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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Afghan suicide blast kills three |
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Summary: A suicide bomber kills at least three police officers in an attack in southern Afghanistan, officials say. |
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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Pope to visit New York synagogue during US trip |
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Summary: Pope Benedict will meet Jewish leaders in Washington and visit a synagogue in New York in acknowledgment of the Passover festival which begins during his US tour this month US bishops said on Thursday |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
Poll: 81 percent think US on wrong track
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Summary: AP - More than 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, the highest such number since the early 1990s, according to a new survey. |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
King still roils US politics 40 years after death |
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Summary: Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr was shot to death in a racially charged assassination the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
Dead soldiers to be repatriated |
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Summary: The bodies of two marines killed while on patrol in Afghanistan are due to be flown home. |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Egypt satellite drops critical Londonbased channel |
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Summary: Satellite operator Nilesat partially owned by Egypts government has dropped a Londonbased station that has criticised Egyptian policies the station said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Lloyds sees benefit from US regulatory revamp |
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Summary: Lloyds of London a prominent insurance market sees benefit from a proposed revamping of financial services regulation in the United States Chief Executive Richard Ward said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
Race to become London mayor grows tight |
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Summary: The race to become mayor of London with its implications for national politics and the 2012 Olympics tightened on Thursday with polls putting the Conservative and Labour rivals neckandneck |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
French mission stands by to treat Colombia hostage |
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Summary: A French medical team on Thursday prepared to fly into Colombias jungles to treat rebel hostage Ingrid Betancourt a FrenchColombian politician believed seriously ill after six years in guerrilla captivity |
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ChristianToday |
10:57pm PDT |
NATO promises Ukraine and Georgia entry one day |
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Summary: NATO leaders promised Ukraine and Georgia on Thursday they would one day join the Western defence alliance after rebuffing US demands to put the former Soviet republics on an immediate path to membership |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
Tornado sweeps through Little Rock, Ark.
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Summary: AP - A tornado hit parts of Little Rock and its suburbs Thursday, injuring an unknown number of people while damaging businesses and downing trees and power lines. |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Chavez nationalizes Venezuelas cement industry |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez on Thursday announced the immediate nationalization of Venezuelas cement industry a move that will hit Mexicos Cemex just a year after Chavez launched a wave of state takeovers |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Cyprus tears down barricade dividing island |
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Summary: Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down barricades on Thursday separating them for half a century reopening a street which became a symbol of Cypruss ethnic partition |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PDT |
Tibet to reopen to foreign tourists |
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Summary: Riottorn Tibet will be reopened to foreign tourists next month after a sixweek closure Chinese official media said a move expected to revive the hardhit tourism industry in the impoverished but scenic mountain area |
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ChristianToday |
10:54pm PDT |
Darfur activists urge leaders to skip ceremony |
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Summary: US President George W Bush and other leaders should shun the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unless China does more to stop bloodshed in Sudans Darfur region activists said on Thursday |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Soca rejects NI cash crime fears |
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Summary: The crime agency Soca rejects claims that it will only target major criminals in Northern Ireland. |
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BBC News |
10:32pm PDT |
Prosecutors quiz Samsung boss |
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Summary: The boss of South Korea's Samsung Group is questioned by prosecutors over corruption allegations. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
Petraeus to update Congress on Iraq
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Summary: Reuters - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S.
commander in Iraq, will not promise Congress large troop
withdrawals beyond July, saying it is too soon to make
decisions about the second half of the year, defense officials
say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
Bush, Putin at odds near end of terms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush, fresh from securing full NATO support for his missile defense plans for Europe and a pledge to admit former Soviet republics, has plenty to discuss with Russia's Vladimir Putin. |
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Cnn.com |
10:21pm PDT |
Storm whips through Little Rock |
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Summary: A possible tornado caused "quite a bit of damage" near Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday night, a local government spokesman said.
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PDT |
Raids target Zimbabwe opposition party |
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Summary: Zimbabwe government forces today began cracking down on the main opposition party and foreign journalists -- including a New York Times reporter -- hours after officials announced another delay in releasing election results. A State Department spokesman c |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
King still roils U.S. politics 40 years after death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Forty years after Martin Luther King
Jr. was shot to death in a racially charged assassination, the
civil rights leader is still roiling American politics. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Clinton and Obama spar over long Democratic contest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Depending on who is talking, Hillary
Clinton should either drop out of the race for the U.S.
Democratic presidential nomination for the good of the party or
fight on because all voters have a right to be heard. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
Bengals cut receiver Henry after arrest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry lost his job while in jail awaiting arraignment on assault charges on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Zanu-PF to discuss Mugabe future |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Mugabe's party will meet to discuss strategy with presidential election results still undeclared. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Zanu-PF meets to discuss strategy |
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Summary: Zimbabwean President Mugabe's party will meet to discuss strategy with presidential election results still undeclared. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
Cops: Man threatens Va. Tech-like attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A 20-year-old with a weapons cache that included four AK-47s was arrested after threatening over the Internet to undertake a Virginia Tech-style massacre, authorities said Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
Concern for jailed China activist |
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Summary: A Chinese court's jailing of a human rights activist sparks criticism from Western leaders and rights groups. |
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Cnn.com |
8:27pm PDT |
Commentary: A view from the CDC |
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Summary: This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
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Cnn.com |
8:27pm PDT |
Commentary: A view from the CDC on autism |
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Summary: This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
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