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Yahoo News |
9:31am PDT |
Mortgage lenders to pump $200 billion into markets
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The two largest U.S. mortgage
finance companies on Wednesday won approval to pump up to $200
billion into the distressed U.S. mortgage market, the latest
step in government efforts to ward off a credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
9:28am PDT |
Bangladeshi writer 'exiled again' |
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Summary: Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen reportedly arrives in Europe after protests in India forced her into hiding. |
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Cnn.com |
9:26am PDT |
Female vets report sexual, mental trauma |
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Summary: On a good day, Keri Christensen spends the day watching her children. She prepares their meals, gets them ready for school and helps them with their homework.
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BBC News |
9:13am PDT |
Rugby: Cipriani backs Ashton |
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Summary: England fly-half Danny Cipriani says coach Brian Ashton should keep his job after a mixed Six Nations campaign. |
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BBC News |
9:13am PDT |
Rugby: Cipriani wants Ashton |
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Summary: England fly-half Danny Cipriani says coach Brian Ashton should keep his job after a mixed Six Nations campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PDT |
McCain visits rocketed Israeli town
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Republican presidential
candidate John McCain on Wednesday visited an Israeli town hit
frequently by Palestinian rockets from the Gaza Strip and
voiced doubts a peace deal could be reached this year. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11am PDT |
Papers show Clinton's days as first lady
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton kept her schedule packed when allegations exploded that her husband had an affair with a White House intern, according to papers released Wednesday that show her daily activities as first lady. |
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BBC News |
9:09am PDT |
Vietnam 'hub for illegal timber' |
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Summary: Vietnam has become a major South-East Asian hub for processing illegally logged timber, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06am PDT |
Five years on, Bush again talks of Iraq victory
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq
despite the "high cost in lives and treasure" and declared that
the United States was on track for victory. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00am PDT |
Iraqi law paves way for provincial vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's presidential council approved a law Wednesday that paves the way for provincial elections, giving a major boost to U.S.-backed efforts to promote national reconciliation on the fifth anniversary of the war. |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
Teachers tick off school minister |
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Summary: An education minister endures low-level jeering from teachers as he justifies class sizes of 38 pupils and more. |
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Yahoo News |
8:58am PDT |
Five years on, Bush vows victory in Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday defended his decision to go to war against Iraq five years ago, vowing no retreat as he promised the battle against extremists would end in victory. |
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Contaminant found in heparin identified
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. health officials have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug. |
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BBC News |
8:53am PDT |
Tories seek to save post offices |
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Summary: John Hutton could be "one of the most popular ministers" if he halts post office closures, the Tories say. |
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BBC News |
8:50am PDT |
Girl's death caused by gas main |
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Summary: A fractured gas main led to the explosion which killed a nine-year-old girl as she walked to school. |
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Cnn.com |
8:49am PDT |
Moms, wives remember sons, husbands at war |
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Summary: Sierra Derrick says her two children miss their dad, "their hero," more than words can say. Derrick and other military wives and moms describe their sacrifice on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.
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Cnn.com |
8:49am PDT |
In their own words: Sons, husbands sent to war |
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Summary: Sierra Derrick says her two children miss their dad, "their hero," more than words can say. Derrick and other military wives and moms describe their sacrifice on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.
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Cnn.com |
8:46am PDT |
Hillary Clinton's life as first lady revealed |
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Summary: The National Archives on Wednesday released more than 11,000 pages of Sen. Hillary Clinton's schedule when she was first lady.
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Yahoo News |
8:45am PDT |
Red Sox may boycott trip to Japan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Boston Red Sox have threatened to boycott their season-opening games in Japan unless their coaches and other staff are paid for making the trip. |
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Commentary: Brave Obama a challenge |
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Summary: Like many Americans I watched Sen. Barack Obama deliver his speech titled "A More Perfect Union."
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Cnn.com |
8:35am PDT |
Gas price spike has only just begun |
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Summary: Gasoline has hit record levels - and experts say it will likely continue to soar in tandem with the skyrocketing price of crude.
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Justice move key to royal visit |
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Summary: The Irish president says a royal visit will only happen once NI policing and justice powers are devolved. |
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Bluebirds saved from loan crisis |
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Summary: A High Court judge rules Cardiff City FC will not have to pay back £24m of loans immediately. |
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BBC News |
8:33am PDT |
Football: Bluebirds saved |
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Summary: A High Court judge rules Cardiff City FC will not have to pay back £24m of loans immediately. |
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Cnn.com |
8:29am PDT |
Floods sweep away people, cars |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:25am PDT |
9 dead, 4 missing in central US storm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Flooding forced hundreds of people to flee their homes and closed scores of roads Wednesday across the nation's midsection as a storm system linked to nine deaths poured as much as a foot of rain on the region. |
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BBC News |
8:12am PDT |
Cabinet 'split' over hybrid cars |
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Summary: Ministers are reportedly divided over plans to use more hybrid vehicles at the expense of British-built ministerial cars. |
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Yahoo News |
8:09am PDT |
Stocks pause after huge rally
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks wavered Wednesday as investors paused a day after the market's huge rally and digested better-than-expected results at Morgan Stanley that eased concerns about the investment banking sector. |
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Cnn.com |
8:09am PDT |
Details of Clinton's life as first lady released |
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Summary: The National Archives on Wednesday released more than 11,000 pages of Sen. Hillary Clinton's schedule when she was first lady.
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BBC News |
8:09am PDT |
Coroner's suicide strategy call |
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Summary: Calls for a national strategy to prevent young suicides are made by a coroner hearing inquests into five people. |
