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BBC News |
6:58am PDT |
Move to change succession laws |
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Summary: A centuries-old law which gives males precedence in the royal line of succession could be abolished. |
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Yahoo News |
6:47am PDT |
Female sailor found dead at U.S. Navy base in Bahrain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A female sailor was found dead at a U.S.
naval base in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain on Sunday, the
Navy said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:17am PDT |
Young Pennsylvania voters take a shine 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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Yahoo News |
6:11am PDT |
Distressed war veterans get day in court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan and elsewhere who say they have systematically
been denied proper medical care will get their day in federal
court starting on Monday in San Francisco. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08am PDT |
Zimbabwe 'war' kills ten people since elections: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a "war" that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PDT |
McCain visiting poor areas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain spends this week visiting economically struggling
areas of the United States to show Americans he is a different
kind of Republican. |
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BBC News |
6:06am PDT |
RBS 'plans to sell insurance arm' |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland is considering selling its insurance firms Direct Line and Churchill, a report suggests. |
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BBC News |
5:56am PDT |
Rampant Villa thrash Birmingham |
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Summary: Ashley Young and John Carew both score twice as Aston Villa thrash Birmingham 5-1 to leave their rivals in the bottom three. |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
US military: 12 militants die as Baghdad violence increases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City. |
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BBC News |
5:44am PDT |
Zimbabwe in state of war - MDC |
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Summary: A leading figure in Zimbabwe's opposition says the country is in a state of war following disputed polls. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Iranian, Afghan forces clash at southwestern border
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the
partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday,
extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10
of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested. |
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Cnn.com |
5:33am PDT |
Iraqi lawmaker issues ultimatum to U.S. |
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Summary: An Iraqi lawmaker warned the U.S. military today that if it doesn't immediately end its attacks on Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army, "all options are open to us." Fawzi Tarzi, a Sadrist member of parliament, made his remarks as U.S. Secretary of |
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Yahoo News |
5:16am PDT |
China seeks to contain patriotic outbursts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China sought on Sunday to contain an
outpouring of nationalism triggered by protests along the route
of the Olympic torch relay, with state media urging people to
channel their patriotism into "rational" expressions. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Blast families could return home |
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Summary: Families evacuated after police arrested their neighbour under the Terrorism Act may be allowed to return home on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
Rice in Iraq after Sadr's "open war" threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi
government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,
who has threatened an "open war" on security forces. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PDT |
Tibet, Olympics spark Chinese anti-Western protests
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fresh protests broke out across China Sunday with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
10 people killed in Zimbabwe election violence: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ten people have been killed in violence in the wake of the March 29 general election in Zimbabwe, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
Darling: I can't rewrite Budget |
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Summary: Alistair Darling rules out reinstating the 10p tax rate - but says he will do more to help those hit in future. |
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BBC News |
4:31am PDT |
Bank's £50bn rescue plan 'needed' |
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Summary: A plan to loan billions of pounds to UK banks is needed to stop the financial crisis worsening, the chancellor says. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Rice in Iraq for surprise visit |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad to promote reconciliation between sectarian groups. |
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BBC News |
4:25am PDT |
Paraguay votes in key elections |
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Summary: The people of Paraguay are voting in elections that could end 60 years of domination by one party. |
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Yahoo News |
4:23am PDT |
Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere. |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims mass arrests |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition party Sunday said dozens of its members have been detained as authorities try to block the party's challenge to a recount of votes that could crush their claimed victory over President Robert Mugabe.
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
China urges 'rational' protests |
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Summary: China urges its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08am PDT |
Rice visit to Iraq intended to promote gains
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said her latest trip to Iraq on Sunday is intended to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04am PDT |
400 opposition supporters detained in Zimbabwe: opposition
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four hundred opposition supporters have been detained in Zimbabwe following March 29 elections, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change said in Johannesburg on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Pope to offer Ground Zero prayer |
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Summary: The Pope will pray for world 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 |
3:46am PDT |
Captive tigers 'may save species' |
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Summary: Many captive tigers have "pure-bred ancestry" and could play a key role in the animals' survival, a study suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PDT |
'Bond' car plunges into lake |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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