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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PST |
Baghdad Locks Down for Parliament Session
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On the eve of the first session of Iraq's new parliament and within days of the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, vehicles were banned from Baghdad's streets to prevent car bombings, the country lay under the shadow of a feared ci |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PST |
Israeli Soldier Killed in West Bank Clash
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israeli troops surrounded two houses in Jenin on Thursday, setting off a fierce gunbattle with militants in the West Bank town, the army and Palestinian witnesses said. An Israeli soldier was killed. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Drug trial families given apology |
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Summary: A drugs company says it has apologised to the families of six men seriously ill after a clinical drugs trial. |
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ChristianToday |
11:15pm PST |
United Methodist Board Aims for 4 Million Global Education Fund |
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The United Methodist Board for Higher Education has announced the launch of a US4 million fund to
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11:12pm PST |
Rice defends Iraq, protesters cry "war criminal"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - To Australian protesters' cries of "war
criminal" and "murderer," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
defended her government's role in Iraq on Thursday and said
patience and sacrifice were needed to finish the job. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PST |
NY Times subpoenaed in CIA leak case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lawyers for a former aide to Vice
President Dick Cheney have issued subpoenas to The New York
Times and one of its former reporters to provide information in
his obstruction of justice case, the Times reported on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PST |
Three die in Denny's shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A man opened fire with a pair of
handguns at a central California Denny's restaurant at
lunchtime on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two
others before apparently taking his own life, police said. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Inquiry call over prison killing |
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Summary: A solicitor for six prison warders awarded over £1m for witnessing a horrific cell death calls for a public inquiry. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Cell mate killing inquiry call |
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Summary: There are calls for a public inquiry after prison officers witnessed a gruesome Hannibal Lecter-style killing at Cardiff prison. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PST |
Thai PM returns to Bangkok, but avoids protesters
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has returned to the capital after a campaign tour, but avoided confronting protesters who have besieged his office and urged them to respect the rule of law and democracy. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40pm PST |
New York Times says subpoenaed in CIA leak case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Lawyers for a former aide to Vice
President Dick Cheney have issued subpoenas to The New York
Times and one of its former reporters to provide information in
his obstruction of justice case, the Times reported on
Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PST |
Ecuador president calls for calm |
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Summary: Ecuador's president calls for calm as nationwide anti-free trade protests threaten to destabilise the country. |
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10:34pm PST |
Ecuador PM makes appeal for calm |
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Summary: Ecuador's prime minister calls for calm after nationwide anti-free trade protests threaten to destabilise the country. |
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Cnn.com |
10:21pm PST |
Ex-Aryan Brotherhood member testifies of initiation killing |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PST |
First Declassified Iraq Documents Released
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration Wednesday night released the first declassified documents collected by U.S. intelligence during the Iraq war, showing among other things that Saddam Hussein's regime was monitoring reports that Iraqis and Saudis were head |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PST |
Team USA Still Alive in Baseball Classic
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Team USA still has a chance in the World Baseball Classic thanks to South Korea. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PST |
Iraq parliament convenes without government accord
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Three months after national elections, Iraq's new parliament was due to convene without a government in place and amid worsening communal violence. |
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10:09pm PST |
Diplomacy must win to avoid Iran confrontation -US
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An international diplomatic effort
to force Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions must succeed "if
confrontation is to be avoided," the White House said on
Thursday in a new national security strategy. |
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BBC News |
10:04pm PST |
Google 'eyes retail search offer' |
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Summary: Google reportedly plans to adapt its Google Base product to allow retailers to sell goods online to a wider audience. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PST |
Milosevic's body to go on public display in Belgrade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Allies of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic prepared to put his body on display here as they attempt to drum up a huge public show of respect ahead of his weekend funeral. |
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BBC News |
9:52pm PST |
China leader to hold Nepal talks |
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Summary: A top Chinese leader is due to hold talks with Nepal's King Gyanendra and the opposition during a visit to the country. |
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BBC News |
9:44pm PST |
Inquiry into drug trial continues |
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Summary: Investigations continue into a clinical drugs trial that left two men critically ill and four others in a serious condition. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42pm PST |
Cuba Advances to Baseball Classic Semis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cuba's Yulieski Gourriel threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh inning and the Cubans held on for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night over Puerto Rico to advance to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26pm PST |
Car Veers Onto So. Calif. Sidewalk; 1 Dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The driver of a vehicle that barreled onto a sidewalk, killing a teacher and injuring eight young students, was arrested Wednesday, police said. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PST |
Oil workers evacuated after fire |
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Summary: More than 130 workers are being removed from a North Sea oil platform after a fire, coastguards say. |
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BBC News |
9:14pm PST |
First meeting for Iraq parliament |
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Summary: The Iraqi parliament's first session opens on Thursday after long delays, but is likely to see discord. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09pm PST |
US urges China to explain military build up
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States is concerned about China's military build-up and Beijing should make its intentions clear, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. |
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BBC News |
9:05pm PST |
ID cards Bill returns to Commons |
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Summary: The Identity Cards Bill is going back to the Commons, after a third defeat in the House of Lords. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PST |
US urges restraint over Jericho jail raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said on Thursday that the United States had been in touch with
Israel and the Palestinians to urge restraint after Israeli
forces raided a West Bank jail this week. |
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BBC News |
8:21pm PST |
India begins mass poultry killing |
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Summary: Authorities in India's Maharashtra state begin slaughtering chickens after finding new cases of bird flu. |
