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BBC News |
2:29am PDT |
Omagh civil case gets under way |
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Summary: A civil action against five people relatives believe were behind the Omagh bombing is beginning. |
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Cnn.com |
2:26am PDT |
Brazilian residents feel neglected in dengue fight |
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Summary: The battle against a massive and deadly outbreak of dengue continues Monday, but obstacles remain in at least one sprawling neighborhood.
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BBC News |
2:26am PDT |
Shannon mother arrested by police |
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Summary: The mother of Shannon Matthews is arrested by police investigating the alleged kidnapping of the nine-year-old schoolgirl. |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
Fear over child tranquilliser use |
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Summary: Increasing numbers of UK children are being prescribed unlicensed anti-psychotic drugs, research suggests. |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
Gates hints at Vista 'successor' |
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Summary: Microsoft's Bill Gates drops hints about when the next version of Windows might appear. |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
EADS Astrium seeks SSTL purchase |
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Summary: Europe's largest space company, EADS Astrium, looks set to acquire the innovative British satellite manufacturer, SSTL. |
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BBC News |
2:10am PDT |
The original Wendy house which inspired Peter Pan up for sale |
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Summary: The original wendy house which helped to inspire JM Barrie's classic Peter Pan is to be put up for sale. |
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Yahoo News |
1:52am PDT |
Candice vs. Candace for women's title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Candice on one side, Candace on the other. |
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Yahoo News |
1:46am PDT |
Al Qaeda says behind Yemen attack: Yemeni official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Yemeni security official said al Qaeda
had claimed responsibility in a statement on Monday for an
apparent mortar attack on a complex housing Americans and other
Westerners in the Yemeni capital on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:41am PDT |
Tension high as Zimbabwe waits on legal bid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe anxiously awaited Monday the outcome of an opposition legal bid to force the publication of poll results as Robert Mugabe stoked racial tensions ahead of a possible run-off. |
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Yahoo News |
1:37am PDT |
3 killed, 4 wounded in blast in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi security forces say a large explosion demolished a building in the southern city of Basra. At least three militants were killed and four were wounded. |
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Cnn.com |
1:34am PDT |
Court to rule on Zimbabwe results |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's High Court convened a hearing Monday to decide if it can order the country's electoral commission to release the results of last weekend's presidential election, a journalist on the scene told CNN.
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BBC News |
1:32am PDT |
Blitz survivor has sight restored 66 years on |
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Summary: A man blinded in one eye during the Blitz has his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later. |
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Yahoo News |
1:26am PDT |
Obama seeks to affirm his patriotism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama wants to make something clear: He loves America. |
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Yahoo News |
1:17am PDT |
Foreclosures come to McMansion country
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Million-dollar fixer-upper
for sale: five bedrooms, four baths, three-car garage,
cavernous living room. Big holes above fireplace where
flat-screen TV used to hang. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13am PDT |
Paris security tight for torch relay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - About 3,000 French police — on motorcycles, in jogging gear and on skates — prepared to protect the Olympic torch relay Monday as it departs from the Eiffel Tower and crisscrosses Paris amid threat of protests. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PDT |
McCain insists Iraq buildup is working
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain insists last year's U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of "something approaching normal" there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting and an American death toll that has surpassed 4,000. |
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Yahoo News |
12:58am PDT |
Job winners and losers in hard times
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hospitals, schools and the assembly line at an airplane factory look like pretty good places to be with a recession looming and unemployment rising. Construction workers, real estate agents and auto workers aren't expected to fare as well. |
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Yahoo News |
12:56am PDT |
Airline passenger complaints soaring
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's up, up and away for air travelers: Fares are up, late flights are up and more passengers are being bumped away from boarding gates. All these problems are making travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality says. |
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BBC News |
12:50am PDT |
Amber holds the secrets of an ancient arachnid |
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Summary: A harvestman encased in amber is the latest addition to the Natural History Museum. |
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BBC News |
12:48am PDT |
'Privilege' to watch FA semi win |
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Summary: First Minister Rhodri Morgan leads the tributes as Cardiff City reach the final of the FA Cup. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Iraq's Maliki threatens to bar Sadr from vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's prime minister raised the stakes
in his showdown with followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would
be barred from elections unless their militia disbands. |
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Cnn.com |
12:39am PDT |
Japan's 'geisha guys' the latest accessory |
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Summary: At first glance, the man and woman at the nightclub look like any other couple on a date. He flirts and pours champagne. She looks at him and laughs.
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Cnn.com |
12:36am PDT |
New Zealand man uses hedgehog as weapon |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
12:27am PDT |
Abduction fear over teenage girl |
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Summary: Police fear a teenage Romanian girl may have been abducted as she walked to a supermarket. |
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BBC News |
12:25am PDT |
IOC chief speaks out over Tibet |
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Summary: International Olympics chief Jacques Rogge voices concern over unrest in Tibet and Olympic torch protests. |
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BBC News |
12:17am PDT |
22% of all NI officers are female |
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Summary: The police in NI are revising their gender action plan because of the high number of females joining. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PDT |
China denounces torch protest, Rogge "concerned"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Monday denounced protests that
disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London and IOC chief
Jacques Rogge expressed concern at the demonstrations, but said
there was no momentum for a boycott of the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
12:13am PDT |
Court to rule on Zimbabwe result |
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Summary: A Zimbabwean High Court judge considers a petition by the opposition demanding election results be released. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Zimbabwe court to rule on vote results
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Zimbabwe court will rule on Monday on
whether it has the authority to order the release of delayed
presidential election results that Robert Mugabe's opponents
say will show his long grip on power is over. |
