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3:45am PST |
GPs reluctantly agree hours plan |
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Summary: GPs have reluctantly agreed to work longer hours, but say they have no confidence in the government. |
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Yahoo News |
3:36am PST |
Small explosion hits New York's Times Square
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A small explosion caused minor damage
to a U.S. military recruiting center in New York's Times Square
area in the early hours of Thursday but there were no injuries,
police said. |
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Yahoo News |
3:34am PST |
U.S. embassy fears attacks on citizens in Lebanon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. embassy in Lebanon has urged
its citizens residing there to keep a low profile, citing
concern that "extremist groups" may be planning attacks against
Americans. |
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Yahoo News |
3:25am PST |
Police probe Times Square explosion
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An explosive device caused minor damage to a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, and police blocked off the area to investigate. |
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3:22am PST |
Row over jailed footballer's pay |
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Summary: A football club faces suspension for failing to pay an ex-player, convicted of planning an armed robbery. |
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3:17am PST |
Colombia raid 'must be condemned' |
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Summary: The presidents of Ecuador and Venezuela say Colombia must be condemned for its raid on rebels inside Ecuador. |
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3:14am PST |
Hammer murder trial jury retires |
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Summary: A jury retires to consider whether a man murdered his former partner and her two children with a hammer. |
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3:11am PST |
Tighter drug trial laws promised |
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Summary: Ministers have promised to tighten laws requiring drug firms to disclose data from clinical trials. |
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3:11am PST |
UK 'to seek more nuclear power' |
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Summary: The share of electricity generated by nuclear should increase beyond the current 19%, a minister says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:10am PST |
NATO foreign ministers discuss Balkans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO foreign ministers Thursday expressed hope they will be able to invite three Balkan nations to join the alliance next month as part of efforts to stabilize the region after Kosovo's declaration of independence. |
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BBC News |
3:06am PST |
Burrell refuses return to inquest |
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Summary: Ex-royal butler Paul Burrell refuses a request to give more evidence at the inquest into Princess Diana's death. |
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3:05am PST |
Name row threatens Nato talks |
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Summary: A row about Macedonia's name threatens to derail Nato plans to extend membership to three Balkan states. |
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3:04am PST |
Karachi power cuts hit millions |
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Summary: Pakistan's state electricity company cuts off power to the main city, Karachi, because of unpaid bills. |
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Cnn.com |
2:58am PST |
Revenge attack on Israeli soldiers kills 1 |
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Summary: The military wing of Islamic Jihad said it killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three others in what it called a revenge attack on Israeli forces along a border area of central Gaza on Thursday morning.
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Cnn.com |
2:42am PST |
Diana's butler refuses to return to inquest |
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BBC News |
2:33am PST |
Lost girls in 'forced marriages' |
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Summary: Dozens of girls are missing from schools in Bradford despite efforts to track them down, MPs are told. |
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Cnn.com |
2:32am PST |
'Bang' in Times Square halts subways |
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Summary: New York police are investigating a reported explosion in Times Square on Thursday morning, police said.
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Yahoo News |
2:31am PST |
Gaza conditions at 40-year low say British aid groups
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British humanitarian agencies on Thursday said the situation in the Gaza Strip was the worst in 40 years and urged the European Union to hold talks with Hamas, which runs the impoverished territory. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PST |
China in efforts to bridge U.S., N.Korea differences
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China is in discussions with the United
States and North Korea on how to bridge differences and restart
talks on ending the North's nuclear ambitions, a senior Chinese
Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
2:16am PST |
Soldiers killed in Somalia attack |
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Summary: Four Somali soldiers and a civilian are killed after Islamist insurgents attack a check-point. |
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Cnn.com |
2:15am PST |
Blasts set Israeli jeep on fire; soldiers scatter |
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Summary: The military wing of Islamic Jihad said it killed an Israeli soldier and wounded three others in what it called a revenge attack on Israeli forces along a border area of central Gaza on Thursday morning.
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Yahoo News |
2:15am PST |
NATO to discuss Balkans, Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO foreign ministers met Thursday to discuss plans to offer membership to three Balkan nations and closer ties to others in an effort to promote stability in the region in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. |
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BBC News |
2:08am PST |
Scots coastguard staff on strike |
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Summary: Staff at Scotland's coastguard agency join their colleagues in the rest of the UK in a walk-out over pay. |
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BBC News |
2:08am PST |
Kenyan power-sharing to begin |
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Summary: The state opening of Kenya's parliament is to take place, a week after a political power-sharing deal was agreed. |
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2:04am PST |
Escaped rapist 'had bought car' |
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Summary: A convicted rapist who has been on the run for two days had bought a car, the Prison Service has confirms. |
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BBC News |
2:04am PST |
Fierce Gaza clashes break out |
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Summary: Reports from Gaza say fierce fighting has broken out between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen near. |
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Cnn.com |
2:02am PST |
Student found shot dies; car burns miles away |
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1:51am PST |
Antidepressant drug firm criticised |
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Summary: Regulators complain that a drug firm should have released negative data sooner about antidepressant Seroxat. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PST |
Kenyan parliament convenes over power-sharing deal
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Kenya's parliament was due to convene Thursday to start discussions aimed at enacting into law a landmark power-sharing deal designed to end a deadly post-election crisis. |
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Cnn.com |
1:36am PST |
Chavez: Cross-border raid a 'war crime' |
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