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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Tsvangirai warns Mugabe over poll |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai warns President Robert Mugabe to negotiate before Friday's controversial presidential poll. |
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Cnn.com |
11:48pm PDT |
Mistresses tell all, land officials in jail |
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Summary: Corruption and mistresses don't make good bedfellows.
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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Brady challenged to find Bennett |
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Summary: Moors murderer Ian Brady is challenged by a lawyer to help police find the body of Keith Bennett. |
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ChristianToday |
11:36pm PDT |
Casting Crowns to release The Altar and The Door Live |
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Summary: Casting Crowns DVD captures one of Christian musics topattended tours of all time |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Currys-owner sees profit fall 30% |
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Summary: DSG International, owner of Currys and PC World, sees annual profits fall by 30% after a "challenging" year. |
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Yahoo News |
11:33pm PDT |
Israel keeps Gaza crossings closed for second day
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel said it would keep its border
crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip closed for a second
day on Thursday, prompting the Islamist group to warn that the
move could wreck a week-old ceasefire agreement. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Collingwood faces over-rate ban |
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Summary: Captain Paul Collingwood faces a suspension after England are punished for a slow ODI over-rate for the second time in a year. |
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Cnn.com |
11:29pm PDT |
'Steal everything,' Kid Rock jokingly urges fans |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
11:29pm PDT |
'Steal everything' was a joke, Kid Rock says |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
Bush welcomes Vietnams steps on religious freedom |
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Summary: US President George W Bush on Tuesday welcomed steps by Vietnam toward permitting greater religious freedom after meeting with the communist governments prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PDT |
Former Indonesian president urges religious tolerance |
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Summary: Indonesias former President Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday slammed government restrictions on a controversial Islamic sect and urged the silent majority of moderate Muslims to speak out in defence of religious tolerance |
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Yahoo News |
11:03pm PDT |
In breakthrough, North Korea to hand over nuclear report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea was expected to hand China
a long-delayed account of its shadowy nuclear activities on
Thursday, a step that may see it removed from Washington's list
of terrorist states. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Plan to create new city district |
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Summary: A plan to create a new district to connect west Belfast to the city centre's main shopping and business area is launched. |
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Cnn.com |
10:42pm PDT |
Crocodile approaches Aussie pub, invited in |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
Action over dirty school toilets |
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Summary: An audit of every school toilet in Wales is ordered by a minister to improve health and hygiene. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24pm PDT |
Domain naming rules could make .sex available |
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Summary: The group controlling Internet domain names is deciding Thursday whether to restrict the rules and potentially open up a virtual gold rush. Just the thought of .sex has bloggers predicting an auction frenzy, as almost any word in any language could become |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
Supreme Court bans death penalty for child rape
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for raping children, despite the "years of long anguish" for victims, in a ruling that restricts the death penalty to murder and crimes against the state. |
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Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Secretary of State Rice warns on Zimbabwe election
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday warned Zimbabwe's president against declaring victory in what she said will be an illegitimate run-off election this week. |
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Cnn.com |
10:03pm PDT |
Survey: Adults buy for underage drinkers |
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BBC News |
9:38pm PDT |
Ecuador puts off Colombian ties |
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Summary: Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says he will not restore diplomatic ties with Colombia until its president leaves office in 2010. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PDT |
NBC settles lawsuit over man's suicide: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Television network NBC has settled a
lawsuit brought by the family of a man who killed himself when
confronted with cameras for the TV show "To Catch a Predator,"
The New York Times reported on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
NKorea expected to hand over nuclear list
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - North Korea was expected to finally deliver an overdue account of its nuclear activities Thursday, the next step in years of international talks to get the secretive country to abandon atomic weapons. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
Study: Teachers not being taught math properly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For kids to do better in math, their teachers might have to go back to school. Elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, finds a study being released Thursday by the National Council on Teacher Quality. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Federal Reserve holds rates steady for now
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With inflation moving higher on its worry list, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, ending nearly a year of cuts to bolster the economy, and hinted that the next direction for rates could be up. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
'Thousands die' in India custody |
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Summary: A new report by a human rights group says nearly 7,500 people have died in official custody in India in the last five years. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
Study: Many teens get alcohol from adults
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Many of the nation's estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers are turning to their parents or other adults for free alcohol. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
North Korea declaration expected |
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Summary: There are reports that North Korea is set to hand over a long-awaited declaration of its nuclear activities. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
N Korea nuclear declaration due |
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Summary: There is growing expectation that North Korea is set to hand over a long-awaited declaration of its nuclear activities. |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Charges over Mexico club stampede |
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Summary: The police chief who led a raid on a nightclub in which 12 people died is to be charged with homicide, prosecutors say. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai gives Mugabe 24-hour deadline
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai issued a 24-hour deadline to President Robert Mugabe
on Thursday to negotiate or face being shunned as an
illegitimate leader responsible for the killing of civilians. |
