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Yahoo News |
4:22am PDT |
China says foils Olympics terrorist plot
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese authorities foiled plots to
kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the
Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to
the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the
Games. |
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BBC News |
4:22am PDT |
Israel will 'respond' over raid |
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Summary: Israel says it will retaliate at a time and place of its choosing against Hamas over a fuel depot raid. |
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BBC News |
4:13am PDT |
Bank lowers interest rates to 5% |
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Summary: The Bank of England cuts the cost of borrowing to 5% from 5.25% to shore up the UK's slowing economy. |
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BBC News |
4:12am PDT |
Three men 'helped 7 July bombers' |
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Summary: Three men helped the 7 July suicide bombers to find potential targets such as the London Eye and the Tube, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
McCann alert 'could have helped' |
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Summary: The mother of missing Madeleine McCann believes there would have been a "greater chance" of finding her if a missing child alert system had been used. |
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BBC News |
4:10am PDT |
Crash driver admits killing five |
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Summary: A driver who killed five people after overtaking on a blind summit admits responsibility for the crash. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Live - Masters 2008 |
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Summary: The start of the 72nd Masters is delayed as Tiger Woods takes aim at an historic Grand Slam in the first round at Augusta. |
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Yahoo News |
4:05am PDT |
Pope Benedict is coming to America
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict is coming to America
and American Catholics may be in for some surprises. |
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BBC News |
3:57am PDT |
Computer viruses hit one million |
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Summary: The number of malicious programs in circulation has hit the one million mark, says security firm Symantec. |
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BBC News |
3:55am PDT |
Students tell of fees resentment |
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Summary: Resentment and concerns over high university fees and poor standards are expressed by students. |
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BBC News |
3:55am PDT |
Men face Cypriot jail over crash |
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Summary: Two men, found guilty in their absence of killing a Cypriot teenager, are sentenced to three years in jail. |
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Yahoo News |
3:54am PDT |
Apparent tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An apparent tornado with winds of up to 70 mph moved through West Texas early Thursday, tearing shingles from roofs, shattering glass and flipping vehicles. |
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BBC News |
3:47am PDT |
GMTV host Garraway wins damages |
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Summary: Presenter Kate Garraway accepts "substantial" libel damages over newspaper claims that she had an affair. |
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BBC News |
3:35am PDT |
Europe-wide food colour ban urged |
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Summary: A food safety watchdog calls for an EU ban on six artificial food colourings after research links them with hyperactivity. |
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Yahoo News |
3:35am PDT |
Dalai Lama backs Olympics, says violence outdated
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled
spiritual leader, said on Thursday he supports the Beijing
Olympics and opposed violent protests that have disrupted the
Olympic torch relay around the world. |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
Harare journal |
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Summary: Looking for good omens as waiting dampens mood |
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Yahoo News |
3:33am PDT |
Fifty-four Myanmar migrants suffocate in container
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants,
most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23am PDT |
Yahoo seeks AOL tie as Microsoft talks to News Corp
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc ,
which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to
accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become
a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their
media allies, sources said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:22am PDT |
Separate US airstrikes in Baghdad kill 5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Separate missile attacks by U.S. helicopters on Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood left five people dead injured four injured, Iraqi police said Thursday. |
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BBC News |
3:17am PDT |
Piece of cake: UK taxman faces big bill over biscuit mistake |
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Summary: The UK Treasury faces a £3.5m bill, because VAT was wrongly slapped on a Marks and Spencer teacake. |
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BBC News |
3:01am PDT |
Bush 'to speak on US Iraq course' |
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Summary: President George W Bush is set to endorse a freeze on troop withdrawals from Iraq, US officials say. |
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BBC News |
2:55am PDT |
SFO unlawful in ending BAE probe |
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Summary: The High Court rules that the SFO acted unlawfully by dropping a corruption probe into a £43bn Saudi arms deal. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
GMTV's Garraway accepts damages |
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Summary: Presenter Kate Garraway accepts undisclosed libel damages over allegations she committed adultery. |
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Cnn.com |
2:49am PDT |
American Airlines cancels 900 flights today |
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Summary: American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday as it continues to perform safety inspections on certain jets.
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Cnn.com |
2:49am PDT |
American Airlines cancels 900 more flights |
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Summary: American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday as it continues to perform safety inspections on certain jets.
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ChristianToday |
2:44am PDT |
Nola Leach How can Christians possibly make a difference |
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Summary: The mobilisation of Christians holds the key to making a Christian difference for the sake of future generations |
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ChristianToday |
2:44am PDT |
How can Christians possibly make a difference |
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Summary: The mobilisation of Christians holds the key to making a Christian difference for the sake of future generations |
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BBC News |
2:43am PDT |
Teacake set to cost taxman £3.5m |
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Summary: The UK Treasury faces a £3.5m bill, because VAT was wrongly slapped on a Marks and Spencer teacake. |
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BBC News |
2:42am PDT |
New move over 1981 child murder |
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Summary: Detectives who questioned a man on the murder of a County Antrim schoolgirl in 1981 send a file to the PPS. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39am PDT |
Musharraf urges Pakistan lawyers against anarchy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
on Thursday called on lawyers opposing his rule to stop
spreading anarchy as tensions flared in the country just days
after a new government made up of his opponents took office. |
