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Yahoo News |
9:48am PDT |
Iraq: New attacks on Green Zone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The fortified Green Zone came under fresh attack Monday, less than 24 hours after anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his fighters to stand down following a week of clashes with government forces. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47am PDT |
New Yorkers take aim at horn-honking taxis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New Yorkers are fighting back against
horn-honking taxi drivers, asking that cabs be modified with
lights that identify horn-honkers so that offenders can be
prosecuted more easily. |
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BBC News |
9:36am PDT |
The RAF turns 90 |
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Summary: Veterans of conflicts past and present look back |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Bush seeks to salvage legacy at NATO, Putin summits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush left
on Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final
heads-of-state meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he tries
to salvage a foreign policy legacy frayed by the Iraq war. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33am PDT |
Jordan queen launches YouTube channel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jordan's media savvy Queen Rania has launched a YouTube channel calling on young people to engage in a global dialogue to dismantle stereotypes of Muslims and the Arab world. |
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BBC News |
9:19am PDT |
Thumbs up |
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Summary: Is Boris Johnson serious enough to be London mayor? |
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BBC News |
9:12am PDT |
Dentist's 'phantom patient' scam |
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Summary: A couple admit stealing tens of thousands of pounds from the NHS through their dental practice. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
Rice says Mideast talks on track, despite settlements
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said on Monday Israel must stop expanding Jewish settlements
but voiced confidence peace talks were on track despite an
Israeli announcement of a new housing project. |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
Many die in Angolan base collapse |
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Summary: Angolan rescuers recover 21 bodies from the ruins of a police building that collapsed in Luanda on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:02am PDT |
Kathie Lee Gifford to join NBC's `Today'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kathie Lee Gifford will soon be back on TV's early shift. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Diplomas begin replacing A-levels |
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Summary: The government is to start scrapping qualifications in England as the new Diplomas are rolled out. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PDT |
Treasury pitches regulatory overhaul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
revealed sweeping plans on Monday for streamlining a hodgepodge
of regulations that are blamed for allowing the U.S. mortgage
crisis to balloon into a full-blown economic threat. |
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Cnn.com |
8:54am PDT |
Chad pardons aid workers who took kids |
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BBC News |
8:53am PDT |
Capello in corruption trial probe |
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Summary: England coach Fabio Capello is said to be under investigation by an Italian prosecutor for allegedly withholding information to court. |
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BBC News |
8:47am PDT |
Brown: World is watching Zimbabwe |
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Summary: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Zimbabwe's election results should be published without delay. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43am PDT |
Nation's housing chief quits |
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Summary: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is planning to step down Monday, an adviser to the Cabinet secretary told CNN.
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BBC News |
8:37am PDT |
Dentist stole thousands from NHS |
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Summary: A couple admit stealing tens of thousands of pounds from the NHS through their dental practice. |
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Warning 'ignored' |
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Summary: Jersey whistle blower says abuse claims were ignored |
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Capello in evidence claim probe |
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Summary: England coach Fabio Capello is said to being probed by an Italian prosecutor for allegedly withholding information to court. |
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Cnn.com |
8:26am PDT |
Mystery of autism remains, numbers grow |
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Summary: The triplets were happy, healthy boys. But at 18 months, one became withdrawn, one screamed at night and one stopped talking. Doctor after doctor told the boys' parents to just wait, but now all are known to have autism -- the neurological disorder that b |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
ITV1 escapes Brit Award censure |
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Summary: ITV1 escapes criticism from Ofcom over Sharon Osbourne's four-letter outburst at the Brit Awards. |
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BBC News |
8:10am PDT |
Bill of rights blueprint launched |
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Summary: The Bill of Rights Forum has delivered its recommendations to the Human Rights Commission. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07am PDT |
Paulson proposes financial overhaul
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration Monday proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. |
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Cnn.com |
8:03am PDT |
HUD chief resigns amid ethics probe |
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Summary: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is planning to step down Monday, an adviser to the Cabinet secretary told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
7:42am PDT |
Paulson: regulator revamp not response to turmoil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Monday a sweeping revamp of the U.S. financial
regulatory landscape was not intended as a response to current
market turmoil and should not be implemented until the
difficulties are resolved. |
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BBC News |
7:33am PDT |
Spam blights e-mail 15 years on |
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Summary: Spam continues to blight e-mail exactly 15 years after the term was first coined. |
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BBC News |
7:32am PDT |
Flintoff misses out on MCC match |
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Summary: Andrew Flintoff is left out of the MCC side to play Sussex on 10 April as he continues his comeback from injury. |
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BBC News |
7:32am PDT |
England refuse to rush Flintoff |
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Summary: Andrew Flintoff is left out of the MCC side to play Sussex on 10 April as he continues his comeback from injury. |
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BBC News |
7:29am PDT |
Bodies recovered from fatal crash |
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Summary: The remains of five people who died when a jet crashed in Farnborough, Kent, are removed from the scene. |
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Cnn.com |
7:27am PDT |
U.S. money system to get overhaul |
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Summary: It could be the biggest overhaul of the U.S. financial system since the Great Depression. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today proposed a set of sweeping changes that include a broad expansion of the Federal Reserve's powers.
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