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6:26am PDT |
Celtic win keeps SPL title race alive |
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Summary: Celtic win a thrilling Old Firm derby 3-2 to extend their lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League. |
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6:22am PDT |
Lib Dems 'should be doing better' |
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Summary: The Lib Dems should be doing better in the opinion polls, says deputy leader Vince Cable. |
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Cnn.com |
6:22am PDT |
TV ads: Obama spends more, Clinton sets tempo |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama may be outspending Sen. Hillary Clinton on ad buys, a media analyst says, but if she continues to dictate the tempo of advertising by forcing Obama to respond, she can make up for her spending shortfall.
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Afghan president escapes deadly parade attack, three killed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing three people including an MP and wounding a dozen. |
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5:53am PDT |
Oil refinery strikers hold rally |
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Summary: Striking workers from the Grangemouth oil refinery hold a rally outside the central Scotland plant. |
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Yahoo News |
5:33am PDT |
Chinese drown out protesters in S. Korea Olympic torch leg
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence. |
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Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
100 homes evacuated as Calif. wildfire burns out of control
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A wildfire in Southern California that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday. |
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5:14am PDT |
US business airline Eos goes bust |
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Summary: New York-based business class airline Eos ceases operating and files for bankruptcy protection. |
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5:12am PDT |
Teenage girl raped in city park |
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Summary: Police investigating the rape of an 18-year-old woman in south Belfast appeal for help in finding her attacker. |
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5:10am PDT |
Sacked printers fight redundancy |
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Summary: Nearly 300 workers sacked by a print company in Somerset are to mount a legal challenge to their redundancies. |
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4:58am PDT |
Cameron 'would stand up for poor' |
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Summary: David Cameron vows to "stand up" for the low-paid who he says feel "desperately let down" by Labour. |
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4:39am PDT |
Afghan president escapes deadly parade attack, two killed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing two people and wounding a dozen including legislators. |
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Cnn.com |
4:27am PDT |
Official: Pirates were paid $1.2M ransom |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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4:23am PDT |
Prince thrills US festival fans |
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Summary: Pop star Prince delights 60,000 US fans with a blistering performance at California's Coachella festival. |
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4:16am PDT |
Scuffles at South Korea torch leg |
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Summary: Pro and anti-Chinese demonstrators clash in Seoul during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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Cnn.com |
4:10am PDT |
Protesters disrupt Seoul torch relay |
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Summary: Sporadic scuffles broke out Sunday along the route between demonstrators and Chinese students as the Olympic torch made its way through Seoul, South Korea.
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4:05am PDT |
Live - Spanish Grand Prix |
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Summary: Pole sitter Kimi Raikkonen starts as favourite at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. |
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3:59am PDT |
FA looks into Stamford Bridge row |
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Summary: The FA is to ask for CCTV footage of a scuffle involving Manchester United players and Chelsea staff on Saturday. |
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3:57am PDT |
Miliband defends Brown leadership |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband urges Labour to 'defend the leader' after Gordon Brown comes under fire from Lord Levy. |
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3:56am PDT |
Oil refinery strikers stage rally |
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Summary: Striking workers from the Grangemouth oil refinery hold a rally at the plant as their 48-hour strike gets under way. |
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3:48am PDT |
Arrest in election fraud inquiry |
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Summary: A woman is arrested and bailed over allegations relating to election offences in the forthcoming local council poll. |
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3:48am PDT |
Greenspan, Bush to blame for U.S. crisis: Stiglitz
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan and the government of President George W. Bush were
to blame for the U.S. financial crisis, Nobel laureate
economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a magazine interview. |
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PDT |
Wildfire inches closer to California homes |
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3:37am PDT |
Man held over 'banker's son con' |
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Summary: A man accused of claiming to be from a famous banking family is held over claims a woman was conned out of £600,000. |
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3:35am PDT |
Spy law 'used in dog fouling war' |
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Summary: A survey of councils finds some spy on litter louts and owners of dogs who foul public places, using laws designed to track criminals and terrorists. |
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3:33am PDT |
Ecclestone ups pressure on Mosley |
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Summary: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone wants embattled FIA president Max Mosley to resign, it has emerged. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30am PDT |
Korean tries to set himself on fire during Seoul torch run
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees. |
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Yahoo News |
3:14am PDT |
Strike in Scotland closes major North Sea oil pipeline
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of workers at Scotland's only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil. |
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Yahoo News |
2:56am PDT |
N.Korean tries to set himself on fire during Seoul torch run
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul Sunday, while thousands of police guarded the flame from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Few states let overseas troops vote by e-mail
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare. Yet when it comes to voting, most troops are stuck in the past. |
