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5:41am PDT |
Pennsylvania votes in must-win for Clinton
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Summary: AFP - Democrats in Pennsylvania were choosing between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a bitterly-fought primary Tuesday that Clinton must not only win, but win convincingly to rescue her trailing White House bid. |
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5:34am PDT |
Hamas readies final response to truce deal with Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas plans to give Egyptian mediators its
final response on Thursday to a proposed truce with Israel, a
Hamas official said on Tuesday. |
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5:30am PDT |
UK to review how airports are run |
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Summary: The government will review the economic regulation of the UK's airport system amid calls for it to be shaken up. |
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5:23am PDT |
Clinton and Obama question each other's qualifications
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Summary: AP - Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other's character and readiness to be commander in chief in last-minute television ads as the six-week Pennsylvania primary campaign steamed toward an uncertain conclusion Tuesday. |
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5:22am PDT |
Al-Qaida No. 2 says 9/11 theory propagated by Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida's strike against the U.S. |
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5:22am PDT |
SPL prepares for season extension |
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Summary: The Scottish Premier League will play its final round of fixtures on 22 May if Rangers reach the Uefa Cup final. |
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5:22am PDT |
SPL prepares to extend the season |
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Summary: The Scottish Premier League will extend the season by four days if Rangers reach the Uefa Cup final. |
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5:14am PDT |
Zimbabwe bristles at criticism of arms shipment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday bristled at criticism it was receiving arms from China, as pressure mounted for neighboring African countries to keep the weapons from reaching their destination. |
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5:05am PDT |
Postal worker catches falling baby |
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5:01am PDT |
Fit 'may have caused child death' |
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Summary: A babysitter jailed for murdering her neighbour's toddler son is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, judges hear. |
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Cnn.com |
4:41am PDT |
Al Qaeda No. 2 says attacks on West in works |
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4:37am PDT |
'Mother's body' found in woodland |
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Summary: Detectives searching for a mother and her vulnerable son missing since Friday say they have found a body. |
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4:36am PDT |
Mother's Day swag drops -- 51¢ |
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Summary: Remember, mom, it's the thought that counts.
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4:33am PDT |
Democrats vote in crucial Pennsylvania election
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Democrats in Pennsylvania choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a bitterly-fought primary Tuesday that Clinton must win convincingly to rescue her trailing White House bid. |
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4:33am PDT |
Epilepsy theory in toddler death |
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Summary: A babysitter jailed for murdering a toddler is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, judges hear. |
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4:27am PDT |
Streisand pulls out of Israel's 60th anniversary bash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel says Barbra Streisand has pulled out of a celebration of the country's 60th anniversary next month. |
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4:17am PDT |
Pennsylvania votes in key contest |
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Summary: Pennsylvania Democrats vote in a crucial battle between White House hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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4:17am PDT |
Dull jobs really do numb the mind |
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Summary: An early warning device could avert mistakes before the brain switches off, scientists say. |
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4:17am PDT |
'No right' to stop selection |
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Summary: A Northern Ireland grammar school says the education minister has no legal right to stop academic selection. |
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4:13am PDT |
Rice criticizes Carter on Hamas meeting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
criticized former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday for
holding talks with Hamas and said she had advised him against
it. |
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4:10am PDT |
London summit to tackle food price 'tsunami'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The UN food agency said the world faced a "silent tsunami" of soaring food prices ahead of a summit here Tuesday aimed at developing a plan to tackle a potential hunger crisis. |
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4:09am PDT |
UN food chief urges crisis action |
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Summary: The head of the UN World Food Programme says urgent action is needed to help the poor cope with soaring prices. |
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4:08am PDT |
Professor dies from anorexia |
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Summary: A senior academic at Bournemouth University died from an eating disorder, an inquest hears. |
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4:07am PDT |
Counting begins in disputed Sudan census
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Counting started on Tuesday in a
census seen as a vital step towards holding democratic
elections in Sudan after a landmark 2005 north-south peace
deal. |
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4:00am PDT |
Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution. |
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3:59am PDT |
Rice says Carter was warned against meeting with Hamas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration explicitly warned former President Carter against meeting with members of Hamas, the Palestinian faction that controls the Gaza Strip and which is regarded by the U.S. as a terror group |
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Cnn.com |
3:58am PDT |
Priest who floated off on balloons goes missing |
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3:56am PDT |
Hawking: Unintelligent life is likely on other planets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been thinking a lot about the cosmic question, "Are we alone?" The answer is probably not, he says. |
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3:52am PDT |
Writers push for laws to maintain Internet freedom
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Writers are pushing for legislation to guarantee the Internet's status as an open forum for communication. Partic Verrone, the president of the Writers Guild of America, West, is scheduled to appear today before the Senate Commerce, Science and Trans |
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3:48am PDT |
Streisand pulls out of Israel 60th anniversary bash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel says Barbra Streisand has pulled out of a celebration of the country's 60th anniversary next month. |
