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BBC News |
2:03am PST |
Baby ward hit by fatal infection |
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Summary: A Greater Manchester hospital closes its neo-natal unit after a baby dies from a fungal infection. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01am PST |
Iran postpones Iraq security talks with U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran has postponed a fourth round of
talks with the United States in Baghdad on improving security
in Iraq, giving no reason for the delay, Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
1:58am PST |
UN holds special Kosovo meeting |
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Summary: The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting on Kosovo, set to declare independence from Serbia. |
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BBC News |
1:51am PST |
Problem gambler database urged |
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Summary: A charity is calling for a UK-wide database which would give better protection to problem gamblers. |
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BBC News |
1:47am PST |
9/11 case pilot can claim damages |
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Summary: A pilot wrongly accused of training the 9/11 hijackers is entitled to claim damages, the Court of Appeal rules. |
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BBC News |
1:42am PST |
Georgian tycoon death 'natural' |
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Summary: British police say initial post-mortem results on a Georgian tycoon show he died from natural causes. |
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BBC News |
1:39am PST |
Judge praises Gibson's progress |
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Summary: Actor Mel Gibson is praised after completing treatment for alcoholism as part of his probation for a drink-driving offence. |
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Cnn.com |
1:36am PST |
China rejects U.S. spy charges as 'groundless' |
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Summary: China's Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed U.S. allegations of Chinese spying as "Cold War thinking" and said the arrests of four Chinese nationals on espionage charges were "groundless".
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DJ Chuang |
1:14am PST |
Tim Keller book tour |
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Summary: Today’s the release date of Pastor Tim Keller’s new book, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Even an author who is reluctant to talk to the press will pretty much have to mention and promote his book, because that is a big par |
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BBC News |
1:07am PST |
Warning on flood risk homes |
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Summary: New homes could be uninsurable and unsaleable without stricter planning controls, insurers say. |
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BBC News |
12:57am PST |
Bullied children 'carry weapons' |
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Summary: Growing numbers of children say they carry knives and bottles as a defence against bullies, a report states. |
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ChristianToday |
12:49am PST |
Supermarket probe report may come out Friday |
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Summary: The Competition Commissions longawaited remedies report on its twoyear investigation to ensure better competition in the countrys 120 billion pound grocery market could be released on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
12:49am PST |
Las Vegas Sands not interested in UK casinos |
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Summary: US gambling giant Las Vegas Sands is not interested in running any casinos in Britain after the government there scaled back its plan to open a supercasino in Manchester a top executive said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
12:48am PST |
Bank signals moderate drop in interest rates |
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Summary: Interest rates wont fall as sharply this year as financial markets have been predicting the Bank of England signalled on Wednesday although at least one more cut in borrowing costs is probably still on the cards
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ChristianToday |
12:45am PST |
Madeleine case seen nearly over |
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Summary: The investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is close to a conclusion Portuguese Justice Minister Alberto Costa said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
12:45am PST |
Georgian tycoon dies suddenly |
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Summary: Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili who feared assassination and faced accusations of plotting a coup in his homeland has died in Britain and British police are treating his death as suspicious |
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ChristianToday |
12:43am PST |
Curry houses facing kitchen staff crunch |
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Summary: An immigration charity has urged ministers to ease curbs on Bangladeshi migrant workers in a bid to avert a potential staff crisis in Britains curry houses |
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Cnn.com |
12:36am PST |
Movie shows Putin as loving husband, dad |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
12:29am PST |
Chinese disgusted over Darfur pressure |
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Summary: Chinese state media accused Western countries on Thursday of abusing the Olympic Games to pressure Beijing saying boycotts by movie director Steven Spielberg and others disgusted the Chinese people |
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BBC News |
12:29am PST |
Uganda to boycott C of E meeting |
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Summary: The Anglican Church in Uganda is to stay away from the Lambeth Conference, a meeting of the world's Anglican bishops. |
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ChristianToday |
12:28am PST |
Court dismisses US kidnapping suit |
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Summary: A federal judge saying the case involved a state secret dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a unit of Boeing that charged the firm helped fly terrorism suspects abroad to secret prisons |
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ChristianToday |
12:28am PST |
Iran sanctions draft to be revised |
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Summary: Key world powers will revise a draft resolution on new sanctions against Iran over its atomic program and call a vote after a UN nuclear report on Iran is issued Britains UN envoy said on Wednesday |
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BBC News |
12:28am PST |
China 'regrets' Spielberg action |
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Summary: China says it regrets Steven Spielberg's decision to resign as an Olympics adviser over the Darfur conflict. |
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ChristianToday |
12:27am PST |
US House defeats stopgap extension of spy program |
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Summary: In a victory for President George W Bush the US House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a Democratic bid to temporarily extend an expiring spy law instead of replacing it with a new measure that also would immunize telephone companies from lawsuits |
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ChristianToday |
12:26am PST |
UN East Timor police called cowards |
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Summary: The brother of East Timor President Jose RamosHorta on Thursday accused United Nations security forces of behaving like bloody cowards and said they hid rather than defended the wounded leader against rebels |
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ChristianToday |
12:25am PST |
Gunmen kill nine Iraqis from same family |
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Summary: Gunmen shot dead nine members of an Iraqi family after storming their house in the village of Awja north of Baghdad on Thursday police said |
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BBC News |
12:25am PST |
Family slain in Saddam's village |
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Summary: Gunmen storm a house in Saddam Hussein's native village in Iraq and shoot dead nine members of his clan. |
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ChristianToday |
12:24am PST |
Malaysian polls anything possible except new govt |
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Summary: Malaysias March 8 election is likely to shape the course of economic and social policy over the next five years even if it doesnt deliver a new government |
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ChristianToday |
12:23am PST |
Silent emergencies stalk Africas hungry children |
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Summary: While world attention is gripped by major crises such as Darfur and Kenya malnutrition threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in silent emergencies elsewhere in Africa the United Nations said |
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ChristianToday |
12:22am PST |
Bolivians fear floodwaters could rush Amazon city |
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Summary: Floodwater topped a highway protecting the Bolivian city of Trinidad on Tuesday threatening to inundate 95000 residents already suffering from severe flooding in the Amazon region |
