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BBC News |
1:34am PDT |
Monster of the deep? Scientists hope defrosting a colossal squid will reveal its secrets |
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Summary: Technicians in New Zealand begin defrosting a rare specimen of the colossal squid, the world's biggest. |
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BBC News |
1:34am PDT |
Colossal squid comes out of ice |
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Summary: Technicians in New Zealand begin defrosting a rare specimen of the colossal squid, the world's biggest. |
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Yahoo News |
1:23am PDT |
Olympic torch gets protest-free relay in NKorea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's close ally North Korea staged an elaborate welcome Monday for the Beijing Olympic torch, mobilising tens of thousands of cheering citizens and criticising protests elsewhere in the world. |
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BBC News |
1:22am PDT |
Clegg: I'm here for the long run |
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Summary: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says he is in the job for the "long term" and is pleased with the party's poll standing. |
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Yahoo News |
1:20am PDT |
Taliban score propaganda coup with parade attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Taliban attack on an Afghan state
parade was a propaganda victory undermining faith in the
ability of President Hamid Karzai's government to protect
itself, let alone provide security for the Afghan people,
analysts said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:56am PDT |
Fed poised to cut rates; may take a break after that
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Battling risky economic crosscurrents, the Federal Reserve is ready to bump down a key interest rate again to brace the wobbly economy. That rate cut could turn out to be the last one for a while as zooming energy and food prices heighten inflation c |
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Cnn.com |
12:55am PDT |
Study: Diabetes before motherhood on the rise |
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12:52am PDT |
Surrogacy jape tops US film chart |
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Summary: A comedy about surrogate motherhood leads North America's box office chart in its debut weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
12:52am PDT |
Train collision kills 66 in eastern China
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A high-speed passenger train jumped the tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring more than 400, a state news agency reported. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45am PDT |
Iran to give nuclear proposals to Russia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran will hand over to Russia a package
of proposals designed to defuse a nuclear row with world
powers, an Iranian official said on Monday without giving
details. |
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BBC News |
12:42am PDT |
Four children killed in Gaza raid |
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Summary: At least five people, including four young children, are killed by an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza, medics say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Miley Cyrus says Vanity Fair photo spread embarrasses her
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that's going around, and it's not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot — it's the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz. |
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BBC News |
12:24am PDT |
Brown shrugs off Levy's criticism |
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Summary: The prime minister dismisses suggestions by Lord Levy that Tony Blair believes he cannot beat David Cameron in an election. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PDT |
U.S. army says it killed 38 fighters in Baghdad
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military said on Monday it had
killed 38 fighters in a day of battles in northeastern Baghdad
as militants took advantage of dust storms to launch apparently
coordinated assaults. |
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BBC News |
12:12am PDT |
HBOS mulls plan for extra funds |
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Summary: HBOS is considering a rights issue to raise up to £4bn of extra funding from its existing shareholders. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Olympic torch begins run through North Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch began its first-ever run through North Korea on Monday, where the flame was assured of a trip free of the anti-Chinese protests that marked other legs of the relay. |
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BBC News |
12:08am PDT |
Rape accused dies after 'hanging' |
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Summary: A 21-year-old man accused of raping an 18-year-old woman has died after apparently hanging himself in his cell. |
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BBC News |
12:08am PDT |
Remand prisoner's hospital death |
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Summary: A man accused of raping an 18-year-old woman has died after apparently hanging himself in his cell. |
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Cnn.com |
12:07am PDT |
North Korean officer defects to South Korea |
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