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Vietnam sends monks to Spratlys

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
Vietnam is sending six Buddhist monks to re-establish abandoned temples on islands that are the subject of a bitter territorial dispute with China.
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NATO: Afghanistan rampage won't affect timeline

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
BERLIN (AP) -- The alleged slaying of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan will not affect plans to turn over security operations to local troops, NATO and member countries said Monday, calling for a quick investigation into the deaths....

Gravity data traces Moho boundary

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
Scientists map the boundary between the Earth's crust and its mantle - the so-called Mohorovicic discontinuity - in unprecedented detail.
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Troop deaths Facebook post charge

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
A West Yorkshire teenager is charged with making racially aggravated comments on Facebook about the deaths of six soldiers in Afghanistan.
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U.S.: WTO says Boeing got fewer subsidies than Airbus

GENEVA (AP) — The World Trade Organization has ruled that Chicago-based Boeing received far fewer illegal government subsidies than its European arch-rival Airbus over more than a quarter-century, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Monday.

Mr. Kirk called the ruling "a tremendous victory for American manufacturers and workers" after a ...

Brazil football chief steps down

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
Brazil's football and 2014 World Cup head Ricardo Teixeira leaves his post citing health reasons, after a string of corruption allegations.
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Joyce apologises to MPs for brawl

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
MP Eric Joyce apologises for assaulting a number of politicians in a Parliamentary bar and says he has tendered his resignation from the Labour Party.
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UK government sued for helping US drone strikes

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
LONDON (AP) -- In a new claim of British complicity in rights violations overseas, a human rights group took legal action Monday against the British government, accusing it of passing on intelligence to help deadly U.S. covert drone attacks in Pakistan....

Feds release health overhaul blueprint for states

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tackling a huge logistical challenge, the Obama administration Monday released an ambitious blueprint for states to match up uninsured Americans with coverage that's right for them under the health care overhaul law....
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Firefighters in 'gas leak' rescue

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
A woman and three children are rescued from a property in north Belfast following a suspected carbon monoxide leak.
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Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification....
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Deadly Iraq gold market robbery

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
Nine Iraqis are killed robbers target Baghdad gold market and get away after an exchange of fire with security forces.
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Defendant won't testify in N.J. webcam spying trial

NEW BRUNWSICK, N.J. — Jurors in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another will not hear directly from the defendant.

Indian-born Dharun Ravi's defense lawyer rested his case Monday without calling Ravi to testify.

The ...

US massacre soldier 'acted alone'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
An American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans acted alone, US officials say, insisting that it was an isolated incident.
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Judge hears arguments on Sandusky pretrial info

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- A judge has heard arguments but opted not to rule immediately on how much information former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky should get in advance of his trial on child sex abuse charges....
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US urges 'united voice' on Syria

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
The US secretary of state and UN secretary general urge the international community to stand united on Syria, as violence against civilians continues.
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Rivals have high hopes for Tuesday vote

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
Santorum hopes to muscle Gingrich out of the race and to force a face-off with Romney. But CNN's Candy Crowley reports no one shows any signs of quitting.
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PM - Afghan killings 'dreadful'

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
David Cameron says the shootings of Afghans by a US soldier are "absolutely dreadful" but must not be allowed to derail plans the good work being done.
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Rapist 'high risk' to over 80s

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
A convicted rapist, called a "very high risk" to women over the age of 80, is jailed for breaching an order banning him from contacting elderly women.
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Police: 1 kid, driver die in Ind. school bus crash

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 19:05
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A school bus making its morning rounds collided with a bridge in Indianapolis Monday, killing one child and the driver and critically injuring two other students, police said....
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