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BBC News |
11:53pm PST |
US envoy in surprise China visit |
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Summary: The chief US negotiator on North Korea travels to Beijing, just after North Korea's leader reportedly leaves. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PST |
Football: Owen denies unrest |
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Summary: Michael Owen insists he is enjoying his time at Newcastle as he continues his recovery from his broken foot. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PST |
'Digital Christmas' lifts Dixons |
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Summary: The owner of Dixons, DSG International, says consumer appetite for gadgets helped boost sales over the key festive period. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PST |
Abductors threaten to kill US journalist in Iraq (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The abductors of U.S. journalist Jill
Carroll have threatened to kill her if the United States does
not free Iraqi women prisoners within 72 hours, Al Jazeera
television said Tuesday. |
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ChristianToday |
11:35pm PST |
ChristianMuslim Delegation Make Historic Visit to Ireland |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin will this week welcome senior Muslim and Christian leaders to Ireland in a historic visit to |
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ChristianToday |
11:35pm PST |
ChristianMuslim Delegation Makes Historic Visit to Ireland |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Armagh and the Archbishop of Dublin will this week welcome senior Muslim and Christian leaders to Ireland |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PST |
Over 1.5 billion dollars pledged at bird flu conference: sources (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - More than 1.5 billion dollars has been pledged at an international conference here to help in the global fight against bird flu, three sources close to the negotiations told AFP. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Pensioners targeted in robberies |
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Summary: Pensioners are robbed during separate attacks at their homes in counties Antrim and Armagh. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PST |
Crisis on Japan stock market |
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Summary: Tokyo's stock exchange closes early for the first time in its history, after being overloaded by heavy selling. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PST |
Selling stampede shuts down TSE (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A stampede of sell orders forced the
shut-down of the world's second-biggest bourse on Wednesday as
investors fled the Tokyo stock market, spooked by fallout from
an investigation into Internet company Livedoor Co. (4753.T). |
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Crosswalk |
10:55pm PST |
American Idol - THE FINALISTS ALREADY REVEALED! |
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Summary: The new season is off and running, and at least two Christians made it through on the first night of auditions. I know them personally and of course will be pulling for them as deeply as they can stay alive. |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PST |
Japanese Stocks Plunge for Second Day (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Japan's main stock market nose-dived for a second day Wednesday on growing investor jitters from "Livedoor shock," the widening criminal investigation at an Internet startup that has sparked a sell-off, especially in technology shares. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PST |
Hospital: Sharon's Breathing Tube Replaced (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PST |
Police foiled plot to kidnap Blair's youngest son: paper (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Police in Britain have foiled a plot to kidnap Prime Minister Tony Blair's five-year-old son Leo, The Sun newspaper said in a front-page article. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PST |
U.S. to Pledge $334M at Bird Flu Meeting (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The United States intends to pledge $334 million to the fight against bird flu, according to an official statement shown to The Associated Press Wednesday ahead of a pledging ceremony at an international donors conference. |
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Crosswalk |
10:40pm PST |
Is God an Accident of Evolution? |
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Summary: For the last two centuries or so, the intellectual elites have been predicting the triumph of secularization over belief in God. Thinkers ranging from Auguste Comte to Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx predicted that belief in God would evaporate as human being |
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ChristianToday |
10:36pm PST |
Britain Pledges Financial Aid for DroughtHit Kenya |
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Summary:
Britain has said it will provide 3million for drought relief in Kenya as 25 million people in the east African country face starvation
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PST |
Livedoor probe: Tokyo bourse closes early for first time ever (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed early for the first time ever to prevent a feared system crash due to heavy trading volumes sparked by claims of fraud at Internet firm Livedoor. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20pm PST |
Hospital: Sharon Had Surgery Overnight (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PST |
Selling stampede shuts down Tokyo stock market (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A stampede of sell orders forced the
shut-down of the world's second-biggest bourse on Wednesday as
investors fled the Tokyo stock market, spooked by fallout from
an investigation into Internet company Livedoor Co. (4753.T). |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PST |
Sharon's breathing tube replaced |
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Summary: Doctors in Jerusalem replace Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's breathing tube because of a technical hitch. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PST |
Blackmailers target $1m website |
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Summary: The site of a UK student who had the idea of selling pixels as advertising space is hit by a web attack. |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PST |
Tories take on Brown on poverty |
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Summary: Conservative leader David Cameron is set to take on directly Gordon Brown's vision for eradicating poverty. |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PST |
US mayor regrets 'God claims' |
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Summary: New Orleans' mayor retracts comments suggesting the 2005 hurricanes were divine retribution for the Iraq war. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37pm PST |
Nikkei suspends trading |
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Summary: Investors spooked by a raid on an Internet company and weaker U.S. tech earners dumped Japanese shares Wednesday, sending the Nikkei plunging and prompting the Tokyo Stock Exchange to suspend trading on the world's second-largest market. |
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BBC News |
9:31pm PST |
Tennis: Serena through with ease |
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Summary: Serena Williams thrashes Camille Pin in round two of the Australian Open. |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PST |
Inner cities 'lack family homes' |
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Summary: A shortage of family homes could undermine the government's bid to regenerate UK cities, a think tank warns. |
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BBC News |
9:02pm PST |
HK reviews public broadcasting |
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Summary: Hong Kong is to review its public service broadcasting, in a move some fear could weaken government-funded RTHK. |
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BBC News |
8:45pm PST |
MPs attack 'perverse' MoD closure |
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Summary: A Commons committee says the MoD's decisions over a south Wales jet repair plant are 'incomprehensible'. |
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Cnn.com |
8:35pm PST |
Supreme Court upholds Oregon assisted suicide law |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
