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Yahoo News |
9:10am PDT |
Differences between McCain and Obama go well beyond the obvious
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The differences couldn't be more striking — and they go well beyond older, white and Republican vs. younger, black and Democratic. |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
Property lure |
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Summary: UK developers look to India for wealthy new customers |
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BBC News |
8:56am PDT |
Cocaine haul worth £13m is seized |
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Summary: Cocaine with a street value of £13m, believed to be one of the largest hauls in the UK, is recovered by Cumbria Police. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PDT |
Obama criticizes Clinton over her words about Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama scolded Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday for saying that the United States would "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacks Israel, and likened her to President Bush. Clinton stood by her comment. |
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BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
Targets 'drive out head teachers' |
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Summary: Ofsted inspection pressures deter good candidates from becoming head teachers, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Myanmar cyclone kills 350
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A cyclone killed more than 350 people in
military-ruled Myanmar, ripping through Yangon and the
Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns,
officials and state media said on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27am PDT |
24 Chinese children die of virus; other countries affected
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in neighboring countries. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
China seeking "positive results" from Tibet talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's president said he was
hoping for positive results from talks with envoys of the Dalai
Lama, which opened on Sunday, but state media kept up a barrage
of attacks on Tibet's exiled spiritual leader. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PDT |
Rice pushes for peace progress, Israel denies hidden agenda
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel isn't trying to expand Jewish housing in the West Bank to effect a land grab before an eventual military withdrawal, the country's senior diplomat said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Iraqi First Lady escapes Baghdad bombing
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, escaped a roadside bomb attack in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday that wounded her four bodyguards, officials said. |
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BBC News |
8:20am PDT |
Labour suffer 'kick up backside' |
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Summary: Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy says Labour must "listen hard and act hard" after council election losses. |
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BBC News |
8:19am PDT |
Two boys in car 'died violently' |
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Summary: Two young boys found dead in a car at a beauty spot near Glasgow are believed to have died violently, reports suggest. |
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Cnn.com |
8:04am PDT |
Iraqi first lady survives attack |
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Summary: A bomb detonated near the Iraqi first lady's motorcade in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, wounding soldiers and at least two civilians, but the president's wife escaped without injury, officials said.
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BBC News |
7:58am PDT |
West Brom take Championship title in style |
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Summary: West Brom take the Championship title and secure promotion after a win at QPR. |
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Cnn.com |
7:57am PDT |
Suspect charged in Philadelphia cop killing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:57am PDT |
Stoke up as Leicester relegated |
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Summary: Stoke clinch promotion to the Premier League with a 0-0 draw against Leicester, who drop down to League One. |
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BBC News |
7:55am PDT |
Austria cellar man 'mentally ill' |
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Summary: Josef Fritzl, accused of abusing his daughter for years, should be in a psychiatric unit not facing jail, his lawyer says. |
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Cnn.com |
7:52am PDT |
Relative: Incest suspect served time for rape |
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Summary: Josef Fritzl, who has confessed to holding his daughter captive and fathering seven kids by her, served 18 months in prison for an unrelated rape in 1967, his sister-in-law says. Despite that, she says, her sister continued to stay married to him in a des |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
Two young boys found dead in car |
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Summary: Two young boys who were found dead in a car are believed to have died violently, reports suggest. |
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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Fightback plan |
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Summary: Brown takes to TV studio to admit election mistakes |
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Yahoo News |
7:48am PDT |
Myanmar cyclone kills at least 351
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least 351 people were killed and nearly 100,000 left homeless when tropical cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, razing thousands of buildings and knocking out power lines, state media said Sunday. |
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BBC News |
7:46am PDT |
UK bosses issue warning on taxes |
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Summary: Some of Britain's biggest companies warn that firms will move offshore if controversial tax changes go ahead. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36am PDT |
At least 351 killed in Myanmar cyclone
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least 351 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, state media reported Sunday. |
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BBC News |
7:35am PDT |
Rebels 'hit two Georgian drones' |
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Summary: Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia says it has downed two unmanned spy planes - a claim denied by Tbilisi. |
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BBC News |
7:32am PDT |
Johnson pledge to 'unite London' |
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Summary: Boris Johnson pledges to be a "mayor for all London" as he attends Sikh festival Vaisakhi in Trafalgar Square. |
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Yahoo News |
7:31am PDT |
Iraqi first lady escapes Baghdad bombing
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's wife, Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, escaped a roadside bomb attack in the heart of Baghdad on Sunday that wounded her four bodyguards, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
7:30am PDT |
350 feared dead in Myanmar cyclone |
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Summary: A cyclone slammed into Myanmar's main city of Yangon over the weekend and hundreds of people are feared dead. "In some areas, entire villages disappeared," said Khin Maung Win of the Democratic Voice of Burma.
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Yahoo News |
7:28am PDT |
2 campaigns, 2 different candidates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The differences couldn't be more striking — and they go well beyond older, white and Republican vs. younger, black and Democratic. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21am PDT |
Cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar, state-run TV reports
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and knocked out power in the country's largest city, state-run media said Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:19am PDT |
Iraq says to probe claims of Iran meddling
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq on Sunday appeared to distance
itself from U.S. accusations of Iranian meddling in Iraqi
affairs, saying it would not be pushed into conflict with its
neighbor and wanted its own inquiry into the evidence. |
