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Yahoo News |
3:08am PDT |
China demands CNN apology for "goons" comment
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China on Tuesday demanded that
television news channel CNN apologize after one of its
commentators said the Chinese were "goons" and that their
products were "junk." |
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Cnn.com |
3:07am PDT |
Suicide bomb kills 34 and injures dozens more |
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Summary: At least 34 people have died in the suicide car bombing that rocked a restive Iraqi provincial capital on Tuesday, a medical source told CNN.
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3:06am PDT |
Car bomb kills 30 in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi police say a car bomb that exploded in Baqouba killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens of others. |
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3:00am PDT |
Political 'earthquake' in Italy, but scepticism over Berlusconi
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Italy has shifted back to the right with the return of flamboyant media baron Silvio Berlusconi after a convincing election victory, but expectations for significant change were muted on Tuesday. |
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2:56am PDT |
Chinese fund snaps up stake in BP |
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Summary: A Chinese state-run fund spends £1bn buying a 1% stake in BP, the latest in a series of similar moves. |
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2:55am PDT |
2 Midwest colleges reopen after threats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two colleges returned to normal class schedules after a promised doomsday scrawled in graffiti came and went without incident, but one university remained closed Tuesday as administrators weighed the seriousness of the threats. |
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2:51am PDT |
Muted response to Zimbabwe strike |
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Summary: Many Zimbabwean businesses open as usual despite opposition calls for a strike over undeclared election results. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Berlusconi charts a course for Italy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Silvio Berlusconi quickly laid out his strategy Tuesday for resolving Italy's crises, from its ailing national airline to garbage in Naples, a day after the media mogul triumphed in parliamentary elections. |
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2:41am PDT |
IRA to al-Qaeda |
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Summary: Charting the bloody evolution of political violence |
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Cnn.com |
2:34am PDT |
Rowling: Harry Potter saved my sanity |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:33am PDT |
Carter says request to enter Gaza turned down
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, shunned by Israeli leaders over his plans to meet
Hamas, said on Tuesday he sought permission to enter the
Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip but was turned down. |
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2:29am PDT |
Iran will eliminate Israel if it attacks: agency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran will eliminate Israel if it
launches a military attack on the Islamic state, a senior army
commander was quoted as saying on Tuesday. |
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2:26am PDT |
Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Home foreclosure filings surged 57
percent in the 12 month-period ended in March and bank
repossessions soared 129 percent from a year ago, as homeowners
struggled to make mortgage payments, real estate data firm
RealtyTrac said on Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:18am PDT |
Slow start to Zimbabwe general strike
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A general strike called by Zimbabwe's opposition to force the release of last month's election results got off to a slow start Tuesday with shops and services open for business as usual. |
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2:18am PDT |
Twelve arrested over Rhys murder |
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Summary: Twelve people are arrested in connection with the death of schoolboy Rhys Jones, four of them on suspicion of murder. |
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2:15am PDT |
Cleric Sadr key player in helping poor Iraqis: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The anti-U.S. movement of Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is now Iraq's main humanitarian
organization helping needy Iraqis, a relief group said in a
report that is certain to cause concern in Washington. |
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1:54am PDT |
Minister to quit before election |
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Summary: Trade Minister Lord Jones says he plans to leave his post before the next general election, it is reported. |
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1:50am PDT |
School fire kills Uganda children |
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Summary: An overnight fire in a school dormitory near Uganda's capital has killed 19 children, police say. |
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1:48am PDT |
UK inflation held steady in March |
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Summary: UK consumer inflation was at 2.5% in March, the same level as the previous month, but still at a nine-month high. |
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1:48am PDT |
Four questioned about Rhys murder |
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Summary: Two men and two teenagers are arrested on suspicion of murdering Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones. |
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1:42am PDT |
Two hit and killed by 80mph train |
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Summary: A man and a woman die when they are struck by an 80mph train on a railway line in west Essex. |
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1:40am PDT |
Zimbabweans urged to stay at home |
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Summary: There is tight security as Zimbabwe's opposition party calls a general strike to press for the release of election results. |
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1:35am PDT |
NHS ruling 'denies drug to many' |
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Summary: Nearly 100,000 Alzheimer's patients a year will be denied drugs that could delay the onset of the disease, the Court of Appeal hears. |
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1:32am PDT |
ITV drops Pushing Daisies episode |
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Summary: ITV will not show the second episode of hit US drama Pushing Daisies, instead jumping straight to part three. |
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Yahoo News |
1:31am PDT |
Berlusconi to assemble Italy's new gov't
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Silvio Berlusconi and his conservative allies are quickly getting to work on lining up their team for Italy's next government. |
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1:31am PDT |
Italy's Berlusconi secures clear majority
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Silvio Berlusconi looked on Tuesday to
have secured a clear majority and streamlined parliament to
help him push through tough decisions on Italy's struggling
economy in his third term as prime minister. |
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1:16am PDT |
Is it safe? |
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Summary: Wiki website lets people pinpoint crime hotspots in Brazil |
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BBC News |
1:13am PDT |
Gandhi daughter visits assassin |
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Summary: The daughter of the slain Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi says she met a woman convicted for her father's assassination. |
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BBC News |
12:44am PDT |
Moose back on the loose in Scotland - will bears and wolves be next? |
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Summary: A Scottish landowner has reintroduced moose to his estate in a bid to return it to the natural state of hundreds of years ago. |
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Yahoo News |
12:36am PDT |
Amare, Suns end Warriors playoff hopes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 11 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and Phoenix recovered after blowing a 17-point lead to beat Golden State 122-116 Monday night, eliminating the Warriors from playoff contention. |
