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11:39pm PDT |
Finalists Federer, Nadal know each other well
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After moving within a victory of his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title, Roger Federer found time to catch only a few games of Rafael Nadal's semifinal. |
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11:39pm PDT |
South Ossetia comes again under Georgian fire: separatists
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Summary: AFP - A town in Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia came under fire from the Georgian side of the border overnight, the Russian Vesti-24 channel reported early Sunday quoting a South Ossetian spokesman. |
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11:38pm PDT |
Afghan president orders probe into civilian deaths
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered
an investigation into a U.S.-led coalition airstrike that local
officials say killed 15 civilians, but the U.S. military says
killed only armed Taliban militants. |
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11:34pm PDT |
Busch nips Edwards to win under caution at Daytona
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic. He simply settled in for the long drive back to the front. And back to Victory Lane. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Pakistani Islamists converge on capital for Red Mosque demo
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of Islamist hardliners converged amid tight security in the Pakistani capital on Sunday to commemorate the first anniversary of the deadly siege and storming of the Red Mosque, officials said. |
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10:59pm PDT |
Crews forge progress against California fires |
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Summary: Authorities overseeing the battle against hundreds of wildfires in California gave a mixed assessment as the weather forecast for Sunday stirred both hope and concern across the state.
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10:43pm PDT |
Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel was reopening some border
crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it
closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into
the Jewish state by Palestinian militants. |
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10:43pm PDT |
Rich nations poised to tackle soaring oil, food prices
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Leaders of the world's richest countries began arriving in northern Japan on Sunday for a summit aimed at tackling red-hot food and oil prices that could derail global economic growth. |
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10:41pm PDT |
Ancient Peruvian tomb unearthed |
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Summary: Archaeologists unearth an ancient tomb in northern Peru that could throw light on the pre-Columbian Moche Indian culture. |
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9:35pm PDT |
Bush arrives in Japan for G8; oil, climate in focus
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush
arrived in Japan on Sunday for the Group of Eight rich nations'
meetings where North Korea's nuclear weapons program, soaring
oil and food prices, and climate change top the agenda. |
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9:33pm PDT |
U.S. removes uranium stockpile from Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage cross |
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9:28pm PDT |
Busch holds on to win under caution at Daytona
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kyle Busch fell a lap down at Talladega and came back to win. So when a steering problem dropped him to the back of the field at Daytona, he didn't panic. He simply settled in for the long drive back to the front. And back to Victory Lane. |
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9:26pm PDT |
Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japanese issue that's entangled in the nuclear standof |
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9:23pm PDT |
G8 leaders face series of crises |
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Summary: Rising food and oil prices, global warming and Zimbabwe face heads of the G8 group gathering for a summit in Japan. |
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8:26pm PDT |
'Fake' priest exposed at Vatican |
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Summary: A man posing as a priest is caught trying to hear confessions in
St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, a judge says. |
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8:16pm PDT |
Journalist, demonstrators arrested in anti-G8 demo: Japan police
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four people were arrested as Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrived on the northern island of Hokkaido on Sunday to chair a three-day summit of the Group of Eight powers. |
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8:10pm PDT |
TV's 'The Bachelor' weds in California
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. |
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7:39pm PDT |
Prospects dim for G8 climate change deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Prospects that the G8 would reach
a meaningful agreement to fight global warming at their annual
summit dimmed on Sunday as leaders began arriving in northern
Japan with a raft of global problems on their minds. |
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7:00pm PDT |
Mbeki brokers meeting of Mugabe, MDC faction |
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Summary: Video secretly recorded by a Zimbabwean prison guard appears to show evidence of vote-rigging in the country's recent presidential runoff election.
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6:36pm PDT |
UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid |
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Summary: The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is to set out a new plan on aid spending, amid concern millions have been wasted. |
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6:33pm PDT |
Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho. |
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6:31pm PDT |
Fake priest infiltrates St. Peter's |
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6:27pm PDT |
3 freed U.S. hostages give thanks for their rescue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to "return home to the country we love." |
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6:27pm PDT |
3 freed US hostages give thanks for their rescue
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The three American hostages rescued by Colombia's military said in their first public statement that they are doing fine and are thrilled to "return home to the country we love." |
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6:19pm PDT |
Student's family appeal to killer |
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Summary: The parents of a French student stabbed to death and burned in a London flat say his killer "cannot hide forever". |
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6:14pm PDT |
Church tourism plan put to Synod |
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Summary: A proposal to open parish churches to tourists is to be put to the Church of England's governing body. |
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6:13pm PDT |
91-year-old pinned under car for two days |
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5:51pm PDT |
Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even folks in the Optimist Club are having a tough time toeing an upbeat line these days. Eighteen members of the volunteer organization's Gilbert, Ariz., chapter have gathered, a few days before this nation's 232nd birthday, to focus on the positive |
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5:41pm PDT |
Crews fighting wildfires, exhaustion |
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5:16pm PDT |
Zakaria: Oil price gives Iran diplomatic strength |
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Summary: Amid allegations of Iranian aid to Iraqi insurgents, Iran's effort to build a nuclear bomb and a report on an increase in U.S. covert operations in Iran, analyst Fareed Zakaria takes a look at possible changes in the country's leadership and assesses the |
