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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Obama seeks to quell pastor controversy in speech
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Presidential candidate Barack
Obama will seek to quell a controversy over inflammatory
rhetoric by his former pastor in a speech on Tuesday on the
issue of race. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44am PDT |
Amazon says Vista SP1 to arrive Tuesday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site. |
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
NCAA tourney starts tonight with play-in
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins tonight with the play-in game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary's. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Tindall 'drink-drive' allegation |
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Summary: Gloucester rugby club refuses to comment on reports that Mike Tindall has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
Club silent over Tindall claims |
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Summary: Gloucester Rugby refuses to comment on reports that Mike Tindall has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
Markets set for big Fed rate cut as turmoil persists
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is
expected to slash interest rates by as much as a whole
percentage point at its policy meeting later on Tuesday as
investors warily await investment bank results that could
aggravate fears of a full-blown markets c |
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Yahoo News |
4:29am PDT |
China and Dalai Lama trade barbs over Tibetan riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday
of orchestrating Tibetan riots to wreck Beijing's Olympic
Games, but the exiled spiritual leader denied the charge and
vowed to stand down if the violence spiraled out of control. |
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BBC News |
4:14am PDT |
Man remanded over Shannon |
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Summary: A man appears in court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. |
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Cnn.com |
4:02am PDT |
Cracked pillar shuts Philly interstate |
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Cnn.com |
4:02am PDT |
Cracked pillar shuts down Philly interstate |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:57am PDT |
BSkyB's Champions League rights |
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Summary: Satellite operator BSkyB wins the right to show most Champions League football matches from 2009 to 2012. |
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BBC News |
3:57am PDT |
BSkyB gets Champions League |
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Summary: Satellite operator BSkyB wins the right to show most Champions League football matches from 2009 to 2012. |
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PDT |
Dalai Lama appeals for Tibet calm, offers to quit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama on Tuesday appealed for calm in Tibet and said he wanted "good relations" with China, offering to quit as head of the exile movement if unrest in the region worsens. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PDT |
London mayoral race under way |
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Summary: Ken Livingstone launches his campaign for a third term as nominations open for London's 2008 mayoral election. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PDT |
Livingstone opens re-election bid |
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Summary: Ken Livingstone launches his campaign for re-election, promising to cut crime and improve transport and housing. |
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Cnn.com |
3:49am PDT |
Young Tibetans reject Dalai Lama's lead |
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Summary: While the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, many younger Tibetans do not follow him on a crucial question -- whether Tibet should have genuine autonomy or independence from China.
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Man remanded over Shannon kidnap |
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Summary: A man appears in court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. |
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BBC News |
3:39am PDT |
Northern Rock to cut 2,000 jobs |
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Summary: Nationalised bank Northern Rock will cut about 2,000 jobs by 2011 as part of restructuring plans. |
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Cnn.com |
3:35am PDT |
Dalai Lama 'to resign' if violence worsens |
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Summary: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama on Tuesday for violence in Tibet. He also said Chinese forces exercised restraint in confronting unrest there.
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Cnn.com |
3:16am PDT |
Poll: McCain, Obama, Clinton in dead heat |
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Summary: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would both statistically tie Republican John McCain in a general election matchup, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll indicates.
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Yahoo News |
3:02am PDT |
World markets attempt rebound before Fed decision
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - World stock markets aimed higher on Tuesday before a widely-expected sharp cut in US interest rates as the Federal Reserve seeks to ease the global credit crisis that sank Bear Stearns, dealers said. |
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BBC News |
2:45am PDT |
Ghana to deport naked protesters |
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Summary: Ghana is to deport hundreds of Liberian women refugees arrested for holding naked protests. |
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BBC News |
2:45am PDT |
Naked Liberians to be sent home |
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Summary: Ghana is to deport hundreds of Liberian women refugees arrested for holding naked protests. |
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BBC News |
2:42am PDT |
UK consumer inflation hits 2.5% |
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Summary: UK consumer inflation hit 2.5% in February, the sharpest rise in nine months, official figures show. |
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BBC News |
2:31am PDT |
Ukrainian officer dies in Kosovo |
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Summary: A Ukrainian policeman injured in clashes between Kosovo Serbs and international forces dies of his wounds. |
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Yahoo News |
2:29am PDT |
Astronauts to attach robot to station
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Now that the space station's new robot is fully assembled, astronauts prepared to attach the giant machine directly to the orbiting outpost for the first time on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PDT |
Iraq reconciliation meeting off to shaky start
(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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BBC News |
2:20am PDT |
Court orders rogue trader release |
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Summary: A French court orders the release of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, accused of losing billions of euros. |
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Yahoo News |
2:19am PDT |
Dalai Lama says will quit if violence out of control
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Dalai Lama said on
Tuesday he would resign as Tibetan leader if the situation went
out of control in Tibet, and he denied accusations from China
that he was inciting violence. |
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PDT |
Dalai Lama offers to resign if Tibet situation worsens
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama said Tuesday he would resign as Tibet's spiritual leader if the unrest in his homeland worsened, and rejected Chinese allegations he was behind the violence. |
