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5:12am PST |
Lockerbie case interference claim |
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Summary: The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing claims the UK Government is trying to interfere with his appeal. |
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BBC News |
5:04am PST |
'Fullstop-size cure' for cataract |
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Summary: New technology has significantly reduced the length of the incision needed to remove eye cataracts. |
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Yahoo News |
5:03am PST |
Atlantis streaks back to Earth
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Summary: AP - Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew streaked toward Earth on Wednesday to wrap up a 5 million-mile journey highlighted by the successful delivery of a new space station lab. |
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BBC News |
4:57am PST |
Soldier denies girls kidnap plan |
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Summary: Staff at an internet cafe caught a soldier discussing on chatrooms the kidnapping of young girls, a trial hears. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PST |
Armenia PM wins presidency poll |
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Summary: Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian wins Armenia's presidential poll, officials say, but his main rival cries foul. |
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Cnn.com |
4:52am PST |
MI6 denies assassination of Princess Diana |
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BBC News |
4:50am PST |
DNA disc failings 'catastrophic' |
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Summary: David Cameron attacks Gordon Brown over the failure to check 4,000 DNA samples for more than a year. |
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4:50am PST |
DNA errors catastrophic - Tories |
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Summary: The failure to carry out DNA checks on 4,000 criminals for more than a year was "catastrophic", David Cameron says. |
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BBC News |
4:50am PST |
Edna's 'bridesmaid' dies at 100 |
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Summary: Actress Emily Perry, who played Dame Edna Everage's companion Madge Allsop, has died aged 100. |
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4:45am PST |
Suffolk jury retires for verdict |
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Summary: The jury in the trial of Steve Wright, who is accused of murdering five women in 2006, retires to consider its verdict. |
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4:45am PST |
Ex-MI6 boss denies killing Diana |
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Summary: MI6's former chief denies that the service murdered Princess Diana at the inquest into her death. |
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Cnn.com |
4:41am PST |
Obama, McCain extend winning streaks |
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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 |
4:41am PST |
British citizenship tests planned |
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Summary: Immigrants who want to become British citizens will need to pass tests to "prove their worth", under new plans. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PST |
China extends ban on foreign cartoons
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Summary: AP - SpongeBob SquarePants, Mickey Mouse and Pokemon are officially persona non grata on Chinese prime time. |
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BBC News |
4:34am PST |
Atlantis shuttle to make re-entry |
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Summary: The Atlantis orbiter is set to return to Earth after installing Europe's Columbus science lab on the space station. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PST |
Football: Grant gets death threats |
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Summary: Anti-Semitic death threats have been sent to the Chelsea manager Avram Grant, the police say. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PST |
Chelsea boss gets death threats |
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Summary: Anti-Semitic death threats have been sent to the Chelsea manager Avram Grant, the police say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:32am PST |
Abbas cool to unilateral Palestinian independence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas ruled out on Wednesday any unilateral declaration of
statehood in the near future, responding to an aide's call to
take the step if peace talks with Israel continued to falter. |
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BBC News |
4:31am PST |
Jordan's nanny fraud case dropped |
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Summary: A former stable hand of the glamour model Jordan has benefit fraud charges against her dropped. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PST |
Renewed threat of Kenyan protests |
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Summary: Kenya's opposition warns it will relaunch mass protests if the political crisis is not resolved within a week. |
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BBC News |
4:19am PST |
Police search for missing girl |
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Summary: Police search for a nine-year-old girl after she failed to return home from school in West Yorkshire. |
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BBC News |
4:18am PST |
Yellow fever crisis hits Paraguay |
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Summary: Thousands of Paraguayans queue for vaccines against yellow fever, after a rare outbreak of the disease. |
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Yahoo News |
4:18am PST |
Obama hammers Clinton again to stretch unbeaten streak
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama pummeled Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii, results showed early Wednesday, making it 10 wins in a row against his bitter rival in the Democratic White House race. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14am PST |
Al-Sadr threatens to end cease-fire
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Summary: AP - Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence. |
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Yahoo News |
4:13am PST |
Shaq expected to make Phoenix debut
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Summary: AP - From Jason Kidd's return to Dallas to Kevin Garnett's return to the lineup, it was an eventful day in the NBA. And it was only a warm-up for Wednesday. Shaquille O'Neal is expected to make his Phoenix debut, against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers no less |
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ChristianToday |
4:12am PST |
French Catholics seek legal status for embryos |
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Summary: Frances Roman Catholic Church has called for embryos to be given a clear legal status following a court decision that let parents of miscarried foetuses enter them with a name in the official civil registry |
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Yahoo News |
4:04am PST |
Obama surges past Clinton in Democratic race
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama has surged past Hillary
Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic
presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released
on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:01am PST |
Faulty satellite may be shot down today |
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Summary: The U.S. Navy plans to take a shot Wednesday at destroying a faltering spy satellite before it can tumble to earth and -- possibly -- release a cloud of toxic gas.
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ChristianToday |
4:00am PST |
House church leader frustrated with relentless persecution |
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Summary: An open letter from the president of the Chinese House Church Alliance has revealed the relentless persecution he and his family have endured under the hands of the Chinese Government |
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PST |
Quake in Indonesia kills 3, injures 25
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Summary: AP - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected. |
