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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
39 dead in explosions in western Indian city
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Summary: AP - Police says that 39 people have been killed in the serial blasts that hit the western Indian city of Ahmadabad. |
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Cnn.com |
11:53pm PDT |
At least 37 killed in India serial bombings |
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Summary: A series of bomb blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad left at least 37 dead, city police told CNN on Sunday. Authorities said 17 explosions occurred Saturday within a six-mile radius in a span of 70 minutes.
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11:28pm PDT |
Beijing's Olympic village opens |
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Summary: The first athletes check into Beijing's newly-built Olympic village, with 12 days to go until the Games. |
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11:17pm PDT |
Cameron reunited with 'old friend' - his stolen bike |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron is reunited with his stolen bike after it was found dumped, minus a wheel. |
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11:17pm PDT |
Cameron reunited with "old friend" - his stolen bike |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron is reunited with his stolen bike after it was found dumped, minus a wheel. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16pm PDT |
29 convicts executed in Iran |
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11:10pm PDT |
Iran executes 29 in jail hangings |
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Summary: Reports from Iran say 29 people guilty of murder and other crimes have been executed by hanging in Tehran. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Experts say no bomb in Qantas jet hole
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Summary: AP - Australian investigators in Manila say they have found no sign a bomb caused the giant hole in a Qantas jumbo jet's fuselage that forced a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines. |
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11:01pm PDT |
4 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters
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Summary: AP - Four swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued. |
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10:51pm PDT |
NATO air raid kills dozens of Taliban: governor
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Summary: Reuters - NATO killed dozens of
Taliban insurgents in an air strike on Sunday in Afghanistan's
southeastern province of Khost, the provincial governor said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24pm PDT |
Death toll rises after India bomb blasts |
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Summary: At least 37 people are dead in a series of bomb blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, city police told CNN on Sunday. Authorities said 17 explosions occurred Saturday within a six-mile radius in a span of 70 minutes.
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10:22pm PDT |
Indian leaders appeal for calm after attacks
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Summary: AFP - Indian leaders issued appeals for calm Sunday after a wave of bombings killed 38 people and left 100 injured in the religiously-tense western city of Ahmedabad. |
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Cnn.com |
9:46pm PDT |
Black WWII vets get apology for convictions |
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9:46pm PDT |
Black GIs get apology for convictions |
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9:45pm PDT |
Pujols' 2-run homer in 14th lifts Cards past Mets
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Summary: AP - Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning for his fifth hit of the night, Skip Schumaker did him one better with a career-best six hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 10-8 Saturday to snap a season-worst five-game losin |
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9:20pm PDT |
India leaders appeal after blasts |
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Summary: India's president and prime minister appeal for calm after a series of blasts kills at least 38 people in Ahmedabad. |
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9:01pm PDT |
Cameron reunited with stolen bike |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron is reunited with his stolen bike after it was found dumped, minus a wheel. |
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8:15pm PDT |
Australian experts study Qantas jet hole
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Summary: AP - Australian investigators are exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, an official said Sunday |
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8:04pm PDT |
Obama says conditions to dictate final Iraq force
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday the
size of a residual U.S. force left in Iraq after the withdrawal
of combat troops would be "entirely conditions-based." |
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7:56pm PDT |
Raul Castro dashes expectations for new reforms
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Summary: Reuters - Cuban President Raul Castro
dashed expectations he would announce new economic reforms on
Saturday in a speech that instead warned Cubans not to get used
to hearing good news. |
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Cnn.com |
7:40pm PDT |
Indian cities on alert after blasts |
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Summary: Major cities in India have been put on high alert after 29 people were killed Saturday in 17 near simultaneous blasts in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, police and government officials say. Several media outlets and the country's Intelligence Bureau |
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7:12pm PDT |
Nadal ends brave Murray challenge |
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Summary: Andy Murray's bid to reach the Toronto Masters final ends in a battling 7-6 6-3 defeat by world number two Rafael Nadal. |
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7:09pm PDT |
Rice tells Fiji to hold elections on time
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
pressed Fiji in a meeting of Pacific foreign ministers in Samoa
on Saturday to ensure the country's military rulers held
elections as promised in March 2009. |
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6:59pm PDT |
McCain campaign: Obama shortchanged injured troops
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain's campaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany, contending Obama chose foreign leaders and cheering Europeans over "injured American heroes." |
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6:53pm PDT |
Obama missed 'injured US heroes' |
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Summary: Barack Obama is criticised by electoral rival John McCain for cancelling a visit to injured US soldiers in Germany. |
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6:49pm PDT |
McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. |
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6:44pm PDT |
McCain camp rips Obama for cutting troop visit |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain's campaign Saturday lashed out at Sen. Barack Obama for canceling a visit to U.S. military base in Germany on Thursday. Obama failed to fulfill a "responsibility to the men and women who serve this country," a McCain campaign spokesman sa |
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6:40pm PDT |
Straw backs Brown to remain as PM |
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Summary: The justice secretary comes out in support of Gordon Brown as the "right man" to be leading the Labour Party. |
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6:25pm PDT |
Cuban leader warns of austerity |
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Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro tells the country to be prepared for the effects of the global economic crisis. |
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6:04pm PDT |
Cambodian voters poised to extend Hun Sen's rule
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Summary: AFP - Cambodians looked set to extend Prime Minister Hun Sen's 23-year rule in elections Sunday, after a campaign overshadowed by a tense military standoff in a border dispute with Thailand. |
