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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Reporter's rage- and other popular videos from BBC News |
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Summary: The best video : From a crash landing at Heathrow to Richard Hammond. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Skiing on the tube- and other popular videos from BBC News |
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Summary: The best video : From a crash landing at Heathrow to Richard Hammond. |
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BBC News |
10:03am PDT |
Bush fails to exit- and other popular videos from BBC News |
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Summary: The best video : From a crash landing at Heathrow to Richard Hammond. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02am PDT |
Reuters cameraman killed in Gaza
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Reuters cameraman was killed in the Gaza
Strip on Wednesday in what appeared to be an Israeli military
strike. |
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BBC News |
10:01am PDT |
Government plans to help UK banks |
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Summary: The UK government is to rescue the mortgage market by letting banks swap housing debt for government bonds. |
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Cnn.com |
10:00am PDT |
Bumped fliers could get $800 with new rules |
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Summary: The government is ordering airlines to double the compensation they must pay passengers bumped from oversold flights to as much as $800 under certain conditions.
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Boy cautioned for pretending to sneeze next to David Cameron |
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Summary: A boy is cautioned for pretending to sneeze then wiping his hand down Tory leader David Cameron's back in Sussex. |
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Cnn.com |
9:56am PDT |
High court upholds lethal injection method |
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Summary: The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection as a means of executing prisoners, ruling that the method -- used in some 35 states -- is properly and humanely applied.
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ChristianPost |
9:53am PDT |
Va. Tech Begins Day of Mourning a Year after Mass Shooting |
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Summary: A sea of people wearing orange and maroon flowed onto the main lawn at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, some clutching single roses, to remember the victims of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. ... |
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Cnn.com |
9:49am PDT |
Teen survived plane crash, squeezed out hole |
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Summary: April Mosier, 14, darted to the front of the jet that'd just crashed in the central African nation. The Minnesota teen used her Swahili to tell a man he had to tear a hole in the plane's wall or they'd all die. April made it out, so did her missionary par |
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BBC News |
9:47am PDT |
Dolphin Dave 'disturbed men' |
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Summary: Two men accused of disturbing a dolphin were actually bothered by the animal itself, a court hears. |
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ChristianPost |
9:44am PDT |
Advisor: McCain Believes Using Faith for Election is Wrong |
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Summary: An insider of John McCain’s campaign said the Republican nominee-in-waiting refuses to use his faith for political gains and is debating whether to speak more openly about his relationship with ... |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Mistrial declared in Miami terrorism case |
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Summary: A judge has declared a mistrial in the retrial of six men accused of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda.
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Yahoo News |
9:37am PDT |
Bush administration against retooling homes program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration opposes a
sweeping plan to refinance troubled home loans because a more
modest one will achieve similar results without too much risk
to taxpayers, a senior housing policymaker told lawmakers on
Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:33am PDT |
Georgia angered by Russian move |
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Summary: Georgia says Russia is trying to annex two of Tbilisi's breakaway republics by seeking closer ties. |
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BBC News |
9:27am PDT |
Bomb equipment 'left in park bin' |
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Summary: A gang that plotted to blow up planes were watched by undercover police as they threw bomb-making equipment in a park bin, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
9:26am PDT |
White House thousands greet Pope |
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Summary: Thousands of guests welcome Pope Benedict XVI to the White House for his meeting with President Bush. |
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BBC News |
9:26am PDT |
Harman reminded of donation rules |
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Summary: A watchdog reminds Harriet Harman donations should not be reported late - but decides not to involve police. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Pope Benedict XVI makes historic White House visit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI, making the first White House papal visit in nearly 30 years, pleaded Wednesday for a peaceful end to global disputes as thousands of joyful well-wishers sang him "happy birthday." |
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Cnn.com |
9:19am PDT |
9/11 a pretext for U.S. attacks, Iranian says |
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PDT |
Bush to urge halt of CO2 emission growth by 2025
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush plans
on Wednesday to call for halting the growth of greenhouse gas
emissions by 2025, but he will offer few ideas on how to do so
before his term ends early next year. |
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BBC News |
9:08am PDT |
Israel strikes after Hamas raid |
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Summary: An Israeli air strike reportedly kills nine Palestinians in Gaza after a Hamas attack which left three soldiers dead. |
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Cnn.com |
8:58am PDT |
Atlantic City casinos may go smoke-free |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:56am PDT |
Reuters cameraman and two other civilians killed in Gaza
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Reuters cameraman and two other
Palestinian civilians were killed on Wednesday in what local
residents said was an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Cuba says reforms not an open door to U.S. subversion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba said on Wednesday that a series of
reforms ordered by new President Raul Castro will strengthen
socialism and it will not tolerate attempts by the United
States and local dissidents to subvert it. |
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Yahoo News |
8:47am PDT |
Pope pleads for diplomacy over war at White House
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged President George W. Bush to use "patient diplomacy to resolve conflicts," but did not mention the Iraq war to which the Vatican is strongly opposed. |
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ChristianToday |
8:44am PDT |
Full text of Pope Benedicts White House address |
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Summary: Following is the official text of Pope Benedicts address on Wednesday at the White House where he was received by President George W Bush on the first full day of his sixday visit to the United States |
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ChristianToday |
8:43am PDT |
Base decisions on moral principles Pope says |
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Summary: Saying he had come as a friend of the United States Pope Benedict urged Americans and their leaders on Wednesday to base their political and social decisions on moral principles and create a more just society |
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ChristianToday |
8:43am PDT |
UKs Brown finds US presidential race fascinating |
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Summary: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he found the US presidential campaign fascinating ahead of meetings with the three candidates |
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BBC News |
8:42am PDT |
Johnson named as English rugby supremo |
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Summary: Martin Johnson is appointed England's new team manager from 1 July with Brian Ashton losing his job as head coach. |
