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BBC News |
11:45pm PST |
Three arrested over lawyer murder |
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Summary: Police investigating the murder of city lawyer Thomas ap Rhys Pryce in north-west London question three men. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PST |
Debenhams 'eyes share flotation' |
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Summary: Department store group Debenhams is considering a return to the stock market, according to the Financial Times. |
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Crosswalk |
11:40pm PST |
Christian Missions in the Third Millennium |
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Summary: Now facing its third millennium, the Christian church faces a moment of great historical importance and opportunity. The modern missionary movement is now over two centuries old. Looking back over those years, it is clear that God mobilized His people to |
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Yahoo News |
11:40pm PST |
US, EU vow to hold Tehran to account as Iran issues warning (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The US and the EU vowed to hold Iran to account for its disputed nuclear program but Tehran warned that it would stop cooperating with UN inspectors if a decision is taken to refer it to the UN Security Council. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PST |
US Democratic party targets graft |
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Summary: The Democratic party unveils legislation aimed at stopping political corruption, following a recent scandal. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PST |
US Democratic Party targets graft |
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Summary: The Democratic Party unveils legislation aimed at stopping political corruption, following a recent scandal. |
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BBC News |
11:11pm PST |
Indian airlines in $500m merger |
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Summary: India's Jet Airways is to buy rival carrier Air Sahara in a deal worth $500m, creating the country's biggest airline. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PST |
Woman in 90s suffers raid ordeal |
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Summary: A woman in her 90s is suffering from shock after a gang of men ransacked her home in east Belfast. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06pm PST |
Six Iraqi women detainees to be released: ministry (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The Iraqi justice ministry said on
Thursday that U.S. forces would release six Iraqi women
prisoners but that the move was not related to the demands of a
militant group that kidnapped an American journalist. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50pm PST |
First 'Idol' Clarkson: Hands off my songs, contestants |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48pm PST |
Doctor: Transplanted lips not made for smoking |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PST |
Fraudsters targeting tax credits |
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Summary: Some Eastern European workers exploit loopholes in the tax credit system to make false claims, it emerges. |
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Cnn.com |
10:48pm PST |
Legal twist in case of man beaten by New Orleans cops |
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Summary: Robert Davis, the retired school teacher who was videotaped being beaten by New Orleans police officers in October, was in court on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45pm PST |
Japanese securities official found dead |
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Summary: An executive of a Japanese securities firm involved in takeover deals by the high-profile Internet startup Livedoor has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police say. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PST |
AMs quiz newspaper group on cuts |
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Summary: Newspaper executives are called before the Welsh assembly to explain why they are cutting 44 jobs. |
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Yahoo News |
10:33pm PST |
3 Top al-Qaida Operatives Believe Killed (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A Pakistani security official on Thursday said at least three top al-Qaida operatives were believed killed in a U.S. missile strike last week, including an explosives expert on the U.S. most-wanted list and a close relative of the terror network' |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PST |
Cannabis 'to remain class C drug' |
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Summary: The home secretary is expected to rule out reclassifying cannabis, despite reports linking it to mental illness. |
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Cnn.com |
10:11pm PST |
'Strenuous efforts' to save reporter |
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Summary: With the kidnappers' Friday deadline looming, the newspaper for which abducted American journalist Jill Carroll works says it is "availing itself of every option we can think of to secure her release." The Christian Science Monitor "is undertaking strenuo |
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Cnn.com |
10:11pm PST |
'Strenuous efforts' to save abducted reporter |
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Summary: With the kidnappers' Friday deadline looming, the newspaper for which abducted American journalist Jill Carroll works says it is "availing itself of every option we can think of to secure her release." The Christian Science Monitor "is undertaking strenuo |
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Yahoo News |
10:08pm PST |
Senior al Qaeda figures believed killed in US strike (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - An al Qaeda bomb expert with a $5
million bounty on his head and a son-in-law of the group's No.
2 were among four militants believed killed by a U.S. airstrike
last week, Pakistani intelligence sources said on Thursday. |
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Theophiles |
9:55pm PST |
Sharon's struggle highlights debate among Jews |
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Summary: "It's likely all available medical measures would be taken for Sharon, who led a secular lifestyle that paid little heed to Orthodox Jewish views. Yet any need for life-sustaining equipment could open the kind of religious showdowns in Israel that gripped |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PST |
US-led terror war fuelling human rights abuses across globe: HRW (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - The US-led war on terror, which has led to charges of torture and inhumane treatment of detainees, is fuelling erosion of human rights across the globe, Human Rights Watch said. |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PST |
CPS set to receive Menezes report |
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Summary: A report into how a Brazilian was killed by London police is to be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PST |
1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Charged (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Former teen idol Leif Garrett pleaded not guilty Wednesday to drug possession charges after he was arrested for allegedly trying to ride the subway without a ticket. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PST |
3 Top al-Qaida Operatives Believed Killed (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A Pakistani security official on Thursday said at least three top al-Qaida operatives were believed killed in a U.S. missile strike last week, including an explosives expert on the U.S. most-wanted list and a close relative of the terror network' |
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Yahoo News |
9:10pm PST |
Top al-Qaida Operative Suspected Killed (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Pakistani security officials on Thursday named an al-Qaida operative on the U.S. most-wanted list and a close relative of the terror network's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri as among at least three top operatives suspected killed in a U.S. missil |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PST |
Pakistan checking identities of Al-Qaeda trio (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan is investigating the identities of three Al-Qaeda militants reportedly killed in a US airstrike, including the son-in-law of the network's number two Ayman al-Zawahiri. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54pm PST |
Knicks' Davis Goes Into Stands in Chicago (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Antonio Davis was ejected for going into the stands in overtime before Ben Gordon hit a game-winning jumper at the buzzer to lift the Chicago Bulls to a wild 106-104 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PST |
Single people 'in money trouble' |
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Summary: One in 10 single people say their finances are out of control, and four in 10 have had a crisis, a survey finds. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PST |
Clarkson Relents, Lets 'Idol' Use Songs (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Former "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson, subject to a scolding from Simon Cowell for not letting her songs be used by new contestants on the show, has agreed to do so, a spokesman said Wednesday. |
