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BBC News |
12:17am PDT |
Merger forms transatlantic union |
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Summary: Britain's biggest union, Unite, is merging with the US-based United Steelworkers union to create a new "global" body. |
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PDT |
McCain to tour Colombian drug control efforts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain planned to tour a Colombian port by boat Wednesday to get a firsthand look at the country's drug interdiction programs, a day after he praised President Alvaro Uribe for Colombia's anti-drug efforts but pressed him to improve t |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Chinese party boss delivers attack on Dalai Lama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday, even as envoys of the region's exiled leader met for a second day with Chinese officials for talks aimed at easing tensions following anti-government riots. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Police arrest Illinois man suspected in 8 murders
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An Illinois man suspected in a killing
spree in which eight people, ranging from a 2-year-old boy to a
93-year-old man, were beaten or hacked to death was captured by
police outside a bar, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
12:12am PDT |
Some Americans will drive trucks, no matter cost
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seven women pile out of a
massive white Chevrolet Suburban and unload the vacuums, mops
and buckets of their trade. Gasoline may cost $4 a gallon, but
the Chevy's driver and business owner Leesa Baldwin has no
intention of downsizing to a sm |
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BBC News |
12:06am PDT |
Taylor Wimpey set to cut 900 jobs |
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Summary: Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey says it is cutting 900 jobs as it seeks to cope with the housing market downturn. |
