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BBC News |
11:42pm PST |
Life sentences in India riot case |
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Summary: An Indian court sentences nine people to life for killing 14 people during the 2002 Gujarat riots. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PST |
Arab company postpones takeover of U.S. ports |
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Summary: Both sides in the argument over whether a Dubai-based firm should be allowed to manage U.S. ports today used national security as a reason for why they are right. The deputy defense secretary said blocking the deal could ostracize one of the United States |
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BBC News |
4:10pm PST |
Unpaid overtime falls again in UK |
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Summary: The number of people in the UK who work unpaid overtime has fallen for the fourth year in a row. |
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Cnn.com |
7:05am PST |
Bush: No need to worry about port security |
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Summary: The Dubai-based company the Bush administration has cleared to manage six U.S. seaports will take whatever security measures are needed to ensure the controversial deal goes through, a top executive says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:03am PST |
Bush: Ports deal not a security threat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush insisted on
Thursday that a deal to allow a Dubai company to manage six
U.S. ports would not pose a security risk, despite an outcry of
concern among both Republicans and Democrats. |
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BBC News |
7:02am PST |
BBC leads TV journalism awards |
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Summary: The BBC takes top honours in six categories at the Royal Television Society's (RTS) journalism awards. |
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BBC News |
7:01am PST |
£2m reward for raid information |
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Summary: A reward is offered after armed robbers escape with at least £25m from a Securitas depot in Kent. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PST |
Swiss-based food giant Nestle posts record 2005 profit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Swiss food group Nestle said that it boosted net profit last year by 20.7 percent to a record 8.0 billion Swiss francs (5.13 billion euros, 6.08 billion dollars). |
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Cnn.com |
7:00am PST |
Gang poses as police, steals $70 million in England |
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Summary: Detectives launched a huge manhunt Thursday for an armed gang who posed as police officers to steal what could be up to £40 million (nearly $70 million) in what would be Britain's biggest ever cash robbery. |
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Yahoo News |
6:59am PST |
EU warns Serbia talks could be suspended
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The European Union warned Serbia that talks on closer ties may be suspended due to lack of cooperation with war crimes prosecutors, a day after Belgrade denied the arrest of a key suspect. |
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Yahoo News |
6:57am PST |
Average American Family Income Declines
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The average income of American families, after adjusting for inflation, declined by 2.3 percent in 2004 compared to 2001 while their net worth rose but at a slower pace. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PST |
Dozens Slain in Iraq Sectarian Violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gunmen shot dead 47 civilians and left their bodies in a ditch near Baghdad Thursday as militia battles and sectarian reprisals followed the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine. Sunni Arabs suspended their participation in talks on a new government. |
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BBC News |
6:53am PST |
Moscow roof collapse kills dozens |
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Summary: At least 47 people are killed and nearly 30 injured as a market roof collapses in Moscow, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49am PST |
Davis Withdraws From 10km Speedskating
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Gold medalist Shani Davis has withdrawn from the 10,000 meters, the final men's speedskating race of the Turin Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
6:43am PST |
Pesci Won't Be Charged for Alleged Punch
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oscar-winning actor Joe Pesci will not be charged for allegedly punching a fan who photographed him in a shopping center parking lot, officials said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
6:41am PST |
White House admits Katrina flaws |
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Summary: A White House report criticises the US response to Hurricane Katrina highlighting "significant flaws" . |
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BBC News |
6:41am PST |
Ugandans vote in landmark polls |
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Summary: Ugandans are voting in the first multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections for 25 years. |
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Cnn.com |
6:40am PST |
Rescuers saved from mud in Philippines slide |
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Summary: A group of rescuers were saved in the Philippines Thursday after getting stuck in mud while recovering a body from last Friday's mudslide that is feared to have killed more than 1,000 people, many of them children. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PST |
White House Issues Its Own Katrina Report
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A White House report concluded Thursday that inexperienced disaster response managers and a lack of planning, discipline and leadership contributed to vast federal failures during Hurricane Katrina. |
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Yahoo News |
6:37am PST |
Bush Says Ports Deal Not a Security Threat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Thursday sought to calm an uproar over an Arab company taking over operations at six major American ports, saying "people don't need to worry about security." |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PST |
White House Katrina report calls for urgent changes |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
6:31am PST |
Iraqi gunmen kill 47 at "checkpoint": officials
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen at a makeshift checkpoint
dragged at least 47 people from their cars, shot them and
dumped their bodies in a village ditch near Baghdad on
Thursday, Iraqi police, Interior Ministry and local officials
said. |
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Cnn.com |
6:28am PST |
40 killed in Moscow market roof collapse |
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Yahoo News |
6:27am PST |
Moscow Market Roof Collapse Kills 49
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The concave, snow-covered roof of a large Moscow market collapsed early Thursday, killing at least 49 people and forcing rescuers to clear away concrete slabs and metal beams to reach possible survivors trapped in the wreckage, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:21am PST |
Katrina report recommends clearer Pentagon role
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Pentagon should have a clearer
role in responding to future disasters like hurricane Katrina,
the White House said on Thursday in a review offering 125
recommendations for improving emergency management. |
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Yahoo News |
6:18am PST |
Collapsed Russian roof kills 40
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A covered market in Moscow collapsed on
Thursday, possibly under the weight of snow on its roof,
killing at least 40 people and trapping others in the rubble,
emergency services said. |
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Yahoo News |
6:14am PST |
Rice on surprise trip to Lebanon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made
a brief visit to Lebanon under tight security on Thursday to
show support for a government working to shake loose the
influence of its former political master Syria. |
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Yahoo News |
6:11am PST |
White House scrambles to save UAE port deal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The White House was expected to continue attempts to rescue a deal giving a state-run Arab firm control of operations at six major US ports and to limit fallout from the controversial arrangement. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PST |
Iraq boils with sectarian violence |
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Summary: More than 100 people have been killed in Iraq in violence that boiled over after Wednesday's attack on a revered Shiite mosque in Samarra. No one seems safe from the attacks. According to police, casualties include senior members of the Iraqi army, soldi |
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BBC News |
5:24am PST |
Football: Mourinho 'cheat' fury |
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Summary: Barcelona winger Lionel Messi says Jose Mourinho "likes talking" after the Chelsea boss accuses him of play-acting. |
