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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Five devices thrown at car park |
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Summary: Loyalists are blamed for a petrol bomb attack close to Donegall Pass police station in south Belfast. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Cambodia 'suffering land crisis' |
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Summary: Thousands of Cambodians are becoming dispossessed as a result of land grabs, a leading UN official says. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
'Human remains link' to BSE cases |
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Summary: BSE could have reached cattle via feed containing contaminated human remains, says research. |
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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
Bush to Tour Battered Gulf Coast Towns (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush hopes his tour of Gulf Coast communities battered by Hurricane Katrina will boost the spirits of increasingly desperate storm victims and their tired rescuers. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
US places curbs on Chinese bras |
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Summary: The US places further limits on Chinese clothing exports after the two countries fail to reach agreement over the dispute. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PDT |
Mass burials for stampede victims |
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Summary: Large crowds attend mass funerals in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for victims of Wednesday's stampede. |
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BBC News |
10:13pm PDT |
Blair calls for better parenting |
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Summary: Tony Blair is to tackle bad parenting and the anti-social behaviour it generates in a speech. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
For Those Remaining, 'This Is Total Chaos' (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 -- Desperate to help his ailing sister-in-law, who had gone five days without kidney dialysis, Samuel Sorapuru tried to flag down National Guard vehicles. He begged ambulance drivers to stop. He appealed to anyone |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Displacement Of Historic Proportions (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - The largest displacement of Americans since the Civil War reverberated across the country from its starting point in New Orleans yesterday, as more than half a million people uprooted by Hurricane Katrina sought shelter, sustenance an |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Displacement Of Historic Proportions (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - The largest displacement of Americans since the Civil War reverberated across the country from its starting point in New Orleans yesterday, as more than half a million people uprooted by Hurricane Katrina sought shelter, sustenance an |
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Cnn.com |
9:46pm PDT |
'Urban warfare' in New Orleans |
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Summary: Houston's Astrodome full, turns away refugees New Orleans survivors live among corpses FEMA head: Working in "conditions of urban warfare" Armed gangs attempting rapes, police warn Senate OKs $10.5 billion disaster bill |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Mother in court over baby murder |
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Summary: The mother of a baby killed in a house fire on Tyneside is due in court charged with his murder. |
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BBC News |
9:24pm PDT |
Unions meet in offshore leave row |
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Summary: Union leaders representing North Sea oil workers seeking extra paid holiday are meeting to decide their next move. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
School uniform 'bullying risk' |
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Summary: Children whose families cannot afford the right school uniform are in danger of being bullied, charities warn. |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Fats Domino 'rescued but missing' |
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Summary: Blues musician Fats Domino is reported rescued after Hurricane Katrina, but his whereabouts are unknown. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
Senate passes $10.5 bln emergency hurricane aid (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved
President George W. Bush's request for $10.5 billion in
emergency disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina,
with billions more in aid seen passing Congress in coming
weeks. |
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Cnn.com |
8:21pm PDT |
CNN exclusive: Body carried on luggage rack |
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Summary: Posted: 10:02 a.m. ET CNN's Jim Spellman in New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
Boeing Machinists Decide to Strike (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Boeing Co. Machinists voted Thursday to strike as union members overwhelmingly rejected a three-year contract proposal their leaders had deemed "insulting." |
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BBC News |
8:13pm PDT |
Katrina stokes petrol price fears |
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Summary: Oil prices hold above $69 a barrel after the US says it will release emergency crude stocks, but gasoline jumps. |
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Cnn.com |
8:10pm PDT |
Senate OKs $10.5 billion disaster bill |
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Summary: The Senate convened in special session Thursday night and approved a $10.5 billion disaster relief request from the Bush administration to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. |
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BBC News |
8:09pm PDT |
Delta bluesman R L Burnside dies |
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Summary: Mississippi bluesman R L Burnside, a raw guitarist who only found fame in his 60s, has died, aged 78. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Fats Domino Apparently Rescued by Boat (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Fats Domino apparently rode out the hurricane in his New Orleans home and was rescued by boat from his flooded neighborhood, his daughter Karen Domino White said Thursday. |
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
Cricket: Weather favours England |
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Summary: BBC weatherman John Kettley says rain interruptions are on the cards for all five days of the Oval Test. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Senate approves $10.5 bln for hurricane aid (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved
a $10.5 billion emergency funding bill requested by President
George W. Bush to speed help to the victims of Hurricane
Katrina. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
Senate Approves $10.5B in Hurricane Aid (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Congress rushed to provide a $10.5 billion down payment in relief aid for Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as President Bush ordered new action to minimize disruptions in the nation's energy supplies. The Senate approved t |
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BBC News |
7:27pm PDT |
Public 'anti' total smoking ban |
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Summary: Most people oppose a total ban on smoking in pubs, a poll by the tobacco industry suggests. |
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BBC News |
7:27pm PDT |
Football: Goal technology test |
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Summary: Goal-line technology will be used at the 2006 World Cup if a trial at the Under-17 World Championships proves successful. |
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BBC News |
7:09pm PDT |
Pope meets outspoken Islam critic |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI meets Oriana Fallaci, a controversial Italian journalist charged with slandering Islam. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PDT |
Red Sox Rally Yet Again to Beat D-Rays 7-4 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - John Olerud homered twice and drove in six runs Thursday night as the Boston Red Sox came from behind for the third consecutive game, beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-4 to complete a four-game sweep. |
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Cnn.com |
6:51pm PDT |
Dome evacuation descends into chaos |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
