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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Truckers in diesel price protest |
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Summary: Lorry drivers head in a convoy towards central London to protest against the "rocketing" price of diesel. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49pm PDT |
Grand Theft Auto 4 set to set sales records |
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Summary: The fourth installment of the controversial video game "Grand Theft Auto" goes on sale worldwide Tuesday with expectations that it will break sales records.
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Cnn.com |
11:49pm PDT |
Grand Theft Auto 4 set to blast sales records |
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Summary: The fourth installment of the controversial video game "Grand Theft Auto" goes on sale worldwide Tuesday with expectations that it will break sales records.
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BBC News |
11:38pm PDT |
Scientists make weight loss claim |
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Summary: Australian scientists believe they may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
China jails Tibetan rioters for 3 years to life
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A court in Tibet on Tuesday jailed 17
people for terms from three years to life for their roles in
deadly riots in the Himalayan region last month, Xinhua news
agency said. |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PDT |
Rising prices boost Shell and BP |
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Summary: Record oil prices help Royal Dutch Shell and BP to report strong profits for the first three months of 2008. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
HBOS to raise £4bn in share sale |
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Summary: UK bank HBOS unveils plans to raise £4bn of extra funding from its shareholders through a rights issue. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16pm PDT |
Activists see red over stud bull cloning |
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Summary: In a mountain meadow an hour from Madrid roams an enormous stud bull who's called Alcalde. It means "the Mayor."
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BBC News |
11:12pm PDT |
Mean streets |
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Summary: Is Grand Theft Auto IV the first digital age masterpiece? |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PDT |
Kobe Bryant scores 31 points as Lakers sweep Nuggets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No surrender on this night. No matter, the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the tempestuous Denver Nuggets anyway. Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 31 points over the final 5 1/2 minutes Monday night, leading the Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Nuggets |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
Missing fisherman sparks search |
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Summary: An air-sea search resumes for a fisherman feared missing from a boat reported to be going round in circles. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Oil refinery talks as strike ends |
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Summary: Talks are to be held between Grangemouth management and striking workers as staff return to work. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
China jails 17 people over Tibet unrest: official media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Seventeen people were on Tuesday sentenced to jail terms ranging from three years to life for their role in unrest in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, last month, Chinese state press reported. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Way forward on parades outlined |
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Summary: An independent review will recommend a new way to deal with contentious parades in Northern Ireland later. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
E Timor rebel leader surrenders |
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Summary: The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Chinese authorities jail 17 people over Lhasa riots: Xinhua
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - BEIJING - Chinese authorities jail 17 people over Lhasa riots: Xinhua |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Heathrow rapped by US air chief |
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Summary: A senior executive of a major US airline says Heathrow is probably the worst European airport the company uses. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Nepal deports U.S. Everest climber for Tibet banner
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Nepal deported a U.S. national and
banned him from climbing in the country for two years, after he
was found carrying a pro-Tibet banner on an expedition to the
Everest last week, an official said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
9:34pm PDT |
Texas sect girls 'mostly mothers' |
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Summary: Most of the teenage girls taken from a Texas polygamist sect are either mothers or pregnant, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:30pm PDT |
China blames high speed for train disaster
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese authorities on Tuesday blamed excessive speed for the nation's worst train crash in more than a decade, amid fears the death toll would climb past 70. |
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
Grangemouth refinery strike ends |
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Summary: Grangemouth oil refinery workers are ending a two-day strike amid warnings of further possible action and rising oil prices. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
High speed to blame for China train disaster: authorities
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - High speed was to blame for the train disaster in eastern China that killed 70 people and injured more than 400 others, official media said Tuesday, citing an investigation panel. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PDT |
Austrian police quiz 'sex captor' |
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Summary: Police continue to question a man who confessed to fathering seven children with his captive daughter. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Tareq Aziz trial begins at Iraqi High Tribunal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The trial begins in Iraq on Tuesday of Tareq Aziz, former deputy premier and the international face of the Saddam Hussein regime, on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad merchants in 1992. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
Johnson scores 20 in 4th, Hawks stun Celtics to even series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Forget about a Boston sweep. The Hawks are headed back to Beantown all tied up with the mighty Celtics. Joe Johnson scored 35 points — 20 in the fourth quarter — and Josh Smith added 28 points and seven blocks for Atlanta, which surprised the Celtics |
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BBC News |
8:10pm PDT |
UN chiefs hold food crisis summit |
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Summary: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce details of new measures to tackle the global food crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PDT |
Tornadoes hit Virginia, 200 injured
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three tornadoes swept through
central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200
people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials
said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:42pm PDT |
Howard posts another 20-20 as Magic oust Raptors in 5 games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dwight Howard had 21 points and 21 rebounds and the Orlando Magic advanced to second round of the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, beating the Toronto Raptors 102-92 on Monday night to close out their series in five games. |
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BBC News |
7:30pm PDT |
Tornadoes tear through Virginia |
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Summary: Three tornadoes rip through the US state of Virginia, injuring 200 people and damaging buildings. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24pm PDT |
Marines launch rare Afghan operation |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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