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Yahoo News |
11:55pm PDT |
Motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady bombed; wife unharmed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Stars beat Sharks in 4 OTs to clinch series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Dallas Stars have finally made it back to the Western Conference finals. It took the eighth longest game in NHL history to do it. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Landslide win |
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Summary: Pro-autonomy vote shows depth of Bolivia' divisions |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
UN food body 'should be scrapped' |
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Summary: An African leader dismisses the UN's food agency as a "waste of money" and calls for it to be scrapped. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
NI children in care in Portugal |
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Summary: A couple from Northern Ireland on holiday in Portugal have their children temporarily taken into care. |
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PDT |
U.S. ready for emergency student loan advances: report
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Education Department will be
ready to process emergency advances for student loans by June
1, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing a letter to
be sent Monday to state agencies that would enforce the
program. |
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Cnn.com |
10:55pm PDT |
Study: More kids given anti-psychotic drugs |
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Cnn.com |
10:55pm PDT |
Study: More kids using anti-psychotic drugs |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PDT |
Myanmar says referendum will go ahead despite storm
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's junta will go ahead with Saturday's referendum on a new constitution despite a massive storm which killed hundreds of people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Morales dismisses autonomy vote |
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Summary: Voters in Bolivia's eastern Santa Cruz region have voted for greater autonomy in an unofficial poll, exit polls say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Dalai Lama has committed 'monstrous crimes': China's state press
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's state press accused the Dalai Lama on Monday of "monstrous crimes," a day after Chinese officials reportedly agreed with envoys of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist to keep the door open on dialogue. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Democrats fear divided party after nominee chosen
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential
primaries often divide party loyalists, but the drawn-out
battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may leave some
Democrats too bitter to band together against the Republicans
in November. |
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BBC News |
9:55pm PDT |
Zimbabwe teachers threaten strike |
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Summary: A teachers' union in Zimbabwe threatens to call a strike unless post-election violence against its members ceases. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Ronaldo 'sorry' on cross-dressing hookers |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Ronaldo 'sorry' over cross-dressing hookers |
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BBC News |
9:44pm PDT |
Three killed in China bus blaze |
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Summary: Three people are killed and three more injured as a Shanghai bus bursts into flames, state media reports. |
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9:26pm PDT |
Brown faces backbencher unrest |
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Summary: The PM is considering how to deal with grumbles from his own backbenchers after Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
Three killed in China bus blast |
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Summary: Three people are killed and at least three more injured in an explosion on a Shanghai bus, state media reports. |
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9:01pm PDT |
Illegal workers prosecutions rise |
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Summary: There has been a dramatic rise in the number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Police reassurance after murders |
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Summary: Police increase their presence to help a community hit by the murder of a woman and her young brother. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Police presence up after murders |
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Summary: Police increase their presence to help a community hit by the murder of a woman and her young brother. |
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Yahoo News |
8:32pm PDT |
China, Dalai Lama aides agree to further contact
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Envoys of the Dalai Lama and
Chinese officials have agreed to further contact after a day of
talks aimed at mending fences amid a wave of unrest pushed
Tibet to centre stage ahead of the 2008 Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. |
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BBC News |
8:10pm PDT |
Man under guard in dead boys case |
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Summary: A man remains under police guard in hospital following the deaths of two young boys near Glasgow. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PDT |
15 dead after boat sinks in Brazil's Amazon region
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil's Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil's government. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Sea lions shot dead on Columbia River as salmon battle rages
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Six federally protected sea lions were apparently shot to death on the Columbia River as they lay in open traps put out to ensnare the animals, which eat endangered salmon. State and federal authorities are investigating. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
Burma 'must allow aid workers in' |
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Summary: Burma's military rulers are urged to allow aid agencies to operate freely in the country in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
Cyclone damage assessed in Myanmar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Authorities and foreign aid workers in
army-ruled Myanmar struggled on Monday to assess the damage
from a severe cyclone that killed more than 350 people and left
tens of thousands homeless. |
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Cnn.com |
7:47pm PDT |
143 tons of meat, poultry recalled |
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Cnn.com |
7:37pm PDT |
Proposed U.S.-Libya deal angers victims' kin |
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Summary: Nearly 20 years after the terror bombing aboard Pan Am Flight 103 killed 189 Americans, the Bush administration is trying to resolve a bitter dispute between U.S. terror victims and Libya -- while still boosting oil supplies.
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