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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
UK consumers 'regain confidence' |
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Summary: Consumer confidence recovered in September despite recent market jitters, a Nationwide survey says. |
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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
UK consumer confidence 'rebounds' |
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Summary: Consumer confidence recovered in September despite recent market jitters, a Nationwide survey says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Yangon quiet as UN envoy drafts Myanmar report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A UN envoy prepared a key report Wednesday on his talks with Myanmar's ruling generals and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi amid global concern over the violent crackdown on anti-government protests. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Man is charged over HIV 'assault' |
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Summary: A 39-year-old man is charged with assault after a woman becomes infected with the HIV virus. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Football: Spain victory vital - Cole |
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Summary: Joe Cole admits that Chelsea cannot afford to lose their Champions League game at Valencia on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Two men dead after boat capsizes |
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Summary: Two anglers die and a third is rescued after their boat capsizes off the Carmarthenshire coast. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
Three held as woman shot dead |
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Summary: Police question three men and a woman after a 26-year-old woman is shot dead in south London. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
Three held after woman shot dead |
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Summary: Police are questioning four people after a 26-year-old woman is shot dead in south London. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06pm PDT |
Obama would seek nuclear ban
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama said on Tuesday if elected president he would
pursue a global ban on nuclear weapons as he sought to pick up
ground on his front-running rival, Hillary Clinton. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
Gambari prepares key Burma report |
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Summary: UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari prepares a report on Burma, amid global concern over a crackdown on protests. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Team to recover U-boat diver body |
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Summary: An operation to recover the body of a diver who died helping film a sunken German U-boat is to take place. |
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ChristianToday |
10:58pm PDT |
WCC affirms international responsibility to protect atrisk Darfurians |
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Summary: There is an international responsibility to protect people at risk in the Darfur region of Sudan and in neighbouring Chad affirmed the World Council of Churches WCC executive committee this week |
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ChristianToday |
10:58pm PDT |
WCC affirms international responsibility to protect Darfurians |
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Summary: There is an international responsibility to protect people at risk in the Darfur region of Sudan and in neighbouring Chad affirmed the World Council of Churches WCC executive committee this week |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PDT |
Five dead in Colorado power plant accident
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Five workers died on Tuesday after they
were trapped deep underground at a hydroelectric plant near
Georgetown, Colorado, amid a chemical fire, power company Xcel
Energy Inc said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PDT |
Hunt Oil CEO denies ties aided Kurdish deal: reports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hunt Oil Co Chief Executive Ray Hunt
said his ties to the Bush family and the Republican Party did
not help his company cut a deal last month to explore for oil
in Iraq's Kurdish region, the Wall Street Journal reported on
its Web site o |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Rural homeless 'twice urban rate' |
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Summary: A charity claims homelessness in rural Wales is almost twice that in urban areas, as it launches a study of affordable housing. |
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Yahoo News |
10:43pm PDT |
Myanmar junta makes more arrests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's junta arrested more people
under the cover of darkness on Wednesday despite a crescendo of
international outrage during a keenly watched U.N. mission to
bring an end to a bloody crackdown on protests. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
5 workers found dead after plant fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A chemical fire ignited at a hydroelectric plant outside this mountain town and five workers who were trapped in an empty water tunnel there were found dead, authorities said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
10:18pm PDT |
Cricket: Gibson 'England offer' |
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Summary: Durham fear their star bowler Ottis Gibson may be offered the full-time job to coach England's bowlers. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01pm PDT |
Musharraf names Pakistani army successor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gen. Pervez Musharraf sought Tuesday to smooth the way for his re-election as Pakistan's president, naming a successor as army chief and offering to drop corruption cases against ex-premier Benazir Bhutto — a potential ally against Islamic milit |
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Yahoo News |
9:56pm PDT |
5 found dead after Colorado plant fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A chemical fire ignited at a hydroelectric plant outside this mountain town and five workers who were trapped in an empty water tunnel there were found dead, authorities said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Abbas and Olmert set for meeting |
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Summary: The Israeli and Palestinian leaders are due to meet in Jerusalem to prepare for next month's Mid-East conference. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PDT |
UK deportees 'tortured in Sudan' |
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Summary: Asylum seekers from Darfur deported by the UK have been tortured on their return, campaigners say. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PDT |
UK-deported Darfuris 'tortured' |
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Summary: Asylum seekers from Darfur deported by the UK have been tortured on their return, campaigners say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36pm PDT |
Koreas start summit as North close to nuclear deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The leaders of the Koreas began talks on
Wednesday after a cool start to a summit between two countries
divided by decades of animosity, but news of a deal on
unwinding Pyongyang's nuclear arms program could lift the mood. |
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Cnn.com |
9:34pm PDT |
Five workers trapped underground found dead |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Theophiles |
8:57pm PDT |
Bush's Legacy: Faithful Conservatism |
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Summary: At USA Today:Thanks to a president with a proud and public Christian foundation, the evangelical movement will have a foothold in Washington well after Bush returns to Crawford, Texas. Indeed, the Bush White House teaches young believers how to be true to |
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Yahoo News |
8:22pm PDT |
Myanmar junta arrests more people
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's junta arrested more people
under the cover of darkness on Wednesday despite a crescendo of
international outrage during a keenly watched U.N. mission to
bring an end to a bloody crackdown on protests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Low profile for UN envoy after Myanmar mission
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari kept a low profile here Wednesday as he drafted a keenly-awaited report on his talks with Myanmar's ruling generals and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
Korean leaders open summit amid nuclear hopes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The leaders of South and North Korea opened summit talks Wednesday aimed at ending half a century of hostility amid signs of progress in efforts to shut down the North's nuclear programme. |
