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Yahoo News |
6:40am PDT |
Russia says no agreement with U.S. on missile defense
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - No agreement has been reached between
the United States and Russia on Washington's plans to deploy a
missile defense system in eastern Europe or on the future of a
key nuclear arms control treaty, Russia's Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said |
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BBC News |
6:39am PDT |
Game ratings under more scrutiny |
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Summary: The classification of games is coming under increased scrutiny following the decision to release Manhunt 2. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
Mills' evidence 'inaccurate' |
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Summary: Heather Mills' evidence in her divorce case with Sir Paul McCartney was "inaccurate", the judge's ruling states. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PDT |
Obama to deliver speech on race, ex-pastor |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama, who has mostly avoided focusing on race during his campaign, is delivering a major speech on the issue today after spending the weekend on the defensive over racially charged statements from his former minister.
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BBC News |
6:27am PDT |
End Tibet unrest, says Dalai Lama |
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Summary: The Dalai Lama calls for violence in Tibet to end and rejects China's claims he masterminded the unrest. |
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Cnn.com |
6:26am PDT |
Mummified dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Officer 'staged wife's suicide' |
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Summary: A policeman who shot himself and his mother-in-law while on bail charged with his wife's murder may have staged her suicide, an inquest hears |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
New NY governor admits extramarital affair: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The new governor of New York who
assumed power after his predecessor stepped down in a sex
scandal admitted to the New York Daily News that both he and
his wife had extramarital affairs years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19am PDT |
Cheney says U.S. will complete mission in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States intends
to complete its mission in Iraq and will not allow the country
to become a staging ground for terrorist attacks on Americans,
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:15am PDT |
Fed set to slash rates to battle banking liquidity crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The US Federal Reserve opened a meeting Tuesday tipped to cut interest rates sharply as part of a multi-pronged effort to halt a mushrooming financial crisis, analysts say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Fed poised to cut interest rates again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Reserve is expected to aggressively lower interest rates in its intensified battle against the credit crisis and spreading economic weakness. The question is whether all of the effort will turn the tide. |
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Cnn.com |
6:10am PDT |
Diddy on Tupac: 'The story is a lie' |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Chambers 'must help drugs fight' |
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Summary: The head of Britain's anti-doping body tells BBC Sport that Dwain Chambers should help in the battle against drugs cheats. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
Dead cadet's parents seek charges |
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Summary: The parents of a teenage Army cadet killed in a boating accident call for criminal charges. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Director Minghella dies aged 54 |
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Summary: British film director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent says. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Scheme shuts door on home buyers |
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Summary: Northern Ireland's co-ownership housing scheme closes its doors to new applicants. |
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Yahoo News |
5:59am PDT |
Wholesale prices jump on energy costs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wholesale prices rose again in February as another hefty increase in energy costs offset falling food prices. Outside of food and energy, prices shot up at the fastest pace in 15 months. |
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Yahoo News |
5:54am PDT |
February home starts fell 0.6 pct to 1.065 mln pace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. home building projects started
in February fell by 0.6 percent to a higher-than-expected
annual rate while building permit activity, a sign of future
construction plans, dropped off 7.8 percent, a government
report on Tuesday showed. |
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BBC News |
5:53am PDT |
Football: Gretna strike considered |
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Summary: Closure-threatened Gretna could face a strike by players awaiting unpaid wages, putting their fixture against Celtic in doubt. |
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
US admits economy in downturn |
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Summary: US Treasury boss Hank Paulson says the US is in a downturn as the Fed prepares to slash interest rates to 2%. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Drug trial safety monitoring fear |
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Summary: More needs to be done to monitor safety during drug trials on children, experts say. |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
U.S., Russia fail to agree on missile shield: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Basic disagreements remain between
Moscow and Washington over U.S. plans for a missile defence
shield, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting a
source close to talks between the two countries' foreign and
defense ministers. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17am PDT |
U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes after blast |
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Summary: The U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, closed Tuesday after three mortar rounds detonated near the embassy compound, according to an embassy statement.
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Dalai Lama offers to resign, Tibet exiles say 19 more dead in China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama vowed Tuesday he would resign as leader of Tibet's exiles if violence back home worsened, just hours before his aides said 19 people were killed in new demonstrations. |
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Yahoo News |
5:07am PDT |
High court considers landmark gun-rights case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court considers on
Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for
the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the
right to keep and bear arms. |
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BBC News |
4:56am PDT |
Religion 'linked to happy life' |
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Summary: A belief in God may boost our chances of leading a satisfying and contented life, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Iraq reconciliation talks hit by walkouts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A conference to reconcile Iraq's
warring political groups began to unravel even before it got
under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bloc
pulling out and protesting it had not been properly invited. |
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Yahoo News |
4:51am PDT |
Russia and U.S. start talks in upbeat mood
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and the United States discussed
nuclear arms control, NATO expansion and U.S. plans to build a
missile defense shield on Tuesday in an effort to lay the
foundations of a better relationship. |
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BBC News |
4:47am PDT |
Al Fayed bid for Philip evidence |
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Summary: Mohamed Al Fayed is set to is to seek leave for a judicial review concerning the Diana inquest. |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Mills loses divorce ruling appeal |
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Summary: Full details of Sir Paul McCartney's divorce are to be made public after Heather Mills is told she cannot appeal. |
