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BBC News |
5:23am PDT |
Minister Ed Balls has a swinging time as he promotes child's play |
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Summary: Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Culture Minister Andy Burnham make a leap of faith for child's play. |
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PDT |
Sex therapists: A few minutes is best
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journa |
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ChristianPost |
5:20am PDT |
U.K. Church Synod Member Wants to Halt Spread of Mosques |
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Summary: A former magistrate and regular commentator on London’s leading Christian radio network has made a strong call in favor of halting the construction of new mosques as a way of protecting Christians freedoms in the United ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
NATO backs Bush's missile defense system
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush won NATO's endorsement Thursday for his plan to build a missile defense system in Europe over Russian objections. The proposal also advanced with Czech officials announcing an agreement to install a missile tracking site for the system |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Mugabe's party ready for runoff, expects to win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling party expects a runoff
election and is confident President Robert Mugabe will retain
power, Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said on
Thursday. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Mugabe 'ready to face fresh vote' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is ready to contest a run-off presidential election, a ruling party spokesman says. |
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BBC News |
5:14am PDT |
Mugabe 'prepared to face run-off' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is ready to contest a run-off presidential election, a ruling party spokesman says. |
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Cnn.com |
5:08am PDT |
Cruise ship debts leave tourists stranded |
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Summary: Several hundred passengers on a luxury round-the-world cruise-ship tour were stuck Thursday on an island in the Atlantic Ocean after the vessel's owners ran into legal troubles .
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BBC News |
5:08am PDT |
Brass in pocket |
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Summary: Spot the hidden differences in old and new coins |
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BBC News |
5:06am PDT |
Concern over looming higher fees |
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Summary: Poorer students could be put off university if the government agrees a hike in charges, a report says. |
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BBC News |
5:00am PDT |
50 companies for US conference |
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Summary: Almost 50 US companies say they will take part in next month's investment conference in Belfast. |
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Cnn.com |
4:58am PDT |
U.S. warplane launches strike in Basra |
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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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Cnn.com |
4:57am PDT |
Dead civilians an error, al Qaeda leader says |
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Summary: The second-in-command of al Qaeda has said the terrorist group does not kill innocents and that its leader Osama bin Laden is healthy, according to a transcript of an audio tape released by radical Islamist Web sites.
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Cnn.com |
4:57am PDT |
Al Qaeda No. 2: We don't kill innocents |
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Summary: The second-in-command of al Qaeda has said the terrorist group does not kill innocents and that its leader Osama bin Laden is healthy, according to a transcript of an audio tape released by radical Islamist Web sites.
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PDT |
Paulson says China market reforms to continue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China is too far down the road toward a
market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S.
financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
4:53am PDT |
China envoy to drop Olympic role |
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Summary: China's ambassador to the UK has pulled out of taking part in the Olympic torch relay through London on Sunday. |
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BBC News |
4:52am PDT |
Rail company's franchise extended |
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Summary: First ScotRail's franchise has been extended for a further three years, it is announced by ministers. |
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BBC News |
4:48am PDT |
Man seeks £7 an hour drinking pal for his 88-year-old father |
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Summary: A man who is afraid his father could be lonely has advertised for a drinking companion for him, at £7 an hour. |
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Yahoo News |
4:46am PDT |
NATO snubs Bush as it denies membership to Georgia, Ukraine
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday in a major setback for US President George W. Bush at his last summit of the transatlantic alliance. |
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
Toddlers can no longer marry in Ark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Arkansas' marriage-age crisis is over. A law that mistakenly allowed anyone — even toddlers — to marry with parental permission was repealed by a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike Beebe, ending months of embarrassment for the state and c |
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Cnn.com |
4:41am PDT |
ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy |
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Summary: ATA Airlines has ceased all flights as it files for bankruptcy, apologizing to its customers for the airline's "sudden shutdown," according to a company statement released Thursday.
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Cnn.com |
4:34am PDT |
Seinfeld's brakes fail, car rolls |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
4:32am PDT |
Fuel shortage grounds Mission Aviation planes |
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Summary: A shortage of aviation fuel or av gas has grounded missionary pilots of Mission Aviation Fellowship MAF a faithbased nonprofit ministry that serves missions and isolated people around the world with aviation communications and learning technologies |
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Yahoo News |
4:29am PDT |
Bush says NATO must remain open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush has told NATO leaders that the doors of the alliance must remain open and that it must give "a full and fair hearing" to other nations seeking to join. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25am PDT |
Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against
U.S. "occupation," a potentially destabilizing show of force
after his followers battled U.S. and government troops. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25am PDT |
ATA files for bankruptcy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - ATA Airlines discontinued all flights Thursday after filing for bankruptcy. |
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ChristianPost |
4:21am PDT |
MegaFest to Return Bigger, Global in 2008 |
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Summary: One of America’s largest Christian events is returning this year on a bigger scale after taking a one year ... |
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BBC News |
4:16am PDT |
identify |
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Summary: Police hope to issue an artist's impression of a woman after a head and hands were found on a beach. |
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Mugabe's party ready for runoff, predicts win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's ruling party expects a runoff
election and is confident President Robert Mugabe will retain
power, Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:14am PDT |
Carmona, Silva, Saunders shine in AL
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fausto Carmona felt that familiar sinking feeling. So did the Chicago White Sox, who pounded his signature sinker into the dirt over and over again in the Cleveland Indians' 7-2 win on Wednesday night. |
