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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Officers hurt in fatal van blast |
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Summary: A driver is killed and five police officers are injured when a van explodes as it is being followed by police. |
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BBC News |
11:46pm PDT |
Barclays profits increase sharply |
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Summary: Barclays Bank posts £4bn in half-year profit, helped by record earnings at its investment bank arm. |
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Yahoo News |
11:42pm PDT |
Rice arrives in West Bank in first visit since Gaza seizure
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived on Thursday in Ramallah for talks with president Mahmud Abbas, her first trip to the Palestinian territory since Hamas seized control in Gaza. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
UN resolution on bigger Iraq role |
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Summary: The US and UK circulate a draft UN resolution, which would broaden the organisation's role in Iraq. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Two U.S. soldiers killed, July toll reaches 80
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers in the division
operating south of Baghdad were killed and 10 wounded in an
attack on Tuesday, the military said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
At least seven dead in US bridge collapse
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least seven people were killed after a bridge over the Mississippi river collapsed Wednesday, plunging cars and trucks together with massive chunks of concrete into the rushing waters, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
7 Killed in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River Wednesday, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet into the water and killing at least seven people. |
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BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Profits jump at British Gas firm |
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Summary: Energy firm Centrica sees a sharp jump in half-year profits as its British Gas business returns to profit. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
F1: Letter reignites spy row |
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Summary: The F1 spying row takes a new twist as McLaren accuse Ferrari of winning this year's Australian Grand Prix with an illegal car. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
McLaren letter reignites spy row |
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Summary: The F1 spying row takes a new twist as McLaren accuse Ferrari of winning this year's Australian Grand Prix with an illegal car. |
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BBC News |
11:13pm PDT |
Football: Fans near takeover |
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Summary: A website reaches a member milestone to buy a football club |
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Yahoo News |
11:10pm PDT |
S.Korea, U.S. agree no force to free Afghan hostages
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korea and the United
States agreed not to use force to free 21 Korean hostages in
Afghanistan on Tuesday, but Afghan troops warned villagers of a
possible offensive in the area where the captives are held. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PDT |
Seven dead in U.S. bridge collapse, toll could rise
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least seven people died in the
rush-hour collapse of a major interstate bridge over the
Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Minnesota on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
Fisher-Price recalls nearly 1M toys
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
China lightning kills record 141 |
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Summary: Lightning killed 141 people in China last month, the highest number since records began, officials say. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Tourism resilient after downpours |
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Summary: Tourism in Wales survived one of the wettest Julys on record relatively unscathed, say industry officials. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
Boxing: Hatton to thank public |
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Summary: Ricky Hatton is planning a public press conference in Manchester to launch his fight against Floyd Mayweather. |
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BBC News |
10:23pm PDT |
A&E decision halts cancer centre |
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Summary: Plans for new health services in Ayrshire are put on hold in order to retain an accident and emergency unit. |
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BBC News |
10:17pm PDT |
'Bomber' killed in Pakistan city |
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Summary: Police in Pakistan say they have killed a suicide bomber after the man failed to detonate his explosives. |
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Yahoo News |
10:07pm PDT |
Bonds stuck on 754; Giants lose to L.A.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barry Bonds looks as if he's lost that picture-perfect swing. With thousands of cameras flashing at every pitch that came his way, the slugger struggled again to find the impeccable hand-eye coordination that has defined his 22-year career. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53pm PDT |
Royals beat Twins after bridge collapse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ron Gardenhire drives over that bridge to work every day. "Obviously, a baseball game is kind of secondary around here," said the Twins' manager, who was on the Interstate 35W bridge near the Metrodome hours before the bridge collapsed Wednesday. "Al |
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Yahoo News |
9:39pm PDT |
Paulson: China committed to yuan reform
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday he was assured that China is committed to currency flexibility and more financial reforms, but Beijing offered no specific changes that could help assuage U.S. congressional ire over China's huge t |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
SKorean hostages enter third week of captivity
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Twenty-one South Koreans began a third week of captivity in southern Afghanistan Thursday under the threat of execution by their Taliban captors who have already shot dead two others. |
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Cnn.com |
9:21pm PDT |
Sunni ministers leave Iraq Cabinet |
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Summary: A fuel tanker packed with explosives detonated at a Baghdad gas station today, killing 50 people and wounding 60 others, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. "Women and children were lining up near the gas station to get fuel," witness Thamir Sami told The Asso |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Attacks across Iraq claim 142 lives
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Baghdad shook with bombings and political upheaval Wednesday as the largest Sunni Arab bloc quit the government and a suicide attacker blew up his fuel tanker in one of several attacks that claimed 142 lives nationwide. |
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Cnn.com |
9:01pm PDT |
Gonzales: 'I may have created confusion' |
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Summary: With potential perjury accusations hanging over him, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent a letter to Senate leaders Wednesday acknowledging he "may have created confusion" in his previous testimony.
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Cnn.com |
8:57pm PDT |
Survivors tell of escapes from bridge collapse |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
Dems add 6M kids to insurance program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - House Democrats pushed through legislation Wednesday to add 6 million lower-income children to a popular health insurance program while making deep cuts in federal payments to Medicare HMOs, defying a veto threat from President Bush. |
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BBC News |
8:41pm PDT |
Seven dead as US bridge collapses |
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Summary: Seven people die after a bridge in Minneapolis over the Mississippi river collapses, hurling cars into the water. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40pm PDT |
Seven killed in Minneapolis road bridge collapse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A highway bridge collapsed and
hurled vehicles into the Mississippi River in central
Minneapolis during evening rush hour on Wednesday, killing
seven people and injuring dozens, officials said. |
