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Cnn.com |
6:38pm PDT |
Iraq wants U.S. troop withdrawal deadline |
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Summary: A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done as soon as 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
6:35pm PDT |
Motoring cheaper but drivers angrier than in 1988, report says |
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Summary: The cost of motoring has fallen by 18% in real terms since 1988, despite sharp increases in the cost of fuel, an RAC report says. |
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Yahoo News |
6:33pm PDT |
FTC considers backing off nicotine guidance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it no longer considers reliable a test for tar and nicotine used for more than 40 years and touted by the tobacco industry in marketing "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes. |
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BBC News |
6:31pm PDT |
US criticises 'bellicose' Russia |
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Summary: The US says Russia's reaction to its missile shield plan is designed to make Europeans nervous about their involvement. |
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BBC News |
6:21pm PDT |
Prison's use of force criticised |
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Summary: The use of force on inmates at Dartmoor Prison is criticised by inspectors in a "disappointing" report. |
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Yahoo News |
6:07pm PDT |
U.S. will keep talking with Russia on missile shield
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States will continue
its dialogue with Russia on a missile defense shield, the White
House said on Wednesday after Moscow warned it would use
military means if the shield were deployed close to its
borders. |
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Cnn.com |
6:05pm PDT |
'A hell of a firefight' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:03pm PDT |
Tories unveil recycling pay plans |
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Summary: A Conservative government would encourage schemes under which people would be paid to recycle, the shadow chancellor says. |
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Yahoo News |
5:50pm PDT |
Iran's Chemical Ali survivors still bear scars
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - High in remote Kurdish
mountains, Iranian villagers still nurse ravaged eyes and
lungs, 20 years after Iraqi poison gas attacks that went mostly
ignored by world powers then siding with Saddam Hussein against
Iran. |
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Cnn.com |
5:27pm PDT |
46 killed when truck plunges 650 feet |
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Yahoo News |
5:26pm PDT |
Bush pushes US-India nuclear deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush defended a languishing deal his administration negotiated to sell India nuclear fuel and technology, saying he reassured India's prime minister that the pact was important for both countries despite heavy opposition on both sides. |
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BBC News |
5:23pm PDT |
Doctors to debate NHS 'top-ups' |
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Summary: Doctors at the British Medical Association are to discuss the issue of co-payments at their Edinburgh conference. |
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BBC News |
5:10pm PDT |
Vanishing act |
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Summary: Could stress drive Cambodian dolphin to extinction? |
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Yahoo News |
5:08pm PDT |
Cubs acquire pitcher Rich Harden from Athletics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player trade on Tuesday, a day after the rival Milwaukee Brewers landed CC Sabathia. The Cubs received the right-handed Harden and righty Chad Gaudin for pitcher Sean G |
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BBC News |
4:50pm PDT |
G8 talks for developing nations |
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Summary: Leaders from emerging nations are meeting their developed-world counterparts, at the G8 summit in Japan. |
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Yahoo News |
4:50pm PDT |
Judge to Bush admin.: Guantanamo is top priority
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A federal judge overseeing Guantanamo Bay lawsuits ordered the Justice Department to put other cases aside and make it clear throughout the Bush administration that, after nearly seven years of detention, the detainees must have their day in court. |
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Cnn.com |
4:47pm PDT |
Atheist soldier sues Army for discrimination |
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Summary: Between Army Spc. Jeremy Hall's two Iraq tours, he lost his belief in God. His sudden lack of faith, he says, cost him his military career and put his life at risk, prompting him to sue the Pentagon and others seeking a guarantee of religious freedom in t |
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ChristianPost |
4:38pm PDT |
Egypt's Christian-Muslim Gap Growing Bigger |
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Summary: The divide between Egypt?s Coptic Christian community and the Muslim majority is growing bigger as an increasing number of Christians are cutting ties with Muslim neighbors and turning to the Church for all their social needs. |
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BBC News |
4:23pm PDT |
Shareholders to grill M&S bosses |
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Summary: Investors will grill Marks and Spencer bosses about the outlook for the firm and the role of Sir Stuart Rose at its AGM. |
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BBC News |
4:20pm PDT |
Fossil feathers reveal their hues |
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Summary: Scientists show they are able to interpret the colour patterns seen in 100 million-year-old fossil feathers. |
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Yahoo News |
4:19pm PDT |
McCain, Obama pitch economic plans to Hispanics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought Tuesday to send the same message to a critical constituency: they understand that Hispanics share the same economic concerns as other Americans — and they will help the whole country prosper. |
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Cnn.com |
4:18pm PDT |
Russia issues threat over U.S. missile deal |
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Summary: Russia's Foreign Ministry today threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders. The ministry issued the statement after U.S. Secretary of State Condo |
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Cnn.com |
4:11pm PDT |
Convicted killer leads police to wife's body |
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Cnn.com |
4:11pm PDT |
Killer leads police to wife's body |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
4:08pm PDT |
Not just a boss? |
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Summary: Profile of under fire M&S chief executive Stuart Rose |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Black market in organs uncovered |
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Summary: BBC Scotland journalist Paula MacKinnon's decision to donate a kidney uncovers a secret world of organ sales. |
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Yahoo News |
3:59pm PDT |
Judge warns against delay for Guantanamo cases
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. federal judge said on Tuesday
he would be concerned and suspicious if the Bush administration
delayed cases brought by Guantanamo Bay prisoners seeking their
release. |
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Cnn.com |
3:57pm PDT |
Iraq wants U.S. withdrawal deadline |
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Summary: A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done as soon as 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.
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Cnn.com |
3:56pm PDT |
Survey finds abuse in teen romances |
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Summary: Teenagers and preteens endure significant levels of different types of abuse in dating relationships -- particularly among those who become sexually active at a young age -- and most parents are unaware of what is going on in those relationships, a survey |
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Cnn.com |
3:55pm PDT |
46 killed in when truck plunges 650 feet |
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