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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PDT |
Top dissident warns Iran leaders over crackdown
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Summary: AFP - A top Iranian dissident cleric warned the nation's rulers that their continued suppression of opposition protests over the disputed presidential election could destabilise the regime. |
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11:46pm PDT |
Child dies after river accident |
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Summary: A 10-year-old boy who was pulled from the River Bann in Hilltown, County Down, dies in hospital. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Family in Corfu for deaths trial |
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Summary: Two UK holiday reps are due to go on trial in Corfu charged with the manslaughter of two children from West Yorkshire. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Mocking medals |
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Summary: Audio slideshow celebrating 400 years of dishonour |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
'Shift needed' in Afghan combat |
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Summary: US and Nato-led troops in Afghanistan must make a "cultural shift" to protect Afghan civilians, the new US commander says. |
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Cnn.com |
11:16pm PDT |
Obama: No status quo for health care |
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Summary: President Obama took his case for major health care reform to the airwaves Wednesday night in a nationally televised health care forum while congressional negotiators tackled numerous proposals relating to coverage and cost control.
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Iran opposition calls off ceremony to mourn dead
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Summary: AFP - A ceremony to mourn protesters slain in Iran's post-election turmoil was called off as the regime clamped down hard on the opposition, vowing not to back down over the disputed vote. |
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11:07pm PDT |
Sources: Cavs close to trade for Shaq
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Summary: AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring center Shaquille O'Neal in a trade that would pair him with MVP LeBron James, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. |
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11:06pm PDT |
US objects to China's net filter |
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Summary: The US calls on China to scrap its plan to put Green Dam net-filtering software into all its computers. |
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11:04pm PDT |
US shock Spain to reach final |
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Summary: The United States cause one of the biggest upsets in world football by beating European champions Spain to reach Sunday's Confederations Cup final. |
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10:59pm PDT |
Mousavi Web site: 70 professors detained in Iran
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Summary: AP - A Web site affiliated with Iran's key opposition figure, Mir Hossein Mousavi, says 70 university professors were detained after meeting with him. |
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10:48pm PDT |
Climate change budget tops £300m |
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Summary: The assembly government unveils a four-year strategy for cutting carbon emissions as its share of the battle against climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Source: Cavaliers close to trade for Shaq
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Summary: AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers are close to acquiring center Shaquille O'Neal in a trade with the Phoenix Suns, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:43pm PDT |
Obama walks tightrope on Iran response |
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Summary: This week, President Obama spoke in the harshest tones yet about the Iranian regime's violent crackdown against election protesters. But his administration is still walking a diplomatic tightrope in finding the right response to the crisis.
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9:53pm PDT |
S Lanka 'accepts' Tamil aid ship |
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Summary: Indian officials say Sri Lanka has agreed to accept an aid cargo from Europe for Tamil civilians displaced in the civil war. |
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9:48pm PDT |
Corfu reps on trial over deaths |
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Summary: Two UK holiday reps are due to go on trial in Corfu charged with the manslaughter of two children from West Yorkshire. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PDT |
Energy customers 'overcharged' |
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Summary: Households are being overcharged by an average of £74 on their annual energy bills, a consumer watchdog claims. |
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9:30pm PDT |
UK energy customers 'overcharged' |
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Summary: Customers are being overcharged by an average of £74 per household on their energy bills, a consumer watchdog claims. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21pm PDT |
Bernanke to face hostile questioning on BofA deal
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Summary: AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke likely will face hostile questions from a House committee investigating whether he and other government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. into a "shotgun wedding" with Merrill Lynch that cost taxpayers $2 |
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9:17pm PDT |
Jailed N Korea reporters visited |
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Summary: Sweden's ambassador to North Korea has visited two US journalists jailed there, the US embassy says. |
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9:02pm PDT |
Baghdad market bomb kills scores |
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Summary: A blast at a market in Baghdad's Sadr City kills nearly 70 people, six days before US troops are due to leave Iraqi cities. |
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Cnn.com |
9:00pm PDT |
Storm kills 8 in Philippines |
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Summary: Eight people were killed and 11 were left missing after tropical depression Nangka triggered flooding, a tornado and a landslide in the Philippines, according to disaster officials.
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Cnn.com |
8:39pm PDT |
Iran ambassador: Protesters are a minority |
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Summary: The anti-government protesters who have streamed into streets across Iran to protest this month's presidential elections as rigged represent a small minority of the nation, Iran's ambassador to Mexico, Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri, said Wednesday.
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Yahoo News |
8:25pm PDT |
US calls for release of prominent China dissident
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Summary: AFP - The United States said it was "deeply disturbed" by the reported arrest of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and called for his release amid a mounting chorus of condemnation. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
SC governor admits affair, secret Argentina trip
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Summary: AP - After going AWOL for seven days, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. Wiping away tears, he apologized to his family and gave up a national Republican Party p |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Iran opposition to go ahead with mourning ceremony
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Summary: AFP - Iranian opposition supporters were expected to go ahead with a ceremony to mourn protestors killed in recent violence, a day after riot police blocked demonstrators from gathering. |
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Yahoo News |
7:58pm PDT |
5-run 6th inning propels LSU to national title
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Summary: AP - LSU, which two years ago wasn't good enough to qualify for its conference tournament, is the best team in college baseball again. |
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Yahoo News |
7:43pm PDT |
NKorea warns of 'fire shower of nuclear' attack
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Summary: AP - North Korea condemned a recent U.S. pledge to provide nuclear defense of South Korea, saying Thursday that the move boosts its justification to hold onto atomic bombs and invites a potential "fire shower of nuclear retaliation." |
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BBC News |
7:41pm PDT |
Iran unrest to dominate G8 summit |
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Summary: Iran's post-election unrest is expected to lead discussions between G8 foreign ministers meeting in Italy. |
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BBC News |
7:41pm PDT |
Iran unrest to dominate G8 |
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Summary: Iran's post-election unrest is expected to lead discussions between G8 foreign ministers meeting in Italy. |
