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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Tesco sees profit rise to £2.8bn |
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Summary: Supermarket giant Tesco reports an 11.8% rise in annual profits for 2007 to £2.846bn. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
'Black hole' scientist dies at 96 |
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Summary: John Wheeler, the US physicist who coined the term "black hole", dies at the age of 96. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Policemen 'protected' IRA killer |
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Summary: RUC Special Branch and other senior police protected an IRA killer who was an informer, it is claimed. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
New school bus measures expected |
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Summary: Laws to ensure pupil safety on school transport are expected to be announced by the Welsh Assembly Government. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Despite missteps, pope reaching out to other faiths
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, who is sometimes seen
as insensitive to other faiths, will reach out to other
religious leaders during his first visit to the United States,
even though the trip is aimed at Roman Catholics. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
IPL founder warns England stars |
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Summary: One of the IPL's founders warns England players not to reject their central contracts to take part in next year's competition. |
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Yahoo News |
10:35pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest to create largest airline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc will buy
Northwest Airlines Corp for more than $3 billion under
a proposal unveiled Monday to create the world's biggest
airline, as carriers seek to counter skyrocketing fuel prices
and a weak economy. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Pakistan MPs urge UN Bhutto probe |
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Summary: The Pakistani parliament votes to request a UN investigation into the assassination of the former PM Benazir Bhutto. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
US merger forms 'largest airline' |
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Summary: Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines set to join forces to create the world's biggest carrier. |
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Cnn.com |
10:29pm PDT |
U.S. to give $200M in food aid |
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Summary: U.S. President George W. Bush has ordered the release of $200 million in emergency aid to help countries where the soaring cost of basic food has spurred riots and instability.
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Italy returns Berlusconi to power |
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Summary: Silvio Berlusconi secures a decisive victory in Italy's general elections, but warns of "difficult months ahead". |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Work begins for Delta and Northwest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If Delta and Northwest are going to create the world's largest airline, they'll first have unions to cajole, politicians to placate, and antitrust regulators to convince. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
US merger forms 'largest carrier' |
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Summary: Rival US companies Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines set to join forces to create the world's biggest carrier. |
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BBC News |
8:55pm PDT |
UN envoy warns Burma on vote |
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Summary: Burma's constitutional referendum will have no credibility unless monitors are allowed in, a UN official says. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Zimbabwe braced for strike action |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's MDC opposition party calls a general strike as it demands the release of presidential election results. |
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BBC News |
8:32pm PDT |
Ecuador crash survivors 'coping' |
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Summary: Eight students who survived a bus crash in Ecuador say they have coped by sticking together. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22pm PDT |
Mothers of some children forced to leave
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Texas officials who took 416 children from a polygamist retreat into state custody sent many of their mothers away Monday, as a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Swift, Pickler, win big at CMT awards
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taylor Swift won video of the year and female video for her smash "Our Song" while newcomer Kellie Pickler took home three awards during Monday's Country Music Television awards. "I wrote that song in the 9th grade for a talent show," said the 18-yea |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
Scientists: Big quake likely in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike |
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Yahoo News |
7:52pm PDT |
Cano, A-Rod help Yankees hold back Rays
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Robinson Cano's pinch-hit homer snapped an eighth-inning tie, and Alex Rodriguez hit No. 521 to match Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Willie McCovey on the career list during the New York Yankees' 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35pm PDT |
Huge, delayed U.S. embassy ready in Iraq |
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Summary: After months of delay, the United States has established an embassy in Baghdad, the State Department said Monday.
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Yahoo News |
7:18pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition strikers face police crackdown
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe opposition supporters face the prospect of a heavy crackdown by security forces Tuesday if they heed a call to launch a general strike to show their disgust at long-delayed election results. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10pm PDT |
Italy's Berlusconi wins third term by surprise margin
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi won Italy's general elections by an unexpectedly wide margin on Monday, securing a third term as prime minister but warning of tough times ahead for the country in the grip of an economic downturn. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05pm PDT |
Forecast: Big quake likely in Calif.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said Monday in the first statewide temblor forecast. |
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Yahoo News |
6:58pm PDT |
Rowling tells court she's stopped working
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An emotional J.K. Rowling said on
Monday she had stopped working on a new novel because her
creativity was stifled by a fan's bid to print an unofficial
encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter series. |
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Yahoo News |
6:57pm PDT |
Delta, Northwest to merge, create largest airline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc and
Northwest Airlines Corp said on Monday they have agreed
to merge in a deal valued at more than $3 billion, aiming to
cut costs amid skyrocketing fuel prices and compete better
globally. |
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BBC News |
6:56pm PDT |
Gaza militant dies in air strike |
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Summary: A senior Palestinian militant died when his vehicle was hit in an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, medics say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PDT |
Swift, Pickler, Rimes among CMT winners
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taylor Swift won female video for "Our Song" and Rascal Flatts won group video of the year for "Take Me There" during Monday's Country Music Television awards. |
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BBC News |
6:52pm PDT |
Petrol must now include biofuels |
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Summary: New rules have come into force requiring all petrol and diesel sold in UK garages to contain biofuels. |
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BBC News |
6:47pm PDT |
US in $200m food crisis response |
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Summary: The White House gives $200m in emergency aid to alleviate food shortages around the world amid spiralling prices. |
