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Yahoo News |
3:15am PDT |
Colombia frees Betancourt, US hostages from rebels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4 a.m., for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle. |
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BBC News |
3:13am PDT |
London oil price hits $146 record |
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Summary: The price of oil hit a fresh high of more than $146 a barrel in London after US oil stockpiles fall by more than expected. |
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Yahoo News |
3:11am PDT |
The 'mushy middle' hard to reach for Obama, McCain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Brown pressed on incentives claim |
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Summary: Gordon Brown denies offering incentives to backbenchers to back counter-terror laws, as he is quizzed by senior MPs |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Global shares tumble worldwide on "Super Thursday"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A global sell-off knocked world shares
to a five-month low on Thursday as surging oil fanned concerns
about inflation and slowing growth, just hours ahead of an
expected euro zone interest rate hike and a key U.S. jobs
report. |
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BBC News |
2:57am PDT |
Students stabbed and set alight |
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Summary: Two French students found stabbed to death in a London house fire had suffered "horrendous" injuries, police say. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
Jordan and Andre accept damages |
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Summary: Model Jordan and husband Peter Andre accept damages over a News of the World article portraying them as bad parents. |
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Five to face Concorde crash trial |
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Summary: Continental Airlines and five people are be tried for manslaughter over the 2000 Concorde crash, say French judicial officials. |
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Yahoo News |
2:46am PDT |
Federer looks beyond possible sixth Wimbledon win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Federer won't be satisfied with winning his sixth consecutive Wimbledon championship. He expects to be chasing more titles for another decade. |
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BBC News |
2:43am PDT |
£3.2bn giant carrier deals signed |
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Summary: Contracts are signed to build the UK's biggest ever aircraft carriers, creating or securing 10,000 jobs across the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
2:42am PDT |
Colombia rescues hostages in daring raid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC guerrillas Wednesday by Colombian commandos who posed as rebels and flew them out of the jungle by helicopter. |
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BBC News |
2:36am PDT |
Betancourt hails 'perfect' rescue |
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Summary: French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt says her release from captivity along with 14 other hostages is a "miracle". |
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BBC News |
2:36am PDT |
Warning letters to 'file-sharers' |
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Summary: The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters. |
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Yahoo News |
2:36am PDT |
Colombia frees Betancourt, US hostages
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ingrid Betancourt woke up, as always, at 4 a.m., for another numbing day in her seventh year of rebel captivity deep in Colombia's jungle. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Rumbles in bid to lead Lib Dems |
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Summary: MSP Mike Rumbles says he will bid to succeed Nicol Stephen as Scottish Liberal Democrat leader. |
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BBC News |
2:33am PDT |
Kenya 'fraud' minister told to go |
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Summary: A government report says Kenya's finance minister should be suspended over alleged fraud. |
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Cnn.com |
2:29am PDT |
Man sells soul for $3,800 ... to a pizza joint |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
2:29am PDT |
New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:28am PDT |
Hedge fund scammer to face federal judge in NYC
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The beginning of the end for a financier on the run came when he reached out to his sister-in-law. She then called her mother, who in turn called a man she had grown to trust at the U.S. Marshals Service. |
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Yahoo News |
2:24am PDT |
Oil prices strike record high $146 per barrel
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - London's Brent crude oil hit 146 dollars a barrel for the first time on Thursday, as traders reacted to Middle East tensions, falling US crude reserves and the weak dollar. |
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BBC News |
2:19am PDT |
Sats stress 'blamed on schools' |
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Summary: Ed Balls says schools should not be stressing their young pupils out over national tests. |
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Yahoo News |
2:19am PDT |
Arms dump explosions rock Bulgarian capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A series of powerful explosions rocked an
arms disposal depot storing 1,500 tonnes of obsolete munitions
outside Sofia on Thursday, shaking apartment blocks and
panicking thousands, authorities and eyewitnesses said. |
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BBC News |
2:17am PDT |
Jerusalem attacker 'acted alone' |
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Summary: Police in Jerusalem say a Palestinian who went on a bulldozing rampage may have acted alone contrary to militant claims. |
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Cnn.com |
2:15am PDT |
Man sells his soul to highest bidder -- Hell |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:14am PDT |
Zambian President Mwanawasa has died: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa
died in a Paris hospital on Thursday after suffering a stroke
earlier this week, South Africa's Talk Radio 702 reported. |
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Yahoo News |
2:09am PDT |
Body of missing 12-year-old Vermont girl is found
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Instead of gathering at a vigil to offer prayers for the safe return of a missing 12-year-old girl, residents found themselves mourning the news that her body had been found. |
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BBC News |
2:06am PDT |
All-rounder |
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Summary: Farewell to the inventor of the mini-roundabout |
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BBC News |
1:59am PDT |
Mortgage squeeze 'will continue' |
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Summary: The availability of mortgages will fall further in the next three months, lenders tell the Bank of England. |
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Yahoo News |
1:56am PDT |
Paulson: inflation becoming top global focus
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus
of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take
their toll. |
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ChristianToday |
1:52am PDT |
CofE campaign targets young people for ordained ministry |
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Summary: Theres more to ordained ministry than you might think so dont miss the Call Waiting says Church of England |
