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BBC News |
11:51pm PDT |
Train crush man loses both legs |
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Summary: A 26-year-old man has a leg severed and the other amputated by paramedics after being crushed by a train in Plymouth. |
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BBC News |
11:50pm PDT |
India and Burma in transport deal |
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Summary: India and Burma sign a major transport deal linking a Burmese port with a part of north-east India. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
Zimbabwe's Mugabe has conceded defeat: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe
has admitted to his family and advisers that he has lost the
most important election of his 28-year rule, South African
financial daily Business Day reported on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
NATO leaders resume work on enlargement, missions
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - NATO leaders resumed Thursday summit talks in Bucharest, marked by divisions over Georgia and Ukraine's bid to join the transatlantic alliance and a Greek veto hanging over Macedonia's entry. |
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Cnn.com |
11:05pm PDT |
Woman charged with stalking John Cusack |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Alitalia calls emergency meeting |
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Summary: Alitalia prepares for an emergency board meeting as takeover talks with Air France-KLM collapse. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Troop discussions at Nato summit |
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Summary: Troop deployment in Afghanistan is to be discussed at a key Nato summit in Romania. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Talks over board's reinstatement |
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Summary: Politicians are to meet the education minister to see if a suspended education board can be reconvened. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Suspended board wants reinstated |
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Summary: Politicians are to meet the education minister to see if a suspended education board can be reconvened. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
Museum staff take strike action |
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Summary: National Museum Wales sites will be closed as workers stage an historic one-day strike in a pay row. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
McCain says U.S. must rethink how to solve problems
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain, accused by foes of seeking a third term
for President George W. Bush, will say on Thursday that
Washington needs to rethink its approach to a host of problems. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PDT |
Obama battles to limit expectations in Pennsylvania
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama tried
his hand at bowling, bottle-fed a calf at a dairy farm and
toured a chocolate factory as he sought to connect with voters
in Pennsylvania, a crucial state in the fight for the
Democratic U.S. presidential nomination. |
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Yahoo News |
10:05pm PDT |
Memo linked to warrantless surveillance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn't apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism. |
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Cnn.com |
10:02pm PDT |
Whistleblowers say airline tried to hide flaws |
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Summary: Southwest Airlines tried to keep serious problems with its maintenance program hidden and pressured the Federal Aviation Administration to keep out an inspector who noticed the problems, according to two FAA inspectors. The inspectors told CNN they took t |
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Cnn.com |
10:02pm PDT |
FAA team: Airline tried to hide flaws |
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Summary: Southwest Airlines tried to keep serious problems with its maintenance program hidden and pressured the Federal Aviation Administration to keep out an inspector who noticed the problems, according to two FAA inspectors.
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Cnn.com |
10:02pm PDT |
FAA inspectors: Airline tried to hide problems |
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Summary: Southwest Airlines tried to keep serious problems with its maintenance program hidden and pressured the Federal Aviation Administration to keep out an inspector who noticed the problems, according to two FAA inspectors.
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Cnn.com |
9:54pm PDT |
Worker spies Farrah Fawcett's medical records |
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9:31pm PDT |
New rules for US troops in Japan |
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Summary: The US military imposes new restrictions on its personnel in Japan, in a bid to tackle local concern over crime. |
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BBC News |
9:25pm PDT |
Opposition has most seats in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition MDC has won control of parliament for the first time since independence in 1980. |
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Yahoo News |
9:12pm PDT |
Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A nationwide survey of nearly 700
people suggests that Americans would prefer more money be
invested in technology to solve the nation's energy ailments
than to cure cancer or other diseases. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Paramount to open virtual movie vault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paramount Pictures' film vault is opening up in the virtual world. |
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BBC News |
9:01pm PDT |
Cannabis 'should remain Class C' |
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Summary: The body which advises the government on drugs policy says cannabis should remain Class C status, the BBC understands. |
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Yahoo News |
8:45pm PDT |
Paulson says U.S. economy having a tough time
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy has turned down
sharply and is facing a tough quarter, Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
8:37pm PDT |
Borders policing body begins work |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is launching a new body to police the country's borders. |
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BBC News |
8:23pm PDT |
Jail for Chinese rights activist |
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Summary: Human rights activist Hu Jia is jailed for more than three years for subversion in the Chinese capital, Beijing. |
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Yahoo News |
8:07pm PDT |
Woman gets 99 years in killing plot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former stripper-turned-soccer mom has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for plotting the 1996 to kill her former fiance. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Workers presumed dead after plunge into river |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PDT |
Mets get 17 hits, rout Marlins 13-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ryan Church and David Wright each homered, Carlos Beltran had three doubles and the New York Mets pounded out 17 hits in a 13-0 rout of the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. |
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
'Eco-towns' shortlist is revealed |
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Summary: Ministers are to announce 15 sites in England shortlisted to become environmentally-friendly "eco-towns". |
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BBC News |
7:48pm PDT |
'Eco-towns' shortlist to be revealed |
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Summary: Ministers are to announce 15 sites in England shortlisted to become environmentally-friendly "eco-towns". |
