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Yahoo News |
1:33am PDT |
New Centcom chief will be a quick study
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Summary: AP - The abrupt departure of the four-star general in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has set off a scramble within the Bush administration to fill a job that requires vast combat experience, deft diplomatic skills, and the ability to handle th |
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BBC News |
1:30am PDT |
NHS uncovers hospital 'failings' |
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Summary: Recommendations hospital services should be transferred as soon as possible after patient safety failings found. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29am PDT |
41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
1:21am PDT |
Astronauts to work on giant robot
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Summary: AP - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost. |
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Yahoo News |
1:13am PDT |
Presidential hopefuls to vote on budget
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Summary: AP - Presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton interrupted their campaign schedules to return to the Senate for votes on taxes and spending likely to become key points of contention in the race for the White House. |
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BBC News |
1:11am PDT |
Morrisons reports profits surge |
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Summary: Supermarket chain Morrisons sees its profits almost double as its chairman Sir Ken Morrison retires. |
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BBC News |
1:09am PDT |
Darling defends 'bad news' Budget |
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Summary: Alistair Darling defends his package of tax measures which have been called a "bad news Budget" by the Tories. |
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Yahoo News |
1:04am PDT |
U.S. soldiers, militia exchange fire in south Iraq
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi militants
exchanged fire after a rocket attack from a Shi'ite Mehdi Army
militia stronghold on a U.S. base southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi
police said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
12:59am PDT |
Ohio's 'Senator No' dead at 90 |
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ChristianToday |
12:55am PDT |
Suicide car bomber kills six in Kabul |
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Summary: A suicide car bomber killed six Afghan civilians in an attack on US troops near the airport in Afghanistans capital on Thursday officials said |
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ChristianToday |
12:54am PDT |
New York Gov Spitzer resigns but more woes likely |
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Summary: Resigning over reports he paid for a 1000anhour prostitute New York Gov Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal |
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ChristianToday |
12:53am PDT |
Flu outbreak shuts Hong Kong schools for two weeks |
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Summary: More than half a million Hong Kong schoolchildren stayed at home on Thursday after the government shut all kindergartens and primary schools for two weeks to contain an outbreak of flu |
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ChristianToday |
12:53am PDT |
Sudanese students attack Samaritans Purse workers group |
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Summary: Sudanese college students attack Samaritans Purse workers over fees and graduation |
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ChristianToday |
12:52am PDT |
Race flap forces Clinton supporter to quit |
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Summary: A highprofile supporter quit Hillary Clintons presidential campaign on Wednesday after a remark about black Democratic rival Barack Obama was interpreted as racist |
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ChristianToday |
12:50am PDT |
McCain to talk security on Europe and Mideast trip |
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Summary: Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he will emphasise national security issues from Afghanistan to global climate change on a visit to Europe and the Middle East next week |
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Cnn.com |
12:45am PDT |
Final 'Harry Potter' book to be split into 2 movies |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Suicide car bomber kills six Afghans near Kabul airport
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomber killed six Afghan
civilians in an attack on U.S. troops near the airport in
Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, officials said. |
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BBC News |
12:38am PDT |
Cricket: Ambrose 'got excited' |
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Summary: Tim Ambrose admits he became too excited in trying to complete his century after leading England's fightback against New Zealand. |
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BBC News |
12:30am PDT |
Six dead in Kabul suicide attack |
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Summary: A suicide car bomb blast kills six Afghan civilians and injures more on the road to the airport in Kabul. |
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Cnn.com |
12:30am PDT |
Report: Boyfriend stabbed over Springsteen |
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Summary: An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.
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BBC News |
12:26am PDT |
US tightens air quality standards |
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Summary: The US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health. |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
Darling cuts growth forecasts in budget |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling cut growth forecasts and sharply ramped up borrowing on Wednesday as the economy faces tough times and his government slides in the polls |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
No obvious cause of death for police chief |
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Summary: A postmortem examination carried out on police chief Michael Todd on Wednesday has revealed no obvious cause of death the coroners office said |
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ChristianToday |
12:17am PDT |
Pratchett gives 500000 pounds to Alzheimers charity |
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Summary: Author Terry Pratchett said on Thursday he will donate half a million pounds for research into Alzheimers disease the degenerative brain disorder he has had for more than two years |
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Cnn.com |
12:15am PDT |
Newspaper identifies Spitzer's 'Kristen' |
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Summary: The woman at the heart of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal is a 22-year-old would-be singer from New Jersey, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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ChristianToday |
12:15am PDT |
Darling delays fuel duty hike to October |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling delayed on Wednesday a planned rise in fuel duty following intense pressure to scrap the increase after soaring oil prices sent the cost of petrol sharply higher |
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ChristianToday |
12:13am PDT |
Darling raises alcohol duties above inflation |
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Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling announced on Wednesday that alcohol duty will increase by 6 percent above the inflation rate with hefty rises in beer wine and spirits coming in at midnight on Sunday |
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BBC News |
12:04am PDT |
Goa girl 'drugged and assaulted' |
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Summary: Teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:03am PDT |
US soldiers kill young girl in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. soldiers fired a warning shot near a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a dangerous stretch of road north of Baghdad, but the bullet killed a young Iraqi girl, a military official said early Thursday. |
