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BBC News |
5:28am PST |
Second ISS spacewalk set to begin |
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Summary: US and European astronauts are preparing for their second spacewalk of the current shuttle mission. |
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Yahoo News |
5:27am PST |
Georgian tycoon's London death 'suspicious': British police
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British police on Wednesday investigated the death of a billionaire Georgian opposition leader accused of fomenting a coup in the ex-Soviet state which they said was "suspicious". |
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ChristianPost |
5:20am PST |
Obama, McCain Seize Wins in Potomac Primaries |
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Summary: Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) swept the Potomac primaries Tuesday, claiming victories in all three ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:16am PST |
Sick astronaut prepares to spacewalk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - German astronaut Hans Schlegel geared up for his first spacewalk on Wednesday, two days after an illness forced the shuttle Atlantis crew member to skip an outing to install the international space station's new European lab. |
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Cnn.com |
5:08am PST |
Berkeley: Marines can stay; we still hate war |
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Summary: The Berkeley City Council voted early Wednesday to rescind a previous vote that said Marine recruiters are "not welcome in this city," but held tight to its anti-war stance.
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BBC News |
4:58am PST |
Raids target drugs network |
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Summary: Police arrest 22 people during raids targeting a £100m drug trafficking and money laundering gang. |
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PST |
Israel seeks international backing for Gaza campaign
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel drove nearly 70 foreign
ambassadors to its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as
part of a campaign seeking international support for tougher |
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BBC News |
4:55am PST |
Fall destroys rare Stradivarius |
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Summary: Virtuoso musician David Garrett breaks his Stradivarius violin after falling backstage at the Barbican. |
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BBC News |
4:51am PST |
Body found in missing woman hunt |
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Summary: Police searching for a woman last seen four days ago say they have found a body. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PST |
Man 'did not want to be Huntley' |
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Summary: A man held over five women's murders told police "he did not want to be seen as another Ian Huntley", jurors hear. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PST |
Hezbollah: Top militant killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Imad Mughniyeh, the militant accused of attacks that left hundreds of Americans and Israelis dead, including a U.S. Navy diver during the infamous 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner, has been killed, Hezbollah said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
4:25am PST |
Bank hints at limited rate cuts |
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Summary: The Bank of England signals it sees limited room for more rate cuts as it predicts slower growth and rising inflation. |
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Yahoo News |
4:21am PST |
Astronaut feels well enough to spacewalk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - German astronaut Hans Schlegel said he's feeling great and well enough to make a spacewalk Wednesday, after sitting out the mission's first outing because of illness. |
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BBC News |
4:14am PST |
Agencies 'failed' murdered baby |
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Summary: An inquiry into the murder of a baby by her father concludes agencies failed to identify her as being at risk. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PST |
Missing woman 'with man in pub' |
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Summary: Police searching for a woman last seen in a pub on Saturday say concern is growing for her safety. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PST |
Raids target £100m drugs network |
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Summary: Police arrest 22 people after raids targeting a £100m drug trafficking and money laundering gang. |
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Yahoo News |
3:53am PST |
Hezbollah's most wanted commander killed in Syria bomb
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hezbollah leader Imad Moughniyah, on the
United States' most wanted list for attacks on Israeli and
Western targets, was killed by a bomb in Damascus, the Lebanese
group said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
3:51am PST |
Knife hold-up in Italian nursery |
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Summary: A man armed with a knife barricades himself into a children's day-care centre in Italy, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:48am PST |
Darfur rebels praise Spielberg for Olympic pull-out
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Darfur's splintered rebel groups on
Wednesday united in praising film director Steven Spielberg for
quitting as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics, with one
calling for athletes to follow his lead. |
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ChristianToday |
3:48am PST |
Rock Schools Lil Chris visits World Vision education projects in India |
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Summary: Leaving behind the comforts of home young musician and contender on Rock School Lil Chris took time out last month to witness firsthand the vital education work that World Visions School Aid is doing in India |
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BBC News |
3:47am PST |
Spielberg in Darfur snub to China |
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Summary: US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser at the Olympics over China's role in Darfur. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PST |
Bomb kills top Hezbollah leader |
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Summary: Lebanese group Hezbollah says senior commander Imad Mughniyeh - a wanted fugitive - has died in a bombing in Syria. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42am PST |
Missing CBS journalists could be "free in hours": U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Negotiators have struck a deal to
release two CBS News journalists missing, believed kidnapped,
in Iraq and they could be free in hours, a leading Shi'ite
militia group and the U.S. military said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:38am PST |
Israel denies role in militant killing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel denied involvement in the assassination of Hezbollah fugitive Imad Mughniyeh in an official statement Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:37am PST |
Iraqi hospital chief linked to al-Qaida
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The acting administrator of a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad has been detained on suspicion that he played a role in supplying patient information to al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
3:33am PST |
Five-seat concept car runs on air |
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Summary: An engineer has promised that within a year he'll start selling a car that runs on compressed air. |
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BBC News |
3:25am PST |
Yahoo investor urges higher bid |
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Summary: Yahoo's second biggest shareholder says Microsoft will have to raise its offer, if it wants to buy the internet firm. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23am PST |
U.S. envoy offers apology over Okinawa rape case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. ambassador flew to Japan's
southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday to apologize for the
suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine, as
concern simmered over damage to security ties between the close
allies. |
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BBC News |
3:21am PST |
Student database to be created |
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Summary: Every 14-year-old in England will have their personal details recorded on a permanent database raising privacy fears. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PST |
Bank faces 'tough balancing act' |
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Summary: The Bank of England says the room for further rate cuts is limited as it predicts slower growth and rising inflation. |
