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Cnn.com |
6:56am PDT |
Zimbabwe warns against vote-related strike |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:53am PDT |
Thousands prepare for papal mass |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI is to celebrate an open-air mass in Washington in front of more than 40,000 people. |
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Yahoo News |
6:51am PDT |
India stage-managed torch relay meets protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch snaked through
India's capital on Thursday, along boulevards purged of
spectators, as 15,000 police kept protests from the world's
largest community of exiled Tibetans far from the route. |
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
Brown meeting presidential rivals |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is meeting the three US presidential candidates and will hold talks with President Bush. |
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BBC News |
6:35am PDT |
Down's pupil accused of 'racism' |
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Summary: The parents of a Down's syndrome teenager accused of a racist assault say they went through "hell". |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
Sri Lanka puts cap on rice prices |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's government brings in a ceiling on the price at which most varieties of rice can be sold. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PDT |
Jimmy Carter to meet Hamas leaders in Egypt |
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Summary: Former President Carter is expected to meet with two senior Hamas officials Thursday in the Egyptian capital, an encounter he calls a necessary step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
Georgia demands Russia reversal |
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Summary: Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili tells Russia to revoke decisions which he says breach Georgian sovereignty. |
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PDT |
Slain cameraman mourned; fresh violence kills 3 Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of Palestinians marched through Gaza City on Thursday at the funeral procession of a cameraman killed while covering a day of fighting that killed 20 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
South Africa shifts on Zimbabwe and calls for result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Africa's government, in a major
change of stance, called on Thursday for the rapid release of
results from Zimbabwe's presidential election, saying it was
concerned by a delay that has increased fears of violence. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
Killer Bellfield makes appeal bid |
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Summary: A former bouncer given a whole life sentence for murdering two women appeals against his conviction and sentence. |
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ChristianToday |
6:15am PDT |
Teenager remanded on Rhys Jones murder charge |
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Summary: A 17yearold youth was remanded in custody on Thursday charged with the murder of Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Scores arrested in India as torch relay ends
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Scores of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through the Indian capital. |
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ChristianToday |
6:13am PDT |
EU ready to give US some access to police data |
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Summary: The European Union signalled on Thursday it could give the United States limited access to its police databases in a bid to resolve a longrunning visa row with Washington |
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ChristianToday |
6:11am PDT |
Israeli Orthodox Jews angered over Passover ruling |
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Summary: A court decision in Israel to allow stores and restaurants to sell food banned by Jewish ritual law during the Passover holiday has angered the countrys influential Orthodox Jewish community |
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ChristianToday |
6:10am PDT |
British reporter expelled from Zimbabwe |
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Summary: A British journalist was deported from Zimbabwe on Thursday after being detained for eight nights and fined 20 billion Zimbabwe dollars about 250 his newspaper said |
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ChristianToday |
6:08am PDT |
China dismisses Japan advice on Tibet talks |
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Summary: Japans foreign minister on Thursday called for more openness on Tibet and urged his Chinese counterpart to hold talks to resolve problems in the region as the two met to discuss President Hu Jintaos trip to Japan next month |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Death driver sentence 'insulting' |
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Summary: A four-year sentence given to a driver who killed two men is criticised by the father of one of the victims. |
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Cnn.com |
5:58am PDT |
Air marshal training going soft, flight cops say |
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Summary: An air marshal shortage drove feds to drop mandatory psychological testing for its employees carrying guns on planes, current and ex-marshals say. But the Federal Air Marshal Service says that revision doesn't put anyone at risk and neither does its swap |
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Cnn.com |
5:58am PDT |
Ex-marshal: Air marshal training 'a disgrace' |
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Summary: An air marshal shortage drove feds to drop mandatory psychological testing for its employees carrying guns on planes, current and ex-marshals say. But the Federal Air Marshal Service says that revision doesn't put anyone at risk and neither does its swap |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Pressing the flesh |
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Summary: Cameron is not the first to hit trouble on campaign trail |
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Cnn.com |
5:42am PDT |
Crowd arrives early for papal Mass |
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Summary: People began arriving at Washington's baseball stadium at 5 a.m. Thursday for a 10 a.m. Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Worshippers arrive early for papal Mass in Washington
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of worshippers began arriving at the Washington Nationals stadium Thursday, eagerly awaiting an open-air Mass that will be presided over by Pope Benedict XVI. |
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Cnn.com |
5:36am PDT |
Ricin suspect denies poisoning plot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Torch greeted with protests in India
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch arrived in New
Delhi on Thursday to be met immediately with protests from
members of the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans,
who vowed to disrupt its passage through the Indian capital. |
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BBC News |
5:33am PDT |
Mob 'fixer' jailed for 14 years |
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Summary: A robber who once allegedly helped protect footballer Steven Gerrard is jailed for 14 years. |
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ChristianPost |
5:31am PDT |
Emergent Church Leaders' InterSpirituality Talks Raise Flags |
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Summary: The participation of emergent church leaders in an interfaith dialogue raised flags for some conservative Christians who have been concerned over a growing cooperation of emergent church leaders with New Spirituality/New Age ... |
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BBC News |
5:29am PDT |
Write-downs add to Merrill woes |
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Summary: Merrill Lynch reports heavy losses in the first three months of 2008, after more credit market write-downs. |
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Yahoo News |
5:29am PDT |
Could Israel use submarines against Iran?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Anticipating a showdown with
Iran, Israel decides secretly to deploy a submarine off its
arch-foe's coast. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Sex kidnap plot soldier is jailed |
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Summary: A man behind a child kidnap plot will not be freed from jail unless he proves he is no longer a danger. |
