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Yahoo News |
4:07am PDT |
Delay to Tareq Aziz's hearing in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
Tareq Aziz was set to face court on Tuesday over the execution
of dozens of merchants in 1992 but problems getting him to
court delayed the hearing, the presiding judge said. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04am PDT |
UN chief orders task force to tackle food crisis
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday ordered a top level task force to take on the global crisis caused by rising food prices and urged key producer nations to end export bans. |
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BBC News |
4:01am PDT |
Cuba to commute death sentences |
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Summary: Cuba's President Raul Castro says nearly all death sentences are to be commuted to prison terms. |
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BBC News |
3:59am PDT |
Sharp elbows |
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Summary: Flexi-time and tax breaks... the perks of parenting |
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Yahoo News |
3:58am PDT |
U.N. and World Bank say to tackle food crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged
on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented
rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social
unrest. |
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BBC News |
3:50am PDT |
Sisters lose European tax battle |
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Summary: Two elderly sisters lose their European Court battle to avoid liability for inheritance tax when one of them dies. |
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BBC News |
3:46am PDT |
Electoral fraud |
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Summary: How can you make sure your vote is your own? |
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BBC News |
3:45am PDT |
More teachers, but vacancies rise |
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Summary: There are more teachers and support staff in England's schools but teacher vacancies have risen. |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
Mortgage approvals hit record low |
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Summary: Bank of England figures reveal that the slowdown in mortgage approvals continued in March. |
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BBC News |
3:36am PDT |
Does online video threaten the net? |
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Summary: N/A |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
What impact have EU migrants made to the UK? |
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Summary: East Europeans are more widely spread in the UK than previous migrants, according to a new report. How has it affected your area? |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
How can schools cope with children learning English? |
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Summary: The number of children in UK schools who speak English as a second language is at a record high. How should schools cope with multi-lingual students? |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
EU 'to sign Serbia deal' on ties |
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Summary: EU ministers are to sign a pre-membership agreement with Serbia, the Slovenian EU presidency says. |
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Cnn.com |
3:28am PDT |
Gas prices rated top money worry |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Kinky or worse? |
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Summary: Users of 'extreme porn' say new law will criminalise them |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Kinky or deviant? |
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Summary: Users of 'extreme porn' say new law will criminalise them |
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BBC News |
3:18am PDT |
End private cleaning in NHS call |
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Summary:
Nurses have called for hospital cleaning to be brought back in-house to tackle hospital infections. |
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BBC News |
3:16am PDT |
Goth death mother in respect plea |
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Summary: The mother of a woman kicked to death because she was a Goth says young people need to show more respect. |
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Yahoo News |
3:12am PDT |
Blast kills 15 Afghans in east of country
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber killed 15
Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to
the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, a NATO spokesman said. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
870 fish die as river is polluted |
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Summary: Almost 900 fish have been killed after a river in County Tyrone was polluted at the weekend. |
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Cnn.com |
3:00am PDT |
Father of Austrian captive faces hearing |
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Summary: Austria was on Tuesday still coming to terms with its second horrific case of abduction in two years, with a 73-year-old man having admitted to imprisoning his daughter for more than two decades and fathering seven of her children.
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Cyclist dies in truck collision |
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Summary: A male cyclist dies after being involved in a collision with a lorry in Edinburgh city centre, police confirm. |
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Cnn.com |
2:45am PDT |
'House of horror' case haunts Austria |
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Summary: Austria was on Tuesday still coming to terms with its second horrific case of abduction in two years, with a 73-year-old man having admitted to imprisoning his daughter for more than two decades and fathering seven of her children.
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BBC News |
2:37am PDT |
UK arrests in Tamil Tigers probe |
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Summary: Three men are arrested by anti-terror police investigating the Tamil Tigers, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:33am PDT |
Pistons, Celtics still fighting, but Magic, Lakers advance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Surprise, NBA. The first team to advance in the Eastern Conference playoffs wasn't the heavily favored Boston Celtics or the battle-tested Detroit Pistons. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Sisters lose inheritance tax battle |
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Summary: Two elderly sisters lose their 30-year battle to avoid liability for inheritance tax when one of them dies. |
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Yahoo News |
2:30am PDT |
Tareq Aziz goes on trial on Saddam-era charges
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tareq Aziz, for years the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was to go on trial in Baghdad on Tuesday on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992. |
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BBC News |
2:29am PDT |
UN sets up food crisis task force |
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Summary: A United Nations task force is to be set up to tackle the crisis triggered by rising global food prices. |
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
More non-English speaking pupils |
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Summary: Latest figures show there has been another rise in pupils with English as a second language. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20am PDT |
China jails 17 for Tibetan riots
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Chinese court jailed 17 people for
terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their
roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China
protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics. |
