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1:09am PDT |
Australian police jostle with Chinese Olympic torch escorts
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Summary: AFP - Australian police tussled with Chinese torch escorts Thursday as the Olympic flame was run through Canberra to rowdy demonstrations by thousands of Chinese supporters and pro-Tibet protesters. |
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1:04am PDT |
Bear from movies turns on handler in Calif., killing him
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Summary: AP - When friends Linda Carter and Cherrie Giles booked a three-day retreat in a remote cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains, the proprietor told them not to be startled by the roar of lions and bears from the exotic-animal training center nearby. |
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1:03am PDT |
Democratic leaders may add unemployment benefits to war bill
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Summary: AP - House Democratic leaders have a plan to try to add extended unemployment benefits and new education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill while dropping lots of other party priorities. |
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12:58am PDT |
Ono sues over Imagine film clip |
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Summary: Yoko Ono is suing the makers of a documentary for using John Lennon's song Imagine without permission. |
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Cnn.com |
12:48am PDT |
Exhumed body of saint goes on display |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
US works to determine how to deal with Maoists in Nepal
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Summary: AP - This month's surprising election victory for ex-rebels in Nepal could force the Bush administration to deal with a group it has considered a terrorist organization. |
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Yahoo News |
12:34am PDT |
North Carolina excited to choose between Clinton and Obama
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Summary: AP - Not since 1988 has North Carolina had much of a voice in choosing a presidential nominee. Back then, it joined several Southern states to help pick Al Gore, a neighbor from Tennessee. |
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12:32am PDT |
Disputed claims on S Lanka clash |
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Summary: Fighting between Sri Lanka's military and the rebels in Jaffna peninsula ends with both sides claiming victory. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30am PDT |
Congress to get video evidence on Syrian facility
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Summary: AP - U.S. intelligence officials will show House and Senate members a videotape and other evidence supporting their case that Syria was building a nuclear reactor with North Korean assistance before it was bombed by Israeli planes last year, a U.S. offici |
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12:28am PDT |
Mother and baby in canal rescue |
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Summary: Passers-by rescue a baby and her mother from a car submerged in a canal after a crash. |
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12:28am PDT |
Abbas to appeal for more US help in peace process
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Summary: AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the Bush administration to press Israel to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank — a step he says is needed to make progress in Mideast peace talks. |
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12:28am PDT |
Credit Suisse bank loses billions |
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Summary: Credit Suisse becomes the latest bank to report big losses because of its exposure to US mortgages. |
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ChristianToday |
12:22am PDT |
Hannah Montana stars new book to focus on family relationship |
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Summary: Miley Cyrus 15yearold teen star who attributes her family and Christian faith for keeping her grounded in her fastpace lifestyle will write about her life before becoming Hannah Montana in a book deal that was confirmed by the publisher for Disney on Tues |
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12:21am PDT |
Kenyan leaders tour trouble spot |
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Summary: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga tour an area hard hit by post-election violence. |
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Cnn.com |
12:18am PDT |
Texas pounded by hail, 70 mph winds |
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12:17am PDT |
'Tough conditions' hit Barclays |
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Summary: Profits at Barclays fell in the first quarter of the year amid tough market conditions, boss John Varley says. |
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ChristianToday |
12:13am PDT |
Tutu backs US church initiative to end poverty in Africa |
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Summary: Archbishop Desmond Tutu the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner has endorsed an interfaith initiative to partner congregations in the United States with African villages in the fight against poverty |
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12:10am PDT |
GMO coupled with organic farms best for environment
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Summary: Reuters - Genetic engineering, combined with
organic farming, may be the best way to grow food for a rising
population as the world confronts climate change and
environmental degradation, a U.S. rice scientist said. |
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12:08am PDT |
World Vision cuts back food aid sounds alarm |
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Summary: It is one of the largest and most trusted humanitarian organisations in the world that leverages compassion and generosity to help the most needy Yet on Tuesday World Vision announced a cutback on the number of people it can feed this year as it gets to g |
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12:06am PDT |
Vidic doubtful for Chelsea match |
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Summary: Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic is doubtful for the match at Chelsea on Saturday because of the stomach virus he picked up in Barcelona. |
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12:06am PDT |
EU urges China talks with Dalai Lama as spiritual leader offers Tibet emissaries
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Summary: AFP - The European Union said Thursday it will press China in talks this week to engage in a dialogue with the Dalai Lama to bring about "concrete improvement" in people's lives in restive Tibet. |
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12:03am PDT |
Officers quiz men over body find |
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Summary: Police question two men on suspicion of murdering a disabled 22-year-old, whose mother was also found dead. |
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BBC News |
12:03am PDT |
Police quiz men over second body |
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Summary: Police question two men on suspicion of murdering a disabled 22-year-old, whose mother was also found dead. |
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12:03am PDT |
Strike disrupting 8,000 schools |
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Summary: Thousands of teachers strike over pay, leading to empty classrooms in about a third of schools in England and Wales. |
