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BBC News |
11:46pm PDT |
Fatah men to be sent to West Bank |
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Summary: Israel reverses a decision to return 150 Fatah supporters to Gaza, saying the Palestinian men's lives were in danger |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Israel to send Gazans who fled Hamas to West Bank
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel said on Monday it would
transfer to the occupied West Bank dozens of pro-Fatah
Palestinians who fled the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after clashes
with the Islamist group, reversing a decision to send them
home. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
HIV challenge |
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Summary: It's not just big cities that need services |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
UK manufacturers fearing slowdown |
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Summary: UK manufacturers are facing rising cost pressures and expect output to fall in the coming months, research from the CBI suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Edouard gaining speed over Gulf
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Emergency teams were activated as residents along the Gulf of Mexico prepared to get hit with another round of tropical weather for the second time in less than a month. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PDT |
Chinese border assault kills 16 |
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Summary: Sixteen Chinese policemen die in an attack on a border post in the north-western region of Xinjiang, state media say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05pm PDT |
Airlift for K2 survivors; at least 10 dead, 3 missing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Pakistan army helicopter flew to
rescue frost-bitten survivors from the slopes of K2 on Monday,
leaving behind at least 10 dead climbers and more missing after
an ice fall near the top of the world's second highest
mountain. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
Police killed in west China ahead of Games
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Assailants armed with grenades and
knives killed 16 police in a restive western region of China on
Monday, state media said, in just the sort of violence Beijing
had hoped to avoid four days before the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PDT |
Suspected terror attack leaves 16 dead in China: official media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Sixteen policemen in China's Muslim-majority northwest were killed on Monday in a suspected terrorist attack, state media said, raising security fears four days before the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Age limit on training is lifted |
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Summary: The upper age limit for apprenticeships is to be removed next month, the employment minister says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:33pm PDT |
Obama leads McCain among low-wage workers: poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama holds a
two-to-one lead over Republican John McCain among low-wage
workers but many are uncommitted to either presidential
candidate, to according to a new poll by The Washington Post,
the Kaiser Family Foundation and H |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
China police call assault "suspected terrorist attack"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police in China's restive Xinjiang said
a deadly grenade assault on Monday morning, four days before
the start of the Beijing Olympics, was a "suspected terrorist"
attack, state media reported. |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PDT |
Evacuation warning following rain |
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Summary: Up to 20 farms in Renfrewshire may have to be evacuated after a warning that a reservoir dam in the area could burst. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Child flu jabs 'protect everyone' |
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Summary: Vaccinating children against flu would prevent the spread of the virus and cut deaths in older people, research suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50pm PDT |
Favre can tryout for Packers QB, source says |
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Summary: When the NFL reinstated Brett Favre on Sunday, it begged the question: Did the Packers tell Favre he could compete for the starting quarterback job?
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Cnn.com |
9:44pm PDT |
Braves announcer Skip Caray dies |
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Summary: Skip Caray, a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray, died in his sleep at home on Sunday, the team said. He was 68.
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Bangladesh holds key local polls |
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Summary: Bangladeshis are voting in the first polls since the caretaker government declared a state of emergency 18 months ago. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
16 dead in attack in China's Muslim region: Xinhua
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Sixteen policemen in China's Muslim-majority northwest were killed on Monday after two armed men stormed their station, state media said, raising security fears four days before the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
Students juggle classes and jobs |
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Summary: Nearly half of university students will be juggling study and paid work in the new term, a survey suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
Report: 16 police killed in China border attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's official Xinhua News Agency says an attack on a border patrol station on the country's frontier with Central Asia has killed 16 police officers. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Chinese border attack 'kills 16' |
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Summary: Unidentified assailants kill 16 policemen at a border post in China's Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
16 police die, 16 injured in attack in China's Xinjiang: Xinhua
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Sixteen policemen were killed and 16 others injured after a border patrol armed police division in northwest China's Muslim-populated Xinjiang region was attacked Monday, state media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49pm PDT |
Grenade attack kills 16 in China ahead of Games
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A police station in China's restive
Xinjiang region was attacked on Monday morning, four days
before the Beijing Olympics begin, killing 16 officers and
wounding 12, state media reported. |
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Cnn.com |
8:45pm PDT |
Louisiana, Texas coasts in Edouard's crosshairs |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, threatening to parallel Louisiana's coast while heading toward Texas, the National Hurricane Center said. Edouard will likely reach near-hurricane strength before landfall Tuesday, the hurrica |
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Cnn.com |
8:45pm PDT |
Louisiana, Texas face hurricane watch |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, threatening to parallel Louisiana's coast while heading toward Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Yahoo News |
8:38pm PDT |
South Koreans who died on K-2 were seasoned climbers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The three South Koreans who died on K-2
in Pakistan last week were experienced climbers who belonged to
a prestigious club that has put several of its members on the
world's second-highest peak, a group leader said on Monday. |
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BBC News |
8:25pm PDT |
ANC leader seeks to quash charges |
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Summary: The head of South Africa's ruling ANC, Jacob Zuma, goes to court in an attempt to have corruption charges against him dropped. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Edouard moves toward Texas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for the coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
Pack prez Murphy says team will welcome Favre back
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Brett Favre is back. It remains to be seen whether he'll still be the leader of the Pack. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Fed likely to hold rates steady amid crosscurrents
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An ugly brew of rising unemployment, spiking foreclosures and gyrating energy prices is plaguing the country and making life difficult for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as he tries to right the economy. |
