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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
At least 15 civilians killed in Mogadishu blast
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Summary: AFP - A roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu early Sunday, killing at least 15 of them, witnesses told AFP. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Report: Therapist 'scared to death' of scientist
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had attempted to poison people and his therapist said she was "scared to death" of him, according to court testimony that emerged Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
Olympic torch reaches earthquake-ravaged Sichuan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province. |
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10:44pm PDT |
Murray to face Djokovic in final |
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Summary: British number one Andy Murray will play Novak Djokovic in his first Masters Series final in Cincinnati. |
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10:04pm PDT |
Ministers rally to support Brown |
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Summary: Three cabinet ministers rally to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's defence, insisting he is the right man for the job. |
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9:48pm PDT |
N Korea steps up row with South |
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Summary: North Korea says it will expel South Korean workers from a mountain resort, as a row over a tourist's death escalates. |
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9:48pm PDT |
N Korea to expel workers in row |
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Summary: North Korea says it will expel South Korean workers from a resort, as a row over the death of a tourist escalates. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PDT |
Beijing protesters must give 5 days' notice
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese and foreign citizens wishing to
protest during the Beijing Olympics must apply five days
beforehand and not harm China's vaguely defined "national
interests," a Games security official said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
McCain vetting Va. congressman as possible veep
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain's campaign has asked Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor for personal documents as the Republican presidential candidate steps up his search for a running mate, The Associated Press has learned. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Pc killer ruling 'disrespectful' |
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Summary: A decision to overturn the whole-life term for Pc Ian Broadhurst's killer is "disrespectful to his memory", says Police Federation. |
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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
Towns in France ban child matador |
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Summary: Regional officials in France ban two non-lethal bullfights involving a child matador said to have killed 60 young bulls. |
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8:28pm PDT |
Beijing bathes in blue skies as pollution falls
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Olympic host city Beijing was bathed in
blue skies on Sunday as official pollution levels stayed low
while late-summer heat climbed five days before the Games open. |
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8:12pm PDT |
New HIV cases in US underestimated by 40 percent
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic. |
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Cnn.com |
8:10pm PDT |
Is Virginia congressman on McCain's VP list? |
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Summary: A top congressman from Virginia is undergoing "thorough vetting" by John McCain's vice presidential team, an informed GOP source told CNN on Saturday.
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BBC News |
8:06pm PDT |
Prayers planned for shot couple |
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Summary: Special church services are due to be held in the home town of the couple shot on honeymoon in Antigua. |
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7:58pm PDT |
After long Iraq deployment, GIs readjust to lives back home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert. |
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Cnn.com |
7:44pm PDT |
Police: Bus beheading suspect ate victim's body |
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7:19pm PDT |
In veep search, McCain asks Cantor for records
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain's campaign has asked Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor for personal documents as the Republican presidential candidate steps up his search for a running mate, The Associated Press has learned. |
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BBC News |
7:16pm PDT |
The old six degrees of separation theory backed up by texts |
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Summary: A US study of text messages suggests the old theory that we are all linked six steps away to anyone else may be right. |
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Yahoo News |
7:02pm PDT |
Madonna returns to Michigan roots to show her film
(AP)
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Summary: AP - She might be known worldwide as the Material Girl, but there's more than a little of the small-town Michigan girl left in Madonna. |
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Cnn.com |
7:02pm PDT |
Therapist: Researcher had 'homicidal plan' |
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Summary: An anthrax researcher who committed suicide this week had threatened his therapist and recently outlined a plan to kill his co-workers, according to court testimony. Therapist Jean C. Duley also testified last month that Bruce E. Ivins "was going to go ou |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PDT |
Kidnapped girl found in Baltimore; Father charged
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last weekend was arrested Saturday in Baltimore and the girl was found safe, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56pm PDT |
South Asian summit set to push terror fight, food security
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - South Asian leaders will push for anti-terror measures and greater food security as they wrap up a summit Sunday, but efforts to boost cooperation remain hampered by tensions between India and Pakistan. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PDT |
Report: Therapist feared scientist poisoned people
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The therapist for Bruce E. Ivins told a judge that as far back as 2000, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks had attempted to poison people and that she was "scared to death" of him, according to an audiotape of the session t |
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BBC News |
6:12pm PDT |
Mysterious UFO sightings baffle Scottish town |
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Summary: Reports of UFO sightings in Scotland after partygoers
attach candles to balloons and sent them into the sky. |
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Yahoo News |
6:02pm PDT |
Tug repeatedly warned before Miss. River collision
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The pilot of a massive tanker involved in a collision on the Mississippi River repeatedly warns a tug boat pushing a barge to get out of the way, but no one on the smaller boat responds, according to radio transmissions released Saturday by the Coast |
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5:53pm PDT |
Ahmadinejad: Iran won't give up nuclear rights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran will not give up "a single iota of its nuclear rights," the country's president said Saturday, rebuffing an informal deadline to stop expanding uranium enrichment or face more sanctions. |
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
Brazil's Lula to seek rapid revival of trade talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Brazil wants to restart collapsed
global trade negotiations and believes an agreement can be
reached within two months, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
5:51pm PDT |
No agreement on Church gay issue |
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Summary: A meeting of Anglican bishops is likely to end with no agreement on the gay issue threatening to tear the Church apart. |
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BBC News |
5:51pm PDT |
No agreement on church gay issue |
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Summary: A meeting of Anglican bishops is likely to end with no agreement on the gay issue threatening to tear the Church apart. |
