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Yahoo News |
3:37am PST |
Palestinians' Abbas cool to unilateral independence call
(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 |
3:35am PST |
Death knell for 125% mortgages? |
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Summary: Lenders are pulling deals for 100%-plus mortgages, leaving first-time buyers with a financial headache. |
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BBC News |
3:35am PST |
Chelsea boss sent 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 |
3:33am PST |
Taxpayers 'to get Rock rubbish' |
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Summary: Peers are set to clash over Northern Rock amid claims its best assets have been "hived off" to a private firm. |
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ChristianToday |
3:27am PST |
Wesley Owen Crown Books collecting unused Bibles for India |
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Summary: Wesley Owen Books and Music and Crown Books have launched a Bibles for India collection |
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Cnn.com |
3:24am PST |
Musharraf says he intends to stay |
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Summary: One day after his party was trounced in parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he intended to remain in office and work with the new government, despite calls by the victorious opposition to step down.
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Cnn.com |
3:20am PST |
Thong by coed's body a 'taunt' for police? |
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Cnn.com |
3:20am PST |
Underwear by body a 'taunt' for police? |
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BBC News |
3:13am PST |
Football: Blatter faces quota veto |
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Summary: Fifa president Sepp Blatter's plan to introduce a quota on foreign players has been struck a blow by the European Commission. |
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ChristianToday |
3:04am PST |
New resource spotlights difference Christians making at grassroots |
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Summary: A new ecumenical resource has been launched by the Diocese of Westminster to help church groups in London and Hertfordshire promote justice peace and the integrity of creation |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PST |
Bush says no new U.S. bases in Africa
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush says the United States is not contemplating building new military bases in Africa. |
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BBC News |
2:57am PST |
Palestinians 'may declare state' |
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Summary: A top official says Palestinians could unilaterally declare statehood, as Kosovo did, if talks with Israel fail. |
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ChristianToday |
2:51am PST |
Opposition demands answers in new data row |
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Summary: Opposition parties homed in on the latest row over government handling of sensitive data on Wednesday demanding to know why the DNA details of 2000 foreign crime suspects went unchecked for more than a year |
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ChristianToday |
2:51am PST |
BBC says over 17 million programmes watched on iPlayer |
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Summary: Over 17 million programmes were watched or downloaded on demand via the BBCs iPlayer catchup service in the first seven weeks since its full launch the corporation said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
2:50am PST |
Wife of former Scottish MP charged with perjury |
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Summary: The wife of former Scottish MP Tommy Sheridan has been charged with perjury over allegations that she lied to jurors during a highprofile libel trial about his sex life police sources said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
2:49am PST |
Police find Rhys Jones murder weapon |
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Summary: Merseyside detectives investigating the death of 11yearold Rhys Jones said on Wednesday they had found a gun they believe was the murder weapon |
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ChristianToday |
2:49am PST |
Alliance Leicester profit drop hits shares |
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Summary: Alliance Leicester warned that higher funding costs will significantly hurt its margins next year as it reported a 30 percent drop in annual profits after a big writedown hitting its shares |
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BBC News |
2:41am PST |
Pressure increases over DNA data |
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Summary: Ministers face pressure after a DNA data disc was ignored for a year - leaving 15 serious crime suspects at large. |
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Yahoo News |
2:41am PST |
Palestinians could declare independence: Abbas aide
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinians should declare
an independent state unilaterally if peace talks with Israel
continue to falter, a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:37am PST |
Ghana's Kufuor greets Bush in former slave castle
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ghanaian President John Kufuor greeted
President George W. Bush on Wednesday in a former slave fort
overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, which millions of Africans
crossed in chains on their way to the Americas. |
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BBC News |
2:22am PST |
Suicide plan 'overdue' - charity |
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Summary: A charity says Wales "lags behind" those nations with strategies and where suicide rates have dropped. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20am PST |
Shi'ite cleric Sadr keeps Iraq guessing over truce
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
will decide within days whether to extend or scrap his Mehdi
Army militia ceasefire, a move that will have big repercussions
for security in Iraq. |
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BBC News |
2:18am PST |
Bank voted 8-1 for cut to 5.25% |
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Summary: The Bank of England voted 8-1 to lower interest rates in February to 5.25%, minutes from the meeting show. |
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BBC News |
2:05am PST |
Contract for private space cargo |
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Summary: Nasa is to invest $170m in Orbital Sciences Corporation to develop a resupply ship for the space station. |
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Yahoo News |
1:55am PST |
Pakistan's winners propose anti-Musharraf coalition
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The party of Pakistan's assassinated
former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto began stitching together a
coalition on Wednesday that could topple President Pervez
Musharraf, after winning most seats in a general election. |
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Yahoo News |
1:55am PST |
Obama wins Wis. primary, Hawaii caucus
(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 |
1:47am PST |
Rare cooperation to save gorillas |
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Summary: Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo are launching a project to improve security for the great apes. |
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ChristianToday |
1:46am PST |
Voices of Church of England speak through in new podcasts |
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Summary: Church of England and Premier Christian Radio produce joint podcast People and Places Voices of the Church of England |
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Yahoo News |
1:44am PST |
Strong quake strikes near Indonesia's Aceh
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A 7.5 magnitude quake struck off
Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological
Survey said, but there were no reports of deaths or casualties
and no local tsunami warning was issued. |
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BBC News |
1:40am PST |
Three US troops killed in Baghdad |
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Summary: A roadside bomb kills three US soldiers in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military says in a statement. |
