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BBC News |
8:21am PST |
Rio Tinto rejects $147bn BHP bid |
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Summary: Mining firm Rio Tinto rejects a $147bn hostile takeover offer from rival BHP Billiton. |
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Cnn.com |
8:18am PST |
Ledger's death ruled accidental overdose |
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Summary: Heath Ledger died as the result of an overdose of prescription medication, the New York City medical examiner's office said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
8:17am PST |
Actor Ledger's overdose 'accident' |
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Summary: Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six different prescription drugs, authorities say. |
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Yahoo News |
8:16am PST |
Accidental pill overdose killed Ledger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
8:12am PST |
Ex-Bangladesh PM's trial halted |
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Summary: The Bangladesh high court rules that the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is unlawful. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PST |
Gates: Petraeus not sole adviser on Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that the top military commander in Iraq is not the sole adviser on the war and suggested that President Bush this year will be confronted with competing views on what to do next. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05am PST |
Al Qaeda videos show boys in mock attacks: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda videos seized by U.S. forces
show Iraqi children younger than 11 carrying out mock
kidnappings and attacks, the U.S. military and Iraqi officials
said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01am PST |
Tornadoes sweep southern US, killing 48
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dozens of tornadoes sliced across southern US states ripping apart homes and shopping malls, killing at least 48 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
7:54am PST |
Rival MSPs urged to back budget |
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Summary: The Scottish Government urges opposition parties to vote for its £30m spending plans. |
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BBC News |
7:54am PST |
Dozens dead in southern US storms |
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Summary: At least 47 people are killed and dozens injured as violent tornadoes hit four southern US states. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PST |
Deaths partially halt diabetes study
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An unexpected number of deaths among patients receiving intense therapy to lower their blood sugar forced the National Institutes of Health to abruptly cut short part of a major study on diabetes and heart disease. |
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BBC News |
7:51am PST |
Headless corpse wrapped in duvet |
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Summary: A decapitated body is found wrapped in a duvet and dumped in a gold cage behind a row of shops. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PST |
Ledger died of prescription drug abuse: NY coroner
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death
was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six
of which were found in his body, the New York City medical
examiner's office said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:50am PST |
Watch roaring storms, destruction in South |
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ChristianPost |
7:50am PST |
Top NFL Draftee Endorses Christian Charity |
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Summary: A top NFL draftee went teary-eyed Tuesday when he told a crowded room that before he catches a single football as a professional athlete, he wanted to endorse the Christian charity that offers life-changing surgeries to the most needy and hopeless in ... |
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Yahoo News |
7:35am PST |
Tornadoes sweep U.S. South, 47 dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tornadoes and
thunderstorms ravaged parts of U.S. South on Tuesday and
Wednesday, killing at least 47 people, injuring more than 150
and causing widespread damage. |
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Cnn.com |
7:28am PST |
Heath Ledger died of prescription overdose |
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Summary: Heath Ledger died as the result of an overdose of prescription medication, the New York City medical examiner's office said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
7:24am PST |
Chad's Deby says "in control" after rebel attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chad's government is in total control
of the country after beating off a rebel offensive, President
Idriss Deby said on Wednesday as France's defence minister flew
in to show his support. |
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Cnn.com |
7:23am PST |
Analysis: Obama could benefit from split |
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Summary: Super Tuesday positioned Sen. John McCain as the clear Republican front-runner, while a split decision in the Democratic race may eventually help Sen. Barack Obama, according to CNN's political analysts.
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Yahoo News |
7:21am PST |
Accidental overdose killed Heath Ledger
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs that included painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medication, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
7:21am PST |
New rules to limit non-EU doctors |
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Summary: Doctors from outside the EU will no longer be able to apply for training posts in the UK under new rules. |
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BBC News |
7:20am PST |
Economists forecast cut in rates |
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Summary: The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee looks set to cut interest rates, analysts say. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PST |
Sex offenders under bridge told to move |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PST |
Tornadoes rip through South, killing 48
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Daybreak revealed a battered landscape across the South on Wednesday, as crews searching communities hit by a violent line of tornadoes fought through downed power lines, crumpled mobile homes and snapped trees to find victims. At least 48 people wer |
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BBC News |
7:17am PST |
Chad president 'in total control' |
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Summary: Chad's president appears in public for the first time since an attempted coup, saying the government is in control. |
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Yahoo News |
7:16am PST |
Militants declare cease-fire in Pakistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A coalition of Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan declared an "indefinite" cease-fire Wednesday in fighting against security forces. The government said it was preparing for peace talks. |
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BBC News |
7:14am PST |
Rape charge after mental unit escape |
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Summary: A man who escaped from a secure mental health unit is charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in south Wales. |
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Yahoo News |
7:12am PST |
Senior Democrat: Iraq strategy failed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq has failed because it hasn't achieved its primary goal of sparking political reconciliation among that country's rival sectarian grou |
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BBC News |
7:06am PST |
Football honours Munich victims |
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Summary: The world of football honours the victims of the Munich air disaster on Wednesday, 50 years after it killed 23 people. |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PST |
Obama, Clinton line up new battles after Super Tuesday
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The marathon White House race Wednesday headed to new battlegrounds, with Hillary Clinton's Democratic duel with Barack Obama wide open, and Republican John McCain still seeking a knockout blow. |
