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3:45am PDT |
No charge against ex-police chief |
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Summary: The Crown Prosecution Service is not pressing charges against the former chief of Dyfed-Powys Police. |
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Yahoo News |
3:41am PDT |
Rice in Iraq after "open war" threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, a day after
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch an "open
war" against the U.S.-backed government. |
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3:28am PDT |
Bomb attack 'racially motivated' |
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Summary: Two men and two women escape injury after a house in County Tyrone is targeted in a petrol bomb attack. |
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3:28am PDT |
Lawsuit: Veterans Affairs has failed to prevent suicides
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs isn't doing enough to prevent suicide and provide adequate medical care for Americans who have served in the armed forces, a class-action lawsuit that goes to trial this week charges. |
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3:17am PDT |
Results of Zimbabwe partial vote recount face delay
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A partial recount of Zimbabwe's disputed
March 29 election could take longer than the three days
originally planned, an official said on Sunday, dragging out a
political stalemate that has raised fears of violence. |
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3:14am PDT |
Gas scare after hotel body found |
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Summary: A hotel is evacuated after a man's body is found and high levels of carbon monoxide are detected. |
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3:02am PDT |
Night spectacular |
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Summary: Pacific corals are on the brink of a mass spawning |
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3:02am PDT |
Catching corals' spectacular moment |
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Summary: The coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific are on the brink of a spectacular mass spawning. |
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2:57am PDT |
Iraqi students seized near Baquba |
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Summary: Three male students and their driver are kidnapped by gunmen who set up a fake checkpoint near Baquba. |
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2:56am PDT |
Food price rises are "mass murder": U.N. envoy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Global food price rises are leading to
"silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought
"horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an
Austrian newspaper on Sunday. |
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2:36am PDT |
Calzaghe lining up career finale |
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Summary: Joe Calzaghe hints he will have one more fight before calling time on an impressive career that has seen him win all of his 45 fights. |
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2:14am PDT |
Chancellor hints at 10p tax help |
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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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2:13am PDT |
Woman, 20, dies in car collision |
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Summary: A 20-year-old woman has died and another person has been seriously injured in an early-morning crash. |
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1:55am PDT |
Luxury auto rivals Daimler, BMW discuss sharing components
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, is discussing sharing components and technology development with rival BMW AG, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said Sunday. |
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1:53am PDT |
Internet brothel ring targeted |
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Summary: Police arrest 12 people as part of a major operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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1:53am PDT |
Police raids over online brothels |
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Summary: Police arrest 12 people as part of a major operation targeting brothels operating via the internet. |
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1:41am PDT |
SNP set 20-seat Westminster goal |
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Summary: Alex Salmond is to tell the SNP it could hold the balance of power after the next Westminster election. |
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1:36am PDT |
Iran dismisses Bush, Brown nuclear charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Sunday U.S. and British
accusations that Tehran wanted a nuclear weapon were baseless
and the Islamic state would not stop its peaceful atomic work. |
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BBC News |
1:19am PDT |
Nepal warning to torch protesters |
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Summary: Nepal says it is prepared to use force, including gunfire, against protesters as the torch ascends Everest. |
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1:18am PDT |
Four targeted in petrol bombing |
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Summary: Two men and two women escape injury after a house in County Tyrone is targeted in a petrol bomb attack. |
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1:03am PDT |
Taliban urge U.N. to block Afghan executions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taliban insurgents urged the
international community and right groups to stop Afghan
President Hamid Karzai approving the execution of about 100
prisoners whose death sentences were approved by the supreme
court. |
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12:42am PDT |
Blast families kept out of homes |
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Summary: Families evacuated from their homes after near-by controlled blasts wait to be allowed home. |
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12:39am PDT |
Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history by winning Japan 300
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17am PDT |
Pope to bless ground zero in NYC, pray for peace
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reached out in compassion to beleaguered clergy, victims of clergy sex abuse and members of other religious groups during his first U.S. trip. |
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12:15am PDT |
Royal succession law change due |
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Summary: A centuries-old law which gives males precedence in the royal line of succession is to be abolished. |
