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BBC News |
9:45am PDT |
World is watching China - Brown |
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Summary: Gordon Brown urges China to show restraint in Tibet, where dozens of people are feared dead after rioting. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45am PDT |
Divorce costs former Beatle McCartney $48.7 million
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A British court ordered former Beatle
Paul McCartney on Monday to pay his estranged wife Heather
Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.7 million) after an acrimonious
divorce battle. |
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Cnn.com |
9:35am PDT |
Poll: Three-quarters think U.S. in recession |
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Summary: Nearly three-quarters of all Americans think the economy is in a recession, according to a national poll released today. Three in 10 of those questioned say the U.S. is in a serious recession, with an equal amount describing the recession as moderate.
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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
Russia's Putin sees chance for better U.S. ties
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on
Monday he saw a chance to move relations with the United States
forward after he received what he called a "serious document"
from U.S. President George W. Bush. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PDT |
Tibet protester deadline passes |
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Summary: The deadline set by China for Tibetan protesters to surrender has passed, after a quiet day in the city of Lhasa. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23am PDT |
Bear fire sale sparks rout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters)- A fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos Inc
stunned Wall Street and pummeled global financial
stocks on Monday on fears that few banks are safe from
deepening market turmoil. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21am PDT |
Cheney visits Iraq, says US must stay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, marking five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, warned on Monday against large drawdowns of American troops that could jeopardize recent security gains. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17am PDT |
Bomb kills 32 in Iraqi city of Karbala
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A female suicide bomber attacked a group of Shiite worshippers near a mosque in Karbala on Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding 51, officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:17am PDT |
Bomb kills dozens in Iraqi city |
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Summary: A female suicide bomber kills at least 32 people in the Iraqi city of Karbala, home to Shia Muslim shrines. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Ugandan rebel leader leaves base |
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Summary: Rebel leader Joseph Kony has gone to Central African Republic, jeopardising a peace deal, says a Ugandan minister. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16am PDT |
Iraq invasion was "successful endeavor": Cheney
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on
Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a
"successful endeavor" in a visit to Iraq that was overshadowed
by a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 people. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14am PDT |
Wall St sinks as Bear shakes faith in banking
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday after JPMorgan
Chase bought Bear Stearns at a fire sale price
and the Federal Reserve provided emergency cash to Wall Street
as the global credit crisis worsened. |
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Yahoo News |
9:12am PDT |
Stocks down after Bear Stearns deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street fell in temperamental trading Monday as investors grappled with news of JPMorgan Chase & Co. buying the stricken Bear Stearns & Co. in a deal backed by the government. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 200 points in the early going, |
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BBC News |
9:12am PDT |
Phorm 'illegal' says rights group |
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Summary: Controversial online advert system Phorm is illegal in the UK, a digital rights group argues. |
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Cnn.com |
9:09am PDT |
5th body pulled from rubble of crane collapse |
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Summary: A fifth body has been pulled from the site where a crane collapsed Saturday on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York police said Monday.
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
UK will fight turbulence - Brown |
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Summary: Gordon Brown promises that the UK and EU will "lead the way" in fighting "global financial turbulence". |
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Cnn.com |
9:03am PDT |
Stakes are enormous in Iraq for McCain |
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Summary: For a few hours on Monday, the halls of Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace -- the seat of his rule -- looked like a scene from the U.S. Capitol.
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BBC News |
8:57am PDT |
E.coli abattoir 'was UK's worst' |
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Summary: A slaughterhouse connected to the E.coli outbreak had the worst hygiene record in Britain, an inquiry hears. |
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BBC News |
8:42am PDT |
Vehicle is rammed by armed police |
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Summary: Police were forced to ram a van containing four BBC journalists after the driver allegedly failed to stop in Donegal. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26am PDT |
Putin says got letter from Bush
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on
Monday he had received a "serious document" from U.S. leader
George W. Bush, which offered the prospect of successful
progress in relations between the two countries. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26am PDT |
Dice-K to start Red Sox opener in Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Japanese right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka will start the Boston Red Sox's regular-season opener against the Oakland Athletics in Toyko on March 25. |
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BBC News |
8:18am PDT |
Police chief backs Shannon probe |
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Summary: West Yorkshire's chief constable praises the work of his officers during the search for Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Burrell 'removed ring from Diana' |
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Summary: Former royal butler Paul Burrell removed an engagement ring from Princess Diana's body, her inquest is told. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13am PDT |
Cheney says Iraq invasion "successful endeavor"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on
Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a
"successful endeavor," pointing to security and political
progress on a visit ahead of the fifth anniversary of the war. |
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Cnn.com |
8:10am PDT |
Stocks down, but not that bad |
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Summary: Stocks cut losses Monday morning, with the Dow briefly turning higher, as shares of JP Morgan Chase rallied on bets that its bargain basement purchase of Bear Stearns was a good move for the company.
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Yahoo News |
8:05am PDT |
Bear fire sale sparks financial rout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters)- A fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos Inc
stunned Wall Street and pummeled global financial
stocks on Monday on fears that few banks are safe from
deepening market turmoil. |
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BBC News |
8:05am PDT |
Albania minister quits over blast |
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Summary: Albania Defence Minister Fatmir Mediu resigns following a series of fatal explosions at an arms dump near Tirana. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
Stocks waver in aftermath of Bear deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street clawed back from sharp losses Monday, with investors snapping up bargain stocks after JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought stricken Bear Stearns & Co. in a deal backed by the government. The Dow Jones industrials, down nearly 200 points in the ear |
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BBC News |
7:59am PDT |
Arrests after child 'drug' death |
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Summary: Two men are arrested after a two-year-old boy died from a suspected overdose of the heroin substitute methadone. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54am PDT |
Time to put that gorilla on a diet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gorillas on Weight Watchers? Polar bears slurping sugar-free Jell-O shots? Giraffes nibbling alfalfa biscuits? |
