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7:48pm PDT |
Chinese activist Hu Jia jailed ahead of Olympics: lawyer
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Summary: AFP - Activist Hu Jia was sentenced Thursday to three years and six months in jail for subversion, his lawyer said, amid what rights groups charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics. |
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Cnn.com |
7:17pm PDT |
Jenny McCarthy: Autism recovery ignored |
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Summary: In light of the recent Hannah Poling decision, in which the federal court conceded that vaccines could have contributed to her autism, we think the tide is finally turning in the direction of parents like us who have been shouting concerns from our roofto |
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BBC News |
7:13pm PDT |
Going undercover |
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Summary: Citizen journalists reveal aspects of North Korean life |
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Cnn.com |
7:11pm PDT |
Cops: Girl, 7, slain as hundreds searched |
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BBC News |
6:56pm PDT |
Memory lane |
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Summary: Why did John McCain re-visit his alma mater? |
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6:55pm PDT |
NATO allies turn down Bush request
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Summary: AP - President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance. |
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6:50pm PDT |
Why the AA is getting on its bikes to beat the traffic jams |
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Summary: AA patrols are using electric
scooters and motorbikes to get to breakdowns in central London because of traffic congestion. |
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Yahoo News |
6:44pm PDT |
Afghanistan on agenda as NATO leaders meet Ban, Karzai
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - NATO leaders begin negotiations in earnest over Afghanistan Thursday, after the opening day of their summit in Bucharest saw a successful French offer of more troops, but a public disagreement over the alliance's enlargement. |
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Cnn.com |
6:36pm PDT |
Sperm donor, autistic babies linked |
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Summary: Gwenyth Jackaway picked "Donor X" because he appeared philosophical and intelligent on paper. Her son Dylan, now 5½, already reads at a fourth-grade level, and also happens to be autistic. Jackaway reached out to other women who used the same donor |
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6:36pm PDT |
'Donor X,' autistic kids linked |
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Summary: Gwenyth Jackaway picked "Donor X" because he appeared philosophical and intelligent on paper. Her son Dylan, now 5½, already reads at a fourth-grade level, and also happens to be autistic. Jackaway reached out to other women who used the same donor |
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Yahoo News |
6:31pm PDT |
Redding leads Nationals past Phillies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tim Redding took a one-hitter into the eighth inning and Ryan Zimmerman hit a solo homer to help the Washington Nationals stay unbeaten with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. |
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6:05pm PDT |
Paulson urges China to scrap pollution tariffs
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China should drop the barriers it
maintains against foreign-made anti-pollution equipment as a
means of quickly cleaning up its dirty air and water, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday. |
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5:59pm PDT |
Shining lights |
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Summary: Stones roll up for UK premiere of concert film |
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5:59pm PDT |
Rolling Stones light up premiere |
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Summary: The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of their "rockumentary", Shine A Light, in London's West End. |
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5:54pm PDT |
Mugabe in biggest battle after losing parliament
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe is fighting to
survive the biggest crisis of his 28-year rule after losing
control of Zimbabwe's parliament for the first time since
taking power after independence. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44pm PDT |
Sex takes 3 to 13 minutes, survey says |
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5:40pm PDT |
Clinton irked by Richardson endorsement
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Summary: AP - Former President Clinton is still smarting over New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama. During a private meeting with California Democrats this past weekend, Clinton grew red-faced as he talked about how he expected Richardson, |
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5:28pm PDT |
People 'doubt Olympics benefits' |
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Summary: Nearly three out of four people believe that the 2012 Olympics will bring no real benefit to their region. |
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5:22pm PDT |
Zawahri says bin Laden in good health
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was well
and reports speculating about his sickness were false, his
deputy Ayman al-Zawahri said in a recording on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:20pm PDT |
Greens fear 'weak' Marine Bill |
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Summary: The government is to publish a draft bill regulating UK seas, but conservationists fear it will be too weak. |
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5:19pm PDT |
US set to spend $50bn against HIV |
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Summary: The US House of Representatives passes a bill to spend $50bn on the global fight against Aids. |
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5:19pm PDT |
Jewish leader calls Hagee 'extremist'
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Summary: AP - The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism said Wednesday that synagogues in the movement shouldn't work with the Rev. John Hagee, a Christian Zionist, calling him an "extremist" on Israeli policy who disparages other faiths. |
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5:14pm PDT |
Head on beach face to be revealed |
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Summary: Police hope to issue an artist's impression of the woman whose head and hands were found on a beach. |
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5:11pm PDT |
Al-Qaida's No. 2 defends deadly attacks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, rejecting criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers that have killed thousands, maintained Wednesday that it does not kill innocent people. |
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Cnn.com |
5:05pm PDT |
Admiral: Iraq has troops; Afghanistan waits |
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Summary: The U.S. military has too many troops tied down in Iraq to send needed reinforcements to Afghanistan this year, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday.
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4:49pm PDT |
Grieving family lobby Downing St |
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Summary: The family of a British student who died in Germany five years ago are petitioning the government to intervene. |
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4:47pm PDT |
Memo justified 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 |
4:46pm PDT |
Ricin-exposed man's cousin indicted |
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Summary: A Utah man whose cousin was believed exposed to the deadly poison ricin was accused Wednesday of failing to report its production and possession, authorities said.
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4:31pm PDT |
Vets 'at risk from miscarriage' |
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Summary: Female vets over-exposed to the gases they use could be raising their chances of miscarriage, claims research. |
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Yahoo News |
4:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe awaits end to silence on presidential vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabweans waited anxiously on Thursday for an end to a deafening official silence over the outcome of their presidential election, after the opposition took control of parliament. |
