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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Chinese clothing bottleneck grows |
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Summary: EU officials will fly to China to try and settle a dispute over clothing imports which has caused a bottleneck of goods. |
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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
China textile bottleneck tightens |
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Summary: EU officials will fly to China to try and settle a dispute over clothing imports which has caused a bottleneck of goods. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55pm PDT |
Yahoo, Verizon Team Up on Internet Service (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Verizon Communications Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have teamed up to launch a cheaper high-speed Internet service designed to compete against cable operators and dial-up service providers. |
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Yahoo News |
11:17pm PDT |
Bush Defending His Iraq War Policy (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush, defending his Iraq war policy in the face of anti-war opposition and slumping approval ratings, says pulling out before the mission is complete would dishonor the memory of all the Americans who fought and died in pursuit of freedom. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PDT |
Football: Gerrard injury fear |
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Summary: Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says Steven Gerrard may miss England's games with Wales and Northern Ireland. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
China-Russia games in final stage |
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Summary: The first Chinese-Russian military exercise under way in East Asia enters its final stage with live-fire combat practice. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Murder arrest after body is found |
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Summary: Police investigate the suspicious death of a woman, believed to be the daughter of one of Britain's richest men. |
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Cnn.com |
11:04pm PDT |
Robertson: U.S. should 'take out' Venezuela's Chavez |
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Summary: Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him "a terrific danger" bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas. |
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Cnn.com |
11:04pm PDT |
Pat Robertson: U.S. should 'take out' Venezuela's Chavez |
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Summary: Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him "a terrific danger" bent on exporting Communism and Islamic extremism across the Americas. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Mumbai building collapse kills 10 |
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Summary: Ten people die and more than 20 are injured as a residential building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Students expecting GCSE results |
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Summary: More than 30,000 Northern Ireland pupils are expecting to get at least some of their GCSE results. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Army enters W Bank settlement |
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Summary: Israeli troops enter two West Bank Jewish settlements, as they try to complete the operation begun in Gaza. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
Petrol bombs thrown in city clash |
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Summary: Petrol bombs and stones are thrown in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, according to the police. |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Mumbai block collapse kills ten |
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Summary: Ten people die and more than 20 are injured as a residential building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
Israeli forces storm into two W.Bank settlements (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli security forces
smashed their way on Tuesday into two West Bank settlements
where radical Jews dug in for a last stand against evacuation
after failing to foil a pullout from occupied Gaza. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Astros Beat Padres 6-2 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Roy Oswalt threw six strong innings for his 15th win and Lance Berkman hit a two-run homer as the Houston Astros beat NL West-leading San Diego 6-2 on Monday night to take the wild-card lead. |
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Cnn.com |
10:10pm PDT |
'Wedding' guests get rude reception: All arrested |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:08pm PDT |
Deadline looms in BA catering row |
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Summary: British Airways has hours to reach a deal with Gate Gourmet or risk the caterer calling in administrators. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Iraqis Submit Charter, but Delay Vote (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 22 -- Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority and its Kurdish allies moved Monday toward fundamentally reshaping their nation, submitting a proposed constitution that would create a loose federation with strongly Islamic national |
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Yahoo News |
9:59pm PDT |
Troops, Extremists Face Off in West Bank (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Thousands of troops pushed into two West Bank settlements Tuesday to clear out some 2,000 extremists determined to foil the last stage of Israel's historic "disengagement" from the West Bank and Gaza. |
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Cnn.com |
9:48pm PDT |
Israeli pullout shifts to West Bank |
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Summary: A day after the final group of Israeli settlers left Gaza, Israeli forces moved Tuesday into the West Bank settlements of Homesh and Sa-Nur to begin evacuation operations there. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PDT |
Israeli forces thrust into two W.Bank settlements (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli security forces
smashed their way on Tuesday into two West Bank settlements
where radical Jews dug in for a last stand against evacuation
after failing to thwart a pullout from occupied Gaza. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PDT |
Rory police launch murder inquiry |
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Summary: Police launch a murder hunt after a body found in woodland is identified as 11-year-old Rory Blackhall. |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PDT |
Cricket: Flintoff in world squads |
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Summary: Andrew Flintoff makes the World XI Test and one-day cricket squads to play Australia in October. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PDT |
Fresh deadline for Iraqi charter |
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Summary: Iraqi negotiators are given three more days to iron out differences and agree the text of a new constitution. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
Army enters West Bank settlement |
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Summary: Israeli troops enter two West Bank Jewish settlements,, as they try to complete the operation begun in Gaza. |
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BBC News |
9:23pm PDT |
Menezes family 'briefed by Met' |
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Summary: The family of a Brazilian shot by police were briefed by officers two days after the killing, says Scotland Yard. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
Mumbai block collapse kills five |
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Summary: Five people die and more than 20 are injured as a residential building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai. |
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BBC News |
8:21pm PDT |
Canada sends navy to Arctic north |
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Summary: Canada sends warships to it far north, asserting its territorial claims in the Arctic following a row with Denmark. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PDT |
Pentagon Unable to Validate 9/11 Claims (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon has been unable to validate claims that a secret intelligence unit identified Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta as a terrorist more than a year before the attacks, a Defense Department spokesman said Monday. |
