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Cnn.com |
1:54pm PDT |
Crackdown in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Zimbabwe government forces today began cracking down on the main opposition party and foreign journalists, raising fears of a political crisis, said witnesses and an opposition spokesman. With election results delayed, the crackdown raised fears that long |
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Cnn.com |
1:51pm PDT |
Agency head: We're not the FEMA of 2005 |
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Summary: Some skeptical senators questioned Thursday whether the agency much maligned for its response to Hurricane Katrina is better prepared today to respond to another major hurricane season.
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Yahoo News |
1:49pm PDT |
Iraq PM to expand crackdown on militias
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's prime minister pledged Thursday to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far against militants in the southern city of Basra. |
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Cnn.com |
1:48pm PDT |
More say U.S. ready for black president |
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Summary: The number of Americans who believe the country is ready for a black president is rising, a poll out Thursday suggested.
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1:40pm PDT |
Senate kills bankruptcy revamp in housing bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Senate on Thursday voted to
reject a Democratic proposal to give bankruptcy judges the
power to ease mortgage payment terms for some distressed
borrowers as it began debating a housing market rescue plan. |
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1:39pm PDT |
Regulators and bankers defend Bear Stearns rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns could not be allowed to
collapse because it could have shattered confidence in
financial markets and caused lasting damage to the economy, top
regulators said on Thursday in defending the rescue of what was
once the fifth-larges |
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1:38pm PDT |
Rangers 0-0 Sporting Lisbon |
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Summary: Sporting Lisbon restrict Rangers to a goalless draw in the Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg at Ibrox. |
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1:38pm PDT |
Football: Rangers in goalless draw |
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Summary: Sporting Lisbon restrict Rangers to a goalless draw in the Uefa Cup quarter-final first leg at Ibrox. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Google to make first big job cuts |
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Summary: Google announces its first sizeable lay-offs, with 300 jobs to go at its online advertising unit DoubleClick. |
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Yahoo News |
1:35pm PDT |
Bush wins NATO backing on missile shield
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO allies gave President Bush strong support Thursday for a missile defense system in Europe and urged Moscow to drop its angry opposition to the program. The unanimous decision strengthened Bush's hand for weekend talks with Russian President Vlad |
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1:30pm PDT |
Senate rejects bankruptcy revamp on housing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted
against adding an amendment to a housing market rescue bill
that would have given bankruptcy judges the power to ease
mortgage payment terms for some distressed borrowers. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29pm PDT |
AP IMPACT: States could release inmates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lawmakers from California to Kentucky are trying to save money with a drastic and potentially dangerous budget-cutting proposal: releasing tens of thousands of convicts from prison, including drug addicts, thieves and even violent criminals. |
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1:29pm PDT |
Campbell reportedly arrested at Heathrow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 on Thursday for allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky Newsreported. Police said a 37-year-old woman was arrested at the terminal on suspicion of assaulting police. |
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1:19pm PDT |
Symbolic Cyprus crossing closed |
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Summary: An historic crossing in the divided city of Nicosia is reopened, but closed hours later as a policing dispute flares. |
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1:19pm PDT |
Grieving family's red tape dismay |
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Summary: A family lose their pub licence after failing to apply for a new permit within seven days of the landlord's death. |
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1:19pm PDT |
Armed men rob city jewellery shop |
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Summary: Police appeal for information after an armed gang rob a jewellery store in Belfast city centre. |
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1:19pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition offices raided
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Robert Mugabe's government raided the offices of the main opposition movement and rounded up foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous indication that he may use intimidation and violence to keep his grip on power. |
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Cnn.com |
1:17pm PDT |
250K get by on 30-day rations in cloth huts |
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Summary: The woman walked into the sprawling camp outside the Somali capital last month carrying her one-month-old baby, with her other seven children in tow.
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Yahoo News |
1:13pm PDT |
Cueto fans 10 as Reds top D'Backs 3-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Johnny Cueto allowed nothing more than Justin Upton's solo homer in seven innings Thursday, striking out 10 in an overpowering debut while leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. |
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1:11pm PDT |
Zimbabwe senate race results coming in
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission on
Thursday started issuing election results of the country's
upper house of parliament election. |
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Yahoo News |
1:04pm PDT |
In rebuff to Bush, NATO keeps Georgia, Ukraine in the cold
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday, dealing George W. Bush a rebuff at the last summit of the transatlantic alliance he will attend as US president. |
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12:23pm PDT |
Police raid Zimbabe opposition offices
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police raided opposition party offices late Thursday in what a top party official called the start of a government crackdown in the wake of Zimbabwe's elections. |
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BBC News |
12:22pm PDT |
Ancient faeces hint at origins of first Americans |
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Summary: Fossilised excrement found in a cave may settle the debate about how and when humans came to the Americas. |
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Yahoo News |
12:20pm PDT |
Republicans feel good about Obama match-up
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton may be the Democrat
who Republicans love to hate, but some Republican strategists
say they have no fear of a match-up with her rival Barack Obama
in November's presidential election. |
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BBC News |
12:04pm PDT |
Blair urges bigger role for faith |
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Summary: Former PM Tony Blair says the world would be poorer without faith but says politicians find it hard to talk about. |
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Yahoo News |
12:00pm PDT |
Carter hints at support for Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President Carter wouldn't quite say it, but he left little doubt this week about who he'd like to see in the White House next year. |
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BBC News |
11:47am PDT |
Naomi arrested after row on plane |
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Summary: Supermodel Naomi Campbell is arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of assaulting a police officer. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36am PDT |
Low-cost computers get XP until 2010
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will keep selling a version of Windows XP for use on a new breed of low-cost computers for at least two years longer than the system will be available for mainstream PCs. |
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Cnn.com |
11:35am PDT |
Airport suspect just returned from Iraq |
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Summary: The man accused of trying to sneak bomb-making materials onto a flight from Orlando, Florida, to Jamaica recently had returned from a contract job in Iraq, a spokesman for his former employer said Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
11:28am PDT |
Sky: Naomi Campbell arrested at Heathrow
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 Thursday for allegedly spitting at a police officer, Sky News television reported. |
