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Yahoo News |
8:27am PST |
Italy convicts former CIA agents in renditions trial
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Summary: Reuters - An Italian judge sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in a landmark ruling against the "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government. |
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BBC News |
8:21am PST |
Girl found in field 'smothered' |
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Summary: A second post-mortem reveals a teenage girl found dead in a field in County Durham was smothered. |
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Cnn.com |
8:14am PST |
'79 hostage crisis still casts pall |
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Summary: Thirty years ago, Iranian student revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans. The hostage crisis created a rift that persists.
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8:14am PST |
Cameron unveils new Europe policy |
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Summary: Tory leader David Cameron is unveiling his new policy on Europe after he was forced to abandon a promised referendum. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14am PST |
House Democrats clear the way for health care vote
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Summary: AP - House Democrats cleared the way Wednesday for a pivotal floor vote on health care overhaul as early as the weekend, after tweaking their 1,900-page bill to crack down harder on insurance companies. |
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8:09am PST |
Rocket it and roll |
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Summary: Land speed team sees its plans come together |
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Cnn.com |
8:08am PST |
Pedro vs. Pettitte in World Series |
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Summary: 1. So the World Series comes down to this: the old and familiar. Stop me if you have heard this before: a Yankees team with Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera trying to get through Pedro Martinez to a world championship. Game 5 ba |
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8:00am PST |
For Americans, deficit pain is felt close to home
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Summary: Reuters - Christopher O'Neill is worried about the deficit. |
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7:53am PST |
Veterans' anger at poppy ban for store staff |
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Summary: War veterans express their fury at a toiletries store in Wigan which has banned its members of staff from wearing poppies. |
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7:53am PST |
'On my side' |
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Summary: Man at heart of science and politics row is unrepentant |
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BBC News |
7:52am PST |
EMI sues Beatles download website |
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Summary: Record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of The Beatles' albums for sale. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52am PST |
Rapist with 10 bodies at his Ohio home denied bond
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Summary: AP - A convicted rapist who lived in a home with 10 bodies was ordered held without bond Wednesday as a prosecutor called him "an incredibly dangerous threat" and said he could face the death penalty if convicted. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49am PST |
House panel votes to give SEC more money, power
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Summary: AP - The House Financial Services Committee has voted to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market. |
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7:49am PST |
'Rogue' Afghan policeman kills five British troops
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Summary: AFP - A "rogue" Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers in Afghanistan, precipitating an immediate inquiry and fuelling further questions about the war back in London, officials said on Wednesday. |
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Bishop publishes prayers for burnt out workers |
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Summary: The Church of England has published a book of prayers and reflections to help commuters find peace in the midst of stressful journeys to and from work |
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BBC News |
7:43am PST |
Democrats play down vote defeats |
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Summary: US Democrats reject claims their defeat in two state polls reflects badly on President Barack Obama, a year after his election. |
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BBC News |
7:42am PST |
Storrie charged with tax evasion |
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Summary: Portsmouth Football Club chief executive Peter Storrie is charged with tax evasion relating to the signing of a player. |
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7:37am PST |
Israelis 'seize Iran arms ship' |
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Summary: Israel's military says it has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian weapons bound for Hezbollah. |
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7:27am PST |
Ship refit brings dock 300 jobs |
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Summary: A contract to refit a cruise liner creates 300 temporary jobs at a dry dock, which reopens for the first time in 10 years. |
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Cnn.com |
7:22am PST |
'79 hostage crisis still casts pall on U.S.-Iran relations |
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Summary: Thirty years ago, Iranian student revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans. The hostage crisis created a rift that persists.
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7:17am PST |
Pardoned Briton's joy at return |
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Summary: Former British soldier Simon Mann, jailed for a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, says it is "wonderful" to be back in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PST |
Stocks rise as services sectors grow for 2nd month
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Summary: AP - Stocks are extending their gains following a trade group's report that service industry activity has grown for a second straight month. |
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BBC News |
7:15am PST |
Midwest migrants |
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Summary: Two towns, two very different faces of the US heartland |
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Yahoo News |
7:14am PST |
Poor urge deep climate cuts
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Summary: Reuters - Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach. |
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Yahoo News |
7:08am PST |
Winners and wastelands: the Wall's economic legacy
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Summary: Reuters - Businessman Ulrich Weitz leans forward and produces a graph showing a 10-fold increase in his company's turnover in the last 15 years. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49am PST |
Stocks open higher as investors await Fed decision
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Summary: AP - Encouraging news on the labor market buoyed stocks in early trading Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve to weigh in on the economy. |
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Yahoo News |
6:48am PST |
Iran police, protesters clash at US Embassy rally
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Summary: AP - Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons Wednesday on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition's first major show of |
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BBC News |
6:46am PST |
Border deal boosts Croatia EU bid |
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Summary: Slovenia and Croatia agree to allow an international panel to resolve a border row that has delayed Croatia's EU membership bid. |
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Cnn.com |
6:43am PST |
GOP scores big on election night |
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Summary: A Republican Party left for dead by many in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.
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BBC News |
6:43am PST |
Taliban link to shootings probed |
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Summary: The Taliban could have infiltrated the Afghan police to kill five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown says. |
