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ChristianToday |
2:11am PDT |
Armenian leader condemns genocide before Pope |
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Summary: Armenias Orthodox leader on Wednesday used the pulpit of the Vatican to condemn the 1915 killing of 15 million ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turks saying the whole world should recognise it as a genocide |
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BBC News |
2:09am PDT |
Burma eases cyclone relief access |
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Summary: Burma allows in US aid flights after rising concern at its reluctance to accept help for cyclone victims. |
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BBC News |
2:03am PDT |
Anglers could sue over pollution |
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Summary: An anglers group considers legal action against a US hard-disc firm over a fish kill three years ago. |
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BBC News |
1:56am PDT |
Food waste on 'staggering' scale |
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Summary: People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. |
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ChristianToday |
1:52am PDT |
New teen band Mission Six debuts on Radio Disney Incubator |
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Summary: New teen band Mission Six is currently featured on the Radio Disney Incubator where the band will be featured during the month of May |
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BBC News |
1:51am PDT |
TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110m |
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Summary: File-sharing site TorrentSpy is ordered to pay damages to the US film industry for copyright theft. |
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Yahoo News |
1:50am PDT |
Russia's Medvedev announces longterm 'tandem' with Putin
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday said he would work in "tandem" with Vladimir Putin, who was to be confirmed as the country's prime minister at an extraordinary session of parliament. |
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Cnn.com |
1:45am PDT |
Iran: Britain, U.S. helped mosque bombers |
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Summary: Iran has once again switched its account of what caused a mosque explosion last month that killed 13 and wounded more than 200.
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Cnn.com |
1:43am PDT |
Winehouse free on bail after drug arrest |
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Summary: Grammy-award-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after her arrest for alleged drug offenses, London's Metropolitan Police said Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
1:34am PDT |
Democrats divide by race, gender, class
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - It's now common wisdom that Sen.
Hillary Clinton attracts older voters, women and the white
working class, while Sen. Barack Obama is the go-to guy for
youth, African-Americans and the elite. |
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BBC News |
1:30am PDT |
Zimbabwe 'too violent for poll' |
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Summary: There is too much violence in Zimbabwe to hold a presidential run-off, a South African observer says. |
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ChristianToday |
1:30am PDT |
A letter from Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabweans are asking Christians elsewhere to rise up and press their leaders to take action |
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BBC News |
1:28am PDT |
Big screens for ticketless fans |
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Summary: Fans without tickets for the UEFA Cup Final will be able to watch the game on big screens in Manchester. |
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Cnn.com |
1:28am PDT |
Papa John's raking in the dough online |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
1:23am PDT |
Flowers 'wave' at passing insects to gain attention |
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Summary: Flowers "wave" at passing insects to get their attention and increase chances of pollination, scientists find. |
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BBC News |
1:23am PDT |
Wave to a passing insect - the flower's way to spread its pollen |
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Summary: Flowers "wave" at passing insects to get their attention and increase chances of pollination, scientists find. |
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Yahoo News |
1:12am PDT |
Myanmar aid shipments stranded as junta resists foreign help
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A few aid shipments had arrived in Myanmar's main city by Thursday, but the planeloads of supplies and heavy equipment needed to help millions of cyclone victims remain largely stranded outside the country. |
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BBC News |
1:10am PDT |
Attack bad behaviour, police told |
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Summary: The home secretary is urging police to target youths who ignore warnings about their anti-social behaviour. |
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BBC News |
1:10am PDT |
Turn tables on thugs, police told |
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Summary: The home secretary is urging police to target youths who ignore warnings about their anti-social behaviour. |
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BBC News |
1:08am PDT |
Madonna's tour to kick off in UK |
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Summary: Pop legend Madonna announces the first leg of her 27-date world tour will kick off in Cardiff on 23 August. |
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Yahoo News |
1:07am PDT |
China's family planning rules at issue in US asylum cases
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Partners of Chinese women who were forced to have abortions are pressing the Supreme Court to make it easier to get asylum in the United States. |
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BBC News |
1:05am PDT |
Carphone in £1.1bn US partnership |
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Summary: Carphone Warehouse is selling a half share in its retailing business to US firm Best Buy for £1.1bn. |
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BBC News |
1:05am PDT |
Carphone brings in £1.1bn US partner |
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Summary: Carphone Warehouse is selling a half share in its retailing business to US firm Best Buy for £1.1bn. |
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Yahoo News |
1:05am PDT |
Specially designed Olympic torch lit on top of Mount Everest
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic flame reached the top of the world Thursday. Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch along with Chinese and Olympic flags Thursday on the top of Mount Everest. |
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Cnn.com |
1:03am PDT |
Aid flights wait to take off for Myanmar |
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Summary: Three planes loaded with 45 tons of relief supplies remained on the ground Thursday, waiting to fly to storm-ravaged Myanmar to provide a small dose of assistance amid a mushrooming humanitarian crisis.
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ChristianToday |
1:01am PDT |
UK guilty of hypocrisy over Iran says Church of Scotland Council |
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Summary: Church of Scotland Church Society Council chides Britain for breaching nuclear arms treaty whilst demanding disarmament from others |
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BBC News |
12:56am PDT |
Call to lance 'independence boil' |
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Summary: The row over an independence vote is set to dominate questions at the Scottish Parliament. |
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BBC News |
12:53am PDT |
Israeli journey |
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Summary: The complex life of an Arab, Palestinian citizen of Israel |
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Yahoo News |
12:49am PDT |
UN: Myanmar blocks UN emergency airlift for cyclone victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift food aid to cyclone survivors, U.N. officials said, as the hungry fought for what little food was available and drank coconut milk for lack of clean water. |
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BBC News |
12:46am PDT |
Software firm creates 75 posts |
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Summary: A software company owned by the New York Stock Exchange is to create 75 new jobs at its Belfast base. |
