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Cnn.com |
5:51am PDT |
Facebook starts instant, history-deleting chat |
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Summary: Facebook fans are getting a new toy this week. With the launch of Facebook Chat, users will be able to communicate in real time with friends on the site.
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Cnn.com |
5:51am PDT |
Facebook adds instant message feature |
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Summary: Facebook fans are getting a new toy this week. With the launch of Facebook Chat, users will be able to communicate in real time with friends on the site.
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Yahoo News |
5:45am PDT |
Iran says installing 6,000 centrifuges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on
Tuesday Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its
uranium enrichment plant, in a new snub to the West which fears
Tehran is trying to build nuclear weapons. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Nic Robertson: Flawed surge triggered gains |
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Summary: Without doubt, the surge has benefited Iraq. It's massively reduced the killing of both Iraqis and Americans, and it's been a welcome relief to witness the change.
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Yahoo News |
5:28am PDT |
Iraqi cleric threatens end to ceasefire
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
threatened on Tuesday to end a ceasefire he imposed on his
militia last August, raising the prospect of further violence
just as top U.S. officials get set to testify on Iraq's
progress. |
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Cnn.com |
5:20am PDT |
Polar bear cub makes public debut |
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Summary: A fluffy white polar bear cub that has captured German hearts is making her first public appearance Tuesday at the Nuremberg City Zoo.
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Cnn.com |
5:03am PDT |
Olympic torch now in U.S. |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:02am PDT |
U.S. sergeant's weapon in Iraq is cash |
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Summary: In Iraq, even being a Good Samaritan can prove deadly.
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5:02am PDT |
Tables 'affect university policy' |
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Summary: England's universities are "strongly influenced" by league tables despite concerns about them. |
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5:01am PDT |
Tropical decay blights McCain's Panama birthplace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - John McCain's birthplace in
Panama was an idyllic tropical posting for U.S. sailors that
the Republican presidential candidate speaks fondly of but the
Caribbean port has crumbled into poverty and decay. |
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4:59am PDT |
IRA will not police areas: Adams |
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Summary: Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says the IRA will not return to "dealing with criminality" in nationalist areas. |
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BBC News |
4:59am PDT |
Modular GCSE courses set out |
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Summary: GCSEs made up of units that can be re-taken are going to be taught from September next year. |
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4:55am PDT |
Burrell escapes perjury referral |
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Summary: The coroner in the Princess Diana inquest says he has no plans to refer butler Paul Burrell to the police for a perjury investigation. |
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4:53am PDT |
Richer not happier |
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Summary: 30 years of growing affluence has not made us happier |
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Cnn.com |
4:50am PDT |
Future murky for mortgage crisis fix |
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Summary: The Senate on Tuesday is expected to pass a package of housing measures intended to stabilize the housing market.
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Yahoo News |
4:48am PDT |
Zimbabwe court hears urgent opposition vote request
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's High Court ruled on Tuesday
it would treat the opposition's application for the immediate
release of presidential election results urgently and began
hearing arguments in the case. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48am PDT |
Bob Dylan wins a Pulitzer prize
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honora |
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4:46am PDT |
Hard Candy |
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Summary: Is Madonna's new album more sour than sweet? |
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in San Francisco
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, one 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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Yahoo News |
4:34am PDT |
HP unveils small laptop for schoolkids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers. |
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Cnn.com |
4:32am PDT |
Olympic torch arrives in U.S. |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:25am PDT |
Violence as Kenya talks suspended |
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Summary: Opposition supporters in a Kenyan slum set up burning barricades after a power-sharing deal breaks down. |
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BBC News |
4:25am PDT |
Violence flares in Nairobi slum |
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Summary: Opposition supporters in a Kenyan slum set up burning barricades after a power-sharing deal breaks down. |
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BBC News |
4:22am PDT |
South Korea's first astronaut blasts off for mission |
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Summary: South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon blasts off for mission |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Olympic torch headed to San Francisco
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Security concerns for the Olympic torch's only North American stop were high Tuesday 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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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
Spain smashes 'Russian sex ring' |
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Summary: Spanish police say they have smashed a major Russian prostitution ring, arresting 76 people. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
Campbell banned from BA flights |
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Summary: Supermodel Naomi Campbell is banned from flying with British Airways following a row over baggage. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Zimbabwean activists 'beaten up' |
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Summary: At least 80 opposition supporters have been beaten by Zimbabwe's pro-government militants, they say. |
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BBC News |
3:36am PDT |
Immigration rule change 'illegal' |
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Summary: The government's change to immigration rules for highly skilled workers was illegal, the High Court rules. |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Youths held after gang dawn raids |
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Summary: Police in East Ayrshire arrest a total of 16 youths in a series of dawn raids aimed at tackling gang violence. |
