibet riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said on Monday it had shown
massive restraint in the face of violent protests by Tibetans,
which it said were orchestrated by followers of the Dalai Lama
to wreck the Beijing Olympics in August. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
US Defense Secretary Gates departs for Moscow
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left for Moscow late Sunday, for a meeting with Russia's newly elected president Dmitry Medvedev, as well as other top officials. |
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Cnn.com |
10:57pm PDT |
Cheney makes unannounced visit to Iraq |
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Summary: Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baghdad on Monday on an unannounced visit, the Iraqi prime minister's office said.
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Vice President Cheney visits Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney, an
architect of the U.S-led invasion of Iraq, made an unannounced
visit to Baghdad on Monday, just days before the fifth
anniversary of the war. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Cheney in surprise Baghdad visit |
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Summary: US Vice President Dick Cheney makes an unannounced visit to Iraq, exactly five years since the US-led invasion. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
New Pakistan parliament set to convene
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan's new parliament is slated to convene Monday, setting the stage for a showdown between key US ally President Pervez Musharraf and a coalition government that has vowed to take him on. |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PDT |
Cheney to meet with Iraqi leaders
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vice President Dick Cheney opened a new U.S. push for political unity in Iraq on an unannounced visit Monday, just ahead of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Iran conservatives win parliament majority: state TV
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Conservatives won a majority in Iran's
parliamentary vote, state television said on Sunday, but the
new assembly may still give President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a
tougher time ahead of next year's presidential election. |
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BBC News |
10:16pm PDT |
China denies Tibet death reports |
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Summary: A top Chinese official denies troops used lethal force on Tibetans, as a deadline for protesters to surrender nears. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PDT |
JPMorgan to buy Bear as Fed opens lending to Wall St
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co set a deal
to buy stricken rival Bear Stearns for a rock-bottom
price, while the U.S. Federal Reserve expanded lending to
securities firms for the first time since the Great Depression
to prop up the financial system. |
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Yahoo News |
10:13pm PDT |
China warns Tibetan protesters to surrender
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China on Monday warned Tibetans involved in anti-Chinese protests to quickly surrender, but insisted it had not used deadly force in quelling the unrest and blamed rioters for murdering 13 people. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Pakistan parliament set to meet |
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Summary: Pakistan's new parliament is to be sworn in, with parties opposed to the president dominating. |
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Yahoo News |
9:56pm PDT |
Fed takes emergency steps to help financial system
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Sunday
announced emergency measures to stem a fast-spreading global
financial crisis, tapping tools last used in the Great
Depression to pour funds into cash-starved Wall Street firms. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
Gates pessimistic about Russia talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It is up to the Russians to show they are not pursuing a "sham game" to thwart U.S. efforts to establish missile defense sites in Europe, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:47pm PDT |
Actress Halle Berry gives birth |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
9:47pm PDT |
Actress Halle Berry gives birth to baby girl |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
Asian stocks and dollar sink on Bear rescue and Fed cut
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asian stocks sank on Monday to their
lowest level since August 2007 and the dollar tumbled, as the
fire sale of ailing U.S. bank Bear Stearns and the Federal
Reserve's emergency cut in its discount rate intensified
concerns that there could |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Son loses bid for Prescott's seat |
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Summary: The son of former deputy prime minister John Prescott fails to be selected for the safe Labour seat of Hull East. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Sarkozy's UMP suffers poll rebuke |
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Summary: Voters in France's local polls hand key power bases to the left, in a punishing blow to President Sarkozy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56pm PDT |
Gold up 3 percent, clears $1,030/oz
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Gold prices shot up more than 3 percent
on Monday to hit fresh record highs as investors stepped up
buying of the yellow metal, whose luster has increased due to
the dollar's weakness and deepening U.S. financial woes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Bear execs lack golden parachutes, stock plan crunched
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barring some unexpected boardroom
generosity by JPMorgan Chase & Co, executives at Bear Stearns
Cos may find that their walking away money has been crunched by
the credit crisis. |
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BBC News |
8:30pm PDT |
Police defend Shannon action |
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Summary: Police in West Yorkshire defend the length of time it took to rescue missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
8:30pm PDT |
Police defend Shannon hunt |
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Summary: Police in West Yorkshire defend the length of time it took to rescue missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PDT |
Troops 'did not shoot Tibetans' |
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Summary: A top Chinese official denies troops used lethal force on Tibetans, as a deadline for protesters to surrender nears. |
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Cnn.com |
8:17pm PDT |
Church: Obama ex-pastor under unfair attack |
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Summary: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's former church criticized the news media Sunday for coverage of his sermons, saying in a statement that Wright's "character is being assassinated in the public sphere."
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
Oil hits record over $111 a barrel as dollar slumps
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil jumped to a record above $111 a
barrel on Monday, as a surprise weekend cut in the Federal
Reserve discount rate and the fire sale of stricken U.S.
investment bank Bear Stearns sent the dollar to
all-time lows. |
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Cnn.com |
8:09pm PDT |
Three missing after NYC crane collapse |
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Summary: Three people are missing a day after a crane collapsed and killed four construction workers on the east side of Midtown Manhattan, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Rescue workers are searching for two construction workers and a neighborhood resident |
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BBC News |
8:03pm PDT |
First coca find in Brazil Amazon |
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Summary: Coca plantations and a cocaine lab are found for the first time in a Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest. |
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PDT |
China pledges harsh measures against Tibet protesters
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tibetan protesters who committed
serious crimes will be dealt with harshly but those who show
remorse can expect leniency, Tibet's governor said on Monday
ahead of a midnight deadline for rioters to hand themselves in. |
