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11:55pm PDT |
Japan keeps rates on hold |
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Summary: The Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% for the seventh month in a row. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PDT |
Typhoon Wipha pummels eastern China
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Summary: AFP - Typhoon Wipha stormed ashore in densely populated eastern China on Wednesday, sparking the evacuation of around two million people and disrupting the financial hub Shanghai. |
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11:37pm PDT |
Major Afghan offensive launched |
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Summary: A British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
Top Khmer Rouge leader arrested
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The murderous Khmer Rouge regime's most senior surviving leader was arrested Wednesday, plucked from his home in the Cambodian jungle to face justice at the country's long-delayed genocide trials. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Deadline up for China petitioners |
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Summary: Chinese petitioners appealing to the government against injustices are ordered to leave their Beijing homes. |
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11:08pm PDT |
Asian markets rise on US rate cut |
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Summary: Asian markets advance after the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years. |
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10:54pm PDT |
Tories call for more NHS 'choice' |
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Summary: Welsh Tories are set to use their first assemby opposition debate to claim local NHS needs are being ignored. |
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10:45pm PDT |
Village's shock at crash deaths |
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Summary: A friend of an Irish couple killed in a crash on the M4 near Newport says people are 'stunned' at their deaths. |
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10:42pm PDT |
Report due on solicitor 'threats' |
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Summary: The Police Ombudsman will reveal her findings from an inquiry into the handling of threats against a solicitor. |
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10:15pm PDT |
O.J. Simpson charged with kidnapping, armed robbery
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Summary: Reuters - O.J. Simpson, the former American
football star acquitted of double murder in 1995, was charged
on Tuesday with kidnapping, armed robbery and assault in a
dispute over sports memorabilia at a Las Vegas hotel. |
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10:10pm PDT |
McCanns 'hide nothing from twins' |
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Summary: In their first interview since returning home, Madeleine McCann's parents say they talk to their twins about her. |
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10:10pm PDT |
McCanns give first UK interview |
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Summary: In their first interview since returning home, Madeleine McCann's parents say they talk to their twins about her. |
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10:06pm PDT |
Rice swipes at IAEA, urges bold action on Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice scolded the U.N.'s atomic watchdog agency on Wednesday
over its Iran strategy and called for diplomacy with "teeth" to
end Tehran's nuclear plans. |
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9:27pm PDT |
Appeal over Rhys murder witnesses |
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Summary: The parents of Rhys Jones are to make a new appeal to catch his killer, on the eve of what would have been his 12th birthday. |
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9:23pm PDT |
Spears ordered to undergo drug tests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears has been ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents in her custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. |
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
Top Khmer Rouge leader arrested |
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Summary: Pol Pot's former deputy, Nuon Chea, is arrested by officials from a UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia. |
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BBC News |
9:07pm PDT |
Top Khmer Rouge leader detained |
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Summary: Pol Pot's former deputy, Nuon Chea, is detained by officials from a UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia. |
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Yahoo News |
8:27pm PDT |
Two million evacuated as typhoon hits China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Typhoon Wipha slammed into China's densely populated east coast on Wednesday, sparking the evacuation of around two million people and threatening the financial hub Shanghai. |
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8:23pm PDT |
Top Khmer Rouge leader seized
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The murderous Khmer Rouge regime's most senior surviving leader was detained Wednesday, taken from his home in the Cambodian jungle by police and officials from a UN-backed genocide court. |
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8:21pm PDT |
Racial divide 'deeper than ever' |
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Summary: Racial divisions in Britain are deeper than ever, a report by the outgoing Commission for Racial Equality claims. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Judge: Britney Spears must get drug testing |
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Summary: Pop singer Britney Spears must submit to random drug tests, a judge has ordered after finding she engaged in "habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol."
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Judge: Spears must undergo drug testing |
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Summary: Pop singer Britney Spears must submit to random drug tests, a judge has ordered after finding she engaged in "habitual, frequent, and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol."
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7:58pm PDT |
Fears over fire safety in hotels |
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Summary: A BBC investigation finds "unsatisfactory" standards of fire precaution in some South West hotels. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
One killed, two million evacuated as Typhoon Wipha hits China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least one person was killed and two million evacuated as Typhoon Wipha hit China's densely populated east coast near the financial hub Shanghai early Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
Moose sharp again as Yanks rout Orioles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mike Mussina and Doug Mientkiewicz pulled the Yankees closer to first-place Boston and boosted their chances to make New York's potential playoff roster. Mussina limited Baltimore to three singles over seven innings, Mientkiewicz hit a three-run home |
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6:59pm PDT |
Police chief fears migrant impact |
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Summary: A chief constable warns of pressures on police forces caused by the rise of migrant workers in the UK. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PDT |
Spears ordered to submit to random tests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears has been ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents in her custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. |
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Yahoo News |
6:34pm PDT |
More charges filed in W.Va. torture case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Prosecutors filed amended felony charges Tuesday in the case of a woman tortured for days in rural West Virginia, changes that mean the six defendants could face life in prison if convicted. |
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Cnn.com |
6:32pm PDT |
Powerful typhoon slams Chinese coast |
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Yahoo News |
6:32pm PDT |
Diplomatic convoys halted from Iraq's Green Zone
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States has barred
diplomatic convoys from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified
"Green Zone" after a shooting involving the Blackwater security
firm that drew protests from Iraq and prompted investigations,
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