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7:25pm PST |
Ex-premier Thaksin arrives in Thailand, ending exile: police
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Summary: AFP - Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Thursday, ending 17 months of self-imposed exile following a coup against his government, immigration police told AFP. |
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7:21pm PST |
NY Mayor Bloomberg says will not run for president
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
has decided not to run for the U.S. presidency, he said in the
New York Times, ending long-running speculation that he could
launch a challenge as an independent candidate. |
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7:18pm PST |
Bloomberg not running for president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After two years of playing coy about his presidential ambitions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared in a newspaper editorial Wednesday that he will not run for president as an independent and said he might support the candidate who "takes an independen |
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7:15pm PST |
Gunman fires into crowd at bus stop; 7 hit |
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Summary: A gunman fired into a crowd of people at a Los Angeles bus stop Wednesday, wounding seven, including children, authorities said.
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6:40pm PST |
Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63. |
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6:33pm PST |
Rice tells Olmert she is concerned about Gaza civilians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
voiced concern on Thursday about Palestinian civilians killed
by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, but stopped short of an
explicit call for Israel to exercise restraint. |
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6:30pm PST |
Obama fights false links to Islam
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For Barack Obama, it is an ember that he has doused time and again, only to see it flicker anew: links to Islam fanned by false rumors, innuendo and association. Obama and his campaign reacted strongly this week when a photo of him in Kenyan tribal g |
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6:25pm PST |
Heart risk link to eye condition |
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Summary: Blindness-causing age-related macular degeneration is linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke. |
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6:21pm PST |
Clinton links her fate to economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton spent almost three hours Wednesday trying to persuade a college gym full of Ohioans that her detailed plans to revive the failing economy can also resuscitate her dwindling campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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6:11pm PST |
$40 billion Air Force tanker deal expected |
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Summary: The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce this week a $40 billion contract to replace its aging fleet of air refueling tankers, a process which has been mired in corruption and political wrangling for years.
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6:05pm PST |
8 wounded in Los Angeles street shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said. Three girls, ages 10 to 12, and a woman were in critical condition. |
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6:00pm PST |
Chile police plane crashes in capital, kills 11
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A small police plane crashed into a
sports field in Chile's capital on Wednesday, killing at least
11 people including five who were exercising in a public park,
officials said. |
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5:57pm PST |
China urges West to put pressure on Darfur rebels
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China, under international pressure to
do more to end bloodshed in Darfur, urged Western powers
Wednesday to persuade rebel groups to attend peace talks with
the government of its Sudanese ally. |
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5:52pm PST |
Colombian rebels free hostages in jungle to Hugo Chavez
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Marxist rebels
freed four Colombian hostages from their "living death" in the
jungle on Wednesday in a victory for Venezuela's leftist
President Hugo Chavez, who brokered the deal. |
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5:40pm PST |
Smash our mailbox? I don't think so
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Summary: AP - Call this family the mailbox vigilantes. Fed up that their mailbox was smashed four times in two weeks, Greg Fisher and his son set up a middle-of-the-night stakeout to catch the vandals — and it worked. Four teens were caught after a high speed chas |
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5:25pm PST |
Thailand's Thaksin heads home from exile
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Summary: AFP - Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra set off for home Thursday to defend himself against corruption charges, ending his self-imposed exile since he was ousted in a military coup 17 months ago. |
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4:41pm PST |
Scientists advance 'drought crop' |
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Summary: Scientists make a breakthrough in plant genes that could lead to crops that can survive drought. |
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4:40pm PST |
No plan for Texas presidential ballot bid: Bloomberg
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
says he does not plan to launch a U.S. presidential bid in
Texas, where independent candidates need to gather over 74,000
signatures to get their names on the ballot. |
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4:39pm PST |
Graduate endowment to be scrapped |
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Summary: MSPs are to vote later on government plans to scrap the graduate endowment. |
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4:30pm PST |
Key Clinton backer moves to Obama |
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Summary: Democratic Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis shifts his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. |
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4:28pm PST |
McCain, Obama spar over al-Qaida in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain mocked Barack Obama's view of al-Qaida in Iraq, and the Democratic contender responded that GOP policies brought the terrorist group there. The rapid-fire, long-distance exchange Wednesday underscored that |
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4:19pm PST |
Intelligence chief: Taliban making gains |
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Summary: A resurgent Taliban is back in charge over parts of Afghanistan, the nation's chief intelligence official said Wednesday in an assessment that differed from the one made last month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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4:19pm PST |
Karzai only controls 1/3 of Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - More than six years after the U.S. invaded to establish a stable central regime in Afghanistan, the Kabul government under President Hamid Karzai controls just 30 percent of the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday. |
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4:16pm PST |
Milan thieves make off with jewels
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as employees were preparing for a VIP showing, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist, the jeweler said. |
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4:12pm PST |
Reid urges Bush to work with Dems on housing bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid urged President George W. Bush on Wednesday to reject a
veto threat by his advisers and work with Democrats to pass a
bill to curb rising home foreclosures by changing bankruptcy
law. |
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4:09pm PST |
Former Thai PM Thaksin flies home |
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Summary: Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Hong Kong to return home, 17 months after being ousted in a coup. |
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4:07pm PST |
Memory problem 'hits 10% of pupils' |
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Summary: Researchers say one in 10 schoolchildren may underachieve due to a "working memory" impairment. |
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4:03pm PST |
GP contract 'a bad deal for NHS' |
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Summary: The new GP contract has cost £1.76bn more than predicted although productivity has fallen, says a report. |
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4:03pm PST |
Freed Colombian hostages recover from ordeal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four Colombian former lawmakers freed Wednesday by FARC guerrillas were in Caracas recovering from their years-long ordeal in the jungle after being picked up by a Red Cross delegation flown in on Venezuelan aircraft. |
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4:02pm PST |
Police reviewing alleged Spears drugging
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Los Angeles police say they are looking into allegations that someone drugged Britney Spears but have not decided whether to open a formal investigation. |
