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ChristianToday |
11:54pm PST |
Prince Praises Interfaith Community Initiatives |
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Summary:
The Prince of Wales has commended faith communities in the Bedfordshire area for their work to build stronger relations
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BBC News |
11:44pm PST |
Football: Chelsea exit 'bad luck' |
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Summary: Jose Mourinho says the first-leg defeat at Stamford Bridge was the reason Chelsea were knocked out by Barcelona. |
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ChristianToday |
11:17pm PST |
CofE Investment Body Rejects Synod Vote to Disinvest |
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Summary: The Ethical Investment Advisory Group EIAG of the Church of England has snubbed the Israeli disinvestment |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PST |
September 11 account casts pall over Moussaoui death trial
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A US prosecutor held a courtroom in thrall with a chilling minute-by-minute rundown of the September 11 attacks, on the second day of Al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui's death penalty trial. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PST |
Political storms unabated in Bush New Orleans trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush returns to
hurricane-ravaged New Orleans on Wednesday seeking to fend off
the latest fallout from a political storm that has battered his
popularity and shows no sign of blowing over. |
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Cnn.com |
9:05pm PST |
DeLay wins GOP primary for re-election |
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Summary: Despite being indicted and relegated to the back benches, Rep. Tom DeLay's political stock remained strong enough with the folks back home for him to win Tuesday night's primary election in his Houston-area district. |
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Theophiles |
7:19pm PST |
A Cultural Conversion |
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Summary: "I don't believe Jesus Christ was the son of a God that I don't believe in, nor do I believe Jesus rose from the dead to ascend to a heaven that I don't believe exists.Given these positions, this year I did the only thing that seemed sensible: I formally |
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Crosswalk |
7:19pm PST |
AMERICAN IDOL PREDICTIONS |
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Summary: For those of you who care... I accurately predicted all four of the contestants that got bounced last week. I also predicted the bottom three of both groups last week. Here we go with the first of this week's contestants, and who is going home... |
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Yahoo News |
7:00pm PST |
N.Korea says won't return to talks under duress
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea cannot return to six-way
talks on its nuclear programs unless the United States ends its
financial crack down on Pyongyang's assets, Yonhap news agency
quoted a senior North Korean official as saying. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PST |
Jurors riveted by 9/11 flight's last minutes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PST |
Moussaoui jurors riveted by 9/11 flight's last minutes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:38pm PST |
Teri Hatcher talks about her childhood sex abuse |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PST |
House approves safeguards to Patriot Act
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A White House-backed bill to bolster
protection of civil liberties under the anti-terror USA Patriot
Act won final congressional approval on Tuesday from the U.S.
House of Representatives. |
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BBC News |
6:35pm PST |
Lords to hear key Gypsy case |
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Summary: The House of Lords is to rule on a traveller eviction battle that could have major implications throughout the country. |
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BBC News |
6:22pm PST |
Mexico rape women 'denied help' |
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Summary: Rape victims in Mexico are routinely denied access to legal abortion, says Human Rights Watch in a new study. |
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Yahoo News |
6:19pm PST |
Congress Renews Patriot Act; Bush to Sign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House renewed the USA Patriot Act in a cliffhanger vote Tuesday night, extending a centerpiece of the war on terrorism at President Bush's urging after months of political combat over the balance between privacy rights and the pursuit of pot |
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Yahoo News |
6:14pm PST |
House GOP to Try to Block Ports Deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - House Republican leaders on Tuesday embraced legislation that would block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, brushing aside a veto threat from President Bush. |
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Cnn.com |
6:13pm PST |
SAT mistake lowered scores for 4,000 students |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
6:03pm PST |
New law to clamp foreign drivers |
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Summary: Police are due to be given new powers to clamp foreign drivers who break British laws and refuse to pay fines. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44pm PST |
Photographer, director Gordon Parks dies at 93 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44pm PST |
Director Gordon Parks who broke race barriers dies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
5:44pm PST |
Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies at 93
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with "The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, a f |
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Yahoo News |
5:40pm PST |
U.S. Envoy Talks With Top Shiite Leader
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. ambassador held talks with a top Shiite leader Tuesday as Iraqi factions wrangled over a new government. The prime minister declared he would not be "blackmailed" into stepping aside, and the Shiite majority balked at convening the |
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Cnn.com |
5:26pm PST |
Controversial antiterror measure goes to president |
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Summary: Congress on Tuesday renewed controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act -- a vote that sends the measure to President Bush for his signature. The law has been bouncing between the House and Senate for weeks as both chambers looked for an acceptable co |
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BBC News |
5:19pm PST |
PMs attempt to find NI route map |
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Summary: The British and Irish PMs are to meet in London for a further round of talks on the stalled NI political process. |
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BBC News |
5:17pm PST |
Doctors' job site security fears |
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Summary: Medical students' references have been accessible for others to edit on the website they use to apply for work as doctors, the BBC has learned. |
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Yahoo News |
4:50pm PST |
Tearful Fastow describes fraud, deceit at Enron
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Enron Corp. Chief Financial
Officer Andrew Fastow testified through tears on Tuesday that
he routinely inflated earnings, hid losses and deceived
investors with the blessing of his boss, Jeffrey Skilling. |
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BBC News |
4:47pm PST |
Indian PM urges calm after blasts |
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Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls for calm after at least 15 people die in bomb blasts in Varanasi. |
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BBC News |
4:32pm PST |
Lack of sleep 'worrying Britons' |
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Summary: A lack of sleep and too little exercise were singled out as top health concerns by Britons quizzed in a survey. |
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BBC News |
4:21pm PST |
'Hedges not cull' for cattle TB |
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Summary: Proper hedges reduce cattle tuberculosis, says research which casts doubt on the need for badger culling. |
