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Yahoo News |
11:58pm PDT |
Oil dips to $87 after six-day surge to new high
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil prices eased on Wednesday, as
traders took profits from a roaring rally to a new peak above
$88, fuelled by renewed investor appetite triggered by fears of
tighter supplies this winter and Middle East tension. |
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ChristianToday |
11:50pm PDT |
European Evangelical Assembly opens with prayer for Turkey |
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Summary: The European Evangelical Alliances annual assembly has opened in Greece with special prayers for believers in Turkey |
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
UK tourism 'may lose up to £2bn' |
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Summary: The UK could lose about £2bn in income from lost tourism if the government fails to invest more, an association warns. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Indian share market sees 9% slump |
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Summary: Trading on India's main stock index, the Sensex, is briefly suspended after the market slumps 9%. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Police 'could not stop massacre' |
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Summary: Detectives had no prior knowledge of a bar atrocity 14 years ago, the Police Ombudsman says. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
Inquiry urged after vicar killing |
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Summary: The family of a vicar stabbed to death by a man suffering from schizophrenia call for an inquiry. |
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Yahoo News |
10:33pm PDT |
Indians beat Red Sox 7-3, lead ALCS 3-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hang tight, Colorado Rockies. There's another team roaring through October. And you just might see them in the World Series. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
Bush to headline Dalai Lama tribute
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President George W. Bush and top US lawmakers on Wednesday were to lead an unprecedented official US tribute to the Dalai Lama, bucking China's angry warnings of crippled Sino-US relations. |
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Cnn.com |
10:07pm PDT |
Dalai Lama laughs off China's ire at U.S. honors |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Burma 'still hunting protesters' |
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Summary: Burmese authorities are still seeking and detaining those who took part in protests, the government says. |
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Cnn.com |
9:59pm PDT |
Myanmar junta: 3,000 detained, 500 still held |
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Yahoo News |
9:54pm PDT |
Words mangled, officials tongue-tied at China meet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China may have one official national
language -- Mandarin -- but as delegates at this week's
Communist Party Congress have shown, fluency and accuracy
remain distant goals for many citizens. |
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Cnn.com |
9:53pm PDT |
Drought spreads across United States |
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Theophiles |
9:41pm PDT |
Bob Jones III endorses Romney for president |
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Summary: The Greenville News reports:
Dr. Bob Jones III, chancellor of the fundamentalist Christian university that bears his name, is looking past his religious differences with Gov. Mitt Romney and endorsing the Mormon for the Republican nomination for president |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Turkey seeks green light on Iraq |
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Summary: A motion allowing troops to enter Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels is expected to pass in the Turkish parliament. |
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BBC News |
9:29pm PDT |
Court resumes Musharraf hearings |
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Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court is set to resume hearings on the validity of President Pervez Musharraf's election. |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
MySpace starts Skype call service |
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Summary: Social network MySpace joins with internet phone firm Skype to allow MySpace users to make calls to each other. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
Surging Indians on cusp of World Series
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Led by a throwback pitcher who looks as if he stepped out of their 1948 team photo, the Cleveland Indians moved one win from another crack at winning an elusive World Series title. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
DeGeneres' former dog stays with agency
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ellen DeGeneres' doggy drama intensified Tuesday after her tearful plea on her talk show led to death threats against the rescue group that took back her adopted dog for violating the contract, according to a spokesman for the agency's owners. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
UK looks to make Antarctica claim |
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Summary: Britain is researching a claim for sovereignty over a large area of the seabed off Antarctica. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Sen. John Warner undergoes surgery
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican Sen. John Warner of
Virginia underwent a minor surgical procedure on Tuesday and
was expected to return to work later this week, his office said
in a statement. |
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Cnn.com |
8:45pm PDT |
Indians top Red Sox, 1 win from World Series |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
Indians lead Red Sox 7-3 after 8 innings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Casey Blake and Jhonny Peralta homered in a seven-run fifth, and Paul Byrd's pitching helped the Cleveland Indians build a 7-3 lead over the Boston Red Sox after eight innings in Game 4 of the AL championship series Tuesday night. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PDT |
Chavez reforms go to parliament |
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Summary: Venezuelan MPs debate President Hugo Chavez's extended list of proposed constitutional changes. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PDT |
Congress debates Chavez reforms |
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Summary: Venezuela's Congress debates President Hugo Chavez's extended list of proposed constitutional changes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Oil holds ground after six-day surge to $88 high
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Oil yielded little ground on
Wednesday, staying within sight of its record high amid renewed
investor appetite built on fears of rapidly tightening supplies
this winter and a revived Middle East risk premium. |
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Yahoo News |
7:32pm PDT |
Democrat wins Massachusetts seat in House
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Massachusetts Democrat who is the
widow of a U.S. senator won a seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives on Tuesday by beating a Republican whose
brother was an airline pilot killed in the September 11
attacks. |
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Theophiles |
7:26pm PDT |
Artist bringing 'Chocolate Jesus' back |
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Summary: Spotted at newsday.com:Last spring's [naked & anatomically correct --metallurge] "Chocolate Jesus" has been resurrected, but this time the artist hopes the controversy has melted away.
The life-sized sculpture will be included as part of the "Chocolate S |
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Cnn.com |
7:17pm PDT |
Democrats revisit Turkey 'genocide' positions |
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Summary: The U.S. military is preparing alternatives to a strategically important air base in Turkey in case that country halts access to the facility, two senior U.S. military officials said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:11pm PDT |
Giuliani tells Obama 'You're no Reagan'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama for saying he would meet, without precondition, with leaders of renegade nations. |
