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Cnn.com |
10:43am PDT |
Deadly Sadr City clashes rage for second day |
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Summary: Nine Iraqis were killed and 65 others wounded in clashes as U.S. and Iraqi forces took on Shiite militia members in Baghdad's Sadr City, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said. The latest violence follows days of fierce fighting between U.S. and Iraqi |
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Cnn.com |
10:37am PDT |
Bush forcing Congress to act on trade |
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Summary: President Bush will force Congress to vote on a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia in an appearance at the White House Monday, according to sources at the White House and in Congress.
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BBC News |
10:36am PDT |
Search engines warned over data |
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Summary: Search engines should delete personal data on their users within six months, says a European advisory body. |
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BBC News |
10:35am PDT |
Unlawful killing verdict in Diana inquest |
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Summary: A jury at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed returns a verdict of unlawful killing. It blames their deaths on grossly negligent driving by the couple's chauffeur, Henri Paul, and the paparazzi who pursued them. |
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10:35am PDT |
Protests turn Paris Olympic torch run into debacle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch relay became a
debacle as it passed through Paris on Monday, with organizers
forced to carry the flame by bus after pro-Tibet protesters
tried to seize it and officials had to extinguish it. |
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Yahoo News |
10:22am PDT |
Ewing, Olajuwon, Riley named to Hall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Coach Pat Riley, broadcaster Dick Vitale, players Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing, plus three others have been elected to basketball's Hall of Fame. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19am PDT |
Women questioned after polygamy raid |
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Summary: Authorities on Monday are still questioning some of the more than 200 women and children taken from the compound of a polygamist sect.
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Cnn.com |
10:19am PDT |
Women, kids from polygamist ranch questioned |
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Summary: Authorities on Monday are still questioning some of the more than 200 women and children taken from the compound of a polygamist sect.
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BBC News |
10:13am PDT |
Benitez piles pressure on Arsenal |
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Summary: Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez increases the pressure on Arsenal by saying the Champions League is their only hope of a trophy this season. |
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Cnn.com |
10:13am PDT |
Bush forcing Congress to vote on trade pact |
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Summary: President Bush will force Congress to vote on a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia in an appearance at the White House Monday, according to sources at the White House and in Congress.
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Yahoo News |
10:10am PDT |
Children flee rolling school bus in Ohio
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fast-acting child was credited as a hero Monday for grabbing the wheel of a runaway school bus and steering it into a pillar after the driver apparently left the bus to fill up with gas and take a bathroom break. |
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Cnn.com |
10:08am PDT |
Pavarotti 'lip-synched last performance' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:00am PDT |
Airlines fare poorly in quality survey
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Low-cost carriers — AirTran, Jet Blue and Southwest — took the top three spots in a national survey of airline quality, while the industry overall fared poorly amid rising fuel prices and increasingly fed-up consumers. |
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Cnn.com |
9:57am PDT |
Olympic torch snuffed, Paris relay canceled |
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Summary: The remaining portion of the Olympic torch relay in Paris was canceled today after massive protests against China's human rights record, according to French police. The torch made it about 10 miles into the route before the procession was abruptly halted. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50am PDT |
McCain says Democrats make "reckless" Iraq promises
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain charged his Democratic rivals on Monday
with making "reckless" promises they cannot keep by pledging
speedy U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
McCain: Democrats' stance on Iraq flawed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that calls from his Democratic rivals to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq stand as a "failure of leadership" as they are making promises they cannot keep. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34am PDT |
FBI chief enters British wiretap debate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of
Investigation waded into a sensitive British security debate on
Monday by arguing strongly in favor of the use of phone-tap
evidence to prosecute terrorist suspects. |
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Cnn.com |
9:33am PDT |
Olympic torch relay in Paris canceled |
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Summary: The remaining portion of the Olympic torch relay in Paris was canceled today after massive protests against China's human rights record, according to French police. The torch made it about 10 miles into the route before the procession was abruptly halted. |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
Ex-presidents choose: Chicken farm or cash |
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Summary: Shortly before leaving the White House in 1829, John Quincy Adams reportedly said, "There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president."
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Cnn.com |
9:26am PDT |
Jury rules Princess Diana unlawfully killed |
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Summary: The inquest into the 1997 death of Britain's Princess Diana has blamed "grossly negligent" driving by her driver and pursuing photographers for her fatal accident and ruled the death an unlawful killing. Diana and her companion, Dodi Fayed, and driver Hen |
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BBC News |
9:23am PDT |
Protests cut short Olympic relay |
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Summary: French security officials cut short the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay in the face of anti-China protests. |
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Cnn.com |
9:22am PDT |
Clinton aide out after months of bad blood |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief presidential campaign strategist is quitting his post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with the Colombian government over a pending free-trade deal, Clinton's campaign announced.
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
Pat Riley named to Hall of Fame
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mired in his roughest season, Pat Riley has received basketball's highest honor. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17am PDT |
Chaotic Olympic torch relay called off in Paris
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese officials called off a chaotic
relay of the Olympic torch through Paris on Monday after
thousands of pro-Tibet protesters tried to block its path and
the flame had to be extinguished at least twice. |
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BBC News |
9:12am PDT |
Princess Diana unlawfully killed |
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Summary: A jury at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed has returned a verdict of unlawful killing. |
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BBC News |
9:06am PDT |
Roofing firm chief's manslaughter |
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Summary: A roofing firm boss admits manslaughter over a teenage worker who fell through a skylight days after starting work. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
Coroner jury: Diana unlawfully killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A coroner's jury ruled Monday that Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed through the reckless actions of their driver and the paparazzi in 1997. |
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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
Pressure mounts over tax changes |
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Summary: Ministers come under increasing pressure to rethink scrapping the lowest 10p rate of income tax. |
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Cnn.com |
9:02am PDT |
U.S. troops go deep inside al-Sadr stronghold |
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Summary: Nine Iraqis were killed and 65 others wounded in clashes as U.S. and Iraqi forces took on Shiite militia members in Baghdad's Sadr City, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said. The latest violence follows days of fierce fighting between U.S. and Iraqi |
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BBC News |
8:59am PDT |
McCain makes upbeat Iraq speech |
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Summary: John McCain, the Republican Party's presidential candidate, says the US can look ahead to success in Iraq. |
