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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Burma 'approves new constitution' |
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Summary: More than 90% of Burmese voters approve a new constitution in a referendum, state media say. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Flexible working to be extended |
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Summary: The right to request flexible working is to be extended to about 4.5 million parents of children aged up to 16. |
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Cnn.com |
11:47pm PDT |
Myanmar cyclone death toll could top 100,000 |
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Summary: At least 68,000 and as many as 128,000 people have died in Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the coastal nation earlier this month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday.
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BBC News |
11:28pm PDT |
India issues blast suspect sketch |
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Summary: Police in India issue a photofit of a man whom they want to question in connection with deadly blasts in Jaipur. |
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BBC News |
11:20pm PDT |
Yahoo faces struggle for control |
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Summary: A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Credit Agricole plans cash call |
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Summary: Credit Agricole reports a big fall in profits and confirms a rights issue after being hit by the sub-prime crisis. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Charles urges forest logging halt |
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Summary: Prince Charles says the halting of logging in the rainforest is the single greatest solution to climate change. |
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ChristianToday |
11:15pm PDT |
Brown targets families in fight back |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown seeking to reverse a slump in popularity offered help on Wednesday for Britains troubled housing market and for families hit by an economic downturn |
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ChristianToday |
11:14pm PDT |
UVF ceasefire recognised |
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Summary: Members of one of Northern Irelands largest loyalist paramilitary groups could be freed from prison early after the British government moved on Wednesday to recognise a ceasefire it declared last year |
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ChristianToday |
11:14pm PDT |
SSE to build worlds largest offshore wind farm |
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Summary: Scottish Southern Energy SSE will build the worlds largest offshore wind farm and has awarded 3 billion 15 billion pounds in contracts to US engineer Fluor and Germanys Siemens |
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ChristianToday |
11:13pm PDT |
Bank gloomy on outlook |
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Summary: The economy could shrink for a quarter or two and inflation may near 4 percent this year the Bank of England said on Wednesday in its bleakest forecasts since the Labour government took power in 1997 |
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ChristianToday |
11:13pm PDT |
Russian fan stabbed in Manchester |
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Summary: A Russian fan was taken to hospital after being stabbed outside the City of Manchester Stadium following the UEFA Cup final between Zenit St Petersburg and Rangers on Wednesday local police said |
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ChristianToday |
11:06pm PDT |
China intensifies quake rescue but hopes dim |
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Summary: China ordered fresh waves of helicopters and aid to earthquakedevastated areas as the sheer magnitude of caring for tens of thousands of homeless survivors threatened to overwhelm relief efforts |
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ChristianToday |
11:04pm PDT |
Foreign powers lean on Burma |
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Summary: Western powers kept up the pressure on Burmas generals on Thursday to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 25 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis |
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ChristianToday |
11:02pm PDT |
Indian group claims responsibility for bombings |
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Summary: A littleknown militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for setting off bombs in the western Indian city of Jaipur that killed 61 people and injured 216 people this week police said |
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ChristianToday |
11:01pm PDT |
Edwards backs Obamas White House bid |
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Summary: Former US presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday giving a major boost to the Illinois senators effort to unify the party behind his bid for the White House |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Lebanon cancels antiHezbollah measures |
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Summary: Lebanons government cancelled measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranianbacked Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the countrys 197590 civil war |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PDT |
Cindy McCain sells Sudan-related investments
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Summary: AP - Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation. |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Anger and blood at scene of missile hit in Pakistan |
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Summary: Angry residents of a Pakistani village on the Afghan border stopped government officials on Thursday from approaching the ruins of a house struck by two missiles suspected to have been fired by a US drone |
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ChristianToday |
10:59pm PDT |
Bush says US is Israels best friend |
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Summary: President George W Bush in the Middle East to encourage struggling IsraeliPalestinian peace talks has emphasized historic ties with Israel saying the United States was its oldest and best friend in the world |
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ChristianToday |
10:58pm PDT |
Polar bears listed as US threatened species |
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Summary: Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away |
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ChristianToday |
10:57pm PDT |
Accused September 11 planners set for court on June 5 |
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Summary: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks is tentatively due to appear before a US war court judge at Guantanamo Bay for the first time on June 5 a military official said on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
10:56pm PDT |
Burma to seek ASEAN help and wont allow foreigners |
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Summary: Cyclonehit Burma could seek assistance from Southeast Asian nations at a meeting in Singapore but is unlikely to allow foreigners to enter the country The Straits Times quoted Singapores foreign minister as saying |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
Bush pushes peace, says U.S. is Israel's "best friend"
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Summary: Reuters - George W. Bush, in the Middle East to
encourage struggling Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, has
emphasized historic ties with Israel saying the United States
was its "oldest and best friend in the world." |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Primary age behaviour is targeted |
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Summary: Problems of poor behaviour and truancy in schools in Wales need to be tackled early, according to a review. |
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Cnn.com |
10:41pm PDT |
Myanmar death estimate soars |
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Summary: At least 68,000 and as many as 128,000 people have died in Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the coastal nation earlier this month, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday.
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Ruane proposals before executive |
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Summary: The education minister is to bring her proposals for the future of primary school transfer to the executive. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PDT |
Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand
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Summary: AP - Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands. |
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Cnn.com |
10:20pm PDT |
'American Idol' final: a tale of two Davids |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:46pm PDT |
Amazon dilemma |
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Summary: Logging both threat and potential boon for Brazil's Indians |
