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BBC News |
10:21pm PST |
New students' skills 'worsening' |
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Summary: University admissions tutors think the students they are recruiting are less capable, a report suggests. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PST |
U2 steal Grammys glory from Carey |
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Summary: Rock megastars U2 win five Grammy Awards, eclipsing top nominees Mariah Carey and Kanye West. |
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BBC News |
10:14pm PST |
AWB chief quits over Iraq probe |
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Summary: The head of Australian wheat exporter AWB resigns over allegations of bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PST |
Chinese man 'jailed due to Yahoo' |
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Summary: Internet firm Yahoo is accused of giving data to China which led to the arrest of another online writer. |
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4:47pm PST |
Congress 'made Wikipedia changes' |
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Summary: Online reference site Wikipedia says US Congress staff made partisan changes to a number of political biographies. |
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4:47pm PST |
Congress 'changed Wikipedia' |
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Summary: Online reference site Wikipedia says US Congress staff made partisan changes to a number of political biographies. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PST |
Oldest T. rex relative unveiled |
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Summary: The earliest recorded tyrannosaur has been discovered in China, scientists report. |
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9:55am PST |
Ministers 'a shambles over CSA' |
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Summary: The government's handling of the Child Support Agency's funding crisis is condemned as a "shambles". |
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Yahoo News |
9:39am PST |
Iran's missile tech suppliers named (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two German businessmen, a former Russian
military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran
develop missiles that the West fears could one day carry
nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38am PST |
GOP chairwoman wants 'complete review' of NSA spying |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
9:38am PST |
'Young and the Restless' Tops Emmys Nods (AP) |
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Summary: AP - CBS' "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 18 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including best soap opera, although no one from its cast was nominated in the lead acting categories. |
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Cnn.com |
9:36am PST |
Somebody is 'interested in burning down churches' |
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Summary: The spate of church fires in rural Alabama is motivated by hate, a state official said today, but it's not clear whether arsonists are choosing their targets on the basis of race or religion. "Obviously, somebody or somebodies are interested in burning do |
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Yahoo News |
9:32am PST |
Germans, Russian aid Iran arms program: officials (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Two German businessmen, a former Russian
military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran
develop missiles that the West fears could one day carry
nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say. |
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BBC News |
9:14am PST |
Sweden aims for oil-free economy |
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Summary: Sweden says it aims to completely wean itself off oil within 15 years, without building new nuclear plants. |
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9:13am PST |
Fishermen rescued after boat fire |
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Summary: Three fishermen are rescued after their boat catches fire near the County Down port of Kilkeel. |
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Yahoo News |
9:12am PST |
International Observers Abandon Hebron (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Dozens of international observers abandoned this volatile West Bank city on Wednesday after irate crowds smashed windows and threw stones at their headquarters — the most violent Palestinian protest yet against Danish cartoons depicting Isla |
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BBC News |
9:08am PST |
Council polls could be scrapped |
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Summary: Next year's local elections in England due in 2007 could be scrapped as local councils are shaken up, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PST |
Syrian ex-VP, Muslim Brothers team up against Assad (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Former Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim
Khaddam and the exiled leader of the outlawed Muslim
Brotherhood agreed on Wednesday to join forces to topple
President Bashar al-Assad. |
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BBC News |
8:58am PST |
Child Support Agency 'overhaul' |
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Summary: The Child Support Agency is to be overhauled, and given more powers to check parents' finances, the BBC learns. |
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8:56am PST |
Ground sealed off in baby search |
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Summary: Police searching for Troy Simpson report 'something of concern' on rough ground. |
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8:53am PST |
Haiti counts votes in presidential election (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Early results trickled in
on Wednesday from Haiti's first election since Jean-Bertrand
Aristide was deposed two years ago, and international observers
said the vote was relatively clean and nonviolent. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46am PST |
Low turn out, violence blight Nepal election, rebels call off strike (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Maoist rebels ended a nationwide general strike they had called to disrupt Nepal's first local election in seven years after the poll was blighted by a low turnout and violence. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39am PST |
Deadly bird flu hits Africa for first time (AFP) |
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Summary: AFP - Nigeria has declared Africa's first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu and announced emergency measures after the virus killed more than 40,000 poultry on a single farm. |
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PST |
Hamas says won't recognize Israel (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas said on Wednesday it would not bow
to pressure to recognize Israel despite international threats
to cut aid to any government run by the Palestinian militant
group. |
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BBC News |
8:32am PST |
Chirac warns media over cartoons |
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Summary: French President Jacques Chirac condemns decisions to reprint cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. |
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Cnn.com |
8:31am PST |
Church fires 'No. 1 priority' for federal agency |
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Summary: The spate of church fires in rural Alabama is motivated by hate, a state official said today, but it's not clear whether arsonists are choosing their targets on the basis of race or religion. "Obviously, somebody or somebodies are interested in burning do |
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BBC News |
8:31am PST |
Colleagues reject postal dispute |
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Summary: Royal Mail workers in Londonderry refuse to join their Belfast colleagues in unofficial strike action. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23am PST |
Cargo Ship Blocks Suez Canal (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A 93,000-ton cargo ship drifted at the wrong angle inside the Suez Canal during a sandstorm Wednesday and blocked all transit on the waterway between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, a canal authority official said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:22am PST |
Britney defends driving with baby on lap |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22am PST |
IBM Adopts High-Performance 'Cell' Chip (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A highly touted microprocessor designed to provide hyper-realistic imagery in video games is making its first appearance in a computing system made by the chip's leading designer, International Business Machines Corp. |
