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5:41am PDT |
Chambers to meet anti-doping boss |
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Summary: BBC Sport learns Dwain Chambers will meet UK Sport's John Scott this month to give him inside knowledge to help the fight against drugs cheats. |
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
'Honour death' police face action |
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Summary: Two Met Police officers face disciplinary action for their handling of the case of a woman murdered in a so-called honour killing. |
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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Muslim jokes 'scare' BBC - Elton |
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Summary: Comic and writer Ben Elton says that the BBC is too "scared" to broadcast comedy about Islam. |
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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Police 'justified' in killing man |
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Summary: An inquest jury says armed police were justified in their shooting of a man who was carrying a sword on a road. |
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BBC News |
5:34am PDT |
Two-year-old hit by train at halt |
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Summary: A two-year-old boy is taken to hospital after he is hit by a train near Bangor in County Down. |
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BBC News |
5:33am PDT |
Bush urging Nato expansion east |
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Summary: US President George Bush repeats his calls for Nato expansion, ahead of the alliance's summit in Romania. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Harman and Hague clash on fashion |
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Summary: Harriet Harman rebuffs jibes about her anti-stab jacket - saying she will not take fashion advice from William Hague. |
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Yahoo News |
5:25am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims victory in election
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe's MDC opposition said on
Wednesday it had defeated President Robert Mugabe in both
presidential and parliamentary elections. |
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Cnn.com |
5:24am PDT |
Injured Wal-Mart worker can keep money |
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Summary: A former Wal-Mart employee who suffered severe brain damage in a traffic accident won't have to pay back the company for the cost of her medical care, Wal-Mart told the family Tuesday.
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ChristianPost |
5:22am PDT |
Olympic Committee to China: Don't Block Internet |
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Summary: The International Olympic Committee told Beijing organizers Tuesday that the Internet must be open during the ... |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Home owner visits jet crash ruins |
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Summary: The owner of a house which was flattened when a plane crashed into it visits the site for the first time. |
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PDT |
McCain compiles list of running mates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he has begun "getting together a list of names" to choose a vice presidential running mate, and hopes to make an announcement before the Republican convention in early September. |
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Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
Obama wins endorsement for Indiana, foreign policy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama has won the endorsement of Lee Hamilton, a former
Indiana congressman who is a leading U.S. authority on foreign
relations and national security, the Obama campaign said on
Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
Knicks set to announce Walsh hiring
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Knicks will turn their basketball operations over to Donnie Walsh on Wednesday. The Knicks will announce the hiring of Walsh as their new president at a news conference, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. |
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims election win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's opposition party says that its leader Morgan Tsvangirai has won presidential elections outright with 50.3 percent of the vote. |
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Cnn.com |
5:10am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition declares victory |
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Summary: The outcome of last weekend's election in Zimbabwe was still in doubt Wednesday as the state-run newspaper reported President Robert Mugabe was headed for a runoff with the leading opposition challenger.
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ChristianPost |
5:09am PDT |
Americans Behind Bars |
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Summary: According to a recent report by the Pew Center on the States, there are more than 2.3 million people in American prisons and jails: one in every 99 adults. We are by far the world’s largest jailer. Our closest rival, China, has a third fewer prisoners tha |
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Yahoo News |
5:08am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition claims victory in parliament election
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change claimed on Wednesday to have won a majority over the ruling ZANU-PF in weekend parliamentary elections. |
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ChristianPost |
5:06am PDT |
EU High Court Rules on Gay 'Marriage' Rights |
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Summary: EU nations that recognize same-sex unions as legal marriages must grant surviving partners the same pension rights as given to those in traditional marriages, the EU Court of Justice ruled ... |
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Cnn.com |
5:04am PDT |
Freeze the toads, Australian politician says |
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Cnn.com |
5:04am PDT |
Hunt and freeze the toads, politician says |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
5:04am PDT |
UK 'will stand with Zimbabweans' |
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Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said the UK "stands with" the people of Zimbabwe. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
Wall Street heads for a higher opening
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street appeared poised to modestly extend a massive prior day rally at Wednesday's opening as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prepared to give his economic views. |
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ChristianPost |
4:54am PDT |
Pastor Who Visited Iraq Settles NY Case |
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Summary: Federal prosecutors have settled a dispute with a clergyman who defied government regulations and visited Iraq in 2003 to protest the pending U.S.-led invasion, a lawyer for the clergyman said ... |
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Yahoo News |
4:49am PDT |
Paulson urges China to have dialogue on Tibet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson raised
the sensitive topic of unrest in Tibet during a visit to
Beijing on Wednesday, urging a resolution to the issue through
dialogue. |
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Yahoo News |
4:48am PDT |
Clinton proposes plan to keep jobs in US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing billions of dollars a year Wednesday to keep jobs from being shipped abroad as she appealed to blue collar workers in Pennsylvania, the next big primary contest where she hopes to |
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Cnn.com |
4:48am PDT |
Not much happened in Alaska town, until now |
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Cnn.com |
4:48am PDT |
Stabbing spree shakes quiet Alaska town |
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BBC News |
4:42am PDT |
Iraqi army show of force in Basra |
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Summary: An Iraqi commander leads a convoy through the stronghold of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Basra. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Astronomers see 'youngest planet' |
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Summary: Scientists find a distant embryonic planet outside the Solar System that could be less than 2,000 years old. |
