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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
Defense Min.: Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Automatic gunfire broke out at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Major British pipeline hours from closure
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil giant BP PLC was completing the closure of a pipeline system responsible for delivering almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil production Sunday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Afghan president safe after Taliban attack |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance interrupted a military ceremony they were attending in Kabul Sunday morning.
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
Olympic torch relay starts in South Korea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Beijing Olympic torch on Sunday began the South Korean leg of its troubled worldwide relay, with thousands of police deployed to block threatened protests. |
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11:23pm PDT |
Explosions, gunfire disrupt Kabul military parade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Taliban extremists attacked an Afghan military parade on Sunday, sending thousands of troops and police scattering although President Hamid Karzai and other attending dignitaries were unharmed. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Williams sparks Jazz past Rockets; take 3-1 series lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 on Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Afghan military parade attacked |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes unharmed as gunfire breaks out at a military ceremony in Kabul. |
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Afghan president escapes assassination bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was hussled
away but escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt during
an official celebration in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
Fiancee says police acquittal like another death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The fiancee of an unarmed man who was
killed in a hail of 50 police bullets said on Saturday the
acquittal of three officers charged in his death was like "they
killed Sean all over again." |
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
Taliban claims responsibility for Afghan attack |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other dignitaries quickly scrambled toward safety when the sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance interrupted a military ceremony they were attending in Kabul Sunday morning.
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Yahoo News |
10:42pm PDT |
U.S. asserts new interrogation rights: NY Times
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Recent letters from the Justice
Department to Congress state that U.S. intelligence agents
working to prevent terror attacks can legally use interrogation
techniques banned by international law, The New York Times
reported on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Torch relay begins in South Korea |
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Summary: More than 8,000 police in South Korea are braced for protests during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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10:13pm PDT |
Strike at oil refinery under way |
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Summary: Staff at the Grangemouth oil refinery start their strike, with extra fuel being shipped to Scotland to try to fill any gaps. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
Massive gunbattles break out in Tijuana; 13 dead, 9 wounded
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors |
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Summary: US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at a press dinner. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Bush pokes fun at his successors |
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Summary: US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at an annual press dinner. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PDT |
China pours scorn on Dalai Lama before proposed talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China poured scorn on the Dalai Lama on
Sunday and hailed protesters against Tibetan self-rule as
patriotic heroes, suggesting the government is not prepared to
give ground in talks proposed for coming days. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PDT |
Smith soars over Celtics as Hawks trim series deficit to 2-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Led by high-flying Josh Smith, the Atlanta Hawks finally showed they can beat the Boston Celtics. Good timing. Smith scored 27 points — and give him a perfect 10 in his own personal dunking contest — to lead the Hawks to a 102-93 victory Saturday nig |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Gov. Richardson meets Chavez over hostages
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The governor of New Mexico met on
Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to
restart talks with neighboring Colombia to secure the release
of hostages held by leftist rebels. |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PDT |
Strike at oil refinery to start |
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Summary: Staff at the Grangemouth oil refinery will start their strike shortly, with the authorities saying there will be enough fuel. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Nine killed with machetes in Honduran prison riot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nine prisoners were killed with
machetes and knives on Saturday during a riot in an overcrowded
prison in northern Honduras, the government said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Seventeen killed in Mexico drug battle near U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seventeen Mexican drug gang
members were killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their
bodies scattered along a road after one of the deadliest
shootouts in Mexico's three-year narco-war. |
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Yahoo News |
7:46pm PDT |
Torch faces S.Korea protests, festivities in North
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic flame arrived in Seoul on
Sunday to start a two-day journey on the divided Korean
peninsula where it is expected to be met with protests in the
South and cheers of fawning masses in the North on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:35pm PDT |
Casablanca mattress factory fire kills as many as 55 workers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A fire roared through a mattress factory in a poor section of Casablanca Saturday, killing up to 55 workers and injuring as many as 24 others, Moroccan officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:28pm PDT |
13 dead in Tijuana shootouts |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:20pm PDT |
Torch protests planned for Seoul |
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Summary: More than 8,000 police in South Korea are braced for protests at the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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BBC News |
7:15pm PDT |
New Zealand squid thaw put on ice |
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Summary: Technicians postpone the delicate process of defrosting a colossal squid caught in Antarctic waters last year. |
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Yahoo News |
7:13pm PDT |
US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on manpower. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PDT |
Archbishop leads Zimbabwe protest |
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Summary: A day of fasting and prayer led by the Archbishop of York is due to take place at York Minster to show support to the people of Zimbabwe. |
