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BBC News |
3:14am PDT |
Tram work to close Princes Street |
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Summary: Princes Street in Scotland's capital is to close to all traffic for six months next year while tram tracks are laid. |
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Cnn.com |
3:09am PDT |
World's oldest oil paintings found, scientists say |
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Summary: Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.
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BBC News |
3:08am PDT |
Scottish exams shake-up announced |
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Summary: Standard Grades and Intermediate exams are set to be replaced with a new general qualification. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Drop in MRSA infections 'stalled' |
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Summary: Recent drops in the number of new MRSA infections seem to have stalled, latest figures show. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Drop in MRSA infections 'stalls' |
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Summary: Recent drops in the number of new MRSA infections seem to have stalled, latest figures show. |
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BBC News |
2:58am PDT |
Body find is missing disabled man |
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Summary: Police believe they have found the body of a severely disabled man missing since Saturday. |
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BBC News |
2:45am PDT |
Recorded crime decreases by 12% |
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Summary: Recorded crime in England and Wales fell by 12% in the last three months of 2007, Home Office figures show. |
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BBC News |
2:43am PDT |
Banks lose overdraft charges case |
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Summary: The UK's biggest banks lose a High Court test case to the Office of Fair Trading over their overdraft charges. |
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ChristianToday |
2:42am PDT |
Christians quiz mayoral candidates on faith issues |
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Summary: London mayoral candidates were last night quizzed on their commitment to the faith community at a hustings event organised by the Evangelical Alliance |
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BBC News |
2:36am PDT |
Darling facing MPs over 10p tax |
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Summary: The chancellor is facing questions from MPs over concessions promised to those hit by tax changes. |
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BBC News |
2:34am PDT |
Zimbabwe arms returning to China |
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Summary: A ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe is returning to China, an official says. |
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BBC News |
2:34am PDT |
UK retail sales on slide in March |
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Summary: Retail sales drop slightly in March but sales growth is revised up for January and February. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Terror asset-freezing 'unlawful' |
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Summary: Asset-freezing orders imposed on terror suspects by the Treasury are legally flawed, a High Court judge has ruled. |
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Yahoo News |
2:31am PDT |
Hollywood animal trainer distraught over fatal bear attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The owner of a wild animal training center where a grizzly bear killed a handler says the animal is a "loving, affectionate, friendly, safe bear," but he is at a loss to explain how a "simple routine" turned tragic. |
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BBC News |
2:27am PDT |
Outside the box |
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Summary: Decorated caskets help some come to terms with death |
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BBC News |
2:27am PDT |
Stickers on coffins |
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Summary: How mourners are thinking outside the box |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
Hollywood film bear kills handler |
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Summary: A grizzly bear which featured in the recent Will Ferrell film Semi-Pro kills its handler in California. |
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Yahoo News |
2:08am PDT |
Former Iraqi deputy PM Tariq Aziz to face trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
Tariq Aziz, the public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, will
face trial next week over the execution of dozens of merchants
in 1992, a prosecutor said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01am PDT |
Chinese rally in Australia for troubled torch
(Reuters)
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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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Yahoo News |
1:57am PDT |
Turkish army says it strikes PKK group in N. Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Turkish warplanes fired on a group of
Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday as they tried to
cross into Turkey, the army said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
1:56am PDT |
War forges Odierno's bond with troops |
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Summary: The man tapped to take charge of Operation Iraqi Freedom has a special link to the troops in Iraq and their families: He's served two tours of duty in the country, and his son was severely injured there.
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BBC News |
1:49am PDT |
Atomic rhythms |
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Summary: Precision clocks at heart of Europe's sat-nav system |
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BBC News |
1:48am PDT |
Developers question Mesh openness |
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Summary: Web developers question the commitment to openness in Microsoft's new Live Mesh service. |
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Cnn.com |
1:42am PDT |
Hopes fade for balloon stunt priest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PDT |
China says arms bound for Zimbabwe to be recalled
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China said on Thursday a shipment of
weapons bound for Zimbabwe would be recalled after South
African port workers refused to unload it. |
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BBC News |
1:34am PDT |
The plant hunter |
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Summary: Follow a seed collector as he scours for rarities |
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BBC News |
1:28am PDT |
Top Pakistan militant calls truce |
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Summary: The Pakistan Taleban rebel accused of ordering Benazir Bhutto's assassination orders his men to stop attacks. |
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BBC News |
1:27am PDT |
Woods searched in terror probe |
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Summary: Police search woodland near the Bristol home of a man being questioned under the Terrorism Act. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Kobe's 49 points leads Lakers over Nuggets 122-107
(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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Yahoo News |
1:17am PDT |
Vote count nears close, Nepal politics stirs up
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Counting of votes in Nepal's key
election is expected to end on Thursday, a contest likely to
cement the former Maoist rebels as the largest party and give
them a chance to lead a minority government. |
