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BBC News |
11:57pm PST |
US believes Bin Laden still alive |
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Summary: Al-Qaeda's leader is thought to be alive and living in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region, the US says. |
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Crosswalk |
11:55pm PST |
Circumlocution |
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Summary: The word circumlocution means to use many words to speak of something in a roundabout way. There are times when that is a good idea, and this is one of those times. |
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ChristianToday |
11:50pm PST |
Church of England Unveils Report on Women Bishops |
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Summary: The Church of England has unveiled a report that paves the way for the consecration of women bishops and possibly female archbishops |
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ChristianToday |
11:41pm PST |
Church Anger at Liberalisation of Stem Cell Research |
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Summary: The Church of Scotland has reacted in anger to plans to liberalise stem cell laws that would effectively authorise murder |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PST |
Former US president Ford in hospital with pneumonia (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Former US president Gerald Ford has been taken to hospital near his home in California suffering from pneumonia, a spokeswoman for the 92-year-old ex-leader said. |
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BBC News |
11:32pm PST |
Nuclear rivals in Kashmir talks |
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Summary: Top foreign ministry officials from India and Pakistan begin a fresh round of talks on the Kashmir dispute. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Civilians killed in Lanka clash |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's army says two civilians are killed in a crossfire between soldiers and rebels after a mine attack. |
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Crosswalk |
11:25pm PST |
China Trip--Day 1 |
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Summary: We spent last night at the Holiday Inn Chang An West. I think it was a very nice hotel but we were so tired that we didn't have a chance to enjoy much of it. I started the day at 3:30 AM in Buffalo, and we got to the hotel about 24 hours later. The flight |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Strong Christmas sales at Tesco |
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Summary: UK supermarket giant Tesco enjoys a 5.7% jump in like-for-like sales over the Christmas period. |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PST |
Successful MRDF Appeal as Pakistan Faces Fresh Crisis |
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Summary: The Methodist Relief and Development Fund has reported a successful Pakistan earthquake appeal as Oxfam warns |
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Cnn.com |
11:21pm PST |
Gonzales defends NSA, rejects Gore call for prosecutor |
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Summary: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales once again Monday defended the legality of a controversial surveillance program by the National Security Agency, calling it a "very targeted and limited" operation that has helped thwart terrorist attacks in the United St |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PST |
Time of essence in bird flu fight: experts (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Bird flu experts meeting in Beijing
warned on Tuesday that time was of the essence in battling a
disease that has killed almost 80 people since 2003 and has now
arrived at the gates of Europe and the Middle East. |
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PST |
China's 2005 GDP grew at 9.8 percent (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - China's economy grew a faster than expected 9.8 percent last year, the country's tax bureau said, after a major revision upwards last month of the size of the economy in 2004. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PST |
Relief From Heating Bills Unlikely to Last (AP) |
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Summary: AP - There's a bit of relief because of unusually balmy winter weather, but heating bills — sometimes double what they were a year ago — nevertheless are straining household budgets from New England to the Midwest and Northern Plains states. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Thai murder victim laid to rest |
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Summary: The funeral service is to be held of student Katherine Horton, 21, who was raped and murdered in Thailand. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PST |
Lakers Defeat Heat 100-92 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Shaq and Kobe had what amounted to a virtual love-fest — at least for them. Kobe Bryant then went out and scored 12 of his 37 points in the last 8 1/2 minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat 100-92 o |
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Yahoo News |
10:34pm PST |
Biological attack on West 'simply a question of time': US official (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - It is only a matter of time before terror groups like Al-Qaeda use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against Western targets, the United States' counter-terrorism chief Henry Crumpton warned. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PST |
Call for new laws on prostitution |
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Summary: New legislation is needed in Northern Ireland to effectively deal with street prostitution, the police say. |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PST |
'Wanted man' killed in West Bank |
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Summary: Israeli soldiers shoot dead a suspected Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Tulkarm. |
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Crosswalk |
9:55pm PST |
Why Darwinism Survives |
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Summary: "What is it about even the slightest dissent from Darwin's theory of natural selection that drives liberal elites (and even some conservative elites) bonkers?" Adam Wolfson asks that question in "Survival of the Evolution Debate: Why Darwin Is Still a Lig |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PST |
Britons 'accepting nuclear power' |
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Summary: Most people in Britain would accept new nuclear power stations if they helped tackle climate change, a poll suggests. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PST |
Murray suffers tame loss to Chela |
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Summary: Juan Ignacio Chela hammers an out-of-form Andy Murray at the Australian Open. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PST |
Tennis: Murray defeated in Open |
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Summary: Juan Ignacio Chela hammers an out-of-form Andy Murray at the Australian Open. |
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BBC News |
9:03pm PST |
Ministers 'press on' with ID cards |
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Summary: Ministers say they will press ahead with plans to introduce ID cards in spite of a series of defeats in the House of Lords. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PST |
Taiwanese Premier Hsieh resigns |
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Summary: Taiwan's Prime Minister Frank Hsieh announces his resignation, after his party's defeat in December's poll. |
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BBC News |
8:38pm PST |
Gay cowboy film scoops Globes |
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Summary: Brokeback Mountain wins best drama at the Golden Globes, while Philip Seymour Hoffman takes acting honours. |
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Yahoo News |
8:34pm PST |
Spy agency post-9/11 data sidetracked FBI: NY Times (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - In the months following the
September 11 attacks, the National Security Agency sent a
torrent of names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses to the FBI
that swamped the agency but led in virtually every case to dead
ends or innocent Americans, |
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BBC News |
8:17pm PST |
Globes win for Brokeback Mountain |
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Summary: Brokeback Mountain wins best drama at the Golden Globes, while Philip Seymour Hoffman takes acting honours. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PST |
'Brokeback Mountain' Gets 4 Golden Globes (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led the Golden Globes on Monday with four prizes, including best dramatic film and the directing honor for Ang Lee. |
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PST |
Reports: Iranian president asks end to CNN ban |
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Summary: Iran's government banned CNN journalists from working in the country Monday after a translation error broadcast by CNN mistakenly quoted Iran's president as saying his nation has the right to build nuclear weapons, the state-run news agency said. |
