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Yahoo News |
3:12am PDT |
China train crash kills 70, injures hundreds
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two passenger trains collided in
eastern China on Monday, killing at least 70 people and
injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled
into a ditch, state media said. |
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BBC News |
3:11am PDT |
Parties in final push for votes |
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Summary: Party leaders are gearing up for the last few days of campaigning before local elections in England and Wales. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Eurotunnel 'considers cash call' |
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Summary: Eurotunnel shares are suspended amid reports that the firm will announce a 900m euros rights issue. |
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
India in multi-satellite launch |
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Summary: India successfully launches 10 satellites in a single mission, in a major boost to its capabilities in space. |
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Yahoo News |
3:07am PDT |
Candidates to vet Zimbabwe presidential poll count
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A partial recount in Zimbabwe's disputed
presidential poll may be completed on Monday and candidates
could start verifying results, electoral officials said,
possibly ending four weeks of post-election stalemate. |
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BBC News |
3:07am PDT |
Loopholes keep Windows XP alive |
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Summary: PC makers are exploiting loopholes in Microsoft license terms to keep selling Windows XP beyond a cut-off date. |
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Yahoo News |
3:07am PDT |
Austrian man who allegedly held daughter captive questioned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police on Monday questioned a man they say held his daughter captive for 24 years and sexually abused her in a "house of horrors" — a high-tech, windowless cell where she allegedly gave birth to at least six children. |
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BBC News |
3:05am PDT |
Study finds £40m care funding gap |
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Summary: A £40m funding gap must be addressed if free personal care for the elderly is to be sustained, a review finds. |
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Cnn.com |
3:03am PDT |
Gas prices hit 13th straight high |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:03am PDT |
Crimes of passion |
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Summary: The man done for 'laying hands on a cow with intent' |
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Yahoo News |
2:50am PDT |
Iran discusses "serious" nuclear ideas with Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has prepared a package of "serious"
proposals to help defuse a nuclear row with world powers, chief
nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday after talks with
a top Russian official. |
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Yahoo News |
2:45am PDT |
Israeli fire kills mother, 4 children in Gaza: medics
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli fire hit a house in the Gaza Strip
on Monday while a family was eating breakfast inside, killing
six Palestinians, including a mother and four of her children,
residents and medical officials said. |
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BBC News |
2:39am PDT |
Coal, toothpaste or ice on the menu? Unusual pregnancy cravings appear to be rising |
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Summary: Pregnancy cravings are much more common among modern women than previous generations, a survey suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
2:33am PDT |
Father confesses to raping captive daughter |
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Summary: Austrian police believe a 73-year-old man held his daughter captive in his cellar for the past two decades and fathered at least six children with her, according to police and state-run news reports Monday.
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Yahoo News |
2:32am PDT |
R&R back on track as Kitty Hawk visits Hong Kong
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier
docked in Hong Kong on Monday for the first time since Beijing
banned a visit last November, with its rear admiral saying such
U.S. navy port calls were now back on course. |
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Yahoo News |
2:30am PDT |
Olympic torch relay begins North Korea leg free of protest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Assured of a trip free of anti-Chinese protests, the Olympic torch made its first-ever relay run Monday in authoritarian North Korea. |
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BBC News |
2:25am PDT |
'Irritating media' |
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Summary: UN unease at BBC story over DR Congo cover-up |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
Doctor killed on sea scooter |
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Summary: A London doctor has been killed in a sea scooter accident while on holiday with his wife in Australia. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20am PDT |
Study: Pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes doubles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found, a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns. |
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Yahoo News |
2:06am PDT |
Hornets head home leading 3-1 over Mavericks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dirk Nowitzki already is using the past tense when discussing the Dallas Mavericks' first-round series with the New Orleans Hornets. And he's not even the star player who might have to sit out the possible finale. |
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Yahoo News |
2:04am PDT |
Nineteen killed in Ukraine helicopter crash
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Ukrainian helicopter crashed in the
Black Sea on Monday killing 19 people, the state energy company
Naftogaz said. |
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BBC News |
2:04am PDT |
Councillor slams rape sentences |
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Summary: Jail sentences for rape are little more than a slap on the wrist, says the head of Belfast's parks committee. |
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BBC News |
1:58am PDT |
Actor Marshall hurt in accident |
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Summary: My Family star Kris Marshall suffers head injuries after being hit by a car on a night out in Bristol. |
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Yahoo News |
1:54am PDT |
China train disaster 'caused by human error'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A train collision in east China that killed at least 66 people early Monday was caused by human error, state media reported citing preliminary investigations. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53am PDT |
Israeli fire kills 4 children in Gaza: residents
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli fire hit a house in the Gaza Strip
on Monday while a family was eating breakfast inside, killing
four Palestinian children and critically wounding their mother,
residents and medical officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53am PDT |
Free of protest, Olympic torch relay begins North Korea leg
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Assured of a trip free of anti-Chinese protests, the Olympic torch made its first-ever relay run Monday in authoritarian North Korea. |
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Yahoo News |
1:51am PDT |
Passenger Train collision kills 66 in eastern China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A high-speed passenger train jumped its tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds. Authorities were quoted as saying human error was to blame. |
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Yahoo News |
1:50am PDT |
US, Iraqi troops kill 38 militants in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American and Iraqi troops killed 38 militants in the fiercest clashes in weeks in Baghdad, including 22 who attacked a military checkpoint in a Shiite militia stronghold, the U.S. military said Monday. |
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BBC News |
1:45am PDT |
Grand Theft Auto receives acclaim |
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Summary: Grand Theft Auto IV receives a string of near-perfect review scores ahead of its release on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
1:43am PDT |
Ukraine helicopter crash kills 19 |
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Summary: A Ukrainian helicopter crashes at an offshore gas drilling platform in the Black Sea, killing 19 people. |
