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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PDT |
Vigils Calling for End to Iraq War Begin (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of candlelight vigils calling for an end to the war in Iraq lit up the night Wednesday, part of a national effort spurred by one mother's anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch. |
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11:56pm PDT |
Cheaper phone calls 'on the way' |
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Summary: Landline telephone calls could fall by between £350m and £400m over the next four years, says regulator Ofcom. |
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Cnn.com |
11:55pm PDT |
Witness: BTK killer took victim's corpse to church |
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Summary: After strangling his 53-year-old neighbor in her home on April 27, 1985, Dennis Rader took the body of Marine Hedge to the Lutheran church he attended and snapped photographs of her in bondage positions, a Sedgwick County sheriff investigator testified We |
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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Troops enter hardline settlement |
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Summary: Israeli soldiers move in on two settlements in Gaza where resistance is expected on the second day of evictions. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Malaysia's Anwar wins libel case |
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Summary: Malaysia's former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim wins $1.2m in damages over a defamatory pamphlet. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Keeper James in England admission |
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Summary: David James confesses he did not prepare properly for the defeat in Denmark. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
James admits to preparation error |
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Summary: David James confesses he did not prepare properly for the defeat in Denmark. |
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ChristianPost |
11:19pm PDT |
Opposition Delays Approval for Proposed Internet Porn Domain |
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Summary: Approval for establishing a ".xxx" Internet domain name for pornography has been delayed for a month due to "unprecedented" opposition, a spokesman for the U.S. Commerce Department said.
Assistant secretary for communications and info |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Boy's murder 'might be sectarian' |
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Summary: Police say they have not ruled out a sectarian motive for the murder of north Belfast teenager Thomas Devlin. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Higher costs hit Wembley builder |
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Summary: Wembley Stadium developer Multiplex reports lower-than-expected profits and warns of tougher times ahead. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
Pakistan votes for local councils |
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Summary: Voting has begun in local elections in Pakistan amid heavy security. |
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10:58pm PDT |
Pontiff makes first foreign visit |
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Summary: Benedict XVI is travelling to his native Germany to attend a Catholic youth festival for his first foreign trip as pope. |
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Cnn.com |
10:57pm PDT |
Israeli security forces continue Gaza evictions |
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Summary: Israeli troops and police officers marched today into the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in Gaza, where about 2,000 pullout opponents are barricaded inside a synagogue. Kfar Darom was founded in 1970 as a religious community and is considered to be a pot |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PDT |
Troops in synagogue standoffs with Gaza holdouts (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Israeli
troops surrounded settlers and ultranationalist supporters
barricaded inside synagogues on Thursday in two key bastions of
resistance to Israel's Gaza withdrawal. |
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ChristianPost |
10:50pm PDT |
Exodus Launches Initiative for Youth Struggling with Homosexuality |
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Summary: Exodus International has been ministering to adults struggling with homosexuality for 30 years and is now expanding its focus to include youth struggling with same-gender attraction.
The youth division of Exodus International is starting ... |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Students to learn A-level results |
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Summary: Hundreds of students across Wales are due to find out their A-level grades as the results are published. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Rice calls Gaza withdrawal 'dramatic moment' - NYT (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice called the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza a "dramatic
moment" in the Middle East and urged Israel and the
Palestinians to quickly follow-up with more steps toward
creation of a Palestinian state, The Ne |
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ChristianPost |
10:17pm PDT |
First Three Gospel Dream 2005 Semi-Finalists Chosen |
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Summary: The first three Gospel Dream 2005 semi-finalists were chosen this weekend at auditions held in Atlanta.
Dacula, Georgia's Kristina Higgins, 18-year-old Justin Clark, and single mother of three Christina Perin were chosen out of a group ... |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Calls to close dissident's radio |
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Summary: MPs want the government to close down a London-based radio station which broadcasts calls for attacks on UK soldiers in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Herndon Approves Day Labor Center (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - The Herndon Town Council last night approved the creation of a formal, taxpayer-funded gathering spot for day laborers, saying the chaos in a 7-Eleven parking lot where the workers now gather would only worsen if it did nothing. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
On the Road, No Vacation From Traffic (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Vacations are all about getting away from annoying stuff. For B.J. and Meredith Martino, their stuff was a daily barrage of e-mails at work, stress about day care and volunteering at church. Meredith was even happy to escape her book |
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Cnn.com |
9:51pm PDT |
'Desperate Housewives' star hurt |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Troops enter militant settlement |
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Summary: Thousands of Israeli soldiers move in on Kfar Darom, an Orthodox Jewish settlement expected to resist removal. |
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Cnn.com |
9:33pm PDT |
Memo warned of post-war 'planning gaps' |
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Summary: Little more than a month before the start of the Iraq war, State Department officials said they warned U.S. military planners about possible "serious planning gaps" for the post-war period, according to newly declassified documents obtained by George Wash |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Israeli troops pour into major Gaza settler stronghold (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Long lines of Israeli
troops poured into the Gaza settlement of Kfar Darom on
Thursday, where tough resistance to evacuation was expected
from settlers and hundreds of youngsters reinforcing them. |
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Cnn.com |
8:49pm PDT |
Study: French fries can boost cancer risk |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
8:41pm PDT |
Brosnan: One phone call ended Bond career |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Pakistan gears up for local poll |
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Summary: Local elections are due to take place in Pakistan on Thursday, amid early accusations of rigging. |
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BBC News |
8:31pm PDT |
Russian-Chinese war games begin |
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Summary: Over 10,000 Russian and Chinese soldiers take part in the first-ever joint military exercises. |
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BBC News |
8:31pm PDT |
Russian-Chinese war games start |
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Summary: Over 10,000 Russian and Chinese soldiers take part in the first-ever joint military exercises. |