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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Drugs raids lead to 250 arrests |
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Summary: Police target drugs, gangs and car crime during a two-day operation bringing more than 250 arrests. |
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Yahoo News |
6:04am PDT |
At least 925 killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashes
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Summary: AFP - More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:52am PDT |
US growth ahead of expectations |
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Summary: The US economy grew at an annual pace of 0.6% in the first quarter of 2008, slightly stronger than expected. |
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BBC News |
5:45am PDT |
Austria seeks to 'rescue image' |
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Summary: Austria's chancellor says he is determined not to let the cellar family case darken the country's reputation. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
Bomb hoax civil servant is jailed |
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Summary: An NI-born Ministry of Justice official is jailed for 12 months for a bomb hoax on London's Tube. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
Civil servant jailed in bomb hoax |
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Summary: An NI-born Ministry of Justice official is jailed for 12 months for a bomb hoax on London's Tube. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
EU hails Turkey free speech move |
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Summary: Turkey's vote to amend a law that limits freedom of speech is welcomed by the EU. |
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Cnn.com |
5:35am PDT |
Family victimized by incest reunited |
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Summary: Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. "The children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother |
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Obama looks to put controversial pastor behind him
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama is looking to get his campaign back on track today after making a strong effort to distance himself from his controversial former pastor. |
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BBC News |
5:32am PDT |
More drivers caught using phones |
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Summary: The number of drivers caught using mobile phones at the wheel has increased by nearly a third. |
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Yahoo News |
5:32am PDT |
Austrian police taking another look unsolved murder
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police are looking into possible links between a young woman's killing and the man who confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Cameron attacks over terror plans |
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Summary: David Cameron urges the PM to make his plans to extend the terror detention limit a vote of confidence. |
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Yahoo News |
5:26am PDT |
North Korea heading towards famine: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Soaring global food prices and reluctant
donors are pushing North Korea back towards famine, which could
see the secretive government turn even more repressive to keep
control, a paper released on Wednesday said. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Austrian questions |
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Summary: Soul-searching begins after horrific dungeon discovery |
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Yahoo News |
5:21am PDT |
Prom invite is written on lacrosse players' bare bottoms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thirteen members of a high school lacrosse team have been disciplined for baring their bottoms on which was written a prom invitation from one player to a girl. |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
Another celebrity is finished `Dancing With the Stars'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shannon Elizabeth won't have to shed any more tears over "Dancing With the Stars." |
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Yahoo News |
5:15am PDT |
April deadliest month for U.S. in Iraq since Sept
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in
Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, taking the
American troop death toll in Iraq for April to 46. |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
Austrian incest suspect may be linked to unsolved murder
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police say they are looking into possible links between the murder of a young woman and the man who has confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children. |
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Cnn.com |
5:06am PDT |
Paula Abdul gets confused on 'Idol' |
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ChristianPost |
5:05am PDT |
Australia Opens Door for Gay Couples; Protects Traditional Marriage |
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Summary: Australia will change a raft of federal laws to remove discrimination against gay couples, but will stop short of allowing same-sex marriages, the government announced ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:05am PDT |
Australia Opens Door for Gay Couples; Keeps Marriage Off Limits |
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Summary: Australia will change a raft of federal laws to remove discrimination against gay couples, but will stop short of allowing same-sex marriages, the government announced ... |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
GM posts loss of $3.3B on weak US auto market, charges
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups. |
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Yahoo News |
4:59am PDT |
Hornets, Spurs advance to 2nd round of NBA playoffs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs have advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52am PDT |
Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired — and arguably corrupted — millions in the 1960s hippie generation, has died. He was 102. |
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BBC News |
4:49am PDT |
'Delusional' GP stabber cleared |
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Summary: A man who repeatedly stabbed a GP in her Glasgow surgery is cleared of the attack after a judge rules he was insane at the time. |
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Yahoo News |
4:43am PDT |
Zimbabwe dismisses U.N. talks as "racist and colonial"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe's government
dismissed the United Nations' first session on Zimbabwe's
election crisis as "sinister, racist and colonial" on Wednesday
and said it would have no impact on the country. |
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ChristianToday |
4:38am PDT |
Church investors speak out on Sudan shareholder responsibility |
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Summary: The ecumenical Church Investors Group CIG has condemned the continued war and human rights abuses in the Sudan and the direct or indirect part certain companies are playing in prolonging the conflict |
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BBC News |
4:37am PDT |
Foreign doctor block 'unlawful' |
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Summary: There is likely to be tough competition for junior doctor posts this year after a bid to give UK-trained medics priority in applying for jobs. |
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BBC News |
4:34am PDT |
What's the most important issue in the London Mayoral election? |
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Summary: On Thursday 1 May, Londoners will go to the polls to elect the next Mayor of London. What issues will influence your vote? |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
New identities for incest-scarred Austrian family
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Austrian authorities are to give new identities to the woman held prisoner by her father for 24 years and the children she bore in a cramped cellar, to help them escape the trauma of their captivity, officials said Wednesday. |
