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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
British Gas owner warns on profit |
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Summary: Centrica, the parent of British Gas, warns profits will be squeezed and signals that fuel bills could rise. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
U.S. flies cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The first U.S. military aid flight left
Thailand on Monday for Myanmar, an "outpost of tyranny"
according to Washington, as relief supplies continued to
dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating
cyclone. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Firms 'up prices as costs soar' |
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Summary: Manufacturers are raising prices as they face the strongest cost pressures in over 20 years, the CBI says. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
First US aid plane lands in Burma |
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Summary: The first US relief flight lands in Burma, but agencies warn the amount of aid getting to people is inadequate. |
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Cnn.com |
11:25pm PDT |
Tornadoes leave 22 dead |
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Summary: Powerful storms killed 22 people in three states over the weekend, including an Oklahoma mother who died while huddling over her child, authorities said. Her son survived with facial injuries. Late Sunday the storm system hit the coast off the Carolinas, |
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Cnn.com |
11:25pm PDT |
Tornadoes tear across South, leaving 22 dead |
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Summary: Powerful storms killed 22 people in three states over the weekend, including an Oklahoma mother who died while huddling over her child, authorities said. Her son survived with facial injuries. Late Sunday the storm system hit the coast off the Carolinas, |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
Taliban deliver silent death threats after midnight
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghans call them 'night
letters' -- notes scattered or pushed under doorways by Taliban
militants in the dead of night, threatening villagers' lives if
they cooperate with foreign forces and the government. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
Arab League bid to end Lebanon crisis as fighting eases
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Lebanese army was out in force on Monday in areas outside Beirut that were the scene of fierce sectarian clashes at the weekend as the Arab League prepared to send a team to try to end a crisis that has driven the nation to the brink of civil wa |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim
said on Monday he would launch more attacks on Sudan's capital
Khartoum until the government fell. |
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Cnn.com |
11:11pm PDT |
U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar |
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Summary: A U.S. military airplane with relief supplies has taken off and is scheduled to land in Myanmar at about 2 p.m. Monday on a mission that American officials say they hope will "build trust."
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Yahoo News |
11:09pm PDT |
Myanmar says parts of nation still cut off
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Parts of Myanmar are still cut off 10 days after its devastating cyclone, the military regime said Monday, ahead of the first aid flight from the United States -- one of its most vocal critics. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Food prices drive China inflation |
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Summary: China's consumer price inflation nears a 12-year high in April, as the cost of food continues to take its toll. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
US aid flight takes off for Burma |
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Summary: The first US aid flight takes off for Burma, but agencies warn the amount of aid getting to people is inadequate. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48pm PDT |
US launches relief airlift to Myanmar after cyclone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday, after prolonged negotiations with the isolated country's military rulers, who have been accused of restricting international efforts to help as many as 1.5 million cyclone surv |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Developing countries eye nuclear power: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 40 developing countries
have recently approached United Nations officials to express
interest in starting nuclear power programs, the Washington
Post reported on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
US launches first relief airlift to Myanmar after cyclone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United States has launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar for last week's cyclone victims. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PDT |
Omagh civil case moves to Dublin |
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Summary: Civil action being taken by some of the families of victims of the Omagh bombing moves from Belfast to Dublin. |
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Yahoo News |
9:57pm PDT |
Sudan arrests opposition leader after rebel raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Sudan arrested Islamist opposition
leader Hassan al-Turabi and at least four top members of his
party on Monday after the Khartoum attack by Darfur rebels
historically linked to him, aides said. |
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BBC News |
9:55pm PDT |
Sudan 'can prove Chad rebel role' |
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Summary: Sudan says it has proof that Chad helped Darfur rebels in their weekend invasion of the capital's twin city. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PDT |
Tim Duncan scores 22 as Spurs beat Hornets 100-80
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 100-80 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36pm PDT |
22 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after more storms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss. |
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BBC News |
9:34pm PDT |
Burma aid 'nowhere near enough' |
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Summary: Relief supplies reaching cyclone-hit Burma are vastly inadequate despite improving access, agencies say. |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PDT |
Levee living |
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Summary: Plight of displaced families in India's Bihar state |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
'Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites' winner crowned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Parvati Shallow was the last woman standing on "Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites." |
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BBC News |
9:13pm PDT |
Brown to pledge 'fairer' social care |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is set to outline the need to reform social care to cope with Britain's ageing population. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Study: Retirement savers make costly 401(k) mistakes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Despite extensive efforts to educate workers about saving for retirement, many employees are not doing a good job of managing their company-sponsored 401(k) accounts, a new study indicates. |
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Cnn.com |
8:25pm PDT |
Skull worship inspires new 'Indiana Jones' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Duncan, Parker too much for Hornets as Spurs even series 2-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 100-80 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinals at 2-2. |
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BBC News |
8:04pm PDT |
Is there a grisly reason why locusts swarm in huge numbers? |
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Summary: Locusts swarm in such numbers because of a panicking fear they will be eaten by each other, scientists suggest. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
U.S. flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States was set to fly relief
supplies on Monday to Myanmar, a country it has called an
"outpost of tyranny," as aid continues to dribble into the
reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone. |
