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BBC News |
5:05am PDT |
Yemeni wanted over student death |
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Summary: Officers urge a Yemeni man to return to the UK to answer questions about the murder of a Norwegian student. |
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BBC News |
5:04am PDT |
Tata buys Jaguar in £1.15bn deal |
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Summary: Ford sells UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian firm Tata in a £1.15bn deal after months of talks. |
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Cnn.com |
5:02am PDT |
China upset over U.S. missile part shipment |
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BBC News |
4:58am PDT |
Changes ahead for excluded pupils |
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Summary: The government intends to transform the handling of children excluded from school in England. |
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ChristianPost |
4:55am PDT |
U.N. Envoy to India Affirms Rise of Religious Intolerance |
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Summary: The United Nations’ special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief recently confirmed the rise of religious intolerance in India and said divisions based on religion must be halted ... |
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ChristianPost |
4:55am PDT |
U.N. Envoy to India Affirms Rise of Religious Violence |
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Summary: The United Nations’ special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief recently confirmed the rise of religious intolerance in India and said divisions based on religion must be halted ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:53am PDT |
Sound may teach fish to catch themselves
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time. |
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BBC News |
4:53am PDT |
Missing man's body found in tent |
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Summary: An Edinburgh man who was missing for three years is identified as the body found in a Bridge of Orchy tent. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52am PDT |
Battle rages in Basra as government cracks down
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi forces fought militants loyal
to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday in the second
day of a campaign the government hopes will end militia control
without the help of foreign troops. |
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Yahoo News |
4:47am PDT |
Somalia too dangerous for aid work: agencies
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Top international aid agencies warned Wednesday that war-scarred Somalia has become too dangerous for its workers to help more than one million civilians living rough, as fresh fighting erupted. |
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Yahoo News |
4:47am PDT |
2-seat rocket planned for space tourism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth. |
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Cnn.com |
4:46am PDT |
Nude photos of Sarkozy's wife turn up |
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Summary: French president Nicolas Sarkozy starts his first official visit to the UK Wednesday -- the day after an auction house announced it is to sell nude pictures of his new wife, according to agency reports.
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Cnn.com |
4:45am PDT |
Sandbags help slow floods |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Helmand market bomb 'kills eight' |
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Summary: A car bomb attack kills at least eight people in a farmers' market in the south of Afghanistan, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
4:39am PDT |
Comcast, Time Warner eye wireless plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless Internet venture that would be run by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Red Sox, A's finish up series in Tokyo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox are trying to go 2-0 in the earliest start ever to a major league baseball season. After nipping Oakland 6-5 in 10 innings yesterday, the Red Sox sent out Jon Lester against Oakland's Rich Harden in the finale of their two-game set |
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Cnn.com |
4:22am PDT |
Iraq militants given 72 hours to surrender |
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Summary: Fighting between Iraqi security forces and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr continued for a second day Wednesday.
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ChristianPost |
4:19am PDT |
Clinton Would Have Left Obama's Church |
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Summary: Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she would have left the church that Barack Obama attends if her minister had talked about America the way Obama's pastor ... |
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Cnn.com |
4:18am PDT |
Dad who microwaved baby to be sentenced |
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BBC News |
4:16am PDT |
Salmond challenges union rivals |
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Summary: Alex Salmond challenges opponents to test their devolution reform plans in a referendum. |
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BBC News |
4:16am PDT |
Legal battle over Warcraft 'bot' |
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Summary: Blizzard is in a legal fight with the creator of a tool that automates actions in the virtual world. |
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ChristianPost |
4:13am PDT |
Rev. Wright, Senator Obama and the Ghosts in the Room |
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Summary: Whenever Americans discuss the issue of race, there are always ghosts in the room with us—the ghosts of racial sins and racial hurts from our shared and tragic ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:08am PDT |
Mortgage applications spike after Fed action
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mortgage applications jumped by nearly
50 percent last week as home loan rates fell after the Federal
Reserve cut interest rates and took steps to restore bond
market confidence, an industry trade group said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59am PDT |
Fatah says Hamas must cede Gaza before talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Wednesday ruled out talks with
Hamas unless the Islamist group first cedes control of Gaza,
casting doubt on a Yemen-sponsored reconciliation push. |
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ChristianPost |
3:55am PDT |
Muslim Scholar Denounces Vatican Baptism |
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Summary: A Muslim scholar who participated in recent Vatican talks to improve Catholic-Muslim relations criticized Pope Benedict XVI's Easter baptism of a prominent convert from Islam as a "provocative" ... |
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Yahoo News |
3:55am PDT |
Sarkozy heads for Britain with appeal for new chapter in relations
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Wednesday for Britain and France to open a new chapter in relations as he headed for a state visit here. |
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ChristianToday |
3:51am PDT |
Survey evangelical churches avoid political endorsements |
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Summary: Presidential candidates may be keen to court evangelical leaders for endorsements but a new survey has revealed that many evangelical churches are are reluctant to advise their congregations on which candidate to vote for |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Japan suspends mozzarella imports |
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Summary: Japan suspends imports of Italian buffalo mozzarella, after reports that high levels of dioxins have been found. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
UK push for big nuclear expansion |
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Summary: Business secretary John Hutton calls for a "significant expansion" in nuclear power to replace North Sea oil. |
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Yahoo News |
3:43am PDT |
Blast in Dubai fireworks factory kills 2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A massive explosion at a fireworks factory left two people dead and two injured Wednesday, while subsequent fires rapidly spread, sending thick clouds of black smoke into the sky, officials and witnesses said. |
