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BBC News |
11:56pm PST |
Dead UK soldier to be named |
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Summary: The Ministry of Defence is expected to name a British soldier killed by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PST |
Pakistan enters limbo as Musharraf term ends
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Military ruler Pervez Musharraf's term as president officially ends Thursday at the same time as parliament dissolves, tipping emergency-ruled Pakistan into limbo. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
France faces more travel misery |
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Summary: France faces a second day of travel chaos as transport unions continue their strike against pension reforms. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01pm PST |
Pakistani caretaker PM due but opposition skeptical
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
is expected to appoint a caretaker government on Thursday to
oversee elections he has promised for January but which the
opposition say will be a sham under emergency rule. |
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BBC News |
10:51pm PST |
Thousands due at 'Grav' funeral |
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Summary: Mourners at sports legend Ray Gravell's funeral at his beloved Stradey Park are invited to wear their own rugby colours. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PST |
Bodies removed from murder house |
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Summary: Seven bodies found in the debris of a fire in Omagh are to be removed as a murder hunt gets under way. |
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ChristianToday |
10:47pm PST |
New fund to help Londons homeless poor and children with disabilities |
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Summary: Homeless people children with disabilities and people living in severe poverty in London are amongst those who could benefit from grants to be provided by a new Roman Catholic fund |
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BBC News |
10:18pm PST |
Classroom assistants on strike |
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Summary: More that 3,000 classroom assistants across Northern Ireland are due to resume their strike. |
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BBC News |
10:15pm PST |
Parking tickets rise by 100,000 |
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Summary: The number of parking tickets given out in Northern Ireland rises by 100,000 in just 12 months. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PST |
After stormy period, Clinton faces another debate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - After a stormy couple of weeks,
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will
attempt to right the ship on Thursday night at a campaign
debate with her rivals. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PST |
Imran Khan in jail on terror charges
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan was moved to Lahore's biggest prison early Thursday after being charged under anti-terror laws for protesting against emergency rule, officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
9:49pm PST |
Guess who bought 84.37-carat diamond? |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PST |
U.S. military says kills 25 insurgents in Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces backed by aircraft killed
25 suspected insurgents in operations targeting al Qaeda near
the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45pm PST |
Ford, Honda lead safest cars list
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of new cars considered the safest by the insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers' push to make certain safety equipment more widely available. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34pm PST |
Map to better health care: centralize, organize
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Experts laid out a health care road
map for U.S. presidential candidates on Thursday, recommending
more organized care, with an emphasis on overall health as
opposed to expensive interventions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PST |
Papa John's takes texted pizza orders
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michelle Kratschmer's family was craving the usual — a large pepperoni pizza and a small pie with black olives and cheese — but how she entered the phone order was entirely new. |
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BBC News |
9:24pm PST |
Bangladesh put on cyclone alert |
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Summary: Coastal districts of Bangladesh are put on storm alert as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal, officials say. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PST |
Blackwater killings 'broke rules' |
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Summary: FBI investigators say Blackwater guards were not justified in killing Iraqis, the New York Times reports. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PST |
Powerful earthquake kills two in Chile
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A major 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked arid northern Chile Wednesday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens others and leaving thousands homeless. |
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Cnn.com |
9:08pm PST |
House OKs war funding with pullout timeline |
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Summary: Congressional Democrats on Wednesday renewed their push to pass legislation that would force a troop withdrawal from Iraq, but there is little indication the outcome will be any different from previous attempts that have failed to force President Bush to |
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BBC News |
8:42pm PST |
George's Dando appeal ruling due |
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Summary: Barry George is to learn if an appeal against his conviction for the murder of Jill Dando has been successful. |
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Cnn.com |
8:23pm PST |
WWII fighter plane found on beach |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PST |
House passes $50B Iraq withdrawal bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - House Democrats pushed through a $50 billion bill for the Iraq war Wednesday night that would require President Bush to start bringing troops home in coming weeks with a goal of ending combat by December 2008. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08pm PST |
Barn site of Ohio cult killings razed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A barn where a couple and their three children were bound, shot to death and buried by a cult leader nearly 20 years ago has been demolished to make room for a church. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06pm PST |
Marbury rejoins Knicks in Los Angeles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stephon Marbury grinned as he made his way down the hall to the New York Knicks' locker room, back in the fold but out some $182,000 because of a fine. After skipping the game in Phoenix the previous night, Marbury flew from New York to Los Angeles t |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PST |
New AG threatens veto of surveillance plan |
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Summary: Attorney General Michael Mukasey jumped into the political fray in his first week on the job, telling a key Democratic senator he opposed his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it if it is passed.
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Yahoo News |
7:45pm PST |
House votes Iraq troop withdrawal Bush would veto
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic-led House of
Representatives on Wednesday approved a timetable for
withdrawing troops from Iraq, defying President George W. Bush
by tying the measure to $50 billion in new war funds. |
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BBC News |
7:35pm PST |
More cash to beat school bullies |
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Summary: An extra £3 million is put into anti-bullying schemes in England where older pupils are trained to step in. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PST |
O.J. Simpson to stand trial in Las Vegas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday, despite fierce defense attacks that characterized prosecution witnesses as con art |
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Yahoo News |
6:50pm PST |
At Google Obama talks of shared experience
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama told Google employees on
Wednesday his meteoric rise in politics mirrored the company's
emergence as the lifeblood of the Internet and he surprised his
hosts by answering a geeky engineering que |
