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BBC News |
11:56pm PST |
Counsellor plan for Welsh pupils |
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Summary: Counselling in schools is included in an action plan to reduce suicide levels in Wales says the health minister. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49pm PST |
Analysis: Obama chips away at Clinton's base |
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Summary: If Ohio and Texas weren't already must-win states for Sen. Hillary Clinton, they certainly are now. Sen. Barack Obama continued his winning streak since Super Tuesday two weeks ago. Sen. John McCain widened his lead over Mike Huckabee in the GOP contest.
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BBC News |
11:21pm PST |
Current PM 'wins' Armenian poll |
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Summary: Near complete results show that PM Serge Sarkisian wins Armenia's presidential poll, but his main rival cries foul. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PST |
Obama wins Wisconsin primary |
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Summary: Barack Obama wins the latest Democratic vote, and builds on his lead over Hillary Clinton. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01pm PST |
Pakistan's Musharraf rejects opposition calls to quit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected calls to resign as opposition parties on Wednesday mulled a coalition government that could force the key US ally from power. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PST |
Abbas aide says declaring independence a possibility
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A top aide to Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday the Palestinians
should consider declaring an independent state unilaterally if
peace talks with Israel continue to falter. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PST |
Football: Milan 'ultimate test' |
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Summary: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Wednesday's Champions League tie against holders AC Milan will be the "ultimate test" for his young team. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PST |
Maternity unit 'is set to close' |
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Summary: The Maternity Unit at the Lagan Valley Hospital in Lisburn will close within a year to 18 months, it is reported. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PST |
Football: Grant wary of Greeks |
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Summary: Boss Avram Grant admits Chelsea face a tough task to overcome Olympiakos in the Champions League last 16 after a 0-0 draw in the first leg in Greece. |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PST |
Space shuttle heads home ahead of satellite shot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home
on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before
the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of
the sky. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PST |
Castro exit sets stage for stable Cuba succession
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped
down on Tuesday after almost half a century at Cuba's helm,
setting the stage for an orderly transfer of power to his
brother Raul. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PST |
Castro departure leaves Cuba in suspense
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Tuesday he would give up power for good, but the island was left in suspense over who will take the helm amid hopes his successor will break with the authoritarian past. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PST |
McCain hauls in nearly $12M in January
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican Sen. John McCain raised nearly $12 million in January, propelled by victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina that solidified his place as the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PST |
Nato chief calm on Afghan visit |
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Summary: Nato head Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plays down tensions in the alliance as he arrives in Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PST |
U.S. cancer death rate down but 565,650 seen in 2008
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. death rate from cancer has
continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it
will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the
American Cancer Society said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PST |
North Korea denies uranium program: U.S. envoy says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea has again denied running a
clandestine program to enrich uranium for weapons, long
suspected by the United States, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said
on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:54pm PST |
Officials: Delta-Northwest deal at risk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An impasse among pilot negotiators over blending seniority lists put a $20 billion deal to combine Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. in "serious jeopardy" as the boards of the two companies prepared to meet Wednesday, two people close |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PST |
Murder inquiry after youth killed |
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Summary: A police inquiry begins after a 16-year-old boy becomes the fifth teenager to be murdered in London this year. |
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DJ Chuang |
9:27pm PST |
This is my first blog? |
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Summary: This is my first blog entry using jott.com. I am here in Hot Spring(?) on other side at the Saddleback […]. I am getting ready for bed now and tomorrow morning, I will be making a presentation to Vietnamese Pastors […] Foundation Blog [Unclear |
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Yahoo News |
9:19pm PST |
McCain January haul nearly $12 million
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican Sen. John McCain raised nearly $12 million in January, propelled by victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina that solidified his place as the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
9:09pm PST |
US cancer deaths rose by 5,400 in 2005
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56pm PST |
Pakistan's election winners ponder coalition
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The party of Pakistan's assassinated
former prime minister Benazir Bhutto contemplated a coalition
on Wednesday that could spell the end for President Pervez
Musharraf after it won most seats in a general election. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PST |
Obama wins Wisconsin primary |
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Summary: Barack Obama and John McCain are projected to win in Wisconsin, the latest phase of the White House race. |
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Yahoo News |
8:48pm PST |
Owen Wilson is heading back to work
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Owen Wilson is going back to work for the first time since his reported suicide attempt last summer. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PST |
Curfew for US troops in Okinawa |
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Summary: The US military imposes a curfew on its troops in Okinawa, amid outrage over a recent alleged rape. |
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BBC News |
8:07pm PST |
Musharraf rules out resignation |
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Summary: Pakistan's President Musharraf says he has no plans to resign, as the opposition seeks an alliance against him. |
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Yahoo News |
8:01pm PST |
Obama wins Wis. for 9th straight triumph
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. |
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BBC News |
8:01pm PST |
Infant feeding 'may affect brain' |
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Summary: Nutrition in the first weeks of life could have a profound impact on the way the brain develops, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PST |
Hoosiers win, wait for word on Sampson
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eric Gordon scored 22 points and No. 15 Indiana beat No. 14 Purdue 77-68 on Tuesday night in the Hoosiers' last game before the completion of the school's investigation into accusations that coach Kelvin Sampson committed major rules violations. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PST |
Obama and McCain score easy wins in Wisconsin
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama easily beat
rival Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday, extending his
U.S. presidential winning streak and putting pressure on
Clinton to win next month in Ohio and Texas to salvage her
campaign. |
