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ChristianPost |
4:14am PDT |
Gibson Wants No 'Passion' Disclosure |
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Summary: Mel Gibson, who's being sued by a writer over payment for the "The Passion of the Christ" screenplay, wants to keep financial information about the blockbuster movie out of the public ... |
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ChristianToday |
4:10am PDT |
Call to halt spread of mosques |
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Summary: Former magistrate and regular commentator on Premier Christian Radio Alison Ruoff made a strong call in favour of halting the construction of new mosques as a way of protecting Christians freedoms in the UK |
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ChristianPost |
4:09am PDT |
Obama Found a Home in His Church |
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Summary: The furor over Wright's remarks has provoked the greatest crisis for Obama's presidential campaign thus far, but Obama has refused to leave Trinity or sever his ties with Wright, saying there is much more to Wright and the ... |
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BBC News |
4:09am PDT |
Washington diary |
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Summary: Matt Frei on the comedy hijack of a hi-tech debate |
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ChristianPost |
4:05am PDT |
Jewish Leader Calls Hagee 'Extremist' |
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Summary: The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other ... |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Shannon stepfather remanded |
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Summary: The stepfather of Shannon Matthews is remanded in custody over charges of possessing indecent images of children. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Lost reputation |
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Summary: 'Falsely branded a paedophile due to ID fraud' |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Trump 'boasted' on resort success |
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Summary: Donald Trump said he would secure his £1bn Aberdeenshire golf resort because of his Scottish roots, it emerges. |
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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Nato denies Georgia and Ukraine |
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Summary: Nato says it will not put former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine on the path to membership. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Georgia, Ukraine not ready for NATO candidacy: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Georgia and Ukraine are not yet ready for NATO candidate status but should become members of the alliance one day, a NATO official said at a summit in Bucharest. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Walsh faces rebuilding job with Knicks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Deciding what to do with Isiah Thomas might be the easy part for Donnie Walsh. Making the New York Knicks a contender in the future and competitive now is a much bigger challenge. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Pyongyang halts South Korea talks |
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Summary: North Korea says it will suspend all dialogue with the South, amid a growing row between the two nations. |
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BBC News |
3:50am PDT |
Police identify head on the beach |
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Summary: The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus is identified by police. |
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BBC News |
3:46am PDT |
Vidic out for two to three weeks |
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Summary: Man Utd centre-back Nemanja Vidic will be out for two to three weeks. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
'Alice' loss would 'waste £25m' |
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Summary: A funding hole could close a £25m particle accelerator in the UK before it has provided any experimental results. |
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Yahoo News |
3:36am PDT |
Mugabe party ready for run-off to save president
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party geared up for a final battle to save Robert Mugabe's 28-year presidency, saying Thursday it was ready for an election run-off with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. |
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Cnn.com |
3:28am PDT |
Progress made on housing crisis fix |
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Summary: Senate Democrats and Republicans, under election-year pressure to do more about the mortgage crisis, worked around the clock Wednesday to draft a bipartisan housing bill that has been fast-tracked for a debate and vote.
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Yahoo News |
3:22am PDT |
NATO to endorse US missile-defense plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO leaders have agreed to fully endorse President Bush's plan to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe and to urge Russia to drop its objections to the shield, senior American officials said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05am PDT |
US military: Strike kills Iraqi militant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. airstrike destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra, killing a militant, the U.S. military said Thursday, and Iraqi witnesses and hospital officials said at least three civilians were among the dead. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PDT |
Japan police arrest U.S. sailor for murder
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a
U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver
last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in
the country. |
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BBC News |
3:03am PDT |
Magazine says sorry to Morrissey |
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Summary: Singer Morrissey accepts an apology from Word Magazine after it suggested he was a racist and a hypocrite. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58am PDT |
NATO to endorse U.S. missile shield: U.S. official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest
were set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on
Thursday, a senior U.S. official told reporters. |
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Cnn.com |
2:58am PDT |
U.S. in deadly airstrike on Basra house |
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Summary: A U.S. warplane in the southern Iraq city of Basra launched an airstrike "against enemy forces" that killed one person and destroyed a house, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
2:48am PDT |
U.S. air strikes return in southern Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces called in helicopter
strikes during a clash with gunmen on Thursday in the city of
Hilla and said they bombed a house in Basra, stepping up raids
after days of relative calm in Iraq's volatile south. |
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BBC News |
2:21am PDT |
Nato debates Afghanistan strategy |
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Summary: Nato is discussing a strategy to stabilise Afghanistan, as France says it will send a battalion of troops there. |
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ChristianToday |
2:20am PDT |
Churches can give refuge to domestic violence victims says counsellor |
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Summary: Churches can provide a safe haven for victims of domestic abuse says counsellor Joanne Robinson |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Man jumps on croc's back to rescue wife from attack |
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Summary: An Australian man jumps onto the back of a crocodile that is attacking his wife and forces it to flee. |
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BBC News |
2:03am PDT |
Car firms pile pressure on Mosley |
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Summary: BMW and Mercedes "strongly distance" themselves from motorsport boss Max Mosley after claims about his private life. |
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BBC News |
2:02am PDT |
Mortgage squeeze 'to get worse' |
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Summary: The availability of mortgages is expected to be squeezed further in the coming months, the Bank of England says. |
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BBC News |
2:00am PDT |
Man murdered in greengrocer's |
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Summary: Police officers study CCTV footage after a man is murdered in an east London shop. |
