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Yahoo News |
11:52pm PDT |
Suicide bombing in Afghanistan kills 3
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul on Thursday, killing three Afghans caught in the blast, police said. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PDT |
Council motoring fines 'illegal' |
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Summary: Some councils have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds enforcing unlawful traffic and parking restrictions, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Protesters besiege India capital over job quotas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of protesters from an
ethnic Indian group burned tires and blocked roads leading to
New Delhi on Thursday, bringing a battle for college and
government job quotas in which dozens have died closer to the
capital. |
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Cnn.com |
11:34pm PDT |
New York to recognize gay marriages |
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Summary: Gov. David Patterson of New York has told state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed in states and countries where they are legal, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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ChristianToday |
11:32pm PDT |
African witches come to Christ through Jesus Film |
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Summary: In a central African nation with a dark history of witchcraft the Gospel message is breaking through and touching the hearts and lives of villagers including witches |
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BBC News |
11:29pm PDT |
Iraq seeks to relieve debt burden |
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Summary: Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says he will ask for debt relief, as envoys gather for a UN forum on Iraq in Sweden. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Two killed in Philippines blast |
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Summary: Two people die and 17 others are injured in a blast at an air force base in the southern Philippines. |
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BBC News |
11:10pm PDT |
Yahoo 'listening' to Microsoft |
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Summary: Yahoo's boss says Microsoft is no longer interested in buying it but the two firms are still talking to each other. |
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Cnn.com |
11:09pm PDT |
Robots could soon rove Antarctica |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PDT |
Republic of Nepal celebrates abolition of monarchy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nepal celebrated a new era as the world's youngest republic on Thursday after consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and ordering god-king Gyanendra to quit his palace in two weeks. |
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ChristianToday |
11:01pm PDT |
New Testaments publicly burned in Israel |
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Summary: Hundreds of New Testament Bibles published by Bible Society have been publicly burned by Jewish Orthodox students in Or Jehuda Israel
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
House price falls 'accelerating' |
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Summary: House prices have recorded their largest monthly fall since 1991 says the Nationwide building society. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Musician supports donor campaign |
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Summary: Following the death of a friend, ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable calls on people to register as organ donors. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Man charged with attempted murder |
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Summary: A man is due in court charged with attempted murder and having a gun with intent to endanger life. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Single-roomed hospital welcomed |
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Summary: Health experts are "encouraged" by plans for a new hospital with single rooms for patients to reduce infection risks. |
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ChristianToday |
10:46pm PDT |
Iran arrests 12 Christian converts |
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Summary: Police in a southern city in Iran reportedly arrested 12 Christian converts from Islam in what appears to be part of a crackdown on the countrys growing house church movement |
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Cnn.com |
10:39pm PDT |
Ashlee Simpson, husband expecting baby |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Newlyweds Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz expecting baby
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Newlyweds Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz say they are expecting a baby. |
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Cnn.com |
10:34pm PDT |
E-mail trail key to Marine's capture in Mexico |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
New York to recognize out-of-state gay marriage
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere will be recognized in New York in response to a state court ruling this year, Gov. David Paterson's spokeswoman said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:24pm PDT |
Iraq abduction anniversary marked |
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Summary: The relatives of five British men kidnapped in Iraq are marking a year without their loved ones. |
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BBC News |
10:10pm PDT |
World's rarest rhinoceros captured on video |
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Summary: The world's rarest rhino is captured on video in the jungles of Java - then sends camera flying. |
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BBC News |
10:05pm PDT |
Waiting for news |
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Summary: An anxious year for families of five men held in Iraq |
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BBC News |
10:02pm PDT |
Nature loss 'to hurt global poor' |
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Summary: Loss of forests and other natural systems could halve living standards for the world's poor, a major report will conclude. |
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BBC News |
9:53pm PDT |
Tribesmen try to paralyse Delhi |
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Summary: Members of the Gujjar tribe block key highways into the Indian capital in protest at alleged discrimination. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Suicide bomber attacks international soldiers in Kabul
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghan police say a suicide car bomb has hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul. |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
High-cost call 'culprits' named |
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Summary: Which? names more than 30 organisations using high-cost phone helplines to make money from consumers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
Boston takes 3-2 lead in Eastern Conference finals
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ray Allen found his shooting touch just in time to put the Boston Celtics within one win of the NBA finals for the first time since the original Big Three. |
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BBC News |
9:27pm PDT |
Life sentence for French killer |
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Summary: A French court sentences Michel Fourniret to life in prison for murdering seven girls and young women. |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
China and Taiwan to restart talks |
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Summary: Taiwan accepts an invitation from China to restart bilateral talks that have been suspended for a decade. |
