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11:59pm PST |
Philippine president said target of plot
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Summary: AP - Authorities have uncovered alleged plots by al-Qaida-linked militants to assassinate the Philippine president and bomb foreign embassies, officials said Thursday. |
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11:22pm PST |
Pigs are shot after motorway fire |
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Summary: Police marksmen shoot a number of pigs after an animal transporter bursts into flames in County Durham. |
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11:18pm PST |
Crowds mass for Lebanon memorials |
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Summary: Thousands gather in Beirut to mark ex-PM Hariri's death, just miles from a Hezbollah commander's funeral. |
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10:57pm PST |
China: Spielberg's Darfur complaint 'nonsense' |
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10:56pm PST |
Africa bright spot in Bush foreign policy legacy
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush travels
this week to Africa, one of the few regions where he can claim
globally recognized successes for efforts on AIDS and
development in a foreign policy legacy dominated by the Iraq
war. |
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10:54pm PST |
News Corp 'in secret Yahoo talks' |
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Summary: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is in talks with Yahoo about a possible deal, according to a press report. |
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10:53pm PST |
Labour-Plaid "tiff" over website |
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Summary: Labour say a Plaid Cymru website to help union members halt contributions to the party is a "stunt". |
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10:53pm PST |
Stop 'bank-rolling' Labour call |
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Summary: Plaid Cymru launches a website calling on trade unionists to consider halting contributions to Labour. |
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10:44pm PST |
Counting in by-election to begin |
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Summary: Counting of votes will begin later in the by-election to fill a vacant seat on Banbridge District Council. |
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10:36pm PST |
Soldiers hunt East Timor rebels |
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Summary: Australian-led troops are hunting for rebels thought to have carried out attacks on East Timor's top leaders. |
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Cnn.com |
10:24pm PST |
Slain terror leader a master of deception |
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Summary: Imad Mughniyeh was a master of deception. He was also Hezbollah's chief of security and its strategist. His alleged role in bombings and kidnappings earned him a place on the "Most Wanted Terrorists" list of the United States.
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9:40pm PST |
Georgia tycoon post-mortem due |
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Summary: Initial post-mortem results on Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili are due. |
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BBC News |
9:20pm PST |
Plane crashes in Armenian capital |
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Summary: A plane with 21 people on board crashes as it take off from Yerevan, leaving four in hospital. |
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9:19pm PST |
British police investigate 'suspicious' death of Georgian tycoon
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Summary: AFP - British police were on Thursday investigating the "suspicious" death of a wealthy Georgian opposition leader accused of fomenting a coup in the ex-Soviet republic. |
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9:02pm PST |
Olympic boycott has 'no purpose' |
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Summary: A call for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing would not serve any purpose, the Olympics minister says. |
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8:59pm PST |
Lebanon braced for key memorials |
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Summary: Security is tight in Beirut ahead of a rally for late PM Rafik Hariri, and the funeral of a top Hezbollah figure. |
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8:44pm PST |
Insurers warn on flood risk homes |
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Summary: New homes could be uninsurable and unsaleable without stricter planning controls, insurers say. |
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8:26pm PST |
HP and journalists settle spy claims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co settled claims on
Wednesday with four reporters at the heart of a scandal
involving claims that the world's biggest PC maker engaged in
corporate espionage to plug a boardroom leak. |
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Cnn.com |
8:25pm PST |
Each gender found to ogle good-looking rivals |
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8:15pm PST |
'Idol' narrows competition to 24 singers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The tears flowed on "American Idol" Wednesday night as the show trimmed the competition to 24 semifinalists. They were mostly happy tears for the 12 guys and 12 gals who made the cut on the final night of Hollywood week. The winners included teen sin |
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8:09pm PST |
Timorese president walked into gunfight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The rebels jumped from two cars, firing machine guns as they stormed the compound of President Jose Ramos-Horta. "Traitor! Traitor!" they shouted, hunting for the Nobel Peace Prize winner. |
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Cnn.com |
7:59pm PST |
Little as it seems with slain terror mastermind |
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Summary: Imad Mughniyeh was a master of deception. He was also Hezbollah's chief of security and its strategist. His alleged role in bombings and kidnappings earned him a place on the "Most Wanted Terrorists" list of the United States.
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BBC News |
7:28pm PST |
Gambler sues bookie for losses |
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Summary: A gambler is suing a bookmaker for more than £2m, after asking the company not to let him bet again. |
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Cnn.com |
6:40pm PST |
School refuses female ref for boys' game |
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6:35pm PST |
U.S. extends sanctions against Syria |
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Summary: The White House on Wednesday issued an order expanding sanctions against Syria, saying the nation's leaders have engaged in a pattern of violating human rights in their own country and harmed the peace and stability of other nations in the region, includi |
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6:33pm PST |
Sheriff apologizes to dumped disabled man |
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Summary: The Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff on Wednesday offered a personal apology to a disabled man who was dumped onto the floor from his wheelchair while in deputies' custody.
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6:33pm PST |
Sheriff apologizes to man in wheelchair |
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Summary: The Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff on Wednesday offered a personal apology to a disabled man who was dumped onto the floor from his wheelchair while in deputies' custody.
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6:24pm PST |
Winkler spoke with Ritter before he died
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Actor Henry Winkler took the witness stand Wednesday in a lawsuit over the death of actor John Ritter, telling jurors he had a conversation with his friend just hours before he died. |
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6:21pm PST |
Court dismisses lawsuit on secret kidnapping
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A federal judge, saying the case
involved a state secret, dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday
against a unit of Boeing Co that charged the firm helped fly
terrorism suspects abroad to secret prisons. |
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Yahoo News |
6:20pm PST |
Cat pulls a fast one on firefighters
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It was the stereotypical firefighters-try-to-rescue-cat story, but with a twist. Firefighters from the South Florida city of Weston spent a sopping hour in pouring rain Tuesday trying to extract a kitten squeezed in the undercarriage of a stranger's |
