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BBC News |
11:52pm PDT |
Prescription costs frozen in NI |
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Summary: The cost of prescriptions is being frozen at £6.85, but Northern Ireland lags behind Wales and Scotland. |
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Cnn.com |
11:49pm PDT |
Vietnam War photographers honored |
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Cnn.com |
11:47pm PDT |
Study: Extreme preemies face autism risk |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Bush pushes missile defense in Europe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush says he remains committed to building a missile defense system in Europe and will press Russian President Vladimir Putin to drop his objections to the project. |
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Yahoo News |
11:44pm PDT |
Asian markets surge on Wall Street rally
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asian stocks surged Wednesday as investors took heart from an overnight rally on Wall Street amid a growing belief that the worst of the credit crisis is over. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Double murder suspect sectioned |
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Summary: A man held over the murder of a married couple in Liverpool is detained under the mental health act. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Ukraine and Georgia face uphill battle on NATO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ukraine and Georgia faced an uphill
battle on Wednesday to persuade NATO nations to put the two
ex-Soviet states on the path to membership, with Germany and
France leading resistance to their U.S.-backed bids. |
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Yahoo News |
11:06pm PDT |
Bush pleads for Georgia and Ukraine NATO path
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush pressed
reluctant west European allies on Wednesday to reward
democratic revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine by setting both
former Soviet republics on a path to NATO membership. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Asian stocks soar as fears recede |
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Summary: Asian shares rally as investors dare to bet the worst of the credit crisis may be over. |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Australia to begin carbon capture |
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Summary: Australia opens its first underground carbon storage facility in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Cnn.com |
10:55pm PDT |
Discovery: Oldest gold jewelry ever found |
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Summary: Researchers have discovered the oldest piece of gold jewelry ever found in the Americas, an academic journal reported Tuesday.
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Top Catholic officer to step down |
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Summary: NI's most senior Catholic police officer is to step down to become chief executive of a charity. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Smoking ban success for Wales |
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Summary: Figures suggest more people support the smoking ban than when it started a year ago, but pubs warn of closures. |
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Cnn.com |
10:42pm PDT |
House members call for Bush to skip Olympics |
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Summary: Fifteen U.S. House members asked President Bush Tuesday not to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing to protest China's human rights records.
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Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Dice-K fans 9 in Bosox 2-1 win over A's
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka did stateside what he couldn't in front of his Japanese countrymen last week. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
Study links preemies with autism signs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A small study of toddlers finds that about one-quarter of babies born very prematurely had signs of autism on an early screening test. |
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BBC News |
9:55pm PDT |
Zimbabwe election pressure mounts |
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Summary: Four days after elections in Zimbabwe, pressure is growing on the country's electoral commission to issue results. |
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Yahoo News |
9:41pm PDT |
Clinton and Obama assail McCain on economy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democrats Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama assailed potential White House opponent John
McCain on the economy on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of
favoring the wealthy and turning his back on struggling workers
and middle-class families. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PDT |
China tells Paulson strategic talks building trust
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China reaffirmed its commitment on
Wednesday to regular high-level talks with the United States
that visiting Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson hopes will help
to pry open Chinese markets and speed the yuan's rise. |
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BBC News |
9:36pm PDT |
Olympics 'worsening China rights' |
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Summary: China's human rights record is getting worse, not better, because of the Olympics, Amnesty International says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
State centers tap into personal data: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Intelligence centers run by U.S.
states have access to personal information about millions of
Americans, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Sight-saving injection approved |
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Summary: Thousands of patients in England and Wales are to get the sight-saving drug Lucentis on the NHS. |
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BBC News |
8:32pm PDT |
Concern over 'zero carbon' homes |
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Summary: People are not prepared for the changes needed for the UK's target of "zero carbon" homes, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
8:05pm PDT |
Octopi get leg up on sexual competition
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders, gender subterfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Marlins top Mets 5-4; Pedro injures leg
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The New York Mets lost Pedro Martinez and the game. Robert Andino's first career home run with two outs in the 10th inning gave the Florida Marlins a 5-4 win over the Mets on Tuesday night after Martinez departed with a leg injury. |
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Cnn.com |
7:41pm PDT |
Sex, murder, tentacles -- octopuses have it all |
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BBC News |
7:34pm PDT |
Amnesty pressures IOC over China |
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Summary: Amnesty International calls for condemnation of China's handling of protests in Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
7:31pm PDT |
Justice Department releases 2003 interrogation memo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department on
Tuesday released a declassified 2003 memo justifying the use of
harsh interrogation methods for suspected terrorists held
abroad. |
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Cnn.com |
7:30pm PDT |
Lawmaker: FAA puts 'flying public at risk' |
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Summary: The Federal Aviation Administration is "putting the flying public at risk" with lax oversight and a too-cozy relationship with the airlines, a top lawmaker and aviation experts said Tuesday.
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BBC News |
7:23pm PDT |
Identity crisis |
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Summary: Palestinians struggle for survival in Lebanon |
