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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
Violence kills 16 in Iraq's Sadr City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen clashed Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, where attacks killed 16 people on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. capture of the capital. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
American cancels 850 more flights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines has canceled 850 more flights as it reinspects the wiring on its MD-80 jets. |
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BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
The 'black hole' facing UK science |
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Summary: Newsnight's Susan Watts talks to scientists who claim a funding shortfall threatens UK research. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
Democrat: Iraq makes US more vulnerable
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration's Iraq policy has left the United States with insufficient resources to protect itself from attack, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07am PDT |
San Francisco set for Olympics protests |
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Summary: San Francisco prepares for protests today as runners plan to carry the Olympic torch through the city. As the flame arrived Tuesday, thousands demonstrated against China's human rights record. "This is putting a stamp of approval on repression and human r |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
Husband denies police wife murder |
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Summary: The husband of a special constable stabbed at her home tells his trial he had nothing to do with her death. |
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BBC News |
7:00am PDT |
Barroso in change plea to Mugabe |
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Summary: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the people of Zimbabwe have voted for change. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PDT |
Deadly fighting in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam ouster
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraq marked the fifth anniversary Wednesday of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and bloodshed gripping its most populous Shiite district. |
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DJ Chuang |
6:47am PDT |
Real-time tweets + live blog for Q New York City |
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Summary: I’ll be live-twittering (very similar to live-blogging, but shorter & faster) at the Q conference here in New York City! things kick off at 10:00am Eastern
Follow me @ twitter.com/djchuang for real-time updates from Q in Gotham Hall, New York C |
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Cnn.com |
6:46am PDT |
White House hopefuls call on China to do more |
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Summary: The presidential candidates are calling on China to improve its human rights record as protests over the crackdown in Tibet follow the Olympic flame on its international journey.
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CTI News |
6:42am PDT |
Eric Clapton, In the Presence of the Lord |
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Summary: The bluesman has been haunted by God through his early years, his born-again period, and his recovery.
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CTI News |
6:42am PDT |
Presidential Clones |
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Summary: All three candidates have voted to fund embryonic stem-cell research.
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BBC News |
6:37am PDT |
Mother of stabbed Damilola dies |
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Summary: The mother of schoolboy Damilola Taylor, who was stabbed to death in London, dies from a suspected heart attack. |
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Yahoo News |
6:27am PDT |
Pope aims to heal sex abuse wounds on U.S. trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict will seek to heal
wounds from a sexual abuse scandal that shook the Catholic
Church in the United States, during his first trip there as
pontiff next week, the Vatican's number two said. |
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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
Darling 'optimistic' on economy |
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Summary: The chancellor stands by his growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009 despite a downgrade by the IMF. |
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BBC News |
6:07am PDT |
IMF slashes world growth forecast |
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Summary: The US, the world's largest economy, is heading for a recession that will reverberate around the globe, the IMF warns. |
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Cnn.com |
6:07am PDT |
Five jobs with surprising salaries |
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Summary: Much has been made of people who live beyond their means. When you see a neighbor bring home a fancy new car, you can't help but wonder how she can afford it on her salary. However, you can't assume you know how much she (or anybody) makes unless you've s |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Zambia calls for regional summit on Zimbabwe poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zambia has called an emergency meeting
of southern Africa's regional bloc on Saturday to discuss
Zimbabwe's post-election impasse, President Levy Mwanawasa said
on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53am PDT |
Mary-Louise Parker breaks engagement |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
5:49am PDT |
Next US president urged to outline climate policy |
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Summary: The next US president should signal a shift in global warming policies before taking office to help a UN meeting in Poland in December take steps to work out a new climate treaty Poland said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
5:46am PDT |
UK dismayed after Jordanian wins deportation appeal |
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BBC News |
5:44am PDT |
BBC iPlayer in Nintendo Wii deal |
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Summary: The BBC's iPlayer is to be offered via the net channel on Nintendo's Wii game console. |
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ChristianToday |
5:40am PDT |
France will try again to help Colombia hostage |
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Summary: France will try to find another way to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt after it abandoned a mission to send a medical team to the Colombian jungle where she is held Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Wednesday |
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ChristianPost |
5:38am PDT |
Bible Tops America's 10 Favorite Books of All Time |
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Summary: Regardless of which demographic group they belong to – male-female, Republican-Democrat or old-young – Americans named the Bible as their favorite book of all time, according to a recent nationwide ... |
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ChristianToday |
5:38am PDT |
OlympicsHow new technology keeps the flame burning |
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Summary: The tradition of the Olympic flame is rooted in Greek sporting heritage dating back thousands of years but new technology keeps the fire burning whatever the elements or modernday protester can throw at it |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
Palestinians say Bush will meet Abbas in Egypt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Plans are under way for
President George W. Bush to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas and possibly other Arab leaders in Egypt next month,
diplomats and Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
5:33am PDT |
EU urges members to meet Millennium aid pledges |
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Summary: European Union states must meet pledges to boost aid to poor countries the EU executive said on Wednesday warning that missing UN goals would be a disaster for developing nations and threaten global stability |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Zapatero loses MPs' vote to be PM |
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Summary: Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero fails a second ballot by MPs before he can form a government. |
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BBC News |
5:24am PDT |
Preacher Abu Qatada wins appeal |
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Summary: An Islamic preacher, dubbed Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, may be freed after winning an appeal. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Market slowdown |
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Summary: So should we feel sorry for estate agents? |
