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BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
Uni to go for early smoking ban |
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Summary: Glasgow University is to introduce a blanket smoking ban throughout its campus from September. |
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Yahoo News |
11:54pm PDT |
American journalist shot dead in Basra, Iraq (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - An American journalist and author was
found dead after being shot three times in the chest in the
southern Iraqi city of Basra, a U.S. embassy official said on
Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Man questioned over racist murder |
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Summary: Police continue to question a 26-year-old man over the murder of black Liverpool teenager Anthony Walker. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Man quizzed over racist murder |
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Summary: Police continue to question a 26-year-old man over the murder of black Liverpool teenager Anthony Walker. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
BSkyB unveils strong profit rise |
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Summary: Satellite broadcaster BSkyB unveils s strong rise in profits for the year, helped by increasing subscriber numbers. |
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BBC News |
11:41pm PDT |
Mother's axe killing vigil appeal |
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Summary: Hundreds of people attend a vigil in Liverpool in memory of murdered black teenager Anthony Walker. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Roberts Vows to Honor Established Rulings (AP) |
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Summary: AP - John Roberts says he will honor established Supreme Court rulings, telling a Senate committee that legal precedents are important to "promoting the stability of the legal system." |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Sportswear Maker Adidas to Buy Reebok (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Adidas-Salomon AG said Wednesday that it will buy shoemaker Reebok International Ltd. in a $3.8 billion deal, giving the company about 20 percent of the U.S. market and putting it in a position to better challenge leader Nike Inc. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Mozilla Forms Corporate Subsidiary (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation that organizes the development of the Firefox Web browser said Wednesday it has formed a corporate subsidiary not to make money but to better focus its activities. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
Blaze makes man jump from window |
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Summary: A man jumps from a first floor window to escape a fire which ripped through his County Down home. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Adidas agrees takeover of Reebok |
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Summary: German sports goods firm Adidas-Salomon makes an agreed bid for US rival Reebok worth 3.1bn euros. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Adidas to take over Reebok |
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Summary: German sports goods firm Adidas-Salomon makes an agreed bid for US rival Reebok worth 3.1bn euros. |
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Cnn.com |
11:13pm PDT |
Iran's new president takes office |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Officers attacked in disturbances |
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Summary: The police and fire crews come under attack during overnight disturbances in Londonderry. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Iran hardliner becomes president |
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Summary: Iran's new hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes office, following his July poll triumph. |
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Cnn.com |
11:01pm PDT |
American freelance journalist found slain in Iraq |
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Summary: An American freelance journalist was found shot to death in the Iraqi city of Basra early Wednesday, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
11:01pm PDT |
American freelance journalist slain in Iraq |
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Summary: An American freelance journalist was found shot to death in the Iraqi city of Basra early Wednesday, officials said. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Family to visit Thai murder scene |
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Summary: Murdered backpacker Kirsty Jones' family is to fly to Thailand as authorities plan a review of the unsolved case. |
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Crosswalk |
10:55pm PDT |
Can We Live Without Tradition? Part Two |
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Summary: In his article, "The Future of Tradition," author Lee Harris suggests that America's current culture war is the result of society's existing customs and traditions being called to the bar of reason and ruthlessly interrogated and cross-examined by an inte |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
DUP to outline devolution stance |
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Summary: Ian Paisley is to set out an uncompromising position on talks about devolution when he meets the NI secretary. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Saudis to vow loyalty to new king |
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Summary: Saudis are to pledge allegiance to their new ruler, King Abdullah, a day after King Fahd's funeral. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
US journalist shot dead in Iraq |
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Summary: A US reporter is shot dead by gunmen in Basra, southern Iraq, police say. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
US hints N Korea talks near end |
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Summary: A US envoy at North Korea's nuclear talks voices cautious optimism that a deal could be reached. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
American journalist found shot dead in Basra (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - An American journalist has been found
shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a Western
diplomat said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Rebels In Iraq Kill 7 Marines (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 -- Insurgents in western Iraq killed seven U.S. Marines, five of them in an unusually deadly small-arms attack, during one of the bloodiest days for American forces in months, the U.S. military said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Brain-dead US woman has baby girl |
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Summary: A brain-dead pregnant woman in the US gives birth to a baby girl, who is born two months premature. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PDT |
Republican wins tight Ohio House race (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Republicans narrowly held on to a
vacant U.S. House of Representatives seat in Ohio on Tuesday,
defeating a Democratic Iraq war veteran who had hammered away
at President Bush and his Iraq policy. |
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Cnn.com |
9:22pm PDT |
Flight crew praised as all survive Air France crash |
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Summary: All 309 passengers and crew escaped the blazing wreckage of an Air France jet after it plowed off a runway and burst into flames. One of the first passengers to flee the burning plane praised the flight crew for its "organized" evacuation despite passenge |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Bomb suspects 'tortured in Dubai' |
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Summary: Four UK businessmen arrested in Dubai on suspicion of involvement in the London bombings say they were abused. |
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BBC News |
8:41pm PDT |
Amnesty condemns Nepal vigilantes |
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Summary: Amnesty International criticises Nepal's village defence forces, saying they have escalated violence. |
