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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
Flossie downgraded to Category 1
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Flossie was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, although Hawaii's Big Island remained under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. |
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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
Leonardo DiCaprio Proud to Support Climate Change March |
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Summary: Popular actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged his support for Christian Aids Cut the Carbon march DiCaprios documentary film iThe 11th Houri which explores issues of global warming and climate change will be released on Friday 17 Augus |
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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
Teacher-astronaut speaks to students
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Summary: AP - After days of anxiety about a gouge in the belly of the shuttle Endeavour, NASA finally got some good news: tests suggested repairs may not be needed, and the agency fulfilled a longstanding dream of a teacher talking to students from space. |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Bid to trace fatal E.coli source |
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Summary: Efforts continue to pinpoint the source of an E.coli O157 outbreak in Paisley which has left eight people ill. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Keane launches Wag culture tirade |
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Summary: Sunderland boss Roy Keane launches a stinging attack on "weak" Premier League stars for allowing their wives to dictate their careers. |
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Cnn.com |
11:43pm PDT |
Police: Six fatally shot in Germany |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
Asian markets slide on US credit worries
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Summary: AP - Asian shares dipped Wednesday, with the Tokyo and New Zealand benchmarks tumbling to their lowest close in nine months, evidence of how the region is battling to shake off global jitters over a U.S. credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
Man charged over hospital attack |
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Summary: A 36-year-old man is charged with murdering a woman who was an in-patient at a psychiatric hospital unit. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Six people shot dead in Germany |
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Summary: Six people are shot dead in the western city of Duisburg in an execution-style murder, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PDT |
Up to 300,000 may be homeless in North Korea floods
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korean authorities have indicated
flooding may have left up to 300,000 people homeless, a U.N.
aid agency spokesman said on Wednesday, and crop losses may be
severe in the impoverished state that has battled famine. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
Netanyahu reelected chief of Israel's Likud
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Summary: AFP - Israel's former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reelected leader of the main right-wing opposition Likud party, almost 18 months after its crushing general election defeat. |
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BBC News |
11:20pm PDT |
Woes continue among global stocks |
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Summary: Shares in Asia fall as concerns about global credit conditions continue to worry investors. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
PM urges unity as India celebrates 60 years
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Summary: AFP - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led India's celebrations of 60 years of independence on Wednesday with a call for unity to drive the nation forward and a warning of the many challenges ahead. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PDT |
Football: Spurs will 'bounce back' |
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Summary: Boss Martin Jol feels "rotten" after seeing his expensive Tottenham side slump to another defeat but believes they will come good. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
Illegal cig trade threatens shops |
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Summary: Newsagents and retailers in NI are among the worst affected by the illegal tobacco trade in the UK. |
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Anglican Jewish Commission Promotes Sanctity of Human Life |
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Summary: The first meeting of the Anglican Jewish Commission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel took place at the seat of the Chief Rabbis in Jerusalem on Sunday 1 and Monday 2 July 2007 |
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ChristianToday |
10:50pm PDT |
USPG Sends 1000 to Fill Gaza Hospital Shortages |
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Summary: USPG Anglicans in World Mission has sent an emergency grant of 1000 to a hospital in Gaza struggling under food and medicine shortages |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Fears over rugby rail timetables |
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Summary: A former England rugby star raises questions over rail travel for fans coming to Cardiff for a Rugby World Cup game. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Aer Lingus staff seek equal pay |
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Summary: Aer Lingus's NI employees will not work for cheaper rates than their southern colleagues, a leading union warns. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
Waning Hurricane Flossie edges past Hawaii island
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Flossie sent powerful waves,
wind and rain toward the island of Hawaii's southern coast late
on Tuesday, but the eye of the storm traveled some 90 miles
offshore and should spare the Pacific archipelago of hurricane
force damag |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Iraq bombings kill at least 175
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Suicide bombers driving fuel tankers
killed at least 175 people in apparently coordinated attacks in
northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, the Iraqi army said, in one of
the worst incidents of its kind in the four-year-old war. |
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BBC News |
10:08pm PDT |
UN chief pledges North Korea aid |
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Summary: UN leader Ban Ki-moon orders a full evaluation of the needs of North Koreans after severe floods in the country. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
India marks independence day |
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Summary: India's prime minister calls for an end to poverty as Indians celebrate 60 years of independence from Britain. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
India celebrates independence day |
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Summary: India's prime minister calls for an end to poverty as Indians celebrate 60 years of independence from Britain. |
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BBC News |
9:24pm PDT |
Police chief urges alcohol action |
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Summary: A chief constable condemns parents who "turn a blind eye" to children's underage drinking and anti-social behaviour. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
India marks 60th anniversary urging war on poverty
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
speaking on the 60th anniversary of independence from British
rule, said the country needed to work harder to fight poverty,
ignorance and disease despite fast economic growth. |
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Cnn.com |
8:21pm PDT |
Girl swallows toy magnets, pukes green |
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Summary: An Indianapolis girl may have been among the first victims of Mattel's magnet mishap at the center of Tuesday's recall of millions of dolls made in China.
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BBC News |
8:17pm PDT |
Netanyahu wins Likud leadership |
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Summary: Former Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is re-elected leader of the opposition party, Likud. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15pm PDT |
Netanyahu wins Likud race, eyes PM role
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Summary: AP - Benjamin Netanyahu easily defeated a radical Jewish settler in the race to lead Israel's hardline Likud Party on Tuesday, boosting his ambitions to reclaim the country's premiership. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Hurricane Flossie sideswipes Hawaii
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hours after getting jolted by a moderate earthquake, residents of Hawaii's Big Island holed up for a different force of nature Tuesday: Hurricane Flossie, expected to deliver up to 10 inches of rain, waves as high as 25 feet and strong winds in a pow |
