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Cnn.com |
11:59pm PDT |
Israel confirms truce with Hamas |
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Summary: Israel confirmed Wednesday that it has agreed to a truce with the Hamas leaders who control Gaza.
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ChristianToday |
11:54pm PDT |
Study Religious congregations outliving civic groups |
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Summary: Religious congregations in the United States have a mortality rate of 1 per cent the lowest among other organisations according to a newly published study |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Hamilton feeling heat of F1 fight |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton says it is taking him time to deal with the pressure of fighting at the front in Formula One. |
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BBC News |
11:40pm PDT |
Anti-Taleban offensive launched |
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Summary: Nato and Afghan forces launch an offensive to drive Taleban insurgents from Kandahar's outskirts. |
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ChristianToday |
11:39pm PDT |
Credit given without income checks |
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Summary: Almost five million people have been granted credit cards in the past year without having to prove their income according to research published on Wednesday |
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ChristianToday |
11:39pm PDT |
Hit by fuel prices motorists look to alternatives |
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Summary: With oil prices near 140 a barrel motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving their cars |
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ChristianToday |
11:38pm PDT |
Brown defends security policies |
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Summary: Gordon Brown defended his governments controversial security legislation on Tuesday saying the country cannot have its head in the sand in its fight against terrorism |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
NATO, Afghan forces launch operation against Taliban
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Summary: AFP - NATO and Afghan forces said they had launched an operation on Wednesday against Taliban militants who have massed in a district near the southern city of Kandahar. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Children in Wales 'drunk younger' |
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Summary: Young people get drunk more frequently than those in other parts of the western world, a survey finds. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Welsh teens 'get drunk younger' |
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Summary: Welsh teenagers get drunk more frequently at a young age than those in other parts of the western world, a survey finds. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
Public 'cut off' by crime process |
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Summary: The public should be told more about criminals so they no longer feel "cut off" from the justice system, a review suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
Afghans say start offensive against Taliban in Kandahar
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Afghan army on Wednesday began its
operation to drive Taliban insurgents from villages on the
outskirts of Kandahar city, the defense ministry said. |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire |
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Summary: Israel's government approves a ceasefire with militant group Hamas following months of bitter clashes in the Gaza Strip. |
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Yahoo News |
11:09pm PDT |
Israel and Hamas appear poised for Gaza truce
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement appeared poised Wednesday to begin a six-month truce following Egyptian mediation to halt the bloodshed in and around the Gaza Strip. |
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Cnn.com |
10:57pm PDT |
Mississippi River towns brace for floods |
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Summary: Authorities closed a bridge connecting Illinois to Iowa over the swollen Mississippi River, as levees along the river were being topped with sandbags today to defend against rising water. The Great River Bridge on U.S. 34 has been closed, officials said.
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Cnn.com |
10:57pm PDT |
Flooding pops levees on Mississippi River |
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Summary: Authorities closed a bridge connecting Illinois to Iowa over the swollen Mississippi River, as levees along the river were being topped with sandbags today to defend against rising water. The Great River Bridge on U.S. 34 has been closed, officials said.
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
Thirst-quenchers go for thrift, reach for tap |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:51pm PDT |
Israel confirms cease-fire with Hamas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Israel confirmed Wednesday that a cease-fire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip will begin Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:48pm PDT |
Security heavy for Olympic flame in China's Muslim region
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of security personnel lined the streets to head off any disruption as the Olympic torch relay resumed Wednesday in western China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43pm PDT |
Bush joins thousands at Russert wake |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Road deaths toll 'unacceptable' |
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Summary: There has been a call for tougher policing on NI's roads to bring down the "unacceptably high" death toll. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PDT |
Israel agrees to Hamas truce-defense official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel has agreed to an Egyptian
brokered truce with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza
Strip, starting at 6 a.m. (11 a.m. EDT) on Thursday morning, an
Israeli Defence official said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PDT |
Syrian leader in key India trip |
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Summary: President Bashar al-Assad begins a five-day state trip to India, the first by a Syrian leader in three decades. |
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Yahoo News |
10:13pm PDT |
Olmert and Barak support truce with Hamas: radio
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Ehud Barak have approved a truce with the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Israeli public radio said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:04pm PDT |
Israel 'agrees to Gaza ceasefire' |
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Summary: Israel's government approves a ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media and defence officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:56pm PDT |
Celtics rip Lakers 131-92 to win record 17th title
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Boston Celtics captured a record
17th NBA championship by trouncing the Los Angeles Lakers
131-92 on Tuesday to seal the best-of-seven series 4-2. |
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PDT |
AP: Exams prove abuse, torture in Iraq, Gitmo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Celtics wins 17th NBA title with 131-92 rout of Lakers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one — at last — for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen — their Big Three for a new generation. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Olympic torch relay slashed to one day in Tibet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China has scrapped its original plans for a three-day Olympic torch relay tour of Tibet and will send the flame there just for one day this weekend, a Beijing Olympic official said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Radical cleric's release 'disappointing' |
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Summary: The home secretary says she will appeal against the court ruling preventing the deportation of a radical Islamist preacher. |
