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4:41am PDT |
China admits Tibet monk protests |
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Summary: Chinese officials admit that Tibetan monks have been protesting in the city of Lhasa this week. |
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Yahoo News |
4:33am PDT |
New sales program pays Facebook members
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout so far has proven to be a better place for promoting fun and games than peddling products. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
BBC releases fix for iPlayer hack |
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Summary: The BBC issues a fix to stop people downloading streamed programmes from the iPlayer website. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Pregnant woman murder jurors out |
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Summary: A jury trying a man accused of shooting dead a pregnant woman goes out to deliberate on the verdict. |
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Yahoo News |
4:26am PDT |
Conn. school backs off candy punishment
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An eighth-grade honors student who was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with contraband candy in school will get his student council post back, school of |
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4:25am PDT |
Party leaders facing a grilling |
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Summary: Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ian Paisley, Alex Salmond and Dafydd Elis Thomas are being quizzed by School Reporters. |
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4:19am PDT |
Jerusalem seminary gunman buried |
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Summary: A Palestinian who attacked a Jewish seminary gets a low-key burial at the insistence of the Israeli authorities. |
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4:14am PDT |
Carry On script gets green light |
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Summary: A new Carry On film moves one step closer to being filmed, and could be in cinemas by the end of 2008. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Darling defends Budget |
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Summary: Alistair Darling defends his package of tax measures which have been called a "bad news Budget" by the Tories. |
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3:54am PDT |
Study: Profanity affects PG box office
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A new study by The Nielsen Co. found that the PG-rated movies with the least profanity made the most money at the U.S. box office. |
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3:43am PDT |
Serbia calls early vote over EU, Kosovo dispute
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament and called early legislative elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence. |
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3:38am PDT |
Gaza violence lull ends with Israeli strikes, rockets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to strike a more permanent truce. |
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3:35am PDT |
US soldiers kill young Iraqi girl
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday. |
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3:32am PDT |
Charge over 'children with drugs' |
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Summary: A woman is charged with drugs offences after customs officers allegedly found cocaine strapped to the legs of two children. |
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Yahoo News |
3:31am PDT |
Candidates return for budget votes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton interrupted their campaign schedules to return to the Senate for votes on taxes and spending likely to become key points of contention in the race for the White House. |
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BBC News |
3:26am PDT |
News Day as it unfolds |
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Summary: Real-time updates of what School Reporters are doing all around the UK. |
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3:20am PDT |
Incapacity tests raise concerns |
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Summary: A disability charity raises concerns about plans to give eligibility tests to all those receiving incapacity benefit. |
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Cnn.com |
3:08am PDT |
The governor's gal |
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Summary: The woman at the heart of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal is a 22-year-old would-be singer from New Jersey, according to media reports. The reports said that Ashley Youmans -- now known as Ashley Alexandra Dupre -- was identified in court documents |
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Cnn.com |
3:07am PDT |
German court rejects incest appeal |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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3:01am PDT |
Father's 'pride' at stabbed son |
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Summary: The father of a young boy stabbed while trying to save his mother's life says he is "extremely proud" of his son. |
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2:55am PDT |
Strike signals Easter rail misery |
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Summary: Commuters on the East Coast Mainline railway face the prospect of strike action over the Easter period. |
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2:47am PDT |
BT calls for action on net speeds |
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Summary: The UK's largest broadband supplier calls for the industry to be clearer about how it advertises net speeds. |
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2:37am PDT |
Military beacons to aid sea life |
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Summary: A device designed to guide warships through mine fields could help reduce by-catch of dolphins and whales. |
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Cnn.com |
2:36am PDT |
Second suspect arrested in UNC slaying |
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Summary: Police arrested a second suspect early Thursday in connection with the death of University of North Carolina student Eve Carson.
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Yahoo News |
2:34am PDT |
2nd suspect arrested in student slaying
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities in Durham, N.C., say they have arrested the second suspect wanted in the slaying of the University of North Carolina's student body president. |
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BBC News |
2:31am PDT |
Lenders to liquidate Carlyle unit |
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Summary: A unit of private equity firm Carlyle Capital faces collapse after failing to pay back lender banks. |
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BBC News |
2:25am PDT |
Israel jets strike northern Gaza |
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Summary: Israeli military aircraft attack the northern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel. |
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Yahoo News |
2:21am PDT |
Shuttle, station crews meet, greet and get to work
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour
and the International Space Station greeted one another with
hugs and smiles on Thursday to begin a joint 12-day mission to
install a Japanese laboratory and Canadian robotic system. |
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BBC News |
2:11am PDT |
Low cost flights 'help criminals' |
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Summary: Merseyside's police chief calls for powers to tackle criminals using cheap travel to evade UK justice. |
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BBC News |
2:11am PDT |
Police demand more EU powers |
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Summary: Merseyside's police chief calls for powers to tackle criminals using cheap travel to evade UK justice. |
