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BBC News |
11:50pm PST |
London 2012 unveils £700m deals |
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Summary: The organisers of the 2012 Olympics in London are putting £700m of contracts for the event out to tender. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PST |
'Clashes' in Iran protest rally |
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Summary: Police clash with opposition supporters during a rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, according to reports. |
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BBC News |
11:48pm PST |
Pakistan army 'kills 21 Taliban' |
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Summary: Pakistani forces say they have killed 21 militants and taken control of Sararogha region from the Taliban in South Waziristan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:47pm PST |
Maine voters latest to turn down gay marriage
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Summary: Reuters - Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PST |
Five soldiers die in Afghanistan |
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Summary: Five British soldiers have been killed in a single incident in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PST |
Mousavi supporters clash with police in Tehran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PST |
Bid to tighten under-18 smoke ban |
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Summary: Scottish government ministers agree to toughen up proposed laws to make it illegal for under-18s to buy cigarettes. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PST |
M&S 'cautious' on Christmas sales |
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Summary: Marks and Spencer says it is "cautious" about Christmas sales as it reports largely unchanged half-year profits. |
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BBC News |
11:17pm PST |
Church compensates abuse victim |
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Summary: The Catholic Church has paid a five figure sum to a victim who suffered clerical sexual abuse in the Down and Connor diocese. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PST |
Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Voters in Maine appeared to have overturned a law allowing same-sex marriage enacted by the state's legislature, according to early results of Tuesday's vote gathered by local media. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PST |
Toyota 'set to leave Formula 1' |
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Summary: Toyota is to hold a press conference at 0800 GMT on Wednesday amid rumours that it is to quit Formula 1. |
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BBC News |
10:56pm PST |
Lessons learned |
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Summary: The BBC Box returns from a year of globe trotting |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PST |
Maine voters reject gay-marriage law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PST |
Dissident threat 'worst in years' |
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Summary: NI's paramilitary watchdog is expected to say dissident republican activity is at its highest level for almost six years. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PST |
Dissident activity 'at six-year high' |
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Summary: The Independent Monitoring Commission is expected to report that dissident republican activity in NI is at its highest level for nearly six years. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PST |
Under-18s smoking ban tightened |
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Summary: Scottish government ministers agree to toughen up proposed laws to make it illegal for under-18s to buy cigarettes. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PST |
Loan sharks 'target poor tenants' |
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Summary: Housing associations launch a campaign warning tenants they are the targets of unscrupulous loan sharks. |
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DJ Chuang |
10:25pm PST |
Impact matters more than intention |
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Summary: Wow. These blog post comment threads at here and here about unintentional racial stereotypes is blowing up. Big. Time.
I think that discussing highly-emotionally charged issues in an asynchronous public forum like the online blogosphere is mostly ineffec |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PST |
US envoy in rare talks with Suu Kyi, Myanmar PM
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for a decade and a half met democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and the ruling junta's premier Wednesday as Washington seeks a new era of engagement with the regime. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PST |
NY Mayor Bloomberg narrowly wins third term
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who engineered a change in the city's term-limits law so he could run again and set a campaign financing record, narrowly won a third term on Tuesday, local media declared. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PST |
Fed seen staying on easy-money path
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to reaffirm its intention to keep U.S. interest rates at ultra-low levels for a long time to support the economy, even as signs of recovery accumulate. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PST |
Maine voters repeal gay-marriage law
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Maine voters have torpedoed a state law that would have allowed gay couples to marry. |
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BBC News |
9:55pm PST |
US diplomats meet Burmese leaders |
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Summary: Two senior US diplomats meet detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi after meeting Burmese PM Thein Sein. |
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BBC News |
9:53pm PST |
Bedside manner |
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Summary: Doctors' training to help them to talk to patients |
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Yahoo News |
9:50pm PST |
U.S. Federal Reserve seen staying on easy-money path
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to reaffirm its intention to keep U.S. interest rates at ultra-low levels for a long time to support the economy, even as signs of recovery accumulate. |
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BBC News |
9:44pm PST |
Tories to set out new EU policy |
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Summary: David Cameron is to explain the Tories' European policy, in the wake of a u-turn over a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. |
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Yahoo News |
9:30pm PST |
Obama says time for Iran to decide future path
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - It is time for Iran to decide whether to focus on the past or open the door to greater opportunity, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement issued late on Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
9:25pm PST |
India denies assisting militants |
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Summary: India's foreign minister denies charges by a Pakistani army official that his country helped militants in South Waziristan. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PST |
Gay marriage appears in danger of losing in Maine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gay marriage appeared in danger in Maine in a closely watched referendum Tuesday that the nation's gay rights movement had hoped would yield a breakthrough victory at the ballot box. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PST |
Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction. |
