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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PDT |
Energy experts puzzled over oil prices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could not say whether prices would flatten out or continue to soar. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Factory death blast probe begins |
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Summary: A public inquiry into a factory explosion in Glasgow which killed nine people and injured 33 is getting under way. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Fatal clashes in Mongolia capital |
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Summary: At least four people have been killed in violent protests in Mongolia, amid allegations Sunday's election was rigged. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
SAfrica's Mbeki rejects EU demand on Zimbabwe govt
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday rejected an EU position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PDT |
M&S sees sharp UK sales decline |
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Summary: Marks and Spencer warns that underlying UK sales drop 5.3% as its head of food is to leave the firm. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
U.S. facing tough Q2, Europe to suffer: Paulson
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy is facing a tough
second quarter and Europe will not be immune to the impact, U.S
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was quoted as saying on
Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
11:12pm PDT |
Jobs demand over recovered money |
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Summary: A £600,000 grant recovered after legal action against a dairy firm is needed to generate jobs, claim campaigners. |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
Hospital committed 'gross error' |
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Summary: The treatment of a woman who died in Belfast City Hospital is criticised by the Northern Ireland Ombudsman. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
India truckers strike over fuel |
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Summary: Nearly four million trucks go off India's roads after their owners begin an indefinite strike to protest against rising fuel bills. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
India truckers go off the roads |
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Summary: Nearly four million trucks go off India's roads after their owners begin an indefinite strike to protest against rising fuel bills. |
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Cnn.com |
11:01pm PDT |
U.S. fails to rank in top 10 of 'happiest' survey |
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Summary: Denmark is the happiest country in the world while politically unstable Zimbabwe ranks at the bottom, according to a U.S. government-funded study released this week.
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
NHS devotee |
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Summary: The ups and downs of six decades as a top doctor |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Three Welsh politicians 'raped' |
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Summary: Three members of the Welsh assembly disclose in a questionnaire sent by a colleague that they have been raped. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Three AMs reveal they were raped |
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Summary: Three members of the Welsh assembly disclose in a questionnaire sent by a colleague that they have been raped. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Three AMs claim they were raped |
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Summary: Three members of the Welsh assembly disclose in a questionnaire sent by a colleague that they have been raped. |
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Cnn.com |
10:49pm PDT |
Police 'torture' videos stir uproar |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
Sir Alan steps down from Amstrad |
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Summary: Sir Alan Sugar steps down as chairman of Amstrad but insists that he is not retiring from the world of business. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Soldiers patrol Mongolian capital amid state of emergency
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Heavily armed soldiers patrolled the capital of Mongolia Wednesday after a state of emergency was declared to quell deadly protests that erupted amid outrage over disputed national elections. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Police `torture' videos cause uproar in Mexico
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Videos showing Leon police practicing torture techniques on a fellow officer and dragging another through vomit at the instruction of a U.S. adviser created an uproar Tuesday in Mexico, which has struggled to eliminate torture in law enforcement. |
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Yahoo News |
10:08pm PDT |
Haysbert: Prez role on `24' may have helped Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox's "24" may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
Smoky air leaves Californians straining to breathe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that some doctors in the state's landlocked farm country say their waiting rooms have been crowding with patients struggling to breathe amid the soot-laden air. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
U.S.-led force helicopter shot down in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A helicopter of U.S.-led troops was shot
down by small-arms fire to the south of the Afghan capital on
Wednesday, but there were no serious injuries to the people on
board, the U.S. military said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
McCain presses Colombia's Uribe on human rights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain said Tuesday he had pressed Colombia President Alvaro Uribe to improve his government's record on human rights but praised his efforts to stabilize the country and reduce the flow of drugs into the United States. |
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BBC News |
9:50pm PDT |
IT failure 'causes £130m arrears' |
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Summary: Human checks stopped a computer paying one person £2.9m in disability allowance, the Audit Office says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
Bush: Housing deal possible with `less politics'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush expressed confidence Tuesday he will reach a deal with Congress on a housing-rescue plan, but only if lawmakers show "less politics." |
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BBC News |
9:17pm PDT |
High security in Mongolia capital |
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Summary: Police seal off parts of Ulan Batur in the wake of violent protests over alleged fraud in Sunday's general election. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PDT |
Four still held over stab death case |
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Summary: Four youths are still being held by police investigating the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
June car sales plummet; more declines expected
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A last-minute no-interest financing offer and strong sales of some cars helped General Motors Corp. keep its U.S. sales over Toyota Motor Corp. last month, but it was still the worst June for the industry in 17 years and a harbinger of more misery ah |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
McCain talks human rights, trade in Colombia visit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain, in
an unusual trip to Colombia as a U.S. presidential candidate,
called on President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday to make further
progress on human rights while pushing the U.S. Congress to
vote on a trade pact between the |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
Mongolia election clashes bring emergency rule
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mongolian President Nambariin
Enkhbayar has declared a state of emergency for four days,
after Mongolians alleging election fraud clashed with police
and set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party, state
television said on Wednesday. |
