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Cnn.com |
2:27am PDT |
Labour suffers upset in London vote |
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Cnn.com |
2:27am PDT |
Eccentric maverick wins London mayoral vote |
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BBC News |
2:16am PDT |
Four held after teenager murdered |
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Summary: Four teenagers are arrested after a 15-year-old is stabbed to death at a south London block of flats. |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Operation to clean up 'oil balls' |
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Summary: An operation is continuing to clean-up marble-sized balls of oil from a beach amid concern for seabirds in the far north. |
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Yahoo News |
1:51am PDT |
Tibet-China meeting to begin Sunday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tibetan government-in-exile says talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader are planned for Sunday. |
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BBC News |
1:49am PDT |
China renews Dalai Lama criticism |
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Summary: Chinese state media renews its criticism of the Dalai Lama, as his envoys prepare to meet Chinese officials. |
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Yahoo News |
1:44am PDT |
Olympic torch begins relay in Chinese city Macau
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch began its relay Saturday past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel colored colonial buildings in the Chinese city of Macau — the world's most lucrative gambling center. |
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BBC News |
1:43am PDT |
Woman critical after house fire |
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Summary: A 34-year-old woman is critically ill in hospital after being rescued from a burning house in County Antrim. |
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BBC News |
1:10am PDT |
Labour 'must learn the lessons' |
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Summary: A Welsh ally of Gordon Brown says Labour has to listen to disillusioned voters who gave the party a "pounding". |
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Yahoo News |
1:07am PDT |
Former follower: Sect leader wanted to sleep with teenagers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. |
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Yahoo News |
12:48am PDT |
Southeast Asia to cooperate over food security
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Southeast Asia nations
meeting in Bali have agreed to cooperate over the rice market,
Malaysia's trade minister said on Saturday, as rocketing prices
shock a region where the grain is a core part of most meals. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Brown's party routed in UK elections, loses London
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain's Labour Party suffered its
worst local election defeat on record and lost control of
London on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to
rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national poll. |
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BBC News |
12:30am PDT |
Mugabe rivals debate poll run-off |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition is to decide over the weekend whether to take part in a presidential run-off. |
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Yahoo News |
12:27am PDT |
US fighter pilots contend with crowded airspace in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. pilots flying missions over Iraq come to the region expecting a host of challenges, including swirling sandstorms and urban battlefields filled with a mix of enemies and civilians. |
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Yahoo News |
12:26am PDT |
Russia says Iranian enrichment freeze is sole demand
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia on Saturday said that world powers concerned about Iran's nuclear programme were asking Tehran only to suspend uranium enrichment during a period of talks. |
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Yahoo News |
12:25am PDT |
Chinese, Dalai Lama officials to meet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - State-run media in China railed against the Dalai Lama as talks were set to take place between the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and Chinese officials. |
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Cnn.com |
12:11am PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys to hold talks in China |
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Summary: Envoys for the Dalai Lama are expected to hold talks in China on Saturday with representatives of the Chinese leadership, a spokesman of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said.
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BBC News |
12:01am PDT |
Afghan mine kills British soldier |
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Summary: A British soldier has died after a patrol vehicle hit a mine in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says. |
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Yahoo News |
12:01am PDT |
Guam in spotlight as Democrat fight goes Pacific
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats in the tiny tropical
U.S. territory of Guam queued up on Saturday to vote in the
latest presidential primary, relishing a rare opportunity to
bask in the political spotlight. |
