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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
Myanmar's cyclone survivors beg for help
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Desperation among Myanmar's 1.5 million
cyclone survivors mounted on Wednesday as the international aid
flow remained a trickle and police barred foreign aid workers
from worst-hit areas. |
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BBC News |
8:44pm PDT |
Curfew imposed after India blasts |
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Summary: A curfew is imposed in the old city in Jaipur in western India after a series of blasts killed at least 60. |
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BBC News |
8:39pm PDT |
Parents lack skills - Grayling |
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Summary: Many parents simply do not know how to bring up children, Conservative Chris Grayling says. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PDT |
Clinton: 'Race is not over yet' |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton says her win in the West Virginia primary means the race for the Democratic nomination is not over yet. |
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BBC News |
8:19pm PDT |
Struggle to reach quake trapped |
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Summary: Chinese rescuers battle rain and blocked roads as they try to reach thousands buried by a devastating earthquake. |
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Yahoo News |
8:18pm PDT |
Bush says gave up golf in solidarity with Iraq dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the
families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Pistons oust Magic, reach 6th straight East finals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year. |
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BBC News |
8:00pm PDT |
PM to outline 'Queen's Speech' |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to outline his legislative plans for the year ahead, as he tries to move on from the 10p tax row. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59pm PDT |
Clinton trounces Obama in West Virginia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nominati |
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Yahoo News |
7:53pm PDT |
Battle to reach tens of thousands trapped under rubble
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hampered by shattered roads and driving rain, China Wednesday battled to locate survivors among the tens of thousands of people buried in the rubble of its worst earthquake in 30 years. |
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Cnn.com |
7:37pm PDT |
After big W.Va. win, Clinton vows to push on |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton will win West Virginia's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects based on exit polls. The result won't do much to cut into Sen. Barack Obama's delegate lead, but Clinton said she is "more determined than ever to carry on thi |
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BBC News |
7:16pm PDT |
Bush begins tour of Middle East |
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Summary: US President George Bush travels to Israel to take part in celebrations of the country's 60th anniversary. |
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Cnn.com |
6:45pm PDT |
James Garner 'doing well' after stroke |
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Cnn.com |
6:44pm PDT |
U.S. reduces reward for wanted terrorist |
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Summary: The U.S. government has reduced by millions the reward for the capture or killing al Qaeda in Iraq's leader because he's no longer worth the price tag, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
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Yahoo News |
6:40pm PDT |
Battle to reach survivors as China quake toll rises, air lift relief planned
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The death toll from China's worst earthquake in a generation rose early Wednesday as more details emerged of the scale of destruction that has left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under rubble. |
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Yahoo News |
6:32pm PDT |
Bush calls new attack on US his worst worry
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could "eventually lead to another attack on the Unite |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Clinton cruises to easy win in West Virginia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton scored a big victory
over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia on Tuesday, but
it could be too little and too late to stop his march to the
Democratic presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Determined Clinton wins W.Va., says race not over
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nominati |
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Yahoo News |
6:08pm PDT |
Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. |
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Yahoo News |
6:08pm PDT |
More troops rush in to help China quake rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China poured more troops into
the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to
quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of
people still buried under rubble and mud. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm PDT |
James Garner hospitalized after minor stroke
(AP)
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Summary: AP - James Garner, who was hospitalized late last week after suffering a minor stroke, is doing well and should be going home shortly, the veteran television and film star's publicist said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
6:05pm PDT |
Freud work sets new world record |
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Summary: A Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman sells for $33.6m (£17.2m) in New York, a new record. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55pm PDT |
Congress bucks Bush over oil reserve |
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Summary: The Senate voted 97-1 Tuesday to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for six months in an effort to bring gas prices down, a move President Bush opposes.
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Yahoo News |
5:53pm PDT |
Troops hike to quake-buried Chinese villages
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found |
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BBC News |
5:50pm PDT |
Clinton wins W Virginia primary |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary by a large margin, according to US media projections. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44pm PDT |
Barry Bonds faces 15-count indictment |
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Cnn.com |
5:41pm PDT |
Clinton calls West Virginia win 'overwhelming' |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton will win West Virginia's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects based on exit polls. The result won't do much to cut into Sen. Barack Obama's delegate lead, but Clinton said she is "more determined than ever to carry on thi |
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Cnn.com |
5:41pm PDT |
Clinton will win big in W.Va., CNN projects |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton will win West Virginia's Democratic primary by a wide margin, CNN projects based on exit polls. The result won't do much to cut into Obama's delegate lead, but her campaign is hoping a big win will raise doubts about Barack Obama's electab |
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Yahoo News |
5:40pm PDT |
Feds unveil new indictment against Barry Bonds
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment against Barry Bonds, charging the home run king with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. |
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Yahoo News |
5:36pm PDT |
Clinton cruises to easy West Virginia win
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton scored a big victory
over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia on Tuesday, but
it could be too little and too late to stop his march to the
Democratic presidential nomination. |
