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Yahoo News |
10:01am PDT |
Mugabe 'must go': Zimbabwe opposition leader
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Monday called on President Robert Mugabe to step down after 28 years in power following an historic victory by the opposition in parliament. |
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10:01am PDT |
£200 fines over MoT disc display |
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Summary: Drivers in Northern Ireland will soon be fined £200 if they fail to display a new style MOT disc on windscreens. |
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9:57am PDT |
Taking the flak |
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Summary: How nurses feel about being under fire from patients |
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9:56am PDT |
Maximum skill |
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Summary: Parrot enjoys O'Sullivan's 147 |
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Yahoo News |
9:49am PDT |
Father confesses to abuse in Austrian incest case: prosecutors
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Summary: AFP - An elderly Austrian confessed Monday to imprisoning his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, prosecutors said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:45am PDT |
Wright talks liberation, reconciliation, he says |
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Summary: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright today said the black church, not him, had been subjected to attacks in the 2008 presidential campaign. Speaking before the National Press Club, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor sought to give insight into the black church and cla |
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9:40am PDT |
Opposition reunites in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's rival opposition factions say they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament. |
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Cnn.com |
9:36am PDT |
Walking among 2,000 al Qaeda suspects |
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Summary: The 2,000 suspected al Qaeda loyalists swarm behind the barbed wire, darting about in all directions. Some have blinded guards by hurling tiny pebbles from the sandstone floor. "This is not a place you want to hang around," the Marine general tells CNN's |
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9:33am PDT |
Obama's ex-pastor confronts media in Washington
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama's former pastor, the
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, blasted news media he said had
sensationalized his remarks in an often confrontational
appearance at a reporters' club on Monday. |
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BBC News |
9:30am PDT |
Boys jailed for life over Goth murder |
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Summary: Two teenagers are given life sentences for the murder of a woman killed because she was dressed as a Goth. |
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Cnn.com |
9:25am PDT |
'House of Horror' kids never saw daylight |
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Summary: A 73-year-old man has confessed to holding his daughter captive in his home cellar for nearly 24 years and fathering seven children by her, Austrian police say. The woman is described as "very disturbed" and having trouble talking about her ordeal. She we |
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9:24am PDT |
Sex offender arrested in Canada |
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Summary: A missing sex offender is in custody in Canada after Strathclyde police released an appeal for information. |
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9:17am PDT |
Leaders to discuss fuel dispute |
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Summary: Scotland's first minister arrives in London where he will discuss the Grangemouth dispute with UK ministers. |
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Cnn.com |
9:13am PDT |
Dolphin dies in Sea World accident |
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Summary: A dolphin at Sea World has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks, the Orlando, Florida, amusement park said Monday.
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8:52am PDT |
Fatal mistakes |
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Summary: How a catalogue of errors led to man's killing on a bus |
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Cnn.com |
8:50am PDT |
California blaze pushes firefighters back |
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Summary: A wildfire that has burned 490 acres of dry brush in the Southern California mountains has gained ground, authorities said Monday.
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8:43am PDT |
Boys sentenced over Goth murder |
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Summary: Two teenagers are given life sentences for the murder of a woman killed because she was dressed as a Goth. |
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Cnn.com |
8:35am PDT |
Navarrette: Immigration debate getting ugly |
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Summary: In a recent commentary, I wrote that, as a Mexican-American, the ugliness of the immigration debate offends me -- not as a Mexican, but as an American.
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8:26am PDT |
UN probe urged over Iraqi inmates |
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Summary: The UN should examine concerns about the detention policies of US-led troops in Iraq, a rights group says. |
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Cnn.com |
8:26am PDT |
Obama's ex-pastor speaks out |
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Summary: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright today said the black church, not him, had been subjected to attacks in the 2008 presidential campaign. Speaking before the National Press Club, Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor sought to give insight into the black church and cla |
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8:19am PDT |
Nature's carbon balance confirmed |
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Summary: Scientists find evidence that a natural feedback mechanism regulated CO2 for hundreds of thousands of years. |
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8:15am PDT |
Tax rebates start showing up in bank accounts Monday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government started depositing thousands of rebate checks in taxpayers' bank accounts on Monday, earlier than originally scheduled, with the Bush administration hoping the payments will give a jump-start to a weak economy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14am PDT |
Vietnam counters rice-buying binge amid food fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Vietnam took action to quell
panic over rice supplies on Monday, banning speculation in the
market after a "chaotic" buying binge highlighted growing
global fears about food security. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10am PDT |
Poll: Clinton has better chance than Obama of beating McCain
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton has a better chance than Barack Obama of beating Republican John McCain, according to a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable in the fall than her rival for the Democratic nominat |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
Jet claim at Hislop crash inquiry |
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Summary: An inquiry hears claims two jets passed nearby shortly before a helicopter crash in which Steve Hislop died. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
UN defends DR Congo investigation |
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Summary: The head of United Nations operations in DR Congo defends the UN over claims that its troops armed militias. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07am PDT |
Police: Dad confesses to holding daughter captive 24 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a windowless cell with a soundproofed door and fathering seven children with her including three who "never saw sunlight," police said Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04am PDT |
Guantanamo prosecutor returns as defense witness
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The former
chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals was
expected to appear as a defense witness on Monday, called in to
testify that the tribunal process was too tainted to provide a
fair trial for Osama bin Laden's driver. |
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Cnn.com |
8:00am PDT |
Glenn Beck: U.S. is a suicidal superpower |
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Summary: If you're a poor sap who needs to eat or drive in the near future, then you might want to consider taking out a second mortgage (assuming you could even get one) pretty soon.
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Cnn.com |
8:00am PDT |
Glenn Beck: Is America a suicidal superpower? |
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Summary: If you're a poor sap who needs to eat or drive in the near future, then you might want to consider taking out a second mortgage (assuming you could even get one) pretty soon.
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