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2:08am PDT |
Envoys to tackle N Korea deadlock |
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Summary: US and North Korean envoys are to meet in Geneva in an attempt to reinvigorate a stalled nuclear deal. |
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2:07am PDT |
Serbian leader calls snap polls |
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Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic dissolves parliament and calls early elections on 11 May. |
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Cnn.com |
2:02am PDT |
Foreclosures up 60% in February |
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Summary: Foreclosure filings nationwide jumped 60% in February compared with the same month last year, but they decreased slightly versus January, according to a report released Thursday.
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1:59am PDT |
Kenyans ill in 'toxic waste' leak |
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Summary: Hundreds of Kenyans near Mombasa say they have become ill after leaking chemical containers were dumped nearby. |
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1:56am PDT |
Former Democratic Sen. Metzenbaum dies: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Howard
Metzenbaum, a self-made millionaire who championed workers and
consumers during almost 20 years in the Senate, has died at age
90, according to media reports on Thursday. |
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1:53am PDT |
Final Potter film 'split in half' |
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Summary: The seventh and final Harry Potter novel will be adapted for the big screen in two parts, industry reports say. |
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1:36am PDT |
Islamic Jihad rockets hit Israel after West Bank raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad
fired rockets into Israel on Thursday, ending a week-long
Egyptian-brokered moratorium, in what it called an initial
response to deadly Israeli raids in the West Bank. |
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1:36am PDT |
Serbian President dissolves parliament, calls early vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved parliament and called elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over the EU and Kosovo. |
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1:33am PDT |
Islamic Jihad shells Israel after West Bank raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad
fired rockets into Israel on Thursday, ending a week-long
Egyptian-brokered moratorium in what it called an "initial"
response to deadly Israeli raids in the West Bank. |
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1:33am PDT |
New Centcom chief will be a quick study
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The abrupt departure of the four-star general in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has set off a scramble within the Bush administration to fill a job that requires vast combat experience, deft diplomatic skills, and the ability to handle th |
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1:30am PDT |
NHS uncovers hospital 'failings' |
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Summary: Recommendations hospital services should be transferred as soon as possible after patient safety failings found. |
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1:29am PDT |
41 Taliban killed in south Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A provincial governor in Kandahar says Afghan and international forces have killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan. |
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1:21am PDT |
Astronauts to work on giant robot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost. |
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1:13am PDT |
Presidential hopefuls to vote on budget
(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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1:11am PDT |
Morrisons reports profits surge |
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Summary: Supermarket chain Morrisons sees its profits almost double as its chairman Sir Ken Morrison retires. |
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1:09am PDT |
Darling defends 'bad news' 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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1:04am PDT |
U.S. soldiers, militia exchange fire in south Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi militants
exchanged fire after a rocket attack from a Shi'ite Mehdi Army
militia stronghold on a U.S. base southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi
police said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
12:59am PDT |
Ohio's 'Senator No' dead at 90 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
12:45am PDT |
Final 'Harry Potter' book to be split into 2 movies |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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12:40am PDT |
Suicide car bomber kills six Afghans near Kabul airport
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomber killed six Afghan
civilians in an attack on U.S. troops near the airport in
Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, officials said. |
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12:38am PDT |
Cricket: Ambrose 'got excited' |
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Summary: Tim Ambrose admits he became too excited in trying to complete his century after leading England's fightback against New Zealand. |
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12:30am PDT |
Six dead in Kabul suicide attack |
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Summary: A suicide car bomb blast kills six Afghan civilians and injures more on the road to the airport in Kabul. |
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Cnn.com |
12:30am PDT |
Report: Boyfriend stabbed over Springsteen |
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Summary: An Australian woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing her boyfriend because he objected to her listening to Bruce Springsteen's music.
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12:26am PDT |
US tightens air quality standards |
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Summary: The US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health. |
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Cnn.com |
12:15am PDT |
Newspaper identifies Spitzer's 'Kristen' |
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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, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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12:04am PDT |
Goa girl 'drugged and assaulted' |
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Summary: Teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa say. |
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12:03am PDT |
US soldiers kill young girl in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. soldiers fired a warning shot near a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a dangerous stretch of road north of Baghdad, but the bullet killed a young Iraqi girl, a military official said early Thursday. |
