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BBC News |
1:24am PST |
Malaysia to hold early elections |
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Summary: Malaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament, paving the way for an early general election. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PST |
Hezbollah's Moughniyah killed in Syria blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hezbollah military commander Imad
Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday, the
Lebanese group said, announcing the death of the man believed
to be behind Western hostage taking in Lebanon in the 1980s. |
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BBC News |
1:21am PST |
Syria 'bomb kills militant chief' |
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Summary: Lebanese group Hezbollah says senior commander Imad Mughniyeh died in a bombing in Damascus. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PST |
Sick astronaut 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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ChristianToday |
1:06am PST |
Bank of England to cut growth forecasts |
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Summary: The Bank of Englands quarterly forecasts on Wednesday are likely to signal a deterioration in both growth and inflation prospects suggesting future interest rate cuts will be gradual |
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Yahoo News |
1:06am PST |
Woman, 89, uses ax to get back home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Accidentally locked out of her home and stuck in the bitter cold, Geraldine "Gerry" Palmer took matters into her own hands. |
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ChristianToday |
1:05am PST |
Northern Rock bidders told to improve offers |
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Summary: Two suitors competing to rescue bank Northern Rock have been told to improve their offers to beat the alternative of nationalisation sources familiar with the matter said |
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ChristianToday |
1:05am PST |
WFP and Vodafone to work on emergency communication |
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Summary: The United Nations World Food Programme WFP has joined forces with Vodafone to work on a standard telecommunications system for aid agencies around the world to improve logistics and response times to disasters |
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ChristianToday |
1:04am PST |
Climate change may kill thousands in UK by 2017 |
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Summary: There is a 25 percent chance that a severe heat wave will strike England and kill more than 6000 people before 2017 if no action is taken to deal with the health effects of climate change a report said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
1:02am PST |
Psychologist warns of educational television myth |
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Summary: Hes been characterised as the ultimate killjoy the extremist fringe thinker who refuses to recognise the realities of modern life |
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ChristianToday |
1:01am PST |
Charity offers workers a day off for the planet |
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Summary: It has always been known for its loving care of some of the greatest estates and now its not just gardens that the National Trust wants to keep green |
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ChristianToday |
1:00am PST |
Teen alarm should buzz off |
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Summary: A highpitched sonic device hailed as the perfect weapon to disperse unruly teenagers should be banned because it demonises young people the childrens watchdog said on Tuesday |
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ChristianToday |
12:59am PST |
Council pays psychic to evict ghost |
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Summary: A local council in County Durham has paid a psychic to exorcise a ghost from one of its properties after the spooked occupants threatened to leave and make themselves homeless |
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Yahoo News |
12:59am PST |
Strike's end starts TV production frenzy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lights, camera, action — but first, here come the writers. Members of the Writers Guild of America were planning a return to work Wednesday after voting to end their strike on its 100th day, thus allowing Hollywood to jump-start stalled production of |
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ChristianToday |
12:58am PST |
Shock horror for wouldbe power cable thief |
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Summary: Police in central England are hunting for a badly scorched wouldbe copper power cable thief after finding a hacksaw embedded in an 11000 volt power cable on Saturday night |
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BBC News |
12:48am PST |
Boy drowns while playing in pond |
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Summary: A 15-year-old boy drowns in a pond in St Helens while playing with friends on a raft late at night. |
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BBC News |
12:46am PST |
Pupils promised 'quality culture' |
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Summary: Pupils in England are being promised at least five hours of "high-quality cultural activities" a week. |
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Yahoo News |
12:38am PST |
Sadrists say CBS journalists to be freed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
12:35am PST |
Obama on a roll after three big US wins |
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Summary: Democrat Barack Obamas 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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ChristianToday |
12:35am PST |
Kenyas churches driving peaceful resolution to crisis |
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Summary: Church leaders are working alongside the Kofi Annan peace talks to play a leading mediation role at the centre of the current crisis in Kenya according to Christian relief agency Tearfund |
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ChristianToday |
12:33am PST |
Australia apologises to Aborigines |
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Summary: Australia apologised on Wednesday for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines heralding a new era in race relations and moving indigenous people to tears as huge crowds cheered across the nation |
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ChristianToday |
12:32am PST |
East Timor seeking arrests over assassination attempts |
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Summary: East Timors prosecutorgeneral said on Wednesday he would issue arrest warrants for 18 people believed to be involved in assassination attempts on the Southeast Asian nations president and prime minister |
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ChristianToday |
12:31am PST |
Malaysia PM calls for early general elections |
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Summary: Malaysias premier called on Wednesday for fresh elections he is certain to win and kicked off a campaign likely to be dominated by racial issues as religious tension rises in the southeast Asian nation |
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ChristianToday |
12:30am PST |
Iraqi row over key laws deepens |
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Summary: Scores of Iraqi lawmakers stormed out of parliament on Tuesday after blocking a vote on the 2008 budget and other key bills prompting calls for the legislature to be disbanded |
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BBC News |
12:30am PST |
Danish Prophet cartoon reprinted |
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Summary: A Danish newspaper reprints a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad that outraged the Muslim world. |
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ChristianToday |
12:29am PST |
Conservative rabbis dismayed over Catholic prayer |
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Summary: An assembly representing Conservative rabbis worldwide expressed dismay on Tuesday over a revised Roman Catholic prayer calling for the conversion of Jews and voted to ask the Vatican to clarify the texts meaning |
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ChristianToday |
12:28am PST |
Tasteless Jesus cosmetics pulled from Singapore Topshops |
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Summary: Jesusbranded cosmetics have been pulled from the shelves of Topshop stores in Singapore following some complaints from Catholics |
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ChristianToday |
12:27am PST |
Australias biggest terrorism trial starts |
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Summary: Australias biggest terrorism trial started on Wednesday with 12 Muslim men appearing in court charged with being members of an unnamed terrorist organisation planning violent jihad in Australia |
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ChristianToday |
12:26am PST |
Darfuris return to charred homes after attack |
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Summary: The stench of burning hung in the air of Sirba a town in West Darfur as its inhabitants returned home to find their belongings in a charred pile their animals dead and their food gone |
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ChristianToday |
12:25am PST |
Kidnapped German aid worker freed in Somalia |
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Summary: A German aid worker kidnapped in northwestern Somalia has been freed his employer said on Wednesday |
