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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Liquid bomb plot |
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Summary: Why the plot began - and how it was smashed |
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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
N Korea to mark 60th anniversary |
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Summary: North Korea plans a huge military parade to celebrate its 60th anniversary, amid speculation over leader Kim Jong-il's health. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
Historic pier destroyed in fire |
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Summary: The historic Fleetwood Pier in Lancashire burns down in a fire leaving the 98-year-old building "completely gutted". |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
Deadly hurricane heads for Havana |
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Summary: Hurricane Ike heads for Havana, after battering eastern Cuba with torrential rain and leaving four people dead. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
West Ham ready to seal Zola deal |
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Summary: West Ham want Gianfranco Zola to be their new boss and expect to agree a deal with him by Thursday, BBC Sport understands. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
Oil falls ahead of Opec meeting |
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Summary: Oil prices fall with analysts saying there are signs that Opec will maintain production levels when it meets later in Vienna. |
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11:15pm PDT |
'Airline plot' retrial considered |
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Summary: Prosecutors have until the end of September to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to bomb planes. |
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BBC News |
11:15pm PDT |
Armstrong 'to make Tour return' |
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Summary: Lance Armstrong plans to come out of retirement to chase an eighth Tour de France title, according to reports. |
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Cnn.com |
11:14pm PDT |
World leader in hot water over cooking show |
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Summary: Weeks of violent street protests have not succeeded in forcing embattled Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej from office. But on Tuesday, he faces the possibility of ouster over something far less incendiary: cooking on a TV show.
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
U.S. targets Haqqani network in Afghan east, 2 held
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S military said on Tuesday it had
targeted the network of veteran Taliban commander Jalaluddin
Haqqani during an operation in eastern Afghanistan, near the
border with Pakistan, and detained two suspected militants. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Anger as boil notices cancelled |
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Summary: Customers express anger after being told their water needs to be boiled before drinking after being told it did not. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
Pakistan's Zardari to take oath |
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Summary: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, is to be sworn in as Pakistan's president facing daunting tests. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PDT |
Mental care escapes 'horrifying' |
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Summary: A BBC investigation finds there were at least 116 escapes from medium and low secure psychiatric hospitals in 2007. |
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PDT |
Police used Tasers more on blacks, city finds |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
North Korea used taekwondo group to plot murder: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea infiltrated an international
taekwondo group, using it as a front to send out spies and plot
the killing of a South Korean president who ruled for much of
the 1980s, newspapers said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
Wet weather hits UK retail sales |
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Summary: Retail sales fell again last month according to the British Retail Consortium, hit by rainy August weather. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
City council to tackle hate crime |
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Summary: Belfast City Council's Good Relations Unit is to draw up an action plan to tackle hate crime in the city. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Talks to continue at Stormont |
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Summary: DUP and Sinn Féin ministers are due at Stormont later today to continue talks aimed at breaking the political logjam. |
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Cnn.com |
9:54pm PDT |
Don't use this trial to 'punish' O.J., judge says |
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Summary: Jury selection in O.J. Simpson's trial on robbery and kidnapping charges started Monday, with the judge seeking prospective jurors who are not influenced by his 1995 murder trial.
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PDT |
WMD report: US remains 'dangerously vulnerable'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United States remains "dangerously vulnerable" to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks seven years after 9/11, a forthcoming independent study concludes. And a House Democrats' report says the Bush administration has missed one opportunity af |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Obama and Palin battle over pet spending projects
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama
criticized Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
on Monday for portraying herself as a crusader against wasteful
spending on pet local projects while aggressively pursuing the
money for Alaska. |
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Cnn.com |
8:58pm PDT |
Dad, son saved after more than 12 hours at sea |
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Summary: A father and son who tread water for more than 12 hours in the Atlantic Ocean before being rescued spent much of the time in the dark seas not knowing if the other was alive, authorities said Monday.
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Yahoo News |
8:52pm PDT |
NY lawsuit claims `Disturbia' copied short story
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A lawsuit claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off "Rear Window" when they made the movie "Disturbia." |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
Fragile habitats |
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Summary: Stark warning about future of seahorses in Britain |
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Yahoo News |
8:37pm PDT |
Bush to pull about 8,000 troops from Iraq by Feb.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush will keep roughly the same number of U.S. forces in Iraq through the end of the year and pull about 8,000 troops home by February, a drawdown that's both slower and smaller than long anticipated. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Simpson's Vegas trial opens without past fanfare
(AP)
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Summary: AP - O.J. Simpson went on trial for kidnapping and robbery Monday with a judge determined to find a jury unaffected by his long-ago "Trial of the Century." |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
N.Korea used taekwondo group to plot murder: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea infiltrated an international
taekwondo group, using it as a front to send out spies and plot
the killing of a South Korean president who ruled for much of
the 1980s, newspapers said on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
7:43pm PDT |
Georgia positive on Russia pledge |
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Summary: Georgia's president cautiously welcomes Russia's planned troop withdrawal from areas around South Ossetia and Abkhazia. |
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Yahoo News |
7:40pm PDT |
McCain uses Palin as fundraising tool
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain seized on running mate Sarah Palin's popularity to raise money for the party, telling donors at a $4 million fundraiser Monday that he's overwhelmed by the buzz she's generating for his White House bid. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Federer outwits Murray to win five in a row
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The footwork was precise, the touch
was sublime, the impeccable Swiss timing was back and Roger
Federer glided away with a fifth successive U.S. Open crown on
Monday. |
