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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Blatter would back Ronaldo move |
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Summary: Fifa chief Sepp Blatter believes Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid - if he wants to. |
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BBC News |
11:57pm PDT |
Delays continue at Dublin airport |
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Summary: There is further disruption to flights at Dublin International Airport following a problem with a radar system. |
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BBC News |
11:56pm PDT |
Palestinian killed on Gaza border |
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Summary: Israeli troops kill an unarmed Palestinian who crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says. |
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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
Bank likely to hold interest rates for now |
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Summary: The Bank of England is expected to hold interest rates at 50 percent on Thursday and will probably sit tight until it has a better idea of which is the greater evil surging inflation or slowing economic growth |
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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Haltemprice by-election under way |
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Summary: People in Haltemprice and Howden are voting in the by-election prompted by the resignation of MP David Davis. |
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ChristianToday |
11:34pm PDT |
Prince William takes part in hurricane exercise |
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Summary: Prince William has taken part in a hurricane disaster exercise in the Caribbean the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday
The Prince flew ashore by helicopter from the frigate HMS Iron Duke to Montserrat on Monday as the volcanic island tested the readines |
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ChristianToday |
11:22pm PDT |
Four teenagers charged with boys stabbing |
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Summary: Police said on Thursday they had charged four teenagers including one girl with the murder of Shakilus Townsend stabbed to death in south London last week |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Six dead in Leicestershire crash |
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Summary: Six people are killed in a crash between a car and a lorry in Leicestershire in the early hours of the morning. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Six die in two-vehicle collision |
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Summary: Six people are killed in a crash between a car and a lorry in Leicestershire in the early hours of the morning. |
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ChristianToday |
10:57pm PDT |
Highest ever lead theft levels threaten community churches |
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Summary: The church buildings we so often take for granted throughout the UK are under threat because of the massive rise in metal theft a national church insurer has warned today drastic action needs to be taken to combat the theft of lead from church roofs |
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ChristianToday |
10:51pm PDT |
Zimbabwean churches now ultimate challenge for Catholic Mugabe |
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Summary: Zimbabwean churches could provide the ultimate challenge for Catholic Robert Mugabe as the African leader seeks to legitimise his recent reelection says Progressios Dr Steve Kibble |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Tough times for first-time buyers |
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Summary: Low income first-time buyer couples must save a year's worth of pay to buy a home, a surveyors' group says. |
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ChristianToday |
10:48pm PDT |
Informed consent will dramatically reduce abortion rates Alive and Kicking |
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Summary: Research carried out for the Alive and Kicking Alliance suggests that simple measures like insisting that women receive abortion counselling and have a coolingoff period to reflect on their decision could dramatically reduce abortion rates in Britain |
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ChristianToday |
10:48pm PDT |
Informed consent will dramatically reduce abortion rates says coalition |
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Summary: Research carried out for the Alive and Kicking Alliance suggests that simple measures like insisting that women receive abortion counselling and have a coolingoff period to reflect on their decision could dramatically reduce abortion rates in Britain |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Patients' 'second class NHS' fear |
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Summary: Welsh patients feel like second-class citizens when they need health care across the border, a report finds. |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Half Translink train seats empty |
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Summary: Trains in Northern Ireland have been operating with more than a quarter of a million empty seats every week. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
England set for South Africa test |
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Summary: An unchanged England XI take on South Africa at Lord's on Thursday in the first of an eagerly anticipated four-Test series. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
76ers sign Brand to $82 million deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Elton Brand believed his career would end as an L.A. Story. Forced by a contract ultimatum Brand would not accept, the would-be movie mogul and two-time NBA All-Star instead opted to take his production east and see his name roll on the credits of Ph |
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ChristianToday |
10:30pm PDT |
Methodist Conference elects new President and Vice President Designate |
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Summary: The Rev David Gamble has been elected President Designate of the Methodist Conference for 20092010 and Dr Richard Vautrey has been elected Vice President Designate |
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Cnn.com |
10:05pm PDT |
Betancourt's husband admits icy reunion |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
9:51pm PDT |
India gives nuclear plans to IAEA |
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Summary: India submits its plans for safeguarding its civilian nuclear facilities to the world regulatory body, the IAEA. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PDT |
Bad weather due to travel north |
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Summary: Flood warnings are in place in large parts of the south of England as heavy downpours continue. |
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Cnn.com |
9:42pm PDT |
Bertha rises again, back to Category 2 |
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Summary: Hurricane Bertha regained strength over the warm Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and could again become a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
Study urges long-term policies to influence Iran
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Summary: Reuters - A military strike on Iran would be
unlikely to force changes in Tehran's nuclear policy, the Rand
research organization said on Thursday in an analysis
recommending long-term policies to deal with the country. |
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ChristianToday |
9:32pm PDT |
Evangelism teams to plant churches in 40 Ukrainian cities |
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Summary: A major evangelistic campaign that seeks to plant 40 churches in 40 Ukrainian cities within five weeks will kick off at the end of this month |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Anti-government protests hit Peru |
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Summary: Thousands of Peruvians march and go on strike in protest to call for a redistribution of wealth from an economic boom. |
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Cnn.com |
9:15pm PDT |
Polygamist Warren Jeffs out of hospital |
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Summary: Jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was taken to a hospital in Las Vegas on Tuesday, but a city police spokesman could not say why.
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Yahoo News |
9:02pm PDT |
Pivotal NKorean nuclear disarmament talks set to resume
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Talks on North Korea's nuclear programmes were set to resume on Thursday after a nine-month break, with the United States describing the latest round as pivotal in the long-running disarmament process. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PDT |
Bank expected to keep rates at 5% |
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Summary: The Bank of England is expected to announce it is keeping interest rates at 5%, amid growing signs the economy is weakening. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
French firm 'quits Iran gas deal' |
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Summary: French energy firm Total will not invest in Iran because it is too risky, the company's boss says in a newspaper interview. |
