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BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
Nine more held by terror police |
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Summary: A further nine arrests are made by anti-terror police in south London, as the hunt for the 21 July attackers continues. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
In Bush Win, House Narrowly Approves CAFTA (AP) |
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Summary: AP - President Bush insisted that the small trade agreement with six Latin American nations would pay big dividends for security, stability and freedom in the Western Hemisphere. After persistent lobbying by the White House, Congress finally agreed. |
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11:38pm PDT |
Indian monsoon death toll soars |
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Summary: The death toll for the monsoon hitting the western Maharashtra region of India doubles to more than 400. |
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11:36pm PDT |
In Pictures: Bomb photos |
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Summary: ABC releases photos of the inside of carriages hit by the 7 July bombings and a nail bomb found at Luton station. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
NASA Grounds Future Shuttle Flights (AP) |
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Summary: AP - In a numbing setback sure to set off a national debate over the future of the space program, NASA has grounded all future shuttle flights because of a large chunk of foam that broke off Discovery's fuel tank in hauntingly similar fashion to Columbia' |
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11:29pm PDT |
Shuttle Discovery to dock with space station (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Astronauts prepared to dock the shuttle
Discovery with the International Space Station on Thursday in
what may be the last visit for some time after NASA again
grounded its problem-plagued shuttle fleet. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PDT |
Housing market 'gently softening' |
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Summary: UK house prices rose by 0.2% in July, the Nationwide says, but the annual rate of price growth hits the lowest rate since May 1996. |
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11:23pm PDT |
Eight die in India oil field fire |
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Summary: At least eight people are dead and 20 are still missing after fire destroyed an oil platform off India's west coast. |
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11:16pm PDT |
Situation at feud estate 'quiet' |
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Summary: Police and Army maintain a presence at a County Down housing estate amid concerns about the loyalist feud. |
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11:15pm PDT |
US joins new climate deal |
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Summary: Six major industrial nations agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, outside the Kyoto Protocol. |
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11:15pm PDT |
US joins Asians in climate deal |
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Summary: Six major industrial nations agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, outside the Kyoto Protocol. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15pm PDT |
US chopper wrecked by hard landing in Afghanistan (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. military helicopter was destroyed
by a hard landing during an operation to hunt down insurgents
in Afghanistan, but there were no casualties, the military said
on Thursday. |
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11:14pm PDT |
Armed police patrolling station |
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Summary: Armed police begin patrols at York Railway Station as part of a raised state of alert. |
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PDT |
Freel, Reds Steal Victory From Dodgers (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Ryan Freel went 3-for-4 and set a Cincinnati record with five stolen bases, and Ken Griffey Jr. homered and drove in two runs to lead the Reds to a 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. |
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10:43pm PDT |
Travel firms face cancer claims |
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Summary: Holidaymakers could sue travel companies over the risks of skin cancer, experts at Cardiff University warn. |
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10:43pm PDT |
Tourism warned of cancer claims |
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Summary: Welsh researchers have warned travel companies that increasing skin cancer figures in the UK could result in compensation claims. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40pm PDT |
Rocket Maker Offers Rides Around the Moon (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A Russian rocket manufacturer is proposing sending space tourists on a ride around the moon for $100 million, and a top official of the nation's space agency said the project could be viable. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40pm PDT |
Rangers Defeat Orioles 11-8 in 11 Innings (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Gary Matthews hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning to complete his first career two-homer game, and the Texas Rangers overcame a milestone shot by Sammy Sosa to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-8 on Wednesday night. |
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Cnn.com |
10:34pm PDT |
Screaming from hunger |
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Summary: At a refugee camp in southern Niger, the beds are filled with screaming children -- screaming because they're starving to death and ridden with diseases. They are the smallest victims of a prolonged drought and locust infestation that has left more than a |
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Cnn.com |
10:34pm PDT |
Starving in Niger |
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Summary: At a refugee camp in southern Niger, the beds are filled with screaming children -- screaming because they're starving to death and ridden with diseases. They are the smallest victims of a prolonged drought and locust infestation that has left more than a |
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Cnn.com |
10:34pm PDT |
In Niger, helplessness haunts starvation camps |
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Summary: At a refugee camp in southern Niger, the beds are filled with screaming children -- screaming because they're starving to death and ridden with diseases. They are the smallest victims of a prolonged drought and locust infestation that has left more than a |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
As Debt Collectors Multiply, So Do Consumer Complaints (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Embarrassing calls at work. Threats of jail and even violence. Improper withdrawals from bank accounts. An increasing number of consumers are complaining of abusive techniques from some companies that are part of a new breed of debt c |
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10:00pm PDT |
Bill Offering Metro $1.5 Billion Insists On More Oversight, Dedicated Funding (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Rep. Thomas M. Davis III plans to file a bill today asking Congress to make a major new commitment to Metro and provide $1.5 billion to keep trains, tracks, stations and buses in good repair and relieve the crowding that threatens to |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
NASA to Ground Shuttles Again (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - HOUSTON, July 27 -- NASA said Wednesday that it will again ground the space shuttle fleet after analysts discovered that during the launch of Discovery the external fuel tank lost chunks of foam insulation similar to those that fatall |
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Cnn.com |
9:58pm PDT |
Hundreds of Boy Scouts fall ill from heat |
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Summary: A Boy Scout National Jamboree already marred by the deaths of four people weathered another blow Wednesday in Virginia when about 300 Scouts and adults suffered symptoms resulting from the 100-degree afternoon heat, a spokesman for the organization said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38pm PDT |
Military, Bush team clashed on questioning -report (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Senior U.S. military lawyers strong
disagreed in 2003 with an administration legal task force's
conclusion that President Bush had authority to order harsh
interrogations of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the New
York Times reported. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
Women held in bomb suspect hunt |
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Summary: Police probing the failed bomb attacks in London arrest three women on suspicion of harbouring offenders. |
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BBC News |
9:18pm PDT |
Women held in bomb suspects hunt |
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Summary: Police probing the failed bomb attacks in London arrest three women on suspicion of harbouring offenders. |
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Cnn.com |
9:13pm PDT |
House narrowly approves CAFTA |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Braves Beat Nats 4-3 to Widen NL East Lead (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Jeff Francoeur made the most of his first start against a right-handed pitcher, getting three hits, including a go-ahead, eighth-inning double that led the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals 4-3 Wednesday night. |
