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ChristianToday |
11:59pm PDT |
Petition signed against super surgeries |
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Summary: Almost 12 million people have signed a petition objecting to the governments plans to create super surgeries across England the British Medical Association said on Thursday
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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
French gas firm facing EU probe |
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Summary: The European Commission launches an investigation into the French utility Gaz de France. |
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Yahoo News |
11:55pm PDT |
Taiwan, China agree to exchange offices
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Summary: AP - Taiwan and China agreed Thursday for the first time ever to set up permanent offices in each others' territories as the two sides met for their first formal talks in more than a decade, an official with one of the delegations said. |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Key Afghan donor meeting in Paris |
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Summary: The Afghan government is to ask international donors to fund a $50bn reconstruction plan at a donors meeting in Paris. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Some excitement injected into the US Open
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Summary: AP - The "June Gloom" so typical of summer in San Diego gave way to sunshine on the eve of the U.S. Open, filling the blue sky with fighter jets from Miramar that until Wednesday could only be heard in the fog. But that isn't the biggest buzz at Torrey Pi |
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Cnn.com |
11:43pm PDT |
Tornado hits Boy Scout camp; 4 dead, 40 hurt |
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Summary: At least four people were killed and another 40 injured Wednesday when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, a state safety official said. "You've got 1,800 acres of property that are destroyed," a Boy Scout official said.
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PDT |
McCain meets Greek Orthodox head |
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Summary: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain had his own share of faithbased courting on Tuesday when he met with the countrys highest ranking Greek Orthodox leader |
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PDT |
McCain meets with Greek Orthodox head |
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Summary: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain had his own share of faithbased courting on Tuesday when he met with the countrys highest ranking Greek Orthodox leader |
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BBC News |
11:29pm PDT |
Trapped crewman 'ran out of air' |
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Summary: A crewman who died after becoming trapped in the hull of a cruise ship "ran out of oxygen", police say. |
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ChristianToday |
11:19pm PDT |
Irish to decide fate of EU reform treaty |
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Summary: Irish voters go to the polls on Thursday to determine the fate of the European Unions reform treaty in a referendum that could easily go either way |
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Yahoo News |
11:17pm PDT |
Polls open in crunch EU referendum in Ireland
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Summary: AFP - Polls opened Thursday in a tightly-fought EU referendum in Ireland, which could plunge the 27-nation bloc into new crisis if voters reject a new reform treaty. |
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ChristianToday |
11:17pm PDT |
Pakistan condemns US attack |
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Summary: Pakistan lodged a strong protest with the United States over what it called an unprovoked and cowardly air strike by US forces in Afghanistan that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers at a border post |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
China and Taiwan start talks but avoid politics |
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Summary: China and Taiwan began talking for the first time in almost a decade on Thursday though the two often bitter diplomatic rivals are focusing on just a few practical issues and avoiding sensitive political problems |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
Afghan hashish haul may be worlds biggest |
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Summary: Afghan police have seized 237 tonnes of hashish in what NATOled forces and the British government called the biggest narcotics haul in history |
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ChristianToday |
11:15pm PDT |
Cuba oil plans could put hole in US embargo |
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Summary: Sometime next year Cuba plans to begin drilling a major oil field off its northern coast that might do what little else has done bring change to USCuba relations |
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ChristianToday |
11:14pm PDT |
US says to pledge about 10 billion for Afghans |
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Summary: The United States will pledge about 10 billion in aid for Afghanistan at a donors conference on Thursday US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said as she flew to the Paris meeting |
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ChristianToday |
11:13pm PDT |
Commodity tax proposed to fund Bank of the South |
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Summary: Ivory Coasts president has proposed introducing a special tax on developing countries exports of raw materials like oil and cocoa to finance a Bank of the South to fight world poverty |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
'Terror files' official suspended |
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Summary: The civil servant at the centre of a police probe into missing top-secret documents on al-Qaeda is suspended from his duties. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Terror files official suspended |
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Summary: The civil servant at the centre of a police probe into missing top-secret documents on al-Qaeda is suspended from his duties. |
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Cnn.com |
11:08pm PDT |
Study: Marijuana potency reaches 30-year high |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
10:51pm PDT |
'Grey's Anatomy' star says 'no thanks' to Emmy |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
Taiwan, China agree to set up offices in capitals
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Summary: AP - Representatives of Taiwan and China have agreed to set up permanent offices in each other's territory to handle contacts through their quasi-official negotiating bodies. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
600 hospital beds 'could close' |
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Summary: Around 600 hospital beds could close at two of Wales' largest hospitals with more patient community care, BBC Wales understands. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Tanker strike talks set to resume |
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Summary: Talks aimed at preventing a four-day strike by tanker drivers who deliver fuel for Shell are due to continue. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
China and Taiwan start talks but avoid politics
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China and Taiwan began talking for the
first time in almost a decade on Thursday, though the two often
bitter diplomatic rivals are focusing on just a few practical
issues and avoiding sensitive political problems. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Tight security a month after quake |
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Summary: A month on from the earthquake, Chinese officials impose tight security in damaged areas, apparently to prevent protests. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
China's bereaved mark one month |
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Summary: Grieving parents gather at collapsed schools, one month after the earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province. |
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Cnn.com |
10:06pm PDT |
4 dead, 40 hurt in tornado at Boy Scout camp |
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Summary: At least four people were killed and another 40 injured Wednesday when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, a state safety official said. "You've got 1,800 acres of property that are destroyed," a Boy Scout official said.
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BBC News |
9:55pm PDT |
21 July accomplices facing jail |
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Summary: The wife of attempted bomber Hussain Osman is facing jail for not telling police about his plan to attack a Tube train in 2005. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
Politics may block InBev's Anheuser-Busch bid
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Summary: AP - Belgian Brewer InBev is offering a big payday to shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., but its bid to create the world's largest beer company is already facing a major obstacle — U.S. election-year politics. |
