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ChristianToday |
11:58pm PDT |
Emergency evacuation as Chile volcano spits lava |
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Summary: Crackling with explosions Chiles Chaiten volcano began spitting lava on Tuesday following its first eruption in thousands of years and Navy warships were deployed to evacuate nearby residents in the southern region of Patagonia |
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ChristianToday |
11:50pm PDT |
Nigeria oil rebels pledge truce if Carter mediates |
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Summary: Niger Delta rebels promised on Tuesday to halt attacks on the oil industry if the Nigerian government would allow former US President Jimmy Carter to act as a mediator |
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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Pope urges international generosity for Myanmar |
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Summary: Pope Benedict urged the international community on Tuesday to provide generous and effective aid to help Burma deal with the death and disaster caused by a cyclone |
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ChristianToday |
11:48pm PDT |
UN seeks urgent access to Darfur bombing victims |
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Summary: The top UN humanitarian official in Sudan on Tuesday called for immediate access to those wounded in a government bombing attack on a school and busy marketplace in North Darfur which killed 12 people |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Police chief's resign 'disgrace' |
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Summary: A chief constable should not have been allowed to retire ahead of an inquiry into misconduct, say politicians. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Top officer's retirement 'wrong' |
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Summary: A chief constable should not have been allowed to retire ahead of an inquiry into misconduct, say politicians. |
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ChristianToday |
11:48pm PDT |
Amnesty says civilians targeted in Somalia conflict |
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Summary: All parties in Somalias conflict have carried out rights abuses including executions rape and torture Amnesty International said on Tuesday adding there were reports Ethiopian soldiers had slit civilians throats |
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BBC News |
11:46pm PDT |
Executives on NI investment trail |
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Summary: More than 100 American executives are due in Northern Ireland for an investment conference. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Food dropped to Myanmar towns; 22,500 killed in storm
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Military helicopters dropped food and
drinking water to the cyclone-stricken people of Myanmar's
Irrawaddy delta, where entire villages have been virtually
washed away, officials said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:35pm PDT |
Obama takes North Carolina, Clinton wins Indiana
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama took a big stride towards the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday with a thumping victory over Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, while she eked out a wafer-thin win in Indiana. |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Obama wins N. Carolina, Clinton takes Indiana
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama scored an easy win in
North Carolina on Tuesday to take a big step toward the
Democratic presidential nomination, and Hillary Clinton
struggled to a narrow victory in Indiana that kept her faint
White House hopes alive. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Obama wins N.C. primary, Clinton wins Indiana
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama swept to a convincing victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton eked out a win in Indiana as she struggled to halt her rival's mar |
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BBC News |
11:10pm PDT |
India launches ballistic missile |
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Summary: India test-fires its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile which can hit targets in Beijing and Shanghai. |
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Cnn.com |
11:10pm PDT |
Clinton 'full speed ahead' after Indiana nail-biter |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton takes a narrow lead in Indiana to win Democratic primarySen. Barack Obama wins North Carolina primary, boosting his lead in the delegate racePoll workers reported heavy voter turnout in both states
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Cnn.com |
11:10pm PDT |
Clinton wins cliffhanger in Indiana, CNN projects |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton takes a narrow lead in Indiana to win Democratic primarySen. Barack Obama wins North Carolina primary, boosting his lead in the delegate racePoll workers reported heavy voter turnout in both states
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Burma victims 'need aid quickly' |
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Summary: Aid agencies call for speedy access to survivors as the scale of the disaster in cyclone-hit Burma becomes clear. |
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Yahoo News |
10:47pm PDT |
Help slow to come for Myanmar storm survivors
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Desperate survivors of the Myanmar cyclone were awaiting supplies of food and water Wednesday, as foreign aid workers said they still had no idea when the secretive government would let them in to help. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
N Carolina poll win boosts Obama |
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Summary: Barack Obama scores a clear win in North Carolina, as Hillary Clinton secures a slim victory in Indiana's Democratic primary. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
Obama wins NC, says near nomination; Clinton wins Indiana
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama swept to a convincing victory in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night and declared he was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton eked out a win in Indiana as she struggled to halt her rival's mar |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
China's Hu tells Dalai Lama to show "sincerity"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday
urged the Dalai Lama and his supporters to show "sincerity" and
blamed them for unrest across Tibet and trying to wreck the
Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PDT |
Medvedev to become Russian leader |
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Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hand over power to his protege, Dmitriy Medvedev who won elections in March. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PDT |
Clinton wins Indiana primary, MSNBC, Fox project
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton won the Indiana
primary election on Tuesday, MSNBC and Fox News projected,
keeping alive her presidential bid against Democratic
front-runner Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
10:07pm PDT |
Myanmar cyclone aid starts, hunger fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major
threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis,
aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military
rulers to open the doors to international humanitarian relief. |
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BBC News |
10:05pm PDT |
BAE wants review of SFO inquiry |
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Summary: BAE is urging the Serious Fraud Office to review its dropped inquiry into the company's £43bn Saudi Arabia arms deal. |
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Cnn.com |
9:44pm PDT |
R&B singer voted off 'Dancing With the Stars' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
9:42pm PDT |
Drama in Indiana: Clinton's lead tightens |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton carries a narrow lead in Indiana, but race is too close to callSen. Barack Obama wins North Carolina primary, boosting his lead in the delegate racePoll workers reported heavy voter turnout in both states
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PDT |
Medvedev to be inaugurated as Russia's new president
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dmitry Medvedev was to take over the Kremlin Wednesday in the shadow of his mentor Vladimir Putin, who has overseen an economic boom in Russia while rolling back many democratic reforms. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Exit polls: Race key in N.C., Ind. but Wright's impact mixed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Race again played a pivotal role in Tuesday's Democratic presidential clashes, as whites in Indiana and North Carolina leaned solidly toward Hillary Rodham Clinton and blacks voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama, exit polls showed. Almost half said |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PDT |
House set to pass sweeping housing rescue bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives is
due on Wednesday to begin debating a housing rescue package
that could see the government buy up $15 billion of abandoned
homes and help an estimated half million homeowners facing
foreclosure. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Row looming over cannabis grading |
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Summary: Government advisers are to say that cannabis should remain class C, but ministers are expected to ignore them. |
