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3:43am PDT |
Serbia calls early vote over EU, Kosovo dispute
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Summary: AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament and called early legislative elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence. |
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3:38am PDT |
Gaza violence lull ends with Israeli strikes, rockets
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Summary: AFP - Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to strike a more permanent truce. |
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3:35am PDT |
US soldiers kill young Iraqi girl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday. |
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3:32am PDT |
Charge over 'children with drugs' |
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Summary: A woman is charged with drugs offences after customs officers allegedly found cocaine strapped to the legs of two children. |
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3:31am PDT |
Candidates return for budget votes
(AP)
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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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3:26am PDT |
News Day as it unfolds |
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Summary: Real-time updates of what School Reporters are doing all around the UK. |
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3:20am PDT |
Incapacity tests raise concerns |
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Summary: A disability charity raises concerns about plans to give eligibility tests to all those receiving incapacity benefit. |
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3:08am PDT |
The governor's gal |
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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, according to media reports. The reports said that Ashley Youmans -- now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre -- was identified in court documents |
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3:07am PDT |
German court rejects incest appeal |
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3:01am PDT |
Father's 'pride' at stabbed son |
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Summary: The father of a young boy stabbed while trying to save his mother's life says he is "extremely proud" of his son. |
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2:55am PDT |
Strike signals Easter rail misery |
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Summary: Commuters on the East Coast Mainline railway face the prospect of strike action over the Easter period. |
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2:47am PDT |
BT calls for action on net speeds |
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Summary: The UK's largest broadband supplier calls for the industry to be clearer about how it advertises net speeds. |
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2:37am PDT |
Military beacons to aid sea life |
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Summary: A device designed to guide warships through mine fields could help reduce by-catch of dolphins and whales. |
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2:36am PDT |
Second suspect arrested in UNC slaying |
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Summary: Police arrested a second suspect early Thursday in connection with the death of University of North Carolina student Eve Carson.
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2:34am PDT |
2nd suspect arrested in student slaying
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Summary: AP - Authorities in Durham, N.C., say they have arrested the second suspect wanted in the slaying of the University of North Carolina's student body president. |
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2:31am PDT |
Lenders to liquidate Carlyle unit |
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Summary: A unit of private equity firm Carlyle Capital faces collapse after failing to pay back lender banks. |
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ChristianToday |
2:30am PDT |
Green budget not green enough say climate campaigners |
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Summary: Environmental groups dismiss Governments green budget for failing to present a coherent strategy for addressing climate change |
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2:25am PDT |
Israel jets strike northern Gaza |
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Summary: Israeli military aircraft attack the northern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel. |
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2:21am PDT |
Shuttle, station crews meet, greet and get to work
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour
and the International Space Station greeted one another with
hugs and smiles on Thursday to begin a joint 12-day mission to
install a Japanese laboratory and Canadian robotic system. |
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2:11am PDT |
Low cost flights 'help criminals' |
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Summary: Merseyside's police chief calls for powers to tackle criminals using cheap travel to evade UK justice. |
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2:11am PDT |
Police demand more EU powers |
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Summary: Merseyside's police chief calls for powers to tackle criminals using cheap travel to evade UK justice. |
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2:08am PDT |
Envoys to tackle N Korea deadlock |
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Summary: US and North Korean envoys are to meet in Geneva in an attempt to reinvigorate a stalled nuclear deal. |
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2:07am PDT |
Serbian leader calls snap polls |
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Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic dissolves parliament and calls early elections on 11 May. |
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Cnn.com |
2:02am PDT |
Foreclosures up 60% in February |
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Summary: Foreclosure filings nationwide jumped 60% in February compared with the same month last year, but they decreased slightly versus January, according to a report released Thursday.
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1:59am PDT |
Kenyans ill in 'toxic waste' leak |
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Summary: Hundreds of Kenyans near Mombasa say they have become ill after leaking chemical containers were dumped nearby. |
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1:56am PDT |
Former Democratic Sen. Metzenbaum dies: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Howard
Metzenbaum, a self-made millionaire who championed workers and
consumers during almost 20 years in the Senate, has died at age
90, according to media reports on Thursday. |
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1:53am PDT |
Final Potter film 'split in half' |
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Summary: The seventh and final Harry Potter novel will be adapted for the big screen in two parts, industry reports say. |
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1:36am PDT |
Islamic Jihad rockets hit Israel after West Bank raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad
fired rockets into Israel on Thursday, ending a week-long
Egyptian-brokered moratorium, in what it called an initial
response to deadly Israeli raids in the West Bank. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PDT |
Serbian President dissolves parliament, calls early vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved parliament and called elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over the EU and Kosovo. |
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Yahoo News |
1:33am PDT |
Islamic Jihad shells Israel after West Bank raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad
fired rockets into Israel on Thursday, ending a week-long
Egyptian-brokered moratorium in what it called an "initial"
response to deadly Israeli raids in the West Bank. |
