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BBC News |
9:55am PDT |
Malawi approves Madonna adoption |
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Summary: A Malawian court approves an application by pop star Madonna to adopt a three-year-old boy. |
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BBC News |
9:53am PDT |
Race against time |
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Summary: China's fast-rising quake lakes pose disaster threat |
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
'R' driver guilty of speed deaths |
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Summary: The families of two road accident victims weep as a speeding 'R' driver is convicted of killing them by dangerous driving. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
PM expands nuclear ambitions |
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Summary: Gordon Brown raises the prospect of new nuclear power sites as he says the UK needs to "be more ambitious". |
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BBC News |
9:35am PDT |
Live - Murray v Acasuso |
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Summary: British number one Andy Murray meets Argentine Jose Acasuso in round two of the French Open. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35am PDT |
Ex-Bush spokesman says Bush shaded truth on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former White House press secretary
Scott McClellan charges in an explosive new book that President
George W. Bush and top aides shaded the truth to make the case
for the Iraq war, which he declared unnecessary. |
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BBC News |
9:34am PDT |
Beryl Cook's art |
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Summary: The painter in her own words and pictures |
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BBC News |
9:26am PDT |
Boy fined for dropping balloon |
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Summary: A teenager is given an on-the-spot fine for littering when he lets go of a balloon in a city centre. |
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BBC News |
9:18am PDT |
Ferry firm to axe Rosyth service |
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Summary: Scotland's continental ferry service is to stop operating out of Rosyth, the company confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
McCain, Obama differ sharply on voters' key issues
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A general-election race for the
White House between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John
McCain would feature vastly different approaches on the
thorniest political issues, from Iraq and diplomacy to taxes
and health care. |
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BBC News |
8:59am PDT |
Probe exposes fraudulent ID trade |
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Summary: Four people are arrested following an investigation into the sale of fake documents including payslips and gas bills. |
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BBC News |
8:58am PDT |
McCartney witness admitted lying |
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Summary: A friend of Robert McCartney tells his murder trial there was blood and mayhem after a fight broke out. |
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BBC News |
8:58am PDT |
Robert McCartney witness 'lied' |
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Summary: A friend of Robert McCartney tells his murder trial there was blood and mayhem after a fight broke out. |
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CTI News |
8:58am PDT |
Editorial: Israel Reconciled to All |
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Summary: Ground-level religious discrimination against Messianic Jews may be changing.
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CTI News |
8:58am PDT |
Warren Reboots PEACE Plan |
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Summary: Rick Warren adds reconciliation to an already ambitious mission strategy.
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BBC News |
8:51am PDT |
Brown expands nuclear ambitions |
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Summary: Gordon Brown raises the prospect of new nuclear power sites as he says the UK needs to "be more ambitious". |
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Cnn.com |
8:48am PDT |
Green Beret electrocuted in shower on Iraq base |
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Summary: A highly decorated Green Beret, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth died a painful death in Iraq this year. He died not on the battlefield. He died in what should have been one of the safest spots in Iraq: on a U.S. base, in his bathroom.
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Cnn.com |
8:39am PDT |
Reports of stress disorder leap in military |
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Summary: The number of U.S. military personnel diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder jumped 47 percent in 2007 according to new statistics -- a change the Pentagon attributed to greater awareness and better record-keeping.
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PDT |
White House: Ex-press secretary 'disgruntled'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, and that the decision to invade pushed Bush's presidency |
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Cnn.com |
8:32am PDT |
White House 'puzzled' by ex-aide bashing Bush |
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Summary: The White House Wednesday said it was "puzzled" by a former spokesman's memoir in which he accuses the Bush administration of being mired in propaganda and political spin and at times playing loose with the truth.
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PDT |
Nepal poised to abolish monarchy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nepal was set for a historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic. |
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BBC News |
8:22am PDT |
Businessman to pay out £500,000 |
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Summary: A businessman is to pay out almost £500,000 as part of a settlement with the Serious Organised Crime Agency. |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Killing spree |
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Summary: The story behind the "Ogre of Ardennes" |
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BBC News |
8:16am PDT |
Virgin hunters |
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Summary: The couple behind the killings which shocked France |
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PDT |
Sharapova survives windy conditions at French Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When the ball was in play, Maria Sharapova at least was able to make something happen. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
SA denies planning refugee camps |
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Summary: South Africa's government denies it is setting up massive migrant or refugee camps for foreigners who fled attacks. |
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BBC News |
8:05am PDT |
Ferry firm to end Rosyth service |
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Summary: Scotland's continental ferry service is to stop operating out of Rosyth, sources confirm. |
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BBC News |
8:00am PDT |
Easter handed England captaincy |
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Summary: Nick Easter will captain an experimental England side against the Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PDT |
Dow hikes prices, blames Washington for 'true energy crisis'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dow Chemical Co. will raise its prices by up to 20 percent almost immediately to offset the soaring cost of energy, and the CEO of the chemical giant lashed out at Washington on Wednesday for failing to develop a sound energy policy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PDT |
Dow: Country in "true energy crisis"; ups prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dow Chemical Co. will raise its prices by up to 20 percent almost immediately to offset the soaring cost of energy, and the CEO of the chemical giant lashed out at Washington on Wednesday for failing to develop a sound energy policy. |
