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Cnn.com |
11:56pm PDT |
Paris readies for Olympic torch |
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Summary: Thousands of police are expected to protect the Olympic torch as it makes its run through Paris in a few hours.
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Talks to avert Somali aid crisis |
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Summary: Aid agencies are to meet the Somali prime minister to try to improve aid deliveries to the war-torn country. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
'Help needed' for credit crunch |
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Summary: Tackling the credit crunch needs government intervention at a global level, the head of the IMF says. |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Mugabe warns of white land battle |
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Summary: Robert Mugabe calls on black Zimbabweans to ensure white farmers do not regain the land seized from them, reports say. |
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BBC News |
11:12pm PDT |
Omagh action |
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Summary: First time ever that alleged terrorists have been sued |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Uefa offers Cardiff Euro lifeline |
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Summary: Uefa may give Cardiff City a wildcard into Europe if the Welsh club win next month's FA Cup final. |
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Yahoo News |
10:58pm PDT |
China, New Zealand sign trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China and New Zealand signed a sweeping free trade agreement Monday, the rising economic giant's first such pact with a developed country. |
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Cnn.com |
10:51pm PDT |
Iraqi PM issues al-Sadr ultimatum |
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Summary: Three U.S. soldiers were killed and 31 others wounded in two rocket attacks Sunday afternoon in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
'Anti-English attack' hurts horse |
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Summary: A pony's nose is cut and anti-English graffiti daubed on a stables owned by a Welsh woman. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Anti-English attack injures horse |
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Summary: A pony's face is slashed and anti-English graffiti daubed on a stables owned by a Welsh woman. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
UN criticises Nepal Maoist party |
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Summary: The UN calls on the Maoist party in Nepal to stop intimidating other parties ahead of the elections. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Omagh civil case due before court |
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Summary: A civil action against five people relatives believe were behind the Omagh bombing is due to begin. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35pm PDT |
Olympic chief calls for peace in Tibet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called on China Monday to peacefully resolve unrest in Tibet, piling further pressure on its communist rulers ahead of the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PDT |
Ferdinand awaits injury verdict |
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Summary: Manchester United anxiously await news of Rio Ferdinand after the defender limped off in the draw at Middlesbrough. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
McCain says Democrats can't keep promises on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain will accuse his Democratic rivals of
making promises they cannot keep with regard to Iraq on Monday
in a speech that kicks off a week in which the war returns to
center stage of the U.S. presiden |
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9:49pm PDT |
'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry |
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Summary: Unconfirmed reports say a woman arrested over the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews is her mother. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Woman held over Shannon 'kidnap' |
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Summary: Unconfirmed reports say a woman arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews is her mother. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
Afghans 'seize Taleban commander' |
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Summary: Afghan officials say they have arrested a senior Taleban commander in the southern city of Kandahar. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
China denounces torch protest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday denounced protests that
disrupted the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London and IOC
chief Jacques Rogge said he was very concerned at the protests,
but added there was no momentum for a Games boycott. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01pm PDT |
China, New Zealand sign free trade deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China and New Zealand have signed a groundbreaking free trade agreement — the rising economic giant's first such pact with a developed country. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
Tennessee edges LSU on late putback
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alexis Hornbuckle's only basket of the game was enough to get Tennessee back in the championship game. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
Raucous protests greet Olympic flame
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London. |
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BBC News |
8:49pm PDT |
Youths attack Australian school |
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Summary: Several people are hurt after youths armed with bats and a machete attack a Sydney high school. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
Wiggins wills Stanford past Connecticut
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Candice Wiggins refused to let Stanford lose to Connecticut. Not again. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PDT |
Clinton's top strategist quits
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton's chief political strategist, Mark Penn,
stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free
trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes. |
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BBC News |
7:54pm PDT |
Tories to detail rowdy pupil plan |
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Summary: Classrooms will be rid of persistent troublemakers, under Tory school discipline proposals due to be outlined. |
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
Paris braced for torch protests |
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Summary: Hundreds of French police will be deployed to protect the Olympic torch from protesters angry at China's role in Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
7:43pm PDT |
Zimbabweans prepare for Mugabe to stay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For a few brief moments, Zimbabweans suffering under the authoritarian rule of Robert Mugabe allowed themselves a rare burst of optimism after their longtime president suffered what appeared to be a devastating electoral loss. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
China denounces Olympic torch protest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday denounced protests that
dogged the Beijing Olympic torch relay through London, while
state media announced impending trials of people accused of
rioting in the Tibetan capital. |
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BBC News |
7:36pm PDT |
The 'tapas seven' |
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Summary: The key witnesses in the Madeleine McCann case |
