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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Ferry fire caused evacuation fear |
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Summary: Passengers were put on standby to be evacuated from a ferry preparing to sail to Ireland from Wales after a fire broke out. |
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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Sharp profit fall for Lloyds TSB |
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Summary: Lloyds TSB suffers a sharp drop in profits in the first half of 2008 after a fall in the value of its stock market-related assets. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
Nurses suspended from care home |
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Summary: A nursing home in Antrim, which is under investigation, has suspended seven of its nurses. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
Karadzic arrives in the Hague to face trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic
was taken into custody by the U.N. war crimes tribunal on
Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for
his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
England aim to square Test series |
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Summary: England need a win in the third Test at Edgbaston, which starts on Wednesday, to square the series against South Africa. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
'Tank exploded' on Qantas jet |
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Summary: An exploding oxygen cylinder was the probable cause of a hole in an Australian passenger plane, a safety official confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Karadzic extradited to The Hague
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities extradited ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands to face genocide charges before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, hours after a violence-tinged protest by thousands of his supporters in downtown Belgrade. |
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BBC News |
11:21pm PDT |
Dear Diary |
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Summary: George Orwell's diaries published online for first time |
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Cnn.com |
11:09pm PDT |
Military benefits restored for sole survivors |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
11:02pm PDT |
More Americans charging less, if at all |
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Summary: When Cappie and Don Perras saw their stock market investments tank this year, they decided to tighten their belts. They drive fuel efficient cars around their Connecticut town and eat at cheaper restaurants if they eat out at all. To avoid impulse buying, |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Parents visit shot Antigua Briton |
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Summary: The parents of a Briton shot with his wife on their honeymoon in Antigua have visited his hospital bedside. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Karadzic flown to Hague tribunal |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is flown from Serbia to The Hague to face war-crimes charges. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Dunkin' Donuts to offer healthier menu items
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin' Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August. |
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Cnn.com |
10:42pm PDT |
Jerry Lewis cited for gun in luggage, police say |
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BBC News |
10:34pm PDT |
Murder inquiry over man's death |
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Summary: Police launch a murder investigation in Aberdeen following the death of a man in the Tillydrone area of the city. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Karadzic being extradited; jet lands in Holland
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities were extraditing ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal to face genocide charges early Wednesday, an official with the Serb prosecutor's office said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
War crimes suspect Karadzic transferred to the Netherlands
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, caught a week ago after more than a decade on the run, arrived Wednesday at Rotterdam airport in the Netherlands bound for The Hague to be tried for some of Europe's bloodiest atrocities since World War |
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Cnn.com |
10:03pm PDT |
Karadzic en route to The Hague |
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Summary: A jet believed to be carrying Radovan Karadzic arrived Wednesday morning in The Netherlands, where the former Bosnian Serb leader was being taken to answer war crimes charges at The Hague.
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Iraq's rebuilding planned at nearly $120 billion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's coffers are bulging with oil money, yet some Baghdad residents go without electricity for much of the day and others get drinking water tainted with sewage. |
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Yahoo News |
9:55pm PDT |
Rice, Livni, Qurei meet as peace expectations ebb
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
holds a three-way meeting with the top Israeli and Palestinian
peace negotiators on Wednesday amid dimming expectations that a
comprehensive deal is possible this year. |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
Karadzic extradited to The Hague |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is flown from Serbia to The Hague to face war-crimes charges. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
Karadzic en route to UN war crimes tribunal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, caught a week ago after more than a decade on the run, was en route Wednesday to a UN tribunal in The Hague to be tried for some of Europe's bloodiest atrocities since World War II. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
Karadzic arrives in the Netherlands to face trial
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic
arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The
Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95
Bosnia war. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36pm PDT |
Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research. |
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Yahoo News |
9:36pm PDT |
Plane believed to be carrying Karadzic lands
(AP)
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Summary: AP - AP Television News footage shows a plane believed to be carrying former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic landing in the Netherlands. |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PDT |
Dismay at collapse of trade talks |
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Summary: International negotiators express disappointment at the failure of trade talks in Geneva, but some vow to fight on. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Houston Rockets are close to an agreement to acquire Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
John McCain says he won't raise taxes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After upsetting some conservatives by signaling an openness to higher payroll taxes for Social Security, Republican John McCain gave the simplest of answers Tuesday when asked if he would raise taxes as president. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
China to censor Internet during Games - organisers
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Foreign reporters will not have complete access to the Internet during the Beijing Olympics, Games organisers said Wednesday, reversing a pledge to bring down the Chinese firewall of censorship. |
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Yahoo News |
8:29pm PDT |
U.S. confronts Pakistan on links to militants: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A top Central Intelligence Agency
official traveled to Islamabad and confronted senior officials
with evidence of ties between Pakistan's spy agency and
militants operating in that country's tribal areas, the New
York Times reported in Wedne |
