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11:51pm PDT |
US raid kills 6 in Afghanistan
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Summary: AP - U.S. forces raided a village near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday and killed six people, including two children and a woman, villagers and a government official said. |
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11:46pm PDT |
Japan fails to choose bank chief |
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Summary: The Japanese government's latest nominee to be governor of the Bank of Japan is vetoed by the opposition. |
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11:38pm PDT |
Cardiff City face loan decision |
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Summary: A High Court judgement that could shape the future of FA Cup semi-finalists Cardiff City is expected later. |
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11:31pm PDT |
U.S.-led force kills 6 Afghan civilians: official
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Summary: Reuters - U.S.-led coalition troops
killed six civilians, including two children and a woman, in a
raid in southeastern Afghanistan, the district chief and
village residents said Wednesday. |
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11:29pm PDT |
Sinn Fein/DUP in 'secret talks' |
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Summary: A secret back-channel between the DUP and Sinn Fein dated back to 2004, a former aide to Tony Blair says. |
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11:06pm PDT |
Police weapon handover criticised |
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Summary: Failings in the handling of weapons given to North Wales Police by the public for disposal are highlighted in an internal report. |
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10:40pm PDT |
E Timorese leader out of hospital |
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Summary: East Timor's president is discharged from an Australian hospital five weeks after being shot by rebels. |
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10:27pm PDT |
Floods chase hundreds from their homes |
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10:27pm PDT |
Two dead as torrential rain floods Midwest |
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10:26pm PDT |
Pennsylvania's Murtha endorses Clinton |
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Summary: Rep. John Murtha, a former Marine and Vietnam War veteran who has become one of Congress' most outspoken critics of the Iraq war, on Tuesday endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, saying she is "the candidate that will forge a consensus on health ca |
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10:07pm PDT |
Celtics snap Rockets' streak at 22
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Summary: AP - The shots stopped falling, Boston's stars took over and just like that, the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak was history. |
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10:06pm PDT |
Tennis: Murray ousts Karlovic |
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Summary: Andy Murray battles past Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the third round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. |
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10:00pm PDT |
Protesters 'surrender in Tibet' |
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Summary: More than 100 people involved in anti-China rioting in Tibet hand themselves in, Chinese state media says. |
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9:36pm PDT |
China warns of 'life or death struggle' in Tibet
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Summary: AFP - China said Wednesday it was engaged in a "life or death struggle" over Tibet as it announced 105 people had surrendered over an uprising and exiled groups warned hundreds had been detained. |
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9:16pm PDT |
Asian markets lift after Fed cut |
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Summary: Asian markets bounce back after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to ease ongoing economic turmoil. |
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8:15pm PDT |
Spitzer escort's 'Girls Gone Wild' videos surface |
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8:15pm PDT |
UN envoy disappointed on Burma |
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Summary: The UN's envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, says that his recent visit there yielded no concrete results. |
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8:14pm PDT |
Record-setting child pilot dies |
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8:14pm PDT |
Record-setting child pilot dies |
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8:14pm PDT |
Record-setting pilot dies |
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8:11pm PDT |
Clinton discusses Iraq with young vets
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told a group of young veterans Tuesday that one lesson of the Iraq War is not to commit troops "unless you are prepared to go all the way and are prepared to be successful." |
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8:08pm PDT |
Tiger attack response gets mixed review
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Summary: AP - The organization that accredits the nation's zoos is chiding San Francisco Zoo workers for not believing two brothers who said a tiger was on the loose and had mauled their friend. But its report, released Tuesday by the zoo, praises the institution' |
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7:15pm PDT |
Storms flood central U.S. states, killing two |
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7:06pm PDT |
US-Russia fail to end missile defence dispute
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Summary: AFP - The United States and Russia failed in talks here Tuesday to bridge gaps over US missile defence plans and the fate of the main strategic arms treaty, but vowed to make a clean break with past tensions. |
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7:02pm PDT |
Bush on anniversary: Iraq war must go on |
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Summary: Five years after he green-lighted the war in Iraq, President Bush will mark the anniversary by calling the debate over the conflict "understandable" but insisting that a continued U.S. presence there is crucial.
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7:02pm PDT |
Bush on anniversary: War in Iraq must go on |
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Summary: Five years after he green-lighted the war in Iraq, President Bush will mark the anniversary by calling the debate over the conflict "understandable" but insisting that a continued U.S. presence there is crucial.
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6:56pm PDT |
Bush to hail prospect of Iraq "strategic victory"
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush will
acknowledge on Wednesday the Iraq war has been fought at a high
cost but will insist a U.S. troop buildup has opened the door
to a "major strategic victory" against Islamic militants. |
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6:50pm PDT |
Firefighters pull foal from septic tank
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Summary: AP - Nearly a dozen central Florida firefighters pulled a 2-month-old foal from some deep doo-doo after the little horse fell into a septic tank. |
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6:43pm PDT |
Detroit council asks mayor to resign
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Summary: AP - A defiant Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick quickly rejected the City Council's call Tuesday for him to resign because of accusations that he lied under oath about not having an affair. |
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6:30pm PDT |
China warns of "life and death struggle" over Tibet
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China warned of a "life and death"
struggle with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday, as it sought to end
a wave of protests in its Tibetan regions with arrests and
tightened political control. |
