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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PST |
Microsoft delays release of Vista operating system to January
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Microsoft said it has delayed release of its latest operating system to consumers and small businesses to January so it can refine the software without interfering with the Christmas sales season. |
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BBC News |
11:46pm PST |
Putin hints at China oil pipeline |
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Summary: Russia says a major oil pipeline could be built through China, casting doubt on an alternative route to Japan. |
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BBC News |
11:41pm PST |
Lords to rule on Muslim gown case |
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Summary: Law Lords are to rule on the case of a Muslim girl excluded from school for wearing a traditional jilbab gown. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PST |
Model murder appeal accepted |
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Summary: An Indian court accepts an appeal challenging the acquittal of nine men over the murder of a model in 1999. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PST |
Rosneft launches Chinese venture |
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Summary: State-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft sets up two joint ventures with Chinese counterpart CNPC. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PST |
'High violence' against NHS staff |
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Summary: 'Unacceptable' levels of violence and aggression faced by NHS staff in Wales prompts calls for more action. |
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Cnn.com |
10:54pm PST |
China slaps a tax on chopsticks |
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Crosswalk |
10:25pm PST |
Biblical Authority: Must We Accept the Words of Scripture? |
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Summary: The most contentious debates among Christians are arguments over biblical authority. While Christians who accept the full authority of Scripture--even the inerrancy and infallibility of the biblical text--may debate issues ranging from baptism and church |
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Cnn.com |
10:03pm PST |
Death could await Christian convert |
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Summary: Western nations are protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man who could face death for converting from Islam to Christianity. One U.S. congressman said he found the situation "outrageous," especially because "soldiers from all fa |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PST |
Clarke accused in £14m loans row |
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Summary: Labour's NEC chairman accuses the home secretary of speaking out of turn in the row over loans to the party. |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PST |
Clarke accused in loans row |
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Summary: Labour's NEC chairman accuses the home secretary of speaking out of turn in the row over loans to the party. |
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Yahoo News |
9:31pm PST |
Japan set to give ground in WTO talks provided others do same
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Japan is ready to give further ground on the sensitive issue of farming to help wrap up the latest round of WTO talks, the country's farm minister said in an interview. |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PST |
Explosion in Nepal nature office |
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Summary: Suspected Maoist rebels bomb a nature conservation office run by the royal family, Nepalese police say. |
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Crosswalk |
9:10pm PST |
How to Raise Up Godly Fathers |
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Summary: My friend Peter Odanga in Kenya is concerned about the rise of fatherless children in African society. He wants to know how the church can encourage fathers and also what we should say to single parents. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PST |
New York Times researcher still in Chinese custody
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Times researcher Zhao Yan was
still in Chinese custody on Wednesday, five days after judicial
authorities dropped charges of revealing state secrets and
fraud against him in a rare show of leniency. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39pm PST |
Bush suggests US troops will still be in Iraq into 2009
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President George W. Bush hinted at a years-long US deployment in Iraq, saying that future US presidents and Iraqi governments would decide when the last US soldiers leave that war-torn country. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PST |
Vinatieri Goes to Indy; Abraham to Falcons
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Indianapolis took a key piece from rival New England, agreeing in principle to a deal with clutch kicker Adam Vinatieri on Tuesday night. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PST |
Missing Family Found Alive After 2 Weeks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A family that disappeared more than two weeks ago after leaving for a short trip in an RV was found alive Tuesday in a remote area of southwestern Oregon. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57pm PST |
Animal Rights Groups Decry Bear Wrestling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lance Palmer, a 140-pound high school wrestler and four-time state champ, taps into his substantial skills whenever he takes on Ceaser Jr. Skill comes in handy when your opponent is a 650-pound black bear. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PST |
Eva Longoria Gives Loving Props to Beau
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eva Longoria, desperate to set the record straight, took to the entertainment-news shows Tuesday to tell the world that her beau, NBA star Tony Parker, is aces in the bedroom. |
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Cnn.com |
7:51pm PST |
Heavy rain hampers cyclone cleanup |
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Summary: Torrential rain is hampering recovery efforts in northeastern Australia in the wake of Cyclone Larry, with power and water supplies still not restored in the hardest-hit town of Innisfail and much of the surrounding region. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PST |
Iran leader sanctions Iraq talks with US
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei on Tuesday sanctioned talks with the United States on
Iraq, saying Iranian officials would tell the U.S. to leave the
country. |
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Cnn.com |
7:31pm PST |
Death could await Christian convert in Afghanistan |
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Summary: The United States is protesting to the Afghan government over the case of an Afghan man being prosecuted for converting from Islam to Christianity. Abdul Rahman was arrested last week and is now awaiting trial. The case led U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos to write a |
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Yahoo News |
7:27pm PST |
Putin looks to business and Zen on day two of China trip
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to turn his attention to business and Zen Buddhism as he wrapped up a two-day visit to China dominated by pledges to broaden energy ties. |
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BBC News |
7:08pm PST |
Iran leader backs talks on Iraq |
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Summary: Iran's supreme leader endorses talks with the US on Iraq but rejects UN action over Iran's nuclear programme. |
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BBC News |
7:00pm PST |
Brown gearing up for 10th Budget |
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Summary: Making the UK more competitive and tax breaks for small firms are expected to be the themes of Gordon Brown's 10th Budget. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PST |
'UK terror plot' trial continues |
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Summary: Prosecutors are to continue setting out their case against seven men accused of plotting bomb attacks in the UK. |
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BBC News |
6:59pm PST |
'Terror plot' evidence outlined |
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Summary: Prosecutors are to continue setting out their case against seven men accused of plotting bomb attacks in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
6:54pm PST |
Me-Ouch: Cat Survives 80-Foot Fall
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Piper the cat may have used up a life or two but was unharmed after falling nearly 80 feet from a tree. |
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Yahoo News |
6:40pm PST |
Iran Leader sanctions Iraq talks with US
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei on Tuesday sanctioned talks with the United States on
Iraq, saying Iranian officials would tell the U.S. to leave the
country. |
