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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Ripper in legal bid for freedom |
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Summary: Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe aims to win his freedom by claiming his human rights have been breached. |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
Arabs push for Lebanon dialogue |
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Summary: The Arab League sends a delegation to Lebanon to mediate between warring partisans of the-government and opposition. |
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Yahoo News |
3:49am PDT |
China's quake death toll rises to 14,866: state media
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The national death toll from the earthquake that struck southwest China has risen to 14,866, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
Speaker's wife complaint rejected |
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Summary: A complaint about taxi journeys claimed on expenses by Commons Speaker Michael Martin's wife is dismissed. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row |
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Summary: A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after publishing knitting patterns for the show's monsters online. |
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Cnn.com |
3:41am PDT |
Bush arrives in Israel on Mideast trip |
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Summary: U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first leg of his Middle East trip.
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Yahoo News |
3:41am PDT |
Myanmar aid trickles in, new cyclone fear discounted
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The 1.5 million people left destitute by
Myanmar's devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on
Wednesday, as foreign aid remained at a trickle and
overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas. |
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Cnn.com |
3:40am PDT |
Caesar bust discovered, may date to 46 B.C. |
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Cnn.com |
3:40am PDT |
China quake death toll soars |
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Summary: China's deadly earthquake killed more than 7,700 people in the town of Yingxiu -- about three-quarters of everyone who lived there, state media reported.
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Cnn.com |
3:25am PDT |
New cyclone to hit storm-ravaged Myanmar |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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Cnn.com |
3:25am PDT |
New cyclone may hit storm-ravaged Myanmar |
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Summary: The government of Myanmar authorized five more U.S. flights to land in the country with needed aid for survivors of last week's cyclone, a U.S. Marine spokesman told CNN.
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Yahoo News |
3:20am PDT |
China quake toll hits 15K, as airlift drops aid
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off Wednesday in remote mountain villages behind roads clogged by landslides, while the official death toll rose to nearly 15,000. |
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Yahoo News |
3:20am PDT |
US foreclosure filings surge 65 percent in April
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
3:18am PDT |
China quake |
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Summary: Anxious family waits for news of missing UK tourist |
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Yahoo News |
3:18am PDT |
Official: Thai team to go Myanmar cyclone area
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Thai official says Myanmar's military government has given permission to a Thai medical team to go to the cyclone-ravaged delta. |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
China quake toll close to 15,000 |
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Summary: Nearly 15,000 people died in the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency says. |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
New Labour principles 'abandoned' |
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Summary: The Conservatives say the "emergency budget" shows New Labour principles are being "abandoned". |
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BBC News |
3:07am PDT |
Brown to set out future programme |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to outline his legislative plans for the year ahead, expected to include schools and GP care. |
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BBC News |
3:01am PDT |
UK inflation woe 'set to worsen' |
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Summary: The UK's outlook for inflation has deteriorated in the past few months, the Bank of England's boss has said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58am PDT |
Time runs out for thousands trapped by China quake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China poured more troops into
the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to
speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands
of people buried under rubble and mud. |
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Yahoo News |
2:54am PDT |
Aid trickles in as Myanmar faces new cyclone worries
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The 1.5 million people left destitute by
Myanmar's devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on
Wednesday, as foreign aid remained at a trickle and
overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas. |
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BBC News |
2:49am PDT |
Predicting 1960s |
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Summary: No men on the Moon - the experts who got it wrong |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Live - Uefa Cup final build-up |
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Summary: Thousands of fans descend on Manchester as Rangers prepare to take on Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Live - Uefa Cup final |
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Summary: Thousands of fans have descended on Manchester as Rangers take on Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Live - Uefa Cup final |
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Summary: Rangers take on Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa Cup final in Manchester. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Rangers suffer Uefa Cup heartache |
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Summary: Zenit St Petersburg beat Rangers in the Uefa Cup final in Manchester. |
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BBC News |
2:31am PDT |
Pair held over Oxford St killing |
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Summary: Two teenagers are arrested by police investigating the murder of a man on London's Oxford Street. |
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Cnn.com |
2:23am PDT |
Soldiers press search for quake survivors |
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Summary: China's deadly earthquake killed more than 7,700 people in the town of Yingxiu -- about three-quarters of everyone who lived there, state media reported.
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Yahoo News |
2:18am PDT |
Curfew in historic Indian city a day after blasts
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Authorities imposed a
dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city
of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through
bustling streets, killing 63 people and injuring 216. |
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BBC News |
2:17am PDT |
UK unemployment rises by 14,000 |
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Summary: UK unemployment rose by 14,000 to 1.61 million in the three months to March, official figures show. |
