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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Iraq charter deal pressure grows |
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Summary: Iraqi politicians are under pressure to agree the text of a new constitution ahead of Thursday's deadline. |
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ChristianToday |
11:55pm PDT |
World Vision Airlifts Vital Packages to Nigers Famine Regions |
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Summary: One of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world has airlifted 130 tons of UNIMIX flour to Niger to help combat the current food crisis that is causing widespread hunger across the country |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
'Militants die' in Afghan raids |
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Summary: The US says more than 16 suspected militants have been killed in operations in southern Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Base-Closing Panel Examine Pentagon Plans (AP) |
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Summary: AP - After four months of work, a federal commission is steamrolling through hundreds of Pentagon proposals as it decides how many U.S. military bases should be closed down or restructured. |
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BBC News |
11:11pm PDT |
Petrol bomb attack 'is sectarian' |
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Summary: A petrol bomb attack on a house in Ballymoney in County Antrim is being treated as sectarian. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54pm PDT |
1,500 more troops headed for Iraq |
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Summary: More troops are headed to Iraq, this time 1,500 paratroopers to temporarily boost military strength during the fall election period, the Pentagon has announced. Two battalions of the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy in mid-September from their home base |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Petrol bombs thrown at officers |
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Summary: Petrol bombs and other missiles are thrown at police during another night of disturbances in north Belfast. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
School to remember mourn Rory |
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Summary: Teachers and classmates will gather to remember murdered West Lothian schoolboy Rory Blackhall on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
School to remember murdered Rory |
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Summary: Teachers and classmates will gather to remember murdered West Lothian schoolboy Rory Blackhall on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
School to mourn murdered Rory |
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Summary: Teachers and classmates will gather to remember murdered West Lothian schoolboy Rory Blackhall on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Pupils wait for GCSE exam results |
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Summary: School pupils in Wales wait for their GCSE exam results, a week after student turned in record A-level figures. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Five Militants, Jew Killed in West Bank (AP) |
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Summary: AP - An Israeli military raid on a West Bank refugee camp left five militants dead Wednesday and an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed to death in Jerusalem — an eruption of violence a day after Israel completed its evacuation of 25 settlements. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
What GCSEs are you expecting? |
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Summary: Thousands of GCSE students in England and Wales are waiting for their results. How do you think you did? |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Career Minor Leaguer Is Defying the Law of Averages (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - OMAHA -- It's another lost night in the baseball life of Rick Short. Another night of lucky numbers, of scratchy recordings of the national anthem, and a crowd so small the foul balls rattle around the seats with a hollow thud. |
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Cnn.com |
9:27pm PDT |
Southeast Florida under hurricane warning |
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Summary: More than 5 million people living in metropolitan Miami and surrounding areas of southeast Florida were warned to prepare for Tropical Storm Katrina, which could strike the coast as a minimal hurricane late Thursday or early Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:23pm PDT |
EU vets to hold bird flu summit |
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Summary: EU veterinary experts are to meet in Brussels to discuss the implications of the latest outbreaks of bird flu in Russia. |
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BBC News |
9:09pm PDT |
German court to rule on election |
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Summary: Germany's Supreme Court is due to announce whether the upcoming general election can go ahead or not. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PDT |
Talks to resume in BA caterer row |
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Summary: Talks to resolve the jobs row at Gate Gourmet will resume even though its chairman has left the country. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Europe struggles amid flood chaos |
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Summary: Rescue operations to save civilians stricken by floods which have killed 36 people across Europe continue. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PDT |
Europe struggles amid floods |
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Summary: Rescue operations to save civilians stricken by floods which have killed 36 people across Europe continue. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Armstrong: Doping Claims 'Preposterous' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Lance Armstrong went on the offensive Wednesday, saying it was "preposterous" for the director of the Tour de France to suggest the seven-time champion "fooled" race officials and the sporting world by doping. He also took to task |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PDT |
US urges quick negotiations, changes on UN reform (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton
urged U.N. member nations on Wednesday in a letter to
accelerate negotiations on development, security and human
rights proposals less than a month before 175 world leaders are
to approve reform proposals at a sum |
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PDT |
'Peace Mom' Returns to Texas War Protest (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A woman whose son was killed in Iraq returned to Texas Wednesday to resume her anti-war protest near President Bush's ranch after a weeklong absence to care for her ailing mother. |
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BBC News |
7:30pm PDT |
Tax plan sparks rural homes fear |
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Summary: Plans to give tax breaks to people buying second homes could worsen the crisis in rural housing, a watchdog warns. |
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ChristianPost |
7:15pm PDT |
Robertson Controversy Sheds Light on Chavez' Reign |
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Summary: Christian televangelist Pat Robertson on Wednesday apologized for his controversial remarks calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, but stood by his original stance that the left-leaning Latin American leader poses a great ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:09pm PDT |
Crude Oil Prices Jump to $68 a Barrel (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Oil prices surged to a new high of $68 a barrel on concerns about a storm that could hit production sites in the Gulf of Mexico and a U.S. government report that showed a decline in the nation's gasoline supply. |
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Yahoo News |
6:52pm PDT |
Peru pulls bodies from swamp as jet crash kills 40 (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Several hundred police and
volunteers worked into the night in a muddy swamp on Wednesday
to search for remaining bodies from a jet that crashed in
Peru's northern jungle, killing 40 people. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PDT |
More U.S. troops to deploy for Iraq elections |
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Summary: More troops are headed to Iraq, this time 1,500 paratroopers to temporarily boost military strength during the fall election period, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PDT |
Hawaii Sets Caps on Wholesale Gas Prices (AP) |
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Summary: AP - In an effort to gain some control over what motorists pay at the pump, Hawaii on Wednesday became the first state in the U.S. to set caps on the wholesale price of gasoline. |
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Cnn.com |
6:35pm PDT |
Armstrong fires back at French accusers |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
