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ChristianToday |
11:57pm PDT |
Voting begins in crunch Glasgow election |
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Summary: Voters in Scotland went to the polls on Thursday for a parliamentary byelection that Gordon Browns party is expected to win but which could dramatically dent the prime ministers standing if it is lost |
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ChristianToday |
11:56pm PDT |
More jobseekers in London but pay holds up |
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Summary: Layoffs and less job security in the City of London financial sector drove more professionals to look for jobs in June but City salaries hardly moved from lofty yearago levels |
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ChristianToday |
11:54pm PDT |
Digital revolution could be Olympics salvation |
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Summary: For the Olympic movement the digital revolution is armed with a doubleedged sword it has lured the younger generation away from sport but could open up the Olympic experience to a far wider audience |
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Cnn.com |
11:45pm PDT |
Infant cut from mother's womb leaves hospital |
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Summary: A baby boy police believe was deliberately cut from his mother's womb was released from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hospital on Wednesday, a spokeswoman told CNN.
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Cnn.com |
11:45pm PDT |
Boy sliced from mother's womb leaves hospital |
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Summary: A baby boy police believe was deliberately cut from his mother's womb was released from a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hospital on Wednesday, a spokeswoman told CNN.
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ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Bishops in walk to demand world leaders keep promises to poor |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will join forces with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a rally in Lambeth Palace later today to warn governments around the world that starvation disease and death will follow unless they keep their pledges to |
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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PDT |
NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talks
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution to a dangerous border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia as Asia's main security talks were held here. |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
Levees hold but waters rise in Dolly's rains
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Summary: AP - Hurricane Dolly slammed ashore and then loitered over deep south Texas as a tropical storm, dumping as much as a foot of rain in places and ripping roofs off buildings with 100 mph winds. |
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PDT |
Catholics Anglicans must grow in unity for more effective mission |
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Summary: The Roman Catholic Churchs top official on evangelisation issues Cardinal Ivan Dias told Anglicans meeting at the Lambeth Conference this week that the two Churches must work harder on the issues that unite them if both their mission efforts are to be eff |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
50 Cent sues Taco Bell over ad campaign
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Summary: AP - 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Obama set for warm German welcome |
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Summary: US presidential hopeful Barack Obama heads to Berlin, where big crowds are expected to hear a key speech. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Minimum wage going up, but so does inflation
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Summary: AP - About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
French MPs end compulsory 35hour week |
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Summary: Frances parliament passed a law on Wednesday that will allow companies to bypass compulsory 35hour working week limits effectively burying one of the flagship reforms of the former Socialist government |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
Obama speech expected to draw huge crowd in Berlin |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama travels to Berlin on Thursday to give the only public speech of a weeklong foreign tour an outdoor address on transatlantic ties that is likely to draw tens of thousands |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
Obama visits Jerusalems Western Wall |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made a surprise predawn visit to Jerusalems Western Wall on Thursday at the end of a trip aimed at showing his strong support for Israel |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
Evangelist Brian Mclaren challenges Lambeth on emerging culture |
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Summary: One of the emerging churchs foremost figures US evangelist Brian Mclaren challenged the Lambeth Conference earlier this week to speak the Gospel into the worlds everchanging cultures |
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ChristianToday |
11:25pm PDT |
Strong quake jolts north Japan |
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Summary: A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday injuring more than 100 people trapping hundreds in halted trains and affecting production at some hightech factories |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
Ambassador: al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. |
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ChristianToday |
11:25pm PDT |
China security forces vow to thwart Games threats |
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Summary: Ranks of Chinese paramilitary police swore to prevent terrorist attacks or political incidents disrupting the Beijing Olympics in a show of force at the Games main stadium a state newspaper reported on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
WTO talks make some progress but mood sombre |
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Summary: Urgent talks to salvage a global trade deal made some progress in the early hours of Thursday ministers said but officials warned the mood was dark behind closed doors at the World Trade Organisation |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
Three Hong Kong children jailed for armed holdup |
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Summary: Three Hong Kong children have jailed for more than three years for the armed holdup of a jewellery shop a newspaper said on Thursday with the court saying the stiff sentence was in the public interest |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
African cotton farmers hope for trade breakthrough |
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Summary: While besuited government officials slug it out at world trade talks in Geneva this week African peasant farmers watching their cotton plants grow hope any deal will allow them to farm their way out of poverty |
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Yahoo News |
11:17pm PDT |
Person familiar with test: Hardy tests positive
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Summary: AP - Swimmer Jessica Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after she tested positive for a banned substance. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
Early sale for Glastonbury 2009 |
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Summary: Fans wanting to attend next year's Glastonbury Festival will be able to reserve their tickets six months earlier than normal. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Murray advances after rain delay |
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Summary: Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal both reach round three of the Toronto Masters but top seed Roger Federer suffers a shock loss. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Oxygen supply change criticised |
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Summary: Changes in the way home oxygen supply was brought in by the NHS in Wales is criticised by an audit report. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
Obama keaves Israel for Germany
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Summary: AFP - US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama left Israel Thursday for Germany on the European leg of an international tour after paying a brief visit to the Wailing Wall. |
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Cnn.com |
10:26pm PDT |
Obama heads to Europe after visit to holy site |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama is on his way to Europe, the next leg in an international trip intended to bolster his foreign-policy credentials.
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BBC News |
10:14pm PDT |
Guatemalan baby 'stolen for adoption' |
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Summary: Officials in Guatemala say they have irrefutable proof that a child was stolen and put up for adoption in the state system. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Police use own bodies to save man |
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Summary: Two firearms officers are in hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself alight. |
