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ChristianToday |
4:23am PDT |
World Council of Churches in Indonesia to strengthen efforts against violence |
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Summary: Churches working for peace in Indonesia a country which over the last decades had to cope with repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious conflicts the integration of internally displaced people as well as refugees from outside its borders will receive |
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Yahoo News |
4:21am PDT |
Hippie town's homeless attack portends trend
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ricky Green wandered into this town some months ago, a stranger just a bit stranger than most. He had shed his middle-class respectability — a job as a graphic artist in the 'burbs — strapped a guitar over his shoulder and landed here on what he told |
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Yahoo News |
4:18am PDT |
`Mad Men,' `Damages' vie for historic Emmy bids
(AP)
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Summary: AP - "Mad Men" and "Damages" have a shot at Emmy nomination history. |
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ChristianToday |
4:13am PDT |
Churches are critical partner in reducing knife crime says CTE report |
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Summary: Who is my neighbour report from Churches Together in England pleas for united action against gangrelated crime |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Older employees are happier than the young with their working lives |
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Summary: Older workers are the happiest employees while those in their thirties are most negative, research suggests. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Funeral begins for returned Israeli soldier
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of mourners gathered Thursday in a northern Israeli town to bury the first of two soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas. |
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Yahoo News |
3:52am PDT |
Despite sore wrist, Harrington holding up well
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Despite a sore wrist, defending British Open champion Padraig Harrington got off to a promising start in the whipping wind and soaking rain at Royal Birkdale. |
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BBC News |
3:51am PDT |
Canoe wife 'treated like a pupil' |
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Summary: The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin says her husband treated her like a school pupil. |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Teen drink and drug use falling |
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Summary: Rates of drug taking, smoking and drinking are falling in young teenagers, a national survey shows. |
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ChristianToday |
3:45am PDT |
How Israeli PM wooed and lost Christian dollars |
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Summary: An Israeli investigation into fraud and corruption has turned a spotlight on how Ehud Olmert when mayor of Jerusalem raised funds from rich American Jews |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Clegg pledge to make tax 'fairer' |
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Summary: Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg outlines plans to bring down the overall level of taxation - with cuts for lower earners. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Veteran rockers set for windfall |
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Summary: Ageing rock musicians are set to be paid for their recordings for the rest of their lives under a European Union plan. |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
How can broadcasters better reflect ethnic diversity? |
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Summary: A new report has accused broadcasters of failing to represent diversity and stereotyping ethnic minorities. How can representation in the media be improved? |
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BBC News |
3:43am PDT |
Court 'vindicates' McCann suspect |
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Summary: Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat says £600,000 libel damages from UK newspapers "vindicates" him. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
Arrests in card network inquiry |
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Summary: Three men are arrested following a BBC News investigation into one of the UK's largest illegal immigrant communities. |
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BBC News |
3:37am PDT |
Baobab tasted |
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Summary: It's THE new superfruit - but would you eat it? |
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ChristianToday |
3:34am PDT |
Pope praises Australia for apology to Aborigines |
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Summary: Pope Benedict praised the Australian government on Thursday for apologising for past injustices to Aborigines saying it was a courageous move to repair race relations and offered hope to the rest of the world |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
Four Madrid bomb convicts cleared |
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Summary: Spain's Supreme Court overturns the conviction of four people found guilty of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in 2004. |
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Cnn.com |
3:19am PDT |
Report: Jesse Jackson gaffe included n-word |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
3:15am PDT |
Soldiers yearn to leave quiet Iraq for 'real war' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
3:15am PDT |
Soldiers yearn to leave Iraq for 'real war' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:14am PDT |
Three tonnes of cannabis seized |
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Summary: Three tonnes of cannabis resin worth £9.5m are found in the biggest seizure of the drug in the West Midlands, police say. |
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BBC News |
2:59am PDT |
McCann suspect wins libel damages |
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Summary: Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat accepts "very substantial" libel damages from British newspapers. |
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BBC News |
2:55am PDT |
Olmert lawyers quiz businessman |
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Summary: Lawyers for the Israeli PM question a US businessman at the centre of a corruption investigation against him. |
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Cnn.com |
2:53am PDT |
Israel buries returned soldier |
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Summary: Israel Thursday buried a soldier whose remains were returned in an exchange with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah the day before.
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
UK ratifies the EU Lisbon Treaty |
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Summary: The UK has officially ratified the controversial EU treaty - despite doubts over its future after the Irish 'no' vote. |
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Yahoo News |
2:51am PDT |
Key witness against Olmert cross-examined
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's
lawyers began on Thursday the cross-examination of a U.S.
businessman whose damaging portrait of a politician with his
hand out for cash stands at the centre of a corruption case. |
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BBC News |
2:48am PDT |
UK drug girls released in Ghana |
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Summary: Two girls are released after serving a one year sentence for smuggling drugs. |
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BBC News |
2:48am PDT |
Zimbabwe distributes food hampers |
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Summary: Cheap food hampers are to be distributed in Zimbabwe to help people deal with inflation of 2,200,000%. |
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ChristianToday |
2:36am PDT |
Pope tells Anglicans to find road together |
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Summary: Pope urges Anglicans gathered for the 10yearly Lambeth Conference to overcome their current divisions by turning to Gods Word |
