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11:57pm PST |
HBOS forecasts 'uncertain' 2008 |
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Summary: HBOS bank reports a 4% dip in annual profits and predicts that financial markets will be "uncertain" this year. |
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BBC News |
11:52pm PST |
UK trial for IVF womb technique |
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Summary: Clinic to test an IVF technique in which eggs develop in the womb, not the test-tube straight after fertilisation. |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PST |
Father of slain girl to sue over botched search |
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Summary: Attorneys for Mark Lunsford, whose 9-year-old daughter Jessica was abducted, raped and killed by a neighbor in 2005, announced Tuesday in Jacksonville, Florida, that their client is planning to sue the Citrus County sheriff for botching the search of that |
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11:43pm PST |
Police to resume Jersey home dig |
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Summary: Jersey police are to resume excavation work at a former children's home. |
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Cnn.com |
11:35pm PST |
Rice tries to soothe Japan outrage |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PST |
U.S.-India to study missile defense system
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and India will
study the possibility of a joint missile defense system,
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday, stressing
talks were only in their early stages. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PST |
Cambodia leader revisits prison |
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Summary: Judges take a former Khmer Rouge prison chief back to one of Cambodia's most notorious torture sites. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PST |
US aid worker feared dead in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An American aid worker and her Afghan driver kidnapped in southern Afghanistan a month ago are feared dead, a statement from their aid group said. Afghan and U.S. officials said Wednesday they could not confirm the report. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PST |
Rice voices deep regret for Okinawa rape case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
voiced deep regret on Wednesday for a U.S. Marine's alleged
rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, a case that has sparked
outrage and official condemnation in Japan. |
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11:09pm PST |
Khmer Rouge chief torturer weeps for 14,000 victims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The chief Khmer Rouge torturer on
Wednesday led judges who will try him for crimes against
humanity around the jail where about 14,000 presumed opponents
of the ruthless revolutionaries were killed under his
supervision. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PST |
Earthquake hits North Down area |
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Summary: The biggest UK earthquake for nearly 25 years is felt across large parts of England and in County Down. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PST |
Judge: Photographer hounded Kidman
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A celebrity photographer who sued a newspaper for accusing him of hounding Nicole Kidman was handed a huge legal bill instead when a judge ruled his intrusive behavior had frightened the actress. |
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10:52pm PST |
Cuban leader meets Vatican envoy |
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Summary: Cuba's new President Raul Castro meets a senior Vatican official for his first diplomatic talks since taking office. |
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10:43pm PST |
Hospital parking 'a tax on sick' |
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Summary: Doctors' leaders claim hospital car parking charges are hitting patients and should be scrapped. |
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10:23pm PST |
Cricket: Boost for Strauss hopes |
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Summary: Andrew Strauss is named in England's side for Wednesday's final warm-up match ahead of the Test series against New Zealand. |
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10:22pm PST |
Vandy knocks off another No. 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tennessee's first stint as the No. 1 team in the country will likely be brief. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PST |
Quake shakes Britain, no deaths reported
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2
shook parts of Britain on Wednesday but officials said there
were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PST |
FSA sees credit squeeze on banks |
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Summary: The Financial Services Authority says the credit crisis will force banks to change how they do business. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PST |
FSA sees big changes for banks |
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Summary: The Financial Services Authority says the credit crisis will force banks to change how they do business. |
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Cnn.com |
9:42pm PST |
Clinton, Obama spar over campaign tactics |
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Summary: Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred with each other over negative campaigning, health care and free trade Tuesday, a week before primaries in Texas and Ohio could either effectively seal the nomination for Obama or throw the contest wide op |
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9:37pm PST |
Jackson faces Neverland auction |
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Summary: Pop star Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch will go to auction next month unless he pays $24.5m he owes. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PST |
Obama and Clinton clash in testy debate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton clashed sharply in a high-stakes one-on-one debate on
Tuesday, accusing each other of falsely portraying their
stances on health care, trade and other issues. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26pm PST |
Vandy knocks off top-ranked Tennessee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tennessee Volunteers found out being No. 1 can be tougher than beating No. 1. Shan Foster scored 32 points and No. 18 Vanderbilt knocked off Tennessee 72-69 on Tuesday night — a day after the Vols moved into the top spot in the rankings for the f |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PST |
Earthquake shakes Britain
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3
shook parts of Britain on Wednesday but officials said there
were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PST |
Nepal ethnic group talks collapse |
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Summary: A leader of an ethnically based political movement in Nepal says talks with the government have collapsed. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PST |
Democrats clash in crucial debate |
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Summary: Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton attack each other's campaign tactics in their latest debate. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PST |
Hill stays in Beijing to work on N.Korea issue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The top U.S. negotiator with North Korea
stayed in Beijing for an extra day on Wednesday to work on
reviving the stalled effort to persuade Pyongyang to give up
its nuclear programs, the U.S. State Department said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PST |
Mischa Barton facing 4 misdemeanors
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mischa Barton, who on "The O.C." played a wealthy teenager in idyllic Orange County, got a dose of reality Tuesday when she was charged with four misdemeanors related to a drinking and driving arrest last year. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PST |
US Secretary of State in Japan amid optimism on North Korea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Japan Wednesday on the last leg of a regional tour amid guarded optimism at breaking an impasse with North Korea over its nuclear disarmament. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PST |
Tighter squeeze on drug dealers |
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Summary: Suspected drug dealers could have assets seized on arrest, rather than when charged, under a new strategy. |
