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Yahoo News |
10:16am PDT |
Iran reveals new atomic work, draws Western rebuke
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new
centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, defying the West which fears
Tehran is trying to build nuclear bombs. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04am PDT |
Petraeus calls for troop withdrawal halt
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. general commanding the Iraq war called Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals this summer, reflecting concern about a recent flare-up in violence and leaving open the possibility that few, if any, additional troops wi |
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Cnn.com |
9:53am PDT |
Olympic flame gets 'head of state' secrecy |
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Summary: The Olympic flame, glowing in a small lamp, arrived in San Francisco early Tuesday to continue an international torch relay that has been plagued by passionate protests.
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Cnn.com |
9:51am PDT |
Deadly critters that might save your life |
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Summary: Sure, you know these five creatures as stinging, biting merchants of death. But isn't it time we put aside our differences and embraced the positive?
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
Clooney drops into Downing Street for pictures and talks on Darfur |
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Summary: Hollywood actor George Clooney visits Gordon Brown to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
EU warns Bulgaria after killings |
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Summary: The EU calls on Bulgaria to take "urgent action" to fight organised crime after two high-profile killings. |
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Cnn.com |
9:33am PDT |
Raid lifts veil on secretive polygamist sect |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
9:31am PDT |
Top general reports 'fragile' progress in Iraq |
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Summary: Iraq is making "fragile but reversible" progress on security, but it's too early to set dates to pull out all U.S. troops, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, told Congress today.
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9:28am PDT |
Brown seeks to calm housing fears |
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Summary: Gordon Brown plays down talk of a 1990s-style property crash, saying recent price falls are "containable". |
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9:27am PDT |
Five guilty of Kodjo gang murder |
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Summary: Five youths are found guilty of killing 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in Hammersmith, west London. |
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BBC News |
9:24am PDT |
Good Samaritan stabbed by robbers |
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Summary: A woman stabbed by a man who claimed his car had broken down says she is too afraid to leave her house. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20am PDT |
Rice leaves door ajar for vice presidential chance
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice left slightly open the chance on Tuesday that she might be
interested in running as vice president on Republican White
House contender John McCain's ticket. |
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BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Singer Doherty is sent to prison |
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Summary: Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is jailed for 14 weeks for violating the terms of his probation. |
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BBC News |
8:58am PDT |
Security fears for torch's US leg |
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Summary: The Olympic flame relay arrives in California amid heightened security, as it faces further protests. |
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8:57am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition slams 'deafening silence' of Africa
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition slammed the "deafening silence" Tuesday of Africa in the aftermath of the country's elections, warning of blood on the streets unless pressure is brought to bear on Robert Mugabe. |
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Yahoo News |
8:51am PDT |
Weak retail sales may spur more warnings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - If there was any question of how much
an early Easter would hurt sales at already-struggling U.S.
retailers, J.C. Penney Co Inc gave a resounding answer
last month with a quarterly profit warning. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43am PDT |
Flying tips for cranky passengers |
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Summary: Disgruntled airline passengers are nothing new, and the latest snapshot of the airline industry indicates plenty of cause for frustration.
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Iraqi cleric threatens to end cease-fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Tuesday to lift a seven-month freeze on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government does not halt attacks on his followers or set a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal. |
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BBC News |
8:17am PDT |
US 'must suspend' Iraq withdrawal |
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Summary: The top US military leader in Iraq calls for troop withdrawals to be suspended to protect improved security. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Minister plans pilot badger cull |
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Summary: A targeted cull of badgers is to go ahead in Wales as part of plans to combat the spread of TB in cattle. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15am PDT |
Gov't says gas prices could hit $4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Retail gas prices could climb as high as $4 a gallon this summer, but prices at such lofty levels will make many Americans think twice about hitting the road this summer, the Energy Department said Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14am PDT |
Petraeus says Iraq security gains "fragile"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. commander in Iraq told
Congress on Tuesday that Iraqi security gains after a year-old
troop increase were fragile and said in a report to deeply
divided lawmakers he would stop troop withdrawals in July. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
WaMu gets $7 billion infusion, cuts jobs, sees big loss
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , the
largest U.S. savings and loan, said on Tuesday it obtained a $7
billion capital injection from private equity firm TPG Inc and
other investors, but that mortgage problems will lead to a $1.1
billion quarterly loss |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
Iran reveals new atomic work and draws Western rebuke
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new
centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, in a new snub to the West which
fears Tehran is trying to build nuclear bombs. |
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Cnn.com |
8:09am PDT |
Petraeus: Return to 'pre-surge' levels, then wait |
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Summary: The top U.S. military commander in Iraq testified today that troop levels should return to "pre-surge" levels this summer, but the military should gauge conditions before making further decisions.
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BBC News |
8:04am PDT |
Family plea to missing presenter |
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Summary: The family of TV presenter Mark Speight, whose fiancee died after taking drugs, urges him to get in touch. |
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Cnn.com |
8:00am PDT |
Baby with two faces worshipped as goddess |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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7:57am PDT |
Security high for torch's US arrival
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, a day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China's human rights record. |
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Cnn.com |
7:54am PDT |
Olympic flame arrives in U.S. |
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Summary: The Olympic flame, glowing in a small lamp, arrived in San Francisco early Tuesday to continue an international torch relay that has been plagued by passionate protests.
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BBC News |
7:45am PDT |
'Huge violence' in Zimbabwe poll |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition says its supporters have been attacked around the country since last month's poll. |
