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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Korea summit to aid nuclear issue |
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Summary: A summit with North Korea will aid international efforts to end the country's nuclear programme, Seoul says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:52pm PDT |
Endeavour carries teacher into space
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Summary: AP - After Endeavour launched into the clear blue sky and reached orbit with teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard, Mission Control announced that class was in session. |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PDT |
Minorities now majority in some areas |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PDT |
Minorities become majority in some areas |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Pakistan considers emergency rule |
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Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf considers declaring a state of emergency amid claims of growing instability. |
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Cnn.com |
11:28pm PDT |
Miner's family clings to 'string of hope' |
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Summary: Waiting for answers during a desperate rescue effort is taking an agonizing toll on the family of trapped miner Manuel Sanchez, a father of four. His relatives are venting their frustration at the mine's operator, angry at what they see as inadequate comm |
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Cnn.com |
11:28pm PDT |
Frustrated family of miner clings to 'string of hope' |
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Summary: Waiting for answers during a desperate rescue effort is taking an agonizing toll on the family of trapped miner Manuel Sanchez, a father of four. His relatives are venting their frustration at the mine's operator, angry at what they see as inadequate comm |
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11:16pm PDT |
Probe into fatal helicopter crash |
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Summary: An investigation starts into an RAF helicopter crash in North Yorkshire in which two people died. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
Musharraf to decide on declaring state of emergency
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Summary: AFP - Embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was set to decide Thursday whether to impose emergency rule due to "external and internal threats", a government spokesman said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15pm PDT |
Rescuers get nearer to trapped miners
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Summary: AP - Rescue crews drilling into a mountain to bring air and food to six trapped miners were two-thirds of the way to their target with one of two holes late Wednesday, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:59pm PDT |
Army denounces 3 articles written by GI
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A magazine gets a hot story straight from a soldier in Iraq and publishes his writing, complete with gory details, under a pseudonym. The stories are chilling: An Iraqi boy befriends American troops and later has his tongue cut out by insurgents. Sol |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PDT |
SKorea says summit to help NKorea nuclear issue
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Summary: AFP - South Korea said Thursday its upcoming summit with North Korea will bolster international efforts to persuade the communust state to scrap its nuclear programmes. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Ministers to be briefed over FMD |
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Summary: Northern Ireland Executive ministers are due to get a report on the foot-and-mouth disease crisis later. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
Animal movement ban is relaxed |
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Summary: Farmers are allowed to move their livestock for slaughter for the first time since the foot-and-mouth outbreak. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Afghanistan peace jirga under way |
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Summary: A three-day "peace jirga" or tribal council on combating the Taleban begins in the Afghan capital, Kabul. |
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BBC News |
10:24pm PDT |
Commission to outline BAA probe |
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Summary: The Competition Commission is due to set out the main issues it will study in its probe into airport operator BAA. |
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10:06pm PDT |
Farmers restart livestock moves |
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Summary: Farm animals can be taken to abattoirs for the first time since the Surrey foot-and-mouth outbreak. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Pakistanis brace for Musharraf declaring emergency
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's beleaguered President
Pervez Musharraf was due to convene a meeting with senior aides
and ruling party leaders on Thursday to decide whether to
declare a state of emergency, a senior member of the government
said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
U.S. condemns "rocket attack" on Georgia
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Summary: Reuters - The United States on Wednesday
condemned what it termed "a rocket attack" against Georgia this
week, and called on Moscow and Tbilisi to seek a peaceful
resolution in Georgia's separatist South Ossetia region. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PDT |
Bonds hits No. 757 as Giants win 5-0
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Summary: AP - Barry Bonds wasted no time adding to his home run record: this time, with a two-run shot into the water for No. 757. It helped Bruce Bochy to his 1,000th managerial victory, too. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Afghan peace jirga due to begin |
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Summary: A three-day "peace jirga" or tribal council on combating the Taleban is due to begin in the Afghan capital, Kabul. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45pm PDT |
Panel worried about baby bottle chemical
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Summary: Reuters - A chemical used in plastic baby
bottles and other products may affect unborn babies and young
children and more study on its safety is needed, a U.S. panel
of experts said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law |
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Summary: Slave-owners in Mauritania now face up to 10 years in jail, following the introduction of new legislation. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
Briton's final US murders appeal |
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Summary: A former London businessman who has spent 21 years in prison in Florida makes a final appeal for clemency. |
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Yahoo News |
9:10pm PDT |
Whites now minority in 1 in 10 counties
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Summary: AP - Whites are now in the minority in nearly one in 10 U.S. counties. And that increased diversity, fueled by immigration and higher birth rates among blacks and Hispanics, is straining race relations and sparking a backlash against immigrants in many co |
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BBC News |
9:09pm PDT |
Probe into New York storm chaos |
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Summary: Transport bosses in New York have been told to explain how wind and rain crippled the city's transport system. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
New Republic Iraq stories questioned
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A magazine gets a hot story straight from a soldier in Iraq and publishes his writing, complete with gory details, under a pseudonym. The stories are chilling: An Iraqi boy befriends American troops and later has his tongue cut out by insurgents. Sol |
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Cnn.com |
8:41pm PDT |
Pakistan leader skips Karzai meeting |
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Summary: Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, will skip a highly anticipated Thursday meeting with his Afghan counterpart and tribal leaders along the mountainous border region between their two countries, his government announced on the eve of the conf |
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Cnn.com |
7:59pm PDT |
Tornado hits Brooklyn |
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Summary: Strong winds and heavy rainstorms wreaked havoc on the transit system in the Big Apple on Wednesday and delayed flights at two major airports in the region.
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Yahoo News |
7:57pm PDT |
Blockbuster to buy movie download firm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. said Wednesday it is buying the digital movie download service Movielink, giving it the online foothold it has long sought to compete with rival Netflix Inc. |
