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ChristianToday |
3:08am PST |
Bishop of Oxford A response to the Archbishop of Canterburys Sharia comments |
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Summary: The Archbishops comments are part of his longer term project to make sure religion is kept in the public square says the Bishop of Oxford the Rt Rev John Pritchard |
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Cnn.com |
3:04am PST |
Berkeley moderates anti-Marine position |
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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 |
2:53am PST |
Sub-prime dominates repossessions |
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Summary: Sub-prime lenders bring more than half of UK repossession orders despite controlling 6% of home loans, the BBC finds. |
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Yahoo News |
2:52am PST |
Georgia opposition leader dies suddenly in Britain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Wealthy Georgian businessman
Badri Patarkatsishvili, accused of a coup plot against the
country's president, has died suddenly in Britain, his aides
said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:48am PST |
Hollywood writers vote to end strike |
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Yahoo News |
2:44am PST |
Defeat a "real possibility" in Afghanistan: Ashdown
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO is in disarray and the West faces
defeat in Afghanistan unless it overhauls its
counter-insurgency and reconstruction strategy, Britain's Paddy
Ashdown wrote in an article published on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
2:38am PST |
Newlove killer 'considers appeal' |
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Summary: A member of the gang who kicked Garry Newlove to death may appeal against his conviction, his solicitor says. |
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ChristianToday |
2:38am PST |
Zollitsch succeeds Lehmann as Germanys top Catholic |
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BBC News |
2:32am PST |
Submarine yard 'to cut 600 jobs' |
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Summary: Devonport Dockyard, which upgrades the Royal Navy's submarines, is shedding 600 jobs, the BBC learns. |
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BBC News |
2:26am PST |
Kenya government anger with Annan |
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Summary: The head of the Kenyan government team at crisis talks expresses anger with chief mediator Kofi Annan. |
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BBC News |
2:20am PST |
Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted |
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Summary: Danish newspapers reprint a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad which caused outrage in the Muslim world. |
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BBC News |
2:19am PST |
UK unemployment falls by 61,000 |
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Summary: Unemployment in the UK fell by 61,000 in the three months to the end of December, government figures show. |
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Yahoo News |
2:17am PST |
Georgian opposition leader's death 'suspicious': British police
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British police are treating the death of Georgian opposition leader Badri Patarkatsishvili as suspicious, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
2:14am PST |
Obama front-runner; McCain fattens lead |
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Summary: Barack Obama becomes Democratic front-runner, defeating Hillary Clinton by large marginsFor the first time, Obama leads Clinton in CNN's delegate count; he's now won eight contests in a rowJohn McCain beats Mike Huckabee in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. GOP |
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Yahoo News |
2:13am PST |
Obama on a roll after three big wins
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's three
decisive wins over rival Hillary Clinton propelled him on
Wednesday into the next round of presidential contests on a
wave of momentum and sent her scrambling to find an answer. |
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BBC News |
2:13am PST |
Georgia tycoon death 'suspicious' |
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Summary: UK police say they treat as "suspicious" the death of Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10am PST |
Detroit had top foreclosure rate in '07
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the |
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Cnn.com |
2:09am PST |
Danish papers reprint Mohammed cartoon |
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Summary: Newspapers in Denmark Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed which sparked worldwide protests two years ago.
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Yahoo News |
2:05am PST |
Obama wins 3 primaries, leads delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama, already claiming a "new American majority," is focusing more and more on the likely Republican candidate in the November presidential election as he continues to rack up big victories over Hillary Rodham Clinton in their race for the De |
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ChristianToday |
1:59am PST |
Burma roadmap to democracy will rubberstamp regime authority CSW |
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Summary: Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW has called the roadmap to democracy announced by the Burmese military regime on Saturday a sham which will serve only to rubberstamp the authority of this brutal regime |
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Cnn.com |
1:42am PST |
Numero Uno: Beagle wins at Westminster |
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Yahoo News |
1:35am PST |
Hail, Snoopy! Beagle wins Westminster
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Start dancin', Snoopy. You're out of the Westminster doghouse. At long last, a beagle is America's top dog. Baying and barking to his heart's delight, Uno lived up every bit to his name Tuesday night, becoming the first of his breed to win best in sh |
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Cnn.com |
1:34am PST |
Hezbollah TV: Blast kills top commander |
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Summary: One of the top military commanders of Hezbollah, Imad Mughniyeh, has died in an explosion in Syria, Hezbollah TV said Wednesday.
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ChristianToday |
1:34am PST |
Christian councillor hinges mayoral bid on megamosque opposition |
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Summary: One of the leading opponents to plans for a giant mosque to be built next to the site of the 2012 Olympics has launched his campaign for Mayor and the London Assembly If approved the socalled megamosque will be Europes largest |
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Yahoo News |
1:32am PST |
Iraqi group says deal made to free CBS journalists
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A deal has been struck with the
kidnappers of two journalists working for CBS News who were
reported missing in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a
spokesman for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29am PST |
Okinawa governor seeks changes to U.S. forces deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Okinawa's governor called on Wednesday
for changes in an agreement on the status of U.S. troops in
Japan as diplomats flew to the island to try to soothe anger
over the suspected rape of a schoolgirl by a U.S. Marine. |
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BBC News |
1:28am PST |
Post-mortem on stabbed boy |
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Summary: A post-mortem examination is carried out on a teenage boy who was stabbed to death in Hull. |
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BBC News |
1:28am PST |
B&B hit by sub-prime losses |
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Summary: Bradford & Bingley reports a sharp fall in profits after cutting the value of some housing market linked assets. |
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Yahoo News |
1:26am PST |
Groups try school to stem foreclosures in U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - For hundreds of thousands of Americans
facing spiraling mortgage costs, the last hope of keeping their
home may lie in a classroom in a back office of a local
nonprofit group. |
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BBC News |
1:26am PST |
Mills 'to quit UK after divorce' |
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Summary: Heather Mills' father says he expects her to leave the UK after her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney. |
