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BBC News |
10:15pm PDT |
Band of brothers |
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Summary: A major prepares to serve with his three sons in Iraq |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Israel marks its 60th anniversary |
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Summary: Israel begins events to mark 60 years since its creation in 1948, a date the Palestinians remember as 'the Catastrophe'. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Fears rise over Burma aid delays |
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Summary: Concerns grow over Burma's reluctance to accept foreign help, with vital food aid unable to enter the country. |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
PMs to address business leaders |
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Summary: Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen are due at Stormont during a major investment conference. |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
PM at NI investment conference |
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Summary: Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen are due at Stormont during a major investment conference. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Olympic flame reaches Mount Everest summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic flame reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, state television showed, in an historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49pm PDT |
U.S. envoy returns to N.Korea to extract nuclear list
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A team led by the U.S. State Department's
nuclear envoy was set to enter North Korea on Thursday to
persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called
for in a six-nation disarmament deal, an official said. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
Dead barrister's test results due |
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Summary: Results of a post-mortem examination on the body of a barrister killed in a shoot-out are due to be released. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
No cash flow |
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Summary: Flood-hit areas get less EU support than they expected |
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Yahoo News |
8:24pm PDT |
Grim fight for survival in cyclone-hit Myanmar
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pressure mounted Thursday on Myanmar's junta to let in foreign aid agencies as hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors faced starvation and disease and a US diplomat said the death toll may top 100,000. |
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Cnn.com |
8:18pm PDT |
Gere, Farrow, Spielberg skipping Olympics |
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Summary: Hip-hop performer will.i.am is no stranger to the political arena -- having spearheaded the Internet-favorite "Yes We Can" music video in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
`American Idol' boots another finalist; 3 singers remain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. |
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BBC News |
8:05pm PDT |
Israel begins 60th celebrations |
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Summary: Israel begins events to mark 60 years since independence, as leaders say they are willing to compromise for peace. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Lewis scores 33 as Magic rout Pistons, trim deficit to 2-1
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Summary: AP - The Orlando Magic won't be swept by the Detroit Pistons again. Rashard Lewis made sure of it Wednesday night. Lewis scored a career playoff-high 33 points and the Magic broke down the Pistons' stout defense in a 111-86 victory. |
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BBC News |
7:52pm PDT |
Airport staff avoid crime checks |
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Summary: Newsnight reports that foreign workers at UK airports are employed without mandatory criminal records checks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
Estimated 80,000 cyclone dead in one Myanmar district: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An estimated 80,000 people have died in the remote Myanmar district of Labutta since a powerful cyclone struck last weekend, a local military official told AFP on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
7:40pm PDT |
Olympic flame lit at Everest peak |
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Summary: Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame reach the summit of Mount Everest, shown live on Chinese TV. |
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Cnn.com |
7:35pm PDT |
Bailiffs kill man firing gun in courthouse |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:29pm PDT |
Incest suspect upset at media 'monster' image |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:25pm PDT |
Olympic flame reaches top of Mount Everest |
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Summary: The Olympic flame has reached the top of the world, carried to the summit of Mount Everest by climbers wearing oxygen masks to breathe in the thin air. By successfully carrying the flame to Earth's highest point, China completed one of the promises it mad |
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BBC News |
7:17pm PDT |
Paediatrician to face GMC again |
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Summary: The General Medical Council will begin a new investigation into the work of controversial paediatrician David Southall. |
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BBC News |
7:02pm PDT |
Adults with autism to be audited |
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Summary: For the first time the government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England. |
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Yahoo News |
6:55pm PDT |
Olympic flame reaches top of Mount Everest: state television
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic flame reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, state television showed, in an historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games. |
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BBC News |
6:51pm PDT |
Man dies in suspected gas blast |
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Summary: A man is killed and two others are injured after an explosion rips through three homes in north-west London. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PDT |
Clinton gives herself a loan and vows to fight on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama took a commanding lead
in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary
Clinton vowed to fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4
million. |
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BBC News |
6:28pm PDT |
Olympic torch team climbs to top of Everest |
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Summary: Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame reach the summit of Mount Everest, shown live on Chinese television. |
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BBC News |
6:19pm PDT |
Handling of junior medics 'inept' |
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Summary: The handling of the junior doctors recruitment chaos last year by the government was inept, MPs say. |
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Cnn.com |
6:14pm PDT |
Vowing to 'work as hard as I can,' Clinton fights on |
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Summary: After a big loss in North Carolina and a narrow win in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race until her party has a nominee. The race's focus now turns to the superdelegates, who outnumber the pledged delegates at stake in the six contest |
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Cnn.com |
6:14pm PDT |
Clinton vows to fight on |
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Summary: After a big loss in North Carolina and a narrow win in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race until her party has a nominee. The race's focus now turns to the superdelegates, who outnumber the pledged delegates at stake in the six contest |
