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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
N Korea 'linked to Syria reactor' |
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Summary: US officials say they have evidence that North Korea has been helping Syria build a nuclear reactor. |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PDT |
Harvard gets papers that detail Mailer's sex life |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PDT |
Mailer sex life papers bought by Harvard |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Nuns monks call on UK to kick carbon habit |
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Summary: Hundreds of nuns monks and clergy descended on Westminster yesterday to demand MPs strengthen the Climate Change Bill and kick the carbon habit for the sake of the poorest in the world |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Major pro-Beijing rally for Australia relay
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Summary: Reuters - In the biggest pro-Beijing rally of
the protest-marred Olympic torch relay, more than 10,000
Chinese Australians rallied in Canberra on Thursday, bringing a
sea of red Chinese flags and drowning out Tibetan
demonstrators. |
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PDT |
Teachers hold first national strike in 20 years |
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Summary: Thousands of schools will be forced to close on Thursday as teachers stage their first national strike in 20 years in a dispute with the government over pay
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ChristianToday |
11:30pm PDT |
Strike to close Grangemouth refinery Sunday |
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Summary: Refinery workers at Grangemouth refinery will begin a twoday strike on Sunday that will shut the plant and squeeze fuel supplies in Scotland and northern England |
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ChristianToday |
11:29pm PDT |
Some pension schemes need more regulation |
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Summary: The pensions watchdog needs step up regulation of definedcontribution pension schemes and raise governance standards at many schemes a parliamentary committee said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:29pm PDT |
Financial companies underestimating ID fraud |
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Summary: Financial services companies must change their attitude to security to curb the rise in identity fraud the City watchdog said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:28pm PDT |
Major proBeijing rally for Australia relay |
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Summary: In the biggest proBeijing rally of the protestmarred Olympic torch relay more than 10000 Chinese Australians rallied in Canberra on Thursday bringing a sea of red Chinese flags and drowning out Tibetan demonstrators |
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ChristianToday |
11:28pm PDT |
Brown and Zuma call for Zimbabwe election results |
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Summary: Britain and South Africas ruling party leader Jacob Zuma made a united call on Wednesday for an end to the election stalemate in Zimbabwe stepping up pressure on President Robert Mugabe to release results |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
Bush seeks boost for Abbas and Mideast peace bid |
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Summary: President George W Bush hosts Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on Thursday to try to bolster him and shore up a fragile USbacked peace effort with Israel |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
Envoys walk out of UN after Libya Holocaust remark |
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Summary: Western UN envoys walked out of a Security Council discussion on Wednesday after Libyas UN ambassador likened the plight of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Nazi Holocaust diplomats said |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
British Somalia draft eyes increased UN presence |
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Summary: Britain has circulated a draft resolution on Somalia to members of the Security Council that would open the door to a stronger UN presence and a possible deployment of UN peacekeepers |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
Militant commander orders cease fire in Pakistan |
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Summary: An al Qaedalinked militant commander has ordered his followers to stop attacks in Pakistan after the new government began secret peace talks a government official said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PDT |
Pentecostal Church report warns of false prophets |
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Summary: A major Pentecostal denomination released a paper Tuesday stating the churchs position on the apostolic movement that included a warning on false prophets |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
McCann friend criticises 'leaks' |
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Summary: A friend of Madeleine McCann's parents criticises the Portuguese police for leaking details about the inquiry into their missing daughter. |
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Cnn.com |
11:12pm PDT |
'Idol' finalist booted from competition |
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Cnn.com |
11:00pm PDT |
4 arrested in pregnant bank teller shooting |
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DJ Chuang |
10:45pm PDT |
does assurance equal certainty? |
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Summary: An old friend sent me this controversy brewing at Cedarville College. I went to seminary with David Hoffeditz, who was apparently dismissed last summer under mostly hushed tones. Details are slowly coming to light, as the Dayton Daily News reported severa |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Bryant's 49 points leads Lakers over Nuggets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant scored big at the start and finish Wednesday night. In between, he set up his teammates for easy baskets. It turned out to be a winning formula. Bryant had 49 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 122-1 |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Strike affects 900 Welsh schools |
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Summary: Around 900 schools in Wales close or cancel lessons as teachers mount the first national strike in 21 years. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Schools' test to replace 11-plus |
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Summary: More than 30 grammar schools in NI set up a company to manage an independent test to replace the 11-Plus. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Black holes reveal more secrets |
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Summary: US scientists say they have worked out how black holes emit plasma jet streams at close to the speed of light. |
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Sam's Club limits bulk rice sales |
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Summary: Retail chain Sam's Club will limit the sale of large quantities of rice amid a dramatic increase in the global price of rice.
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Rising rice prices has Sam's Club limiting sales |
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Summary: Retail chain Sam's Club will limit the sale of large quantities of rice amid a dramatic increase in the global price of rice.
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Australian police tussle with Chinese Olympic torch escorts
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Australian police tussled with Chinese torch escorts Thursday as the Olympic flame was run through Canberra to rowdy protests by thousands of Chinese supporters and pro-Tibet demonstrators. |
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BBC News |
10:23pm PDT |
Warning over GP staffing 'crisis' |
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Summary: Doctors warn of a GP staffing crisis because too few people are being trained to replace retiring doctors. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Bush seeks boost for Abbas, Mideast peace bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush hosts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on
Thursday to try to bolster him and shore up a fragile
U.S.-backed peace effort with Israel. |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Dalai Lama asks Chinese president to allow Tibet envoys, EU urges debate
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama has written a letter to China's President Hu Jintao offering to send emissaries to Tibet to calm down tensions following Beijing's crackdown, his special envoy said. |
