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Cnn.com |
2:15am PST |
Blasts set Israeli jeep on fire; soldiers scatter |
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Summary: The military wing of Islamic Jihad said it killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three others in what it called a revenge attack on Israeli forces along a border area of central Gaza on Thursday morning.
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PST |
NATO to discuss Balkans, Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - NATO foreign ministers met Thursday to discuss plans to offer membership to three Balkan nations and closer ties to others in an effort to promote stability in the region in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. |
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BBC News |
2:08am PST |
Scots coastguard staff on strike |
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Summary: Staff at Scotland's coastguard agency join their colleagues in the rest of the UK in a walk-out over pay. |
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BBC News |
2:08am PST |
Kenyan power-sharing to begin |
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Summary: The state opening of Kenya's parliament is to take place, a week after a political power-sharing deal was agreed. |
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BBC News |
2:04am PST |
Escaped rapist 'had bought car' |
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Summary: A convicted rapist who has been on the run for two days had bought a car, the Prison Service has confirms. |
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BBC News |
2:04am PST |
Fierce Gaza clashes break out |
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Summary: Reports from Gaza say fierce fighting has broken out between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen near. |
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Cnn.com |
2:02am PST |
Student found shot dies; car burns miles away |
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ChristianToday |
2:01am PST |
Oldham Christians live for a week as refused asylum seekers |
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Summary: Christians on Oldham are attempting to live on 650 for food and 350 for transport for one week to highlight the plight of asylum seekers in the UK as part of the nationwide Endurance Challenge |
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BBC News |
1:51am PST |
Antidepressant drug firm criticised |
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Summary: Regulators complain that a drug firm should have released negative data sooner about antidepressant Seroxat. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PST |
Kenyan parliament convenes over power-sharing deal
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Summary: AFP - Kenya's parliament was due to convene Thursday to start discussions aimed at enacting into law a landmark power-sharing deal designed to end a deadly post-election crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
1:36am PST |
Chavez: Cross-border raid a 'war crime' |
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Yahoo News |
1:27am PST |
NATO countries skeptical on Ukraine, Georgia bids
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - European NATO states expressed
skepticism on Thursday about the membership hopes of ex-Soviet
Ukraine and Georgia, concerned that any move to bring them into
the alliance would further exacerbate tensions with Russia. |
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BBC News |
1:24am PST |
Radcliffe out of London Marathon |
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Summary: Paula Radcliffe withdraws from the London Marathon on 13 April because of a toe injury. |
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ChristianToday |
1:23am PST |
Big success for Scripture Unions The Big Bible Storybook |
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Summary: Scripture Unions The Big Bible Storybook named Childrens Book of the Year at this years Christian Booksellers Convention Awards |
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BBC News |
1:00am PST |
House prices continuing to slow |
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Summary: UK house prices are continuing to slow down, says the Halifax, the country's biggest mortgage lender. |
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Yahoo News |
12:37am PST |
Bush endorsement may be risky for McCain
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Summary: AP - Beware, John McCain. The money comes with a price. Sure, President Bush will raise millions of dollars for your Republican presidential campaign and GOP candidates. But he'll also give you the aura of a presidency tarnished by painful gasoline prices |
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Yahoo News |
12:37am PST |
Venezuela seeks condemnation of Colombia
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Summary: AP - Venezuela and Ecuador warned that a regional diplomatic crisis wouldn't cool down without clear international condemnation of Colombia's government for a deadly cross-border strike leftist rebels hiding inside Ecuador. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
Revised ID cards plans unveiled |
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Summary: The home secretary sets out changes to the identity scheme including plans for passports instead of ID cards. |
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BBC News |
12:32am PST |
Nato mulls Balkan membership bids |
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Summary: Nato foreign ministers discuss plans to invite Albania, Croatia and Macedonia to join the alliance. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30am PST |
Tenn. children under police protection
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Summary: AP - Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital. |
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ChristianToday |
12:29am PST |
Bethlehem a living symbol of the despair that scars Israel and Palestine |
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Summary: O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie The little town of Bethlehem is a place that is neither still nor peaceful |
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Yahoo News |
12:28am PST |
Troop depression on rise in Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - U.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, an Army mental health report says. |
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Cnn.com |
12:24am PST |
Surviving kids in Memphis killings guarded |
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ChristianToday |
12:16am PST |
Gaza humanitarian crisis worst since 67 |
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Summary: Israels blockade of the Gaza Strip has created the worst humanitarian crisis since the Israeli occupation began in 1967 aid and rights groups said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
12:15am PST |
Kenyas peace deal faces test in parliament |
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Summary: Kenyas peace deal faces its first test on Thursday when it comes before the divided and unruly parliament which must ratify the pact aimed at ending a bloody postelection crisis |
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ChristianToday |
12:14am PST |
Palestinians and Israel to resume peace talks |
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Summary: Israel and the Palestinians may resume peace talks this week Israeli media reported on Thursday but progress looked set to hinge on stemming bloodshed in the Hamascontrolled Gaza Strip |
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ChristianToday |
12:14am PST |
Colombia takes more heat from Latin America left |
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Summary: Latin Americas leftist leaders heaped more criticism on Colombia leaving it increasingly isolated on Thursday in a crisis that has threatened political stability in the Andes |
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ChristianToday |
12:13am PST |
Sri Lanka state behind disappearances |
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Summary: Sri Lankas government is responsible for widespread abductions and disappearances as it fights a new phase in a 25year civil war with the Tamil Tigers Human Rights Watch said on Thursday calling for a UN monitoring mission |
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ChristianToday |
12:13am PST |
UN envoy returns to Myanmar |
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Summary: UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar on Thursday amid waning optimism about his mission to get the military junta to start talks with the opposition on political reform |
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BBC News |
12:12am PST |
ID cards rethink to be unveiled |
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Summary: The home secretary sets out changes to the identity scheme - including plans to use passports instead of ID cards. |
