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BBC News |
1:38am PST |
Police recapture escaped killer |
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Summary: A convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards during a hospital appointment is recaptured. |
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BBC News |
1:37am PST |
Earthquake rocks tsunami zone |
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Summary: A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes near Indonesia's western province of Aceh. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35am PST |
Pakistan president refuses to step down
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents — some of whom want to drive him from power. |
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BBC News |
1:30am PST |
Immigrants 'to face higher fees' |
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Summary: Migrants could be charged higher visas fees to fund public services in a reported shake-up of citizenship. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29am PST |
Presidential race moves to Ohio, Texas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With big wins in hand, Democrat
Barack Obama pointed on Wednesday toward critical showdowns
with rival Hillary Clinton next month that could prove decisive
in their heavyweight presidential battle. |
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BBC News |
1:23am PST |
Gun found in Rhys murder probe |
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Summary: Detectives investigating the murder of Rhys Jones believe they have found the gun used to kill the 11-year-old. |
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Cnn.com |
1:19am PST |
Hawaii goes for Obama; McCain widens lead |
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Summary: • CNN projects Barack Obama will win Democratic caucuses in Hawaii, where he was born • Obama also projected to win Wisconsin primary • GOP front-runner Sen. John McCain wins Wisconsin and Washington state, CNN projects • Mike H |
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Cnn.com |
1:19am PST |
Ten in a row for Obama; McCain widens lead |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama won his ninth and 10th straight contests in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, while Sen. John McCain widened his lead in the GOP contest. Obama topped Sen. Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii. McCain won in Wiscons |
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BBC News |
1:17am PST |
Winehouse to sing at Brit Awards |
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Summary: Amy Winehouse is to stage her first public performance since entering rehab at the Brit Awards. |
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BBC News |
1:15am PST |
Obama extends lead over Clinton |
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Summary: Barack Obama is set to win Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Hawaii, pulling away from Hillary Clinton. |
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Yahoo News |
1:15am PST |
Al-Sadr threatens to lift cease-fire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened to lift by the end of the week a six-month cease-fire widely credited with helping reduce violence in Iraq, officials said Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:12am PST |
Obama wins Democratic caucus in Hawaii: media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - White House hopeful Barack Obama won the Democratic caucuses in Hawaii, inflicting a further defeat on rival Hillary Clinton, US media reported early Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
12:56am PST |
Christians hope Pakistan election result is start of better future |
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Summary: Christians are hoping that the outcome of Pakistans elections will mean a better future for the countrys struggling Christian minority |
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BBC News |
12:56am PST |
Edna's sidekick Emily Perry dies |
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Summary: Actress Emily Perry, who played Dame Edna Everage's companion Madge Allsopp, has died aged 100. |
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Yahoo News |
12:55am PST |
Obama wins Wis. primary, Hawaii caucuses
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. |
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BBC News |
12:53am PST |
Tories demand suspects statement |
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Summary: The Tories demand a statement on how DNA details of serious foreign offenders were ignored for a year. |
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Cnn.com |
12:50am PST |
Major quake rattles western Indonesia |
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Summary: A major earthquake shook western Indonesia Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site. The preliminary magnitude was listed at 7.6.
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Yahoo News |
12:49am PST |
Strong 7.5-magnitude quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A strong 7.5-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, sparking a local tsunami alert and triggering panic, US meteorologists and residents said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46am PST |
Atlantis astronauts prepare for landing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35am PST |
Magnitude 7.6 quake hits Indonesia: USGS
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A major earthquake of 7.6 magnitude
struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday and a
local tsunami watch was in effect, the U.S. Geological Survey
said. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
Darfur bombing is 'unacceptable' |
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Summary: The bombing of a refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur province is unacceptable, says the UN chief. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
'Bed-blocking' worsening say AMs |
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Summary: More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds. |
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BBC News |
12:30am PST |
Spears is barred from seeing sons |
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Summary: A court denies singer Britney Spears' latest bid to regain the right to visit her two children. |
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BBC News |
12:28am PST |
Gambler sues bookies for £2m |
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Summary: A gambling addict suing a bookmaker for allowing him to bet has his case heard in the High Court. |
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Yahoo News |
12:28am PST |
US may attempt to down spy satellite
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Navy heat-seeking missile is getting its first real-world use in an attempt to demolish a crippled U.S. spy satellite before the orbiting craft falls back to Earth. |
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ChristianToday |
12:26am PST |
Obama and McCain score big wins in Wisconsin |
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Summary: Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin on Tuesday extending his US presidential winning streak and putting pressure on Clinton to win next month in Ohio and Texas to salvage her campaign |
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ChristianToday |
12:25am PST |
Pakistans election winners ponder coalition |
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Summary: The party of assassinated former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto began stitching together a coalition on Wednesday that could spell the end for President Pervez Musharraf after winning the most seats in a general election |
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ChristianToday |
12:23am PST |
Myanmar seen barring Suu Kyi from 2010 polls |
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Summary: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be allowed to take part in elections proposed by the countrys military leaders in 2010 because she had been married to a foreigner the Straits Times reported on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
12:23am PST |
Border violence mars Kosovos new start |
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Summary: UN police pulled out of a Kosovan border post that was destroyed on Tuesday by Serbs who vow never to submit to the authority of Kosovos Albanian government and its Western backers |
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ChristianToday |
12:20am PST |
Armenias Sarksyan wins presidential vote |
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Summary: Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan won a presidential election results showed on Wednesday but opposition parties prepared protests in the capital after complaining that the contest was rigged |
