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BBC News |
11:51pm PST |
Football: Rivals concede title |
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Summary: Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson admit they cannot compete with Chelsea. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PST |
Hospital plans for Westlink works |
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Summary: The Royal Victoria Hospital asks staff and visitors to try walking or cycling ahead of the Westlink upgrade. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PST |
Ukraine and Russia reach gas deal |
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Summary: Russian and Ukrainian officials reach an agreement in their dispute over the price of gas, reports say. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PST |
Dubai's ruler dies suddenly |
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Summary: The ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has died. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PST |
Hopes fading at German ice rink |
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Summary: A further body is retrieved from the site of a collapsed German ice rink, as hopes of finding anyone alive dwindle. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PST |
Cricket: Aussie duo frustrate SA |
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Summary: Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist shine as Australia are dismissed for 359, with South Africa 4-1 at the close, a lead of 96. |
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PST |
Russia, Ukraine strike 5-year gas deal (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Russia and Ukraine struck a five-year
gas supply deal on Wednesday after a bruising pricing dispute
in which Moscow curtailed deliveries, hitting supplies to
European consumers. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PST |
Twelve US miners found alive: West Virginia governor (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Twelve US coal miners trapped for more than 40 hours underground have been found alive a few hours after a body was pulled from a tunnel full of poisonous gas, West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin announced. |
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BBC News |
11:32pm PST |
Dubai's ruler Sheikh Maktum dies |
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Summary: The ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Maktum bin Rashid al-Maktum, has died. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PST |
Western agencies say Iran out to build nuclear missile (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Iran has been scouring Europe for nuclear bomb technology, a British newspaper said, citing a report by Western intelligence agencies. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Tough Christmas trading for Next |
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Summary: Fashion retailer Next says like-for-like sales fell 3.2% in the run-up to Christmas, with tough trading conditions likely to continue. |
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Cnn.com |
11:19pm PST |
Officials: Only one miner alive |
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Summary: Earlier reports said 12 miners found aliveFamily members' celebrations turn into grief"Miscommunication" blamed for erroneous reportsOne miner found dead before other 12 discoveredSole surviving miner is in critical condition |
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Cnn.com |
11:19pm PST |
Joy, jubilation in West Virginia |
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Summary: Twelve miners found alive, families toldMiners had been trapped for nearly 40 hours Church bells ring as families told the good news Loved ones' distress turns into joy, jubilation One miner found dead before other 12 discovered |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PST |
Homeless charity's fresh thinking |
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Summary: A new panel to tackle homelessness will not be made up of 'the usual suspects,' says Shelter Cymru. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PST |
UAE vice-president and PM is dead |
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Summary: The ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Maktum bin Rashid al-Maktum, has died. |
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Cnn.com |
10:46pm PST |
'200 feared dead' in landslide |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
10:46pm PST |
Scores feared dead in Indonesia landslide |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36pm PST |
Indonesian landslide buries village, 200 feared dead (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - A landslide unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia's mountainous Central Java is feared to have left some 200 people dead, police said as rescuers scrambled to search for survivors. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PST |
12 of 13 Trapped W.Va. Miners Found Alive (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Twelve of the 13 miners trapped in an explosion in a coal mine were found alive late Tuesday after more than 41 hours underground, turning a community's worst fears to unbridled joy. Family members streamed from the church where they had kept vi |
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Crosswalk |
10:10pm PST |
The Reign of the Therapeutic--Someone's Asking Questions |
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Summary: Something's going on at The Los Angeles Times. On New Year's Day, the paper ran not one, but two articles questioning America's therapeutic culture and addiction to the latest psychological or psychiatric fads. When a major American newspaper publishes tw |
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Yahoo News |
10:07pm PST |
Penn St. Beats Florida St. in Three OTs (AP) |
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Summary: AP - This really was one for the ages. For more than four hours, Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden paced the Orange Bowl sidelines, searching for offense and enduring missed kicks. Finally, in the third overtime, at 1 a.m. Wednesday, Kevin Kelly made a 29-yard |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PST |
Penn State, Florida State Tied in 3OT (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Penn State's Austin Scott and Florida State's B.J. Dean each had 1-yard touchdown runs in the second overtime, as the Nittany Lions and Seminoles went into the third extra session tied at 23 in a classic Orange Bowl on Tuesday night. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PST |
German ice rink toll could reach 15 as rescuers' hopes fade (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Rescue workers feared that the death toll from an ice rink collapse in the German Alps could reach 15, mostly children, as hopes faded for those still trapped under the rubble. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PST |
Penn State, Florida State Going to OT (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Florida State watched someone else kick one wide for a change, and the Orange Bowl went into overtime. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PST |
12 trapped miners found alive in "miracle" (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Twelve missing
miners were found alive in a West Virginia coal mine about 40
hours after they fled an explosion that spread lethal gases and
killed one of their colleagues, family members said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34pm PST |
12 Trapped W.Va. Miners Found Alive (AP) |
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Summary: AP - In an extraordinary twist of fate, 12 miners caught in an explosion in a coal mine were found alive late Tuesday, more than 41 hours after the blast. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PST |
Last year deadliest for journalists since 1995-RSF (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - At least 63 journalists were killed
around the world in 2005 -- the highest toll in more than a
decade -- with Iraq again the deadliest country, media watchdog
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:24pm PST |
Miners' families get good news |
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Summary: Family members say 12 miners found aliveMiners had been trapped for nearly 40 hoursChurch bells ring as families told the good newsLoved ones' distress turns into "pure joy"One miner found dead before other 12 discovered |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PST |
Rescuers find 12 trapped W. Virginia miners alive (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Twelve missing
miners were found alive in a West Virginia coal mine nearly two
days after they fled an explosion that sent lethal gases
through the mine and killed one of their colleagues, family
members said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PST |
Twelve US miners found alive: report (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Twelve miners who were trapped inside a mine in West Virginia have been found alive, CNN said quoting family members. |
