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Yahoo News |
9:24am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero as U.S. tour nears end
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict on Sunday made an
emotional visit to Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Center
felled in the September 11 attacks, and prayed for the 3,000
victims, their families and an end to hate and violence. |
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BBC News |
9:23am PDT |
Salmond sets out 'global vision' |
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Summary: First Minister Alex Salmond outlined his vision to make Scotland a major player on the world stage. |
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BBC News |
9:18am PDT |
Police raids target internet brothels |
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Summary: Police continue to question 15 people arrested as part of an operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
More than 80 die in Mogadishu fighting: rights group
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Somali Islamist insurgents and
government troops exchanged mortar fire on Sunday and a
prominent human rights group said 81 people had been killed in
the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest clashes in months. |
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BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Two arrested after pub explosion |
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Summary: Two people have been arrested following an explosion at a pub in which several people were burned. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PDT |
'Vast right-wing conspiracy' leader's paper backs Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Could it be the "vast right wing conspiracy" is having second thoughts? Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed Sunday by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, whose owner and publisher, billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, personally funded many of the |
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Yahoo News |
8:52am PDT |
Zimbabwe 'war' killed 10 people since elections: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a war for power that has killed 10 people and forced thousands to flee their homes since parliamentary and presidential elections. |
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BBC News |
8:39am PDT |
Somali fighting claims more lives |
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Summary: Fresh clashes between Ethiopian forces and Islamists in the Somali capital kill at least 13 people. |
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BBC News |
8:35am PDT |
Calm urged over refinery shutdown |
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Summary: Motorists are urged not to panic over warnings that the shutdown of an oil refinery could lead to fuel shortages. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24am PDT |
Young Pennsylvania voters drawn to Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama is attracting record numbers of young voters --
but will a demographic known for low turnout vote in enough
numbers to defeat Hillary Clinton in the graying state of
Pennsylvania? |
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BBC News |
8:18am PDT |
Fight erupts in Jerusalem church |
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Summary: Fisticuffs break out between Orthodox clergymen at one of Christianity's holiest sites in Jerusalem. |
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BBC News |
8:15am PDT |
Rapper Foxy Brown freed from jail |
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Summary: US hip-hop artist Foxy Brown is released from jail after serving eight months of her one-year sentence. |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Spice of life |
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Summary: Why do protesters fear for the great British curry? |
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
Rice visits Iraq in show of support for government assaults
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top U.S. diplomat made a surprise visit to Baghdad in a show of support for the country's leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PDT |
Fresh anti-Western protests rock China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fresh anti-Western protests broke out in China Sunday with angry demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French store Carrefour in rows over perceived bias, Tibet and the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02am PDT |
A day of violence in Mogadishu leaves 81 dead: activist
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Clashes between insurgents and allied
Somali-Ethiopian troops killed 81 people in Mogadishu in one
day, a prominent local human rights group said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
8:00am PDT |
Rome in pictures |
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Summary: Centurions go back on the streets, to mark the city's birth |
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Yahoo News |
7:48am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero and honors dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict visited Ground Zero,
site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the September 11
attacks, on Sunday to pray for the nearly 3,000 victims and
their families and for an end to hatred and violence. |
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Cnn.com |
7:46am PDT |
China protests target CNN, French store |
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Summary: Protests against Tibetan independence have continued Sunday in several Chinese cities, according to the country's state-run news agency.
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
UK told not to fear immigration |
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Summary: Equality chief Trevor Phillips says the UK must not "cower in fear and fret" about admitting immigrants. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Don't fear immigration - Phillips |
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Summary: Equality chief Trevor Phillips says the UK must not "cower in fear and fret" about admitting immigrants. |
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BBC News |
7:36am PDT |
TV stars set for Bafta spotlight |
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Summary: Cranford, Harry Hill's TV Burp and The Street are among the shows hoping to scoop Bafta TV Awards in London. |
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Cnn.com |
7:36am PDT |
At Ground Zero, pope prays for grieving, hateful |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI prayed at New York's Ground Zero today, asking God to bring healing and strength to grieving families, and direction for people "consumed with hatred."
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Yahoo News |
7:20am PDT |
In Iraq, Rice shows support for gov't-led assaults on militias
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top U.S. diplomat made a surprise visit to Baghdad in a show of support for the country's leaders. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20am PDT |
US military says 12 militants killed in 'uptick' in fighting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops killed 12 militants during an "uptick" in fighting Sunday, the military said, as fierce clashes broke out in Baghdad's Sadr City district after radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr warned he will declare war if a crackdown against his followers |
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PDT |
Pope blesses ground zero in NYC, prays for peace
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world." |
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BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
Call for action on Zimbabwe 'war' |
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Summary: A leading figure in Zimbabwe's opposition urges African leaders and the UN to stop the "war" there following disputed polls. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PDT |
Pope visits Ground Zero to pray for victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict visited Ground Zero,
site of the World Trade Center destroyed in the September 11
attacks, on Sunday to pray for the nearly 3,000 victims and
their families and for an end to hatred and violence. |
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BBC News |
7:04am PDT |
Pope offers prayer at Ground Zero |
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Summary: The Pope prays for peace and the victims of the 9/11 attacks as he visits Ground Zero at the end of his US trip. |
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BBC News |
7:02am PDT |
Prescott's bulimia |
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Summary: The ex-deputy PM's confession came as a genuine surprise |
