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BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
US journalists on trial in N Korea |
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Summary: Two US journalists are thought to have gone on trial in North Korea, accused of "hostile acts" and illegally entering the country. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PDT |
2 US journalists stand trial in North Korea
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two American journalists faced trial Thursday in North Korea on accusations of illegal entry and "hostile acts" in a case that could send them to a labor camp for 10 years, while their families pleaded for leniency. |
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BBC News |
11:40pm PDT |
Morrisons reports buoyant sales |
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Summary: Supermarket chain Morrisons says it has had a good start to the financial year, with sales growth ahead of rivals. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Obama in Cairo for outreach speech
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Speaking in this ancient seat of Islamic learning and culture, President Barack Obama is hoping to usher in a new era in America's often fraught relations with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
Obama in Egypt seeking to heal rift with Islam
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama arrived in Egypt to make a momentous multimedia address to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, seeking to heal a wide breach between America and Islam. |
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Cnn.com |
11:27pm PDT |
U.S. journalists' trial set to start in N. Korea |
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Summary: Two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea were to go on trial at 3 p.m. (6 a.m. GMT) Thursday, according to North Korean state-run news agency KCNA.
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PDT |
Redeem Team II: Kobe, Lakers focused on 4th title
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Summary: AP - His smile has vanished, replaced by something closer to a scowl. His days of joking around are seemingly on hold. Kobe Bryant has gotten deadly serious. He has that look, you've seen the one. It's the cold-blooded, get-out-of-my-way-or-pay glare he'l |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PDT |
Quarter in trust homes carry MRSA |
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Summary: One in four residents of private nursing homes in the Northern Trust area has MRSA, a study finds. |
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Yahoo News |
10:47pm PDT |
Security, call to account on Tiananmen anniversary
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Summary: AFP - China imposed a security clampdown to stop any event marking the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, as it faced renewed calls to account for the bloodshed. |
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10:45pm PDT |
England in buoyant Twenty20 mood |
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Summary: Captain Paul Collingwood says England are in confident mood ahead of Friday's ICC World Twenty20 opener against the Netherlands. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Obama heads to Egypt to heal rift with Islam
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama headed for Egypt to make a momentous multimedia address to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, seeking to heal a wide breach between America and Islam. |
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Teens charged as adults in sex assault case |
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Summary: Four teenage boys in Tampa, Florida, were charged as adults Wednesday on allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Teens charged as adults in sex assault on teen |
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Summary: Four teenage boys in Tampa, Florida, were charged as adults Wednesday on allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Teens charged as adults in Fla. sex assault case |
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Summary: Four teenage boys in Tampa, Florida, were charged as adults Wednesday on allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
NHS rejects death apology demand |
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Summary: Health officials are criticised as "churlish" for refusing a watchdog's call for a personal apology over a cancer patient's death. |
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BBC News |
10:36pm PDT |
Apology order for fatal op mistake |
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Summary: An NHS Trust is ordered to apologise personally to relatives of a man who bled to death after a mistake during surgery. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
Obama travels to Cairo for outreach speech
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Speaking in this ancient seat of Islamic learning and culture, President Barack Obama is hoping to usher in a new era in America's often fraught relations with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Medical bills are involved in more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, an increase of 50 percent in just six years, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:04pm PDT |
Ahmadinejad lashes out at Iran's ex-presidents |
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Summary: It's a first for Iran: a series of debates televised live ahead of the upcoming presidential elections next week. And Wednesday's was one to remember.
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
North Korea to hold trial for two U.S. journalists
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea will put on trial on Thursday two U.S. journalists it says illegally entered the country with "hostile intent" in a contentious case that comes as Pyongyang faces international anger for last week's nuclear test. |
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Yahoo News |
9:40pm PDT |
NKorea's top court to try 2 US journalists
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two American journalists accused of entering North Korea illegally and engaging in "hostile acts" faced the country's highest court Thursday for a trial on charges that could land them up to 10 years in a labor camp. |
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Yahoo News |
9:34pm PDT |
Obama heads to Cairo for landmark speech
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama left Saudi Arabia for Cairo where he is to deliver a landmark address laying out his vision for a new US partnership with the Muslim world. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Wal-Mart says it will create 22,000 jobs in 2009
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opens about 150 new or expanded stores in the U.S. in 2009, the company expects to hire about 22,000 people for new positions. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PDT |
North Korea to try US journalists |
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Summary: North Korea prepares to try two US journalists on charges of "hostile acts" and illegally entering the country. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
Jolie overtakes Winfrey on Forbes' Celebrity 100
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Angelina Jolie has dethroned Oprah Winfrey as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes. |
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Yahoo News |
8:36pm PDT |
China security tight in Tiananmen
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese police were out in force on Thursday to stop any commemoration of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Tiananmen Square 20 years ago, a day after Washington demanded Beijing account for those killed. |
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BBC News |
8:33pm PDT |
Iran marks Khomeini anniversary |
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Summary: Iran hold events marking 20 years since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
'Embarrassing' mistake puts US nuclear list online
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The government's inadvertent and red-faced Internet posting of a 266-page list of U.S. nuclear sites provided a one-step guide for anyone wanting details about such sensitive information. Obama administration officials said Wednesday the document con |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Gay marriage bill signed into law in New Hampshire
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize gay marriage Wednesday in a move that reflects the state's changing demographics from reliably Republican and conservative to younger and more liberal. |
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BBC News |
7:58pm PDT |
Serial sex attacker to be sentenced |
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Summary: A sexual predator who preyed on women in south west London over a six year period is to be sentenced later. |
