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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
More talks on hostages' release |
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Summary: South Korean officials and Taleban militants are to hold talks on the release of 19 hostages, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PDT |
Bush defends Iraq war effort
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two weeks before receiving a major assessment of the war in Iraq, President Bush gave a ringing defense of the war effort Tuesday in a speech that sounded like he'd already made up his mind to stay and fight. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Houses damaged by petrol bombers |
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Summary: Two homes in north Belfast are damaged after they are attacked by petrol bombers on Tuesday night. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Baby in house hit by petrol bomb |
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Summary: A man says his 18-day-old baby could have been burned to death in a petrol bomb attack in north Belfast. |
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Yahoo News |
11:32pm PDT |
Over 100 "insurgents" killed in Afghan battle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 100 suspected insurgents were
killed in a battle with U.S.-led troops in southern
Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
Taliban ready to free some SKoreans within hours
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Afghanistan's Taliban could free some South Korean hostages within hours, the Korean embassy and the insurgents said Wednesday, after a deal to end nearly six weeks of wrenching drama. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PDT |
Bush warns of 'holocaust' if Iran gets nukes, warns Tehran off Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Tuesday raised the specter of a "nuclear holocaust" in the Middle East if Israel's arch-foe Iran gets atomic weapons, and demanded that Tehran end support for extremists in Iraq. |
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Cnn.com |
11:26pm PDT |
Police log: Owen Wilson attempted suicide |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
U.S. troops release detained Iranians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops released seven Iranians early Wednesday, hours after detaining them at a central Baghdad hotel, an Iranian embassy official said. |
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Cnn.com |
11:24pm PDT |
Jim Carrey's latest role isn't meant to be funny |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
RBS urged to monitor Chinese link |
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Summary: Amnesty International calls on the Royal Bank of Scotland to monitor its investment in China more closely. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
India invites bids for fighter jets |
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Summary: India invites defence contractors to enter the bidding contest to supply 126 war planes in a $10bn deal. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
US frees seven Baghdad Iranians |
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Summary: Seven Iranians who were detained by US forces in an overnight raid in Baghdad are released, officials say. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Safety measures after bike deaths |
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Summary: New road safety measures are expected to be approved by a council following Britain's worst cycling accident. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36pm PDT |
Pilgrims scatter after Iraq gunbattles kill 52
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims
fled Iraq's holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday after a day of
fierce gunbattles near two of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines
killed 52 people during an annual religious rite. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Relief in SKorea as hostage crisis nears end
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - South Koreans breathed a sigh of relief across the nation Wednesday at the apparent end of an agonising 41-day hostage crisis, as the government worked to get 19 citizens home from Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Global stocks see further falls |
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Summary: Asian stocks fall in Wednesday trading after over night US declines as housing and credit fears persist. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Taliban say to start releasing Koreans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on
Wednesday start releasing the 19 South Korean Christian
volunteers they kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a
representative of the group said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Dutch arrest Philippine communist leader
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Philippine communist leader accused of commanding a rebel uprising from exile for more than 20 years was arrested by Dutch police Tuesday on suspicion of ordering the murder of two former allies in his home country, prosecutors said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Bush warns of 'holocaust' if Iran gets nukes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Tuesday raised the specter of a "nuclear holocaust" in the Middle East if Israel's arch-foe Iran gets atomic weapons, and vowed he would not let that happen. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
Asian markets tumble after U.S. sell-off
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asian markets tumbled Wednesday following a plunge on Wall Street amid fears the U.S. Federal Reserve won't do enough to ease global credit market turmoil. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49pm PDT |
Taliban say to start freeing Koreans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on
Wednesday start releasing 19 South Korean Christian volunteers
kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group
said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Taliban to free 19 S. Korean hostages
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Taliban militants agreed Tuesday to release 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage for six weeks after Seoul reaffirmed a pledge to withdraw its troops by year's end and prevent Christian missionaries from working in Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
Three dead in 'firearms incident' |
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Summary: Police begin a murder inquiry following the deaths of a teenager and two men at a house in Hertfordshire. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
Bush to request $50 billion more for Iraq war: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush is
preparing to ask Congress for as much as $50 billion in
additional funding for the war in Iraq, The Washington Post
reported on Wednesday, citing a White House official. |
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DJ Chuang |
9:19pm PDT |
dining with Daniel Eng |
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Summary: Good meetup with Daniel Eng this afternoon over coffee and spilling over into dinner. (We went for the bottomless fries at Red Robin.)
Daniel made an impression on me for his active pursuit of interviews with Asian American ministry leaders during the p |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
China defence chief visits Japan |
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Summary: China's Cao Gangchuan begins a visit to Japan, the first by a Chinese defence minister in over nine years. |
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BBC News |
9:09pm PDT |
Police renew Rhys murder appeal |
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Summary: Detectives hunting the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones hope to find fresh witnesses, a week after the shooting. |
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BBC News |
8:50pm PDT |
Iran to protest over 'US arrests' |
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Summary: Iran is to make a formal complaint over the apparent arrest of several nationals by US troops in Baghdad. |
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Yahoo News |
8:28pm PDT |
Over 100 "insurgents" killed in Afghan battle: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - More than 100 suspected insurgents were
killed in a battle with U.S.-led troops in southern
Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. |
