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BBC News |
10:50am PDT |
Obama looks to Europe as partner |
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Summary: Barack Obama tells Berliners the US and Europe have drifted apart and it is time for them to come together again. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43am PDT |
Obama calls for world to stand as one |
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Summary: As people in Berlin prepared for Sen. Barack Obama's highly anticipated speech, the Democratic presidential hopeful made it clear he's not holding a political rally.
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BBC News |
10:42am PDT |
France reveals defence closures |
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Summary: Dozens of French military units are closing as part of a major shake-up in defence strategy, the PM announces. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41am PDT |
Obama says U.S., Europe must face threats together
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama
urged Europe on Thursday to stand by the United States in
bringing stability to Afghanistan and confronting other threats
from climate change to nuclear proliferation. |
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BBC News |
10:39am PDT |
Two men die in head-on collision |
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Summary: The drivers of a car and motorcycle are killed in a head-on collision on the A38 in Cornwall, causing major delays. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31am PDT |
White House threatens veto on oil SPR bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The White House on Thursday
threatened to veto legislation that would require the
government to sell 10 percent of the oil in the nation's
emergency stockpile. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it." |
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ChristianPost |
10:28am PDT |
Athletes to Get Christian-Atheist Book at Beijing Olympics |
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Summary: The Chinese government has granted an American evangelist permission to distribute a Christian-Atheist book to athletes and coaches during the Beijing Summer Olympics, the ministry announced Wednesday. Evangelist Luis Palau will be giving a copy of his bo |
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Bush seeks to pass baton on his "Freedom Agenda"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday
urged his successor to carry on what he called his "freedom
agenda" of promoting human rights, democracy, and free trade
around the world. |
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Cnn.com |
10:25am PDT |
Poet gives voice to black America |
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Summary: Born of the smoke-infused speakeasies of 1950s and 60s underground San Francisco, California, the art of spoken word was popularized by beatnik novelists such as Jack Kerouac. Today, hip hop has inspired new spoken word poet Jon Goode and others to give v |
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Yahoo News |
10:23am PDT |
Obama urges Europe to stand with U.S. on Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama
urged Europe on Thursday to stand by the United States in
bringing stability to Afghanistan and confronting threats from
climate change to nuclear proliferation. |
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BBC News |
10:22am PDT |
Leaving Beijing |
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Summary: Migrants asked to go before Olympics comes to town |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
The slump persists: Home sales tumble across US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
Iraqi teams banned from Beijing Olympic games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Beach pollution action launched |
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Summary: A businessman sues for £5.1m over beach pollution which it is claimed could cost millions of pounds to clean. |
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BBC News |
9:59am PDT |
Boss of BP Russia venture leaves |
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Summary: BP says the chief executive of its Russian venture TNK-BP has temporarily left Russia because of "sustained harassment". |
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Cnn.com |
9:51am PDT |
Polygamy sects 'organized crime,' senator says |
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Summary: Polygamous sects that have spread throughout the United States and beyond are "a form of organized crime," largely unchecked by law enforcement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Jobs lost as paper maker closes |
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Summary: A historic Fife paper mill ceases production and goes into administration with the loss of 180 jobs. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
Body found in burning car in park |
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Summary: A body is found in a burning car in a country park in Crawfordsburn, County Down |
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BBC News |
9:36am PDT |
Cameron backs Welsh badger cull |
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Summary: On a visit to the Royal Welsh Show, Conservative leader David Cameron gives his support to a badger cull in Wales. |
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BBC News |
9:32am PDT |
Payout for false Facebook profile |
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Summary: A businessman wins £22,000 in libel and breach of privacy after his personal details were printed on the Facebook website. |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
Obama speech to focus on Europe ties |
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Summary: As people in Berlin prepared for Sen. Barack Obama's highly anticipated speech, the Democratic presidential hopeful made it clear he's not holding a political rally.
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Senate due to back housing bill, GSE shares slide
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate is due to vote
finally on Saturday to approve a major housing market rescue
bill, including federal financial assistance for Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac , the mortgage titans whose
shares fell again in early Thursday trading |
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BBC News |
9:19am PDT |
Loch Fyne wages 'below minimum' |
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Summary: Staff at the ethical restaurant chain Loch Fyne are being paid less than half the national minimum wage, the BBC finds. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16am PDT |
60 ships stuck by Mississippi spill |
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Summary: Some New Orleans parishes were expected to truck in drinking water Thursday as an expanded cleanup of an oil spill that closed the Mississippi River got under way.
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ChristianToday |
9:09am PDT |
Max Mosley wins sex privacy case |
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Summary: Motor racing boss Max Mosley won damages in the High Court on Thursday when a judge ruled his privacy was violated after The News of the World published a story about his part in a sadomasochistic orgy |
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ChristianToday |
9:05am PDT |
June retail sales slump at sharp rate |
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Summary: Retail sales slumped in June at the sharpest rate on record official figures showed on Thursday more than wiping out Mays record rise and dragging threemonth growth down to its weakest since late last year |
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ChristianToday |
9:05am PDT |
Afghan army says kills dozens of insurgents |
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Summary: Afghan soldiers killed dozens of militants including foreigners in a clash on a highway in southern Zabul province on Thursday the defence ministry said |
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ChristianToday |
9:04am PDT |
Court told Jill Dando accused seen before killing |
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Summary: Celebrityobsessed Barry George and no other person killed popular BBC presenter Jill Dando a jury was told on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
9:03am PDT |
Obama to demand more from Europe in Berlin speech |
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Summary: US presidential candidate Barack Obama is expected to call on Europe to do more in hotspots like Afghanistan when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday in his only formal address of a weeklong foreign tour |
