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Yahoo News |
8:58am PDT |
Protests halt Paris torch relay early
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security officials snuffed out the Olympic torch and carried it through Paris in the safety of a bus at least five times Monday before canceling the final run of a relay repeatedly disrupted by chaotic protests against China's human rights record. |
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BBC News |
8:54am PDT |
Diana inquest |
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Summary: What we learned from six months of evidence |
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BBC News |
8:51am PDT |
Care worker dies in stab attack |
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Summary: A 48-year-old social care worker is stabbed to death on a visit to a house in Lancashire. |
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Cnn.com |
8:38am PDT |
Olympic torch 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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BBC News |
8:37am PDT |
Theory collapses |
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Summary: How Al Fayed's claim of a murder plot fell apart |
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Cnn.com |
8:36am PDT |
Jury: Diana's death unlawful |
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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 |
8:33am PDT |
Omagh bomb attack 'was massacre' |
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Summary: A civil action brought by victims of the Omagh bombing hears it described as a 'massacre of the innocents'. |
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Yahoo News |
8:21am PDT |
Al-Sadr calls for dialogue in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior religious leaders ordered it. |
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Two accused of beach head murder |
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Summary: Two men appear in court after the discovery of a woman's head and hands on a beach in Angus. |
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BBC News |
8:08am PDT |
Two in court over beach head case |
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Summary: Two men are charged with murder after the discovery of a woman's head and hands on a beach in Angus. |
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BBC News |
8:01am PDT |
Casablanca bomb convicts escape |
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Summary: Nine people convicted over suicide bombings in Casablanca escape from a Moroccan prison, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57am PDT |
Olympic torch relay descends into chaos
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security officials snuffed out the Olympic torch and carried it through Paris in the safety of a bus at least five times Monday as chaotic protests against China's human rights record turned the relay into a chaotic series of stops and starts. |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
7/7 'inspired airline plotters' |
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Summary: Men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic planes kept photographs of the 7 July suicide bombers, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
7:53am PDT |
Paris protests mar Olympic relay |
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Summary: The Olympic torch is extinguished three times and a ceremony is cancelled because of anti-China protests in Paris. |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
Australia incest pair in TV plea |
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Summary: A father and daughter reveal their incestuous relationship on TV in Australia and ask for understanding. |
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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Two people die from vCJD in Spain |
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Summary: Two people die in Spain after contracting the human form of "mad cow disease", Spanish media say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PDT |
Olympic torch extinguished twice on Paris run
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Security officials extinguished the
Olympic torch at least twice on Monday during a chaotic relay
through Paris where thousands of pro-Tibet protesters tried to
block its path. |
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PDT |
Protests disrupt Olympic flame relay in Paris
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pro-Tibet activists disrupted the Paris relay of the Beijing Olympic torch Monday, clashing with police and three times forcing torchbearers to extinguish the flame and take refuge on a bus. |
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BBC News |
7:07am PDT |
Minister defends tax rate changes |
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Summary: The government defends the abolition of the 10p income tax rate - after MPs say it will hurt low earners. |
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Cnn.com |
7:04am PDT |
Travelers grumpy, airline complaints soar |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:52am PDT |
Cech has surgery after accident |
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Summary: Chelsea keeper Petr Cech undergoes facial surgery after a training ground accident. |
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Cnn.com |
6:43am PDT |
Iraq's leader wants answers on Blackwater |
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Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blasted the U.S. State Department for renewing its contract with the Blackwater security firm, saying the company has yet to answer for what he called a "massacre" last year.
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Olympic flame snuffed twice, backup fire used |
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Summary: The Olympic torch was in the hands of a wheelchair athlete when protest activity prompted relay authorities to put out the flame and load the torch onto a bus in Paris, The Associated Press reported.
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PDT |
Officials put out Olympic torch 3 times
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
10p tax crunch |
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Summary: Low-paid workers losing out under new tax system |
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Yahoo News |
6:33am PDT |
Iraq's Sadr to disband Mehdi Army if clerics order
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr will consult senior religious leaders and disband his
Mehdi Army militia if they instruct him to, a senior aide said
on Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:25am PDT |
Sergeant major voyeur is jailed |
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Summary: A sergeant major is jailed for a year for secretly filming teenage girls undressing in a military camp. |
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BBC News |
6:23am PDT |
Paddick's launch |
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Summary: Lib Dem Brian Paddick kicks off his mayoral campaign |
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BBC News |
6:17am PDT |
EU 'windfall for power firms' |
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Summary: A report accuses the EU of handing cheap profits to power firms under its scheme for buying and selling carbon emissions. |
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Yahoo News |
6:10am PDT |
Dumbo paints! Animals make zoo artwork
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brittany wields her paintbrush with confidence, slapping it roughly against the canvas to produce streaks of green or smears of orange. With apparent pride, she steps back, inspects her work — and extends her trunk to receive a freshly loaded paintbr |
