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Cnn.com |
11:53pm PDT |
Mitchell to meet with Palestinian president |
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Summary: U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, who is in the Middle East to try and kick-start the peace process, will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday morning.
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BBC News |
11:47pm PDT |
Pakistan deals 'aiding Taliban' |
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Summary: Pakistan's peace deals with the Taliban are behind an upsurge in violence in Afghanistan, a top US official says. |
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BBC News |
11:42pm PDT |
Feared disease |
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Summary: How the 'stigma' of epilepsy is hampering care |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Treasury 'may sell Northern Rock' |
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Summary: The Treasury is investigating the prospect of selling state-owned bank Northern Rock, according to a report. |
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BBC News |
11:24pm PDT |
Millionth English word 'due any time now' |
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Summary: A US company which monitors internet traffic predicts that the millionth new English word is about to be recognised. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PDT |
16 dead in Pakistan hotel blast, Taliban blamed
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani police have pulled bodies from the charred rubble of a luxury hotel in northwest Peshawar after a suicide car bomb killed 16 people in the city troubled by Taliban violence. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Pakistani investigators seek clues in hotel blast
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Summary: AP - Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday for clues after a bold suicide bombing that killed 11 people, including aid workers, in what the U.N. condemned as a "heinous terrorist attack." |
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BBC News |
10:43pm PDT |
Half of young carers 'can't cope' |
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Summary: Over half of young carers in Wales felt they could not cope with their role during a week, research finds. |
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BBC News |
10:28pm PDT |
Police inquiry after body found |
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Summary: Police are investigating the discovery of a man's body in an Aberdeen street. |
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Cnn.com |
10:23pm PDT |
Paradise now hub for recovering flight remains |
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Summary: Turbulence shakes the small aircraft as it dips through storm clouds. Fernando de Noronha first appears as a dot surrounded by a leaden-colored ocean.
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Cnn.com |
10:23pm PDT |
Tourist island turned into staging ground for dead |
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Summary: On glitzy tourist brochures, the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha is touted as a tropical paradise, a nature haven for rare species and a scuba diver's playground. But for the last week, it has become the forward staging ground for the Brazilian-le |
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BBC News |
10:21pm PDT |
Buy-to-let landlords 'hit harder' |
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Summary: Buy-to-let landlords are losing properties at more than three times the rate of other homeowners, BBC research shows. |
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Cnn.com |
9:59pm PDT |
Magic slice Lakers' lead with Game 3 win |
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Summary: ORLANDO, Fla. -- Judging by their scorching early shooting percentages, it seemed the Lakers and Magic had made some tacit agreement to avoid playing defense in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. So it must have shocked Lakers guard Kobe Bryant when Magic guard Mi |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PDT |
Tube strike travel chaos looming |
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Summary: All London Underground lines are affected as a 48-hour Tube strike begins after talks break down between management and unions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Chrysler poised to close sale, exit Chapter 11
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Summary: AP - With opponents of Chrysler's planned partnership with Italy's Fiat having exhausted their appeals, the Obama administration-backed sale could close early Wednesday — putting the automaker close to its goal of a speedy exit from bankruptcy protection. |
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ChristianToday |
9:40pm PDT |
Kevin Max has new album lined up |
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Summary: dPulse Recordings and INgrooves are gearing up for former dctalk member Kevin Maxs next album release |
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BBC News |
9:38pm PDT |
Australia flu 'may tip pandemic' |
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Summary: A four-fold jump in Australia's swine flu infections could spark a World Health Organization pandemic announcement. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Palau to take Guantanamo Uighurs |
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Summary: The Pacific island nation of Palau agrees to take in 17 Chinese Muslims from the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Palau takes Uighurs from Guantanamo |
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Summary: The Pacific nation of Palau agrees to temporarily take 17 Chinese Muslims from the US detention centre in Guantanamo. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PDT |
15 dead in Pakistan hotel blast, Taliban blamed
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Summary: AFP - Pakistani police have scoured the charred rooms of a luxury hotel in northwest Peshawar for clues after a suicide car bomb killed 15 people in the city troubled by Taliban violence. |
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ChristianToday |
9:26pm PDT |
Chargesheets drawn up against suspected Orissa attackers |
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Summary: In a sigh of relief for persecuted Indian Christians in Orissa state the state police last week filed more than 400 chargesheets against suspected perpetrators of the 2008 violence in Kandhamal district that claimed the lives of dozens of Christians |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
2 killed, dozens hurt in NC Slim Jim plant blast
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Summary: AP - Two workers died when an explosion tore through a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina Tuesday, punching holes in the building's roof and blowing employees off their feet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Magic shoot 63 percent in 108-104 win over Lakers
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Summary: AP - Missing for two games, Orlando found its Magic touch. |
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BBC News |
9:13pm PDT |
Hollywood actors agree pay deal |
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Summary: US actors agree to a pay deal after a year of tortuous negotiations with the major Hollywood studios. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Call to scrap secret court cases |
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Summary: The increasing use of secret evidence is weakening the credibility of British Courts, says a human rights group. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PDT |
Buy-to-let landlords hit harder |
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Summary: Buy-to-let landlords are losing their properties at more than three times the rate of ordinary homeowners, BBC research shows. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58pm PDT |
Actors ratify 2-year Hollywood movie, TV contract
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Summary: AP - Members of the Screen Actors Guild voted overwhelmingly to ratify a two-year contract covering movies and prime-time TV shows made by the major Hollywood studios, ending a yearlong debacle that included union leaders calling for a strike. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38pm PDT |
Fleury, Pens beat Red Wings 2-1 to force Game 7
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Summary: AP - No clincher by the Detroit Red Wings in Pittsburgh, not this time in Game 6. Marc-Andre Fleury wouldn't let it happen as a wildly unpredictable Stanley Cup finals is now going the distance. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
Fourteen dead as bomb destroys Pakistan hotel
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Summary: AFP - A huge suicide truck bomb ripped through a luxury hotel Tuesday killing 14 people and wounding 52 in Pakistan's Peshawar city, capital of a northwest province plagued by Taliban violence. |
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Yahoo News |
8:26pm PDT |
Suspect: Recruiting center shootings justified
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Summary: AP - A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn't consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action in the Middle East made the killing justified. |
