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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Equine flu hits Sydney racehorses |
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Summary: Eight racehorses test positive for equine influenza, forcing the suspension of Sydney's spring carnival racing. |
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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
'Clear signs' of housing slowdown |
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Summary: There are now "clearer signs" that demand in the housing market has slowed, according to the Nationwide. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Peru makes urgent plea for tents |
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Summary: Peru appeals for more tents for the 200,000 people made homeless by an earthquake two weeks ago. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Hopes for end to SKorean hostage ordeal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hopes were high that a six-week Afghanistan hostage ordeal would finally end Thursday with the release of the final seven South Korean aid workers kidnapped by the Taliban. |
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BBC News |
11:20pm PDT |
Beckham injury scare for England |
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Summary: David Beckham limps out of an LA Galaxy match with a knee injury - nine days before England host Israel in a Euro 2008 qualifier. |
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Cnn.com |
11:09pm PDT |
Beckham hurt in title match |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Remaining hostages set to be freed: South Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea said it expects the remaining
seven Korean church volunteers held by the Taliban in
Afghanistan to be released on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:05pm PDT |
Congress report finds Iraq failing on goals: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq has met only three out of 18
goals set by Washington for political and security progress,
according to a draft of a key report being prepared for
Congress, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Airport operator BAA to cut jobs |
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Summary: BAA confirms plans to cut jobs at its UK airports but says security and customer service jobs will not be affected. |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Anglicans Lack Structures to Resolve Gay Row says Prelate |
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Summary: A conservative prelate said that the 77million member Anglican Communion does not have the structures needed to overcome the current split over homosexuality |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
GAA star 'dog fight ringleader' |
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Summary: A leading Ulster GAA star is a major player in arranging illegal dog fights, a BBC investigation finds. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
Indian police attacked by Maoists |
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Summary: A number of policemen are feared dead after Maoist rebels attack a convoy in central India, police say. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Funeral for tourist stabbed in US |
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Summary: The funeral is to be held at a Cardiff's Llandaff Cathedral of a fitness instructor killed on holiday in the US. |
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BBC News |
10:20pm PDT |
Virginia Tech response 'too slow' |
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Summary: Virginia Tech officials might have saved lives if they had acted sooner after the first shootings, a report says. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Japan and China in defence talks |
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Summary: Japanese and Chinese defence chiefs hold talks, in a meeting seen as a sign of warming bilateral ties. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34pm PDT |
Report: Va. Tech could have saved lives
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Virginia Tech officials might have saved lives if they had notified faculty and students sooner about the first two shootings on campus, a panel investigating the April shootings that left 33 dead concluded. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Iraq welcomes Mehdi Army halt |
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Summary: Iraq welcomes Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's freeze on the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for six months. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Iraq welcomes Mehdi Army 'freeze' |
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Summary: Iraq welcomes Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's freeze on the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for six months. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Prison officers back after strike |
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Summary: Prison officers in England and Wales are due to report for work as normal after their national strike was ended. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59pm PDT |
New Orleans mourns Katrina dead two years on
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New Orleans Wednesday mourned the huge losses inflicted by Hurricane Katrina two years ago, as US President George W. Bush sought to dispel lingering anger, vowing better days lay ahead. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PDT |
Report faults response in Virginia Tech shootings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Virginia Tech University officials
should have been quicker to notify students and faculty about
two killings on campus hours before the deadliest shooting
rampage in modern U.S. history, according to a state report
obtained by The New York |
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Yahoo News |
8:18pm PDT |
Student: VaTech should've alerted school
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A report into the Virginia Tech rampage concludes that school authorities should not have waited two hours to notify students about the first shooting on campus, said a student who was briefed on the report Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PDT |
China's finance minister resigns
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's Finance Minister Jin Renqing has quit and been transferred to a think tank, a government spokesman said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Nadal survives; Federer-Isner up next
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Playing on a taped-up knee so painful he almost pulled out of the U.S. Open, Rafael Nadal was hardly at his imposing best Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:54pm PDT |
South Korea draws praise and criticism for hostage deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The South Korean government won praise on
Thursday for its part in securing the release of 19 hostages
held in Afghanistan, but critics said Seoul may have set a
dangerous precedent in directly negotiating with the Taliban. |
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Cnn.com |
7:50pm PDT |
Bhutto: Musharraf to quit as military chief |
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Summary: Pakistan's President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has agreed to step down as the country's military chief during negotiations on a power-sharing deal with Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, she told CNN Wednesday.
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
Two hunted in triple murder probe |
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Summary: Police search for two men in connection with the murders of three people shot dead at a house in Hertfordshire. |
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Yahoo News |
7:37pm PDT |
California grower recalls salmonella- tainted spinach
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - California produce grower Metz
Fresh LLC said on Wednesday it voluntarily recalled fresh
spinach in grocery stores and food service packages after a
sample tested positive for salmonella. |
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BBC News |
7:28pm PDT |
Brazil reveals military rule list |
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Summary: Brazil publishes an official list of atrocities allegedly committed during two decades of military rule. |
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Yahoo News |
7:27pm PDT |
Nearly a month of 110 or more in Phoenix
(AP)
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Summary: AP - People here expect it to be hot, but they sure wouldn't mind a cool spell. You know, maybe 107 or so. |
