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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PST |
Pakistan elections delayed by 1 month
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Elections will be delayed by one month following the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of street protests unless the crucial vote is held Jan. 8 as originally planned, a top official said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PST |
Youth charged with street murder |
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Summary: A 17-year- old will appear in court charged with the murder of Nassirudeen Osawe. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PST |
Efforts to pull Kenya back from brink as death toll mounts
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - World mediators and civil society pushed for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Kenya Wednesday, as post-electoral mayhem threatened to escalate into a tribal war, with thousands displaced and hundreds murdered. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PST |
Hurdles remain as Beijing Olympics near
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Organizers of the Beijing Olympics have
left nothing to chance for China's "coming-out party" this year
but a few tricky hurdles still lie in wait ahead of the opening
ceremony on August 8. |
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ChristianToday |
11:37pm PST |
Kenya church massacre kills 30 pushes death toll to 250 |
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Summary: Thirty die as violent protestors torch a church in Kenya in the aftermath of President Mwai Kibakis disputed reelection on Sunday |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PST |
Thais mourn revered king's sister |
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Summary: Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's much-loved monarch, dies of cancer at the age of 84. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PST |
Thais mourn the king's sister |
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Summary: Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's much-loved monarch, dies of cancer at the age of 84. |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PST |
Four Gaza militants die in raid |
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Summary: Four Hamas militants have been killed in an Israeli helicopter attack on the Gaza Strip, hospital sources say. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Football: Berbatov 'stays put' |
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Summary: Spurs coach Juande Ramos says he has no intention of selling striker Dimitar Berbatov in the January transfer window. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
Berbatov stays put, insists Ramos |
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Summary: Spurs coach Juande Ramos says he has no intention of selling striker Dimitar Berbatov in the January transfer window. |
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BBC News |
11:12pm PST |
Plug is pulled on Blackstone deal |
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Summary: A deal worth $1.8bn involving Blackstone collapses after the private equity firm fails to raise the funds. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PST |
Fatal flat fire now 'suspicious' |
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Summary: A fire at a flat in which a woman, 33, died in Downpatrick is being treated as suspicious. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PST |
Sudan condemns US diplomat attack |
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Summary: Sudan condemns the fatal shooting of a US diplomat and his driver in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. |
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PST |
Pakistan set to delay election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan is expected to set a new
date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of
opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage
against President Pervez Musharraf's government. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PST |
Chief's drugs views 'dangerous' |
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Summary: An MP says comments by the Chief Constable of North Wales Police that ecstasy is safer than aspirin are "very dangerous" |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PST |
Brunstrom drugs views 'dangerous' |
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Summary: Claims by North Wales Police chief constable Richard Brunstrom that ecstasy is safer than aspirin come under attack. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PST |
Georgia romps Hawaii 41-10 at Sugar Bowl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There was no repeat of the Boise State Miracle. The Georgia Bulldogs were simply too big, too fast and too strong for the team from paradise. |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PST |
West Coast delays for thousands |
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Summary: Disruption on the West Coast Mainline looks set to continue with normal services not expected to resume until Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PST |
Deadly bomb blast strikes Colombo |
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Summary: A bomb in the Sri Lankan capital kills at least four and injures 20, police and military officials say. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PST |
Deadly bus bombing hits Colombo |
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Summary: A bomb in the Sri Lankan capital kills at least four and injures 20, police and military officials say. |
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BBC News |
9:47pm PST |
Deadly bus bomb in Colombo |
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Summary: A bomb in the Sri Lankan capital kills at least four and injures 20, police and military officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PST |
Georgia leads Hawaii 38-3 in Sugar Bowl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Georgia welcomed Hawaii to the BCS with a heaping helping of SEC speed and power. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PST |
Kenya's Kibaki accuses rival of "ethnic cleansing"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Mwai Kibaki's government
accused political rival Raila Odinga on Wednesday of total
responsibility for an explosion of tribal violence over a
disputed presidential poll that threatens to tear Kenya apart. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PST |
UK, US 'most keen on fast food' |
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Summary: The UK is the country most attached to fast food, closely followed by the US, a global survey suggests. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PST |
UK and US 'keenest on fast food' |
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Summary: The UK is the country most attached to fast food, closely followed by the US, a global survey suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PST |
Pakistan set to delay election after Bhutto death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan is expected to set a new
date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of
opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage
against President Pervez Musharraf's government. |
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BBC News |
8:36pm PST |
Pakistan poll date decision due |
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Summary: Pakistan's election commission is to meet to decide when polls originally scheduled for 8 January will take place. |
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BBC News |
8:20pm PST |
Kenya ethnic violence fears grow |
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Summary: Both sides accuse each other of ethnic violence as tens of thousands flee their homes after Kenya's disputed polls. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16pm PST |
Tens of thousands flee Kenya violence as toll tops 300
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes amid brutal post-election violence in Kenya that had claimed at least 300 lives by Wednesday and threatens to descend into full-scale tribal conflict. |
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DJ Chuang |
8:08pm PST |
2007 in retrospect |
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Summary: Houston, we have landed! I spent a big chunk of New Year’s Day in a pressurized cabin to get to Houston, where I’ll be at the Render Conference starting tomorrow ’til Saturday. One conversation we had on the way to the airport was: what |
