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BBC News |
11:51pm PST |
RBS profits up despite writedowns |
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Summary: Royal Bank of Scotland reports a rise in annual profits despite sub-prime related writedowns. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PST |
M&S to charge 5p for carrier bags |
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Summary: Marks and Spencer is to begin charging its food shoppers for carrier bags. |
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Yahoo News |
11:39pm PST |
Clemens declines to comment on DOJ probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens declined to say whether he was aware Congress had asked the Justice Department to investigate whether he lied in sworn testimony about steroid use. A letter drafted by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxma |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PST |
Record £14m fine for rail company |
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Summary: Network Rail is fined a record £14m after engineering work over-ran over Christmas and the New Year. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Deadly missile strike in Pakistan |
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Summary: Ten suspected militants die in a missile attack on a Pakistani house near the Afghan border, local residents say. |
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10:59pm PST |
Cabinet post office 'hypocrites' |
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Summary: The Tories are accusing cabinet ministers of "hypocrisy" for campaigning to save local post offices. |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PST |
Wales' tallest building approved |
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Summary: The tallest building in Wales is approved, despite complaints from some in Cardiff Bay that it will be overbearing. |
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Yahoo News |
10:40pm PST |
Thailand's Thaksin returns home, ending exile
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra flew home Thursday to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of supporters, kissing the ground as he ended nearly one and a half years of self-imposed exile. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PST |
Girl critical after bus collision |
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Summary: A nine-year-old girl remains critically ill following an accident which claimed the life of her 16-year-old cousin. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PST |
England struggle in Test warm-up |
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Summary: England are bowled out for 131 on the opening day of the three-day tour match with a New Zealand XI. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PST |
Cricket: NZ skittle England |
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Summary: England are bowled out for 131 on the opening day of the three-day tour match with a New Zealand XI. |
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BBC News |
10:29pm PST |
F1: Hamilton could win - Alonso |
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Summary: Fernando Alonso tells the BBC that his former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton could win the title in 2008. |
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BBC News |
10:29pm PST |
F1: Alonso tips Hamilton for title |
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Summary: Fernando Alonso tells the BBC that his former McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton could win the title in 2008. |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PST |
Gates set to press Turkey for quick end to Kurdish offensive
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to press Turkish leaders on Thursday to quickly wrap up their offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, but Ankara was resisting setting a deadline. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PST |
Yellow fever threat cited in Paraguay |
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Cnn.com |
10:09pm PST |
Foreign policy hurdles await next president |
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Summary: The race for the White House is attracting interest beyond U.S. borders. The next president will face a world fraught with far more foreign policy challenges than President Bush did when he took office.
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Cnn.com |
10:09pm PST |
Foreign hurdles await next president |
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Summary: The next U.S. president will face a world fraught with far more foreign policy challenges than President Bush did when he took office.
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BBC News |
9:57pm PST |
Missile kills eight in Pakistan |
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Summary: At least eight people die in a missile attack on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, eyewitnesses say. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PST |
Jersey police set to enter cellar |
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Summary: Officers investigating abuse claims are set to enter a second hidden chamber at a former Jersey children's home. |
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Yahoo News |
9:19pm PST |
Missile hits Pakistan's Waziristan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A missile struck a house in a
Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al Qaeda early
on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including
foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PST |
Rice tells Olmert she concerned about Gaza civilians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
voiced concern about Palestinian civilians killed by Israeli
attacks in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to
"make the terrorists pay a very painful price." |
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BBC News |
8:56pm PST |
Heads 'ignore bullied teachers' |
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Summary: Teachers are being bullied by pupils, but school heads are not reporting it, says the National Association of Head Teachers. |
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Yahoo News |
8:24pm PST |
Missile hits Pakistan's Waziristan, 8 suspects dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A missile struck a house in a
Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda militants
early on Thursday, killing at least eight people, residents and
intelligence officials said. |
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BBC News |
8:17pm PST |
Ex-Thai PM Thaksin back home |
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Summary: Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is briefly detained by police on corruption charges as he returns home. |
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BBC News |
8:08pm PST |
Private firms to find people work |
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Summary: More private firms are to be hired to help find jobs for people on benefits under government plans. |
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BBC News |
8:04pm PST |
Former Thai PM Thaksin detained |
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Summary: Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is detained by police on corruption charges as he returns from exile. |
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BBC News |
7:54pm PST |
Cameroon head blames opposition |
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Summary: Cameroon's President Biya says the opposition is to blame for violence arising from fuel price protests. |
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BBC News |
7:52pm PST |
Council tax rise 'below 4%' |
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Summary: The average council tax bill in England will rise by the lowest amount for 14 years, a survey finds. |
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BBC News |
7:52pm PST |
Council tax increase 'below 4%' |
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Summary: The average council tax bill in England will rise by the lowest amount for 14 years, a survey finds. |
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PST |
Thailand's Thaksin returns home from exile
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra flew home to Thailand after 17 months of self-imposed exile Thursday, kissing the ground at Bangkok airport to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of supporters. |
