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BBC News |
7:26am PST |
Jolie makes surprise Iraq visit |
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Summary: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie arrives in Iraq on a surprise visit as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. |
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BBC News |
7:25am PST |
Roof demo verdict 'beyond belief' |
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Summary: A council reacts angrily to a rooftop protester being cleared of causing £30,000 damage at its offices. |
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BBC News |
7:14am PST |
Wright 'lived in red light area' |
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Summary: A woman vanished from a red light area days after a man accused of her murder began picking up prostitutes, jurors hear. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PST |
McNamee, Clemens both visit Congress
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee brought their vastly different stories to Capitol Hill on Thursday, when the star pitcher was meeting one-on-one informally with congressmen and his former personal trainer arrived for a sworn deposition with House law |
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Yahoo News |
7:05am PST |
'Flocke' polar cub toys to hit market
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Berlin's celebrity polar bear Knut has to move over again — not only has his Nuremburg counterpart Flocke stolen photographers' attention, but puzzles, games and a soft toy in the image of the fluffy 2-month-old cub are ready for release. |
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Cnn.com |
6:57am PST |
ICE Halloween party photos released |
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Summary: The federal government has released to CNN more than 100 photographs of a Halloween party that temporarily threatened to derail the nomination of a top Department of Homeland Security official.
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BBC News |
6:56am PST |
Alexander cleared over donations |
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Summary: Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander is cleared of wrongdoing over donations to her leadership campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
6:50am PST |
Jolie: Internally displaced Iraqis need more help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hollywood star and humanitarian
activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more
international help for the millions of Iraqis displaced
internally and abroad, U.N. officials said. |
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BBC News |
6:47am PST |
Karzai denies tensions with West |
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Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai plays down differences with the West, during a visit by top US and UK diplomats. |
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BBC News |
6:46am PST |
Diana agent 'worked for Al Fayed' |
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Summary: An investigator who said he was acting for police after Princess Diana's fatal crash was working for Mohamed Al Fayed, an inquest into her death hears. |
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Yahoo News |
6:32am PST |
Jobless claims show labor market strain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of newly laid off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, but not enough to indicate that strains on the labor market are easing. |
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ChristianPost |
6:31am PST |
Christian Orthodoxy |
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Summary: What is the Christian faith all about? Two stories, 18 centuries apart, provide a ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:26am PST |
NATO struggles for unity amid Afghan troop concerns
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO struggled to maintain unity
over the war in Afghanistan on Thursday after the United States
raised concerns that some members were not willing to let their
troops "fight and die" to achieve victory. |
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BBC News |
6:23am PST |
BBC presenter denies rape claim |
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Summary: Radio presenter Nigel Wrench tells a court he would never have hurt a man he is accused of raping. |
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Cnn.com |
6:15am PST |
Author hunts world's happiest places |
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Summary: It may take a lot of frequent-flier miles, a penchant for cold places, a tolerance of taxes and regular doses of chocolate, but happiness could be within reach. However, it's not where most people might expect.
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Cnn.com |
6:15am PST |
'Grump' travels the planet to find bliss |
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Summary: It may take a lot of frequent-flier miles, a penchant for cold places, a tolerance of taxes and regular doses of chocolate, but happiness could be within reach. However, it's not where most people might expect.
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Cnn.com |
6:14am PST |
SWAT officer killed in standoff |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:12am PST |
If you get hit by a bus tomorrow ... |
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Summary: Mark Balduzzi isn't old. He isn't sick. He isn't paranoid, either. But he's seen enough shootings, car accidents, and 52-car pile ups to know his life could end at any moment.
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BBC News |
6:09am PST |
'Time running out' for Oscar deal |
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Summary: Oscars bosses say they are "running out of time" in the race to stop the event being hit by the writers' strike. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07am PST |
Jobless claims decline
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of newly laid off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week, but not enough to indicate that strains on the labor market are easing. |
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BBC News |
5:59am PST |
E.On to lift UK gas prices by 15% |
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Summary: E.On becomes the latest of the big energy firms to increase prices of gas and electricity. |
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Yahoo News |
5:57am PST |
Rice: Tough effort a must in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has seen progress in Afghanistan during the past few years, despite a determined Taliban insurgency that has disrupted security and prompted concerns that the NATO-led military campaign is failing |
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Yahoo News |
5:53am PST |
Election monitors' boycott overshadows Kremlin race
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Thursday pledged to battle against corruption if he takes over the Kremlin, but his campaign was overshadowed by European monitors deciding to boycott next month's poll. |
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BBC News |
5:51am PST |
Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable' |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of Sharia law is "unavoidable" in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
5:46am PST |
2 suspects arrested in Bhutto killing
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Summary: AP - Police arrested two more suspects Thursday in the suicide attack that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said, as a team from Scotland Yard returned to Pakistan to report the conclusions of their probe into the assassination. |
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Yahoo News |
5:46am PST |
Police: Officer killed in LA standoff
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man barricaded himself in a house after telling police he had killed three relatives, then exchanged gunfire with a SWAT team, police said Thursday. One officer was killed and another wounded. |
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Cnn.com |
5:30am PST |
SWAT officer killed during standoff |
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BBC News |
5:28am PST |
Murder accused 'deceived partner' |
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Summary: A man accused of murdering five women deceived his partner by paying for sex, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
5:25am PST |
Woman recalls model's body find |
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Summary: A court hears the moment the body of murdered teenage model Sally Anne Bowman was found. |
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BBC News |
5:23am PST |
Pregnant wife sees husband killed |
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Summary: A man was murdered in his bed in west Belfast in front of his pregnant wife, who later gave birth. |
