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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Nato denies Georgia and Ukraine |
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Summary: Nato says it will not put former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine on the path to membership. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Georgia, Ukraine not ready for NATO candidacy: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Georgia and Ukraine are not yet ready for NATO candidate status but should become members of the alliance one day, a NATO official said at a summit in Bucharest. |
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Walsh faces rebuilding job with Knicks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Deciding what to do with Isiah Thomas might be the easy part for Donnie Walsh. Making the New York Knicks a contender in the future and competitive now is a much bigger challenge. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PDT |
Pyongyang halts South Korea talks |
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Summary: North Korea says it will suspend all dialogue with the South, amid a growing row between the two nations. |
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BBC News |
3:50am PDT |
Police identify head on the beach |
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Summary: The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus is identified by police. |
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BBC News |
3:46am PDT |
Vidic out for two to three weeks |
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Summary: Man Utd centre-back Nemanja Vidic will be out for two to three weeks. |
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BBC News |
3:40am PDT |
'Alice' loss would 'waste £25m' |
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Summary: A funding hole could close a £25m particle accelerator in the UK before it has provided any experimental results. |
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Yahoo News |
3:36am PDT |
Mugabe party ready for run-off to save president
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's ruling party geared up for a final battle to save Robert Mugabe's 28-year presidency, saying Thursday it was ready for an election run-off with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. |
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Cnn.com |
3:28am PDT |
Progress made on housing crisis fix |
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Summary: Senate Democrats and Republicans, under election-year pressure to do more about the mortgage crisis, worked around the clock Wednesday to draft a bipartisan housing bill that has been fast-tracked for a debate and vote.
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Yahoo News |
3:22am PDT |
NATO to endorse US missile-defense plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - NATO leaders have agreed to fully endorse President Bush's plan to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe and to urge Russia to drop its objections to the shield, senior American officials said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05am PDT |
US military: Strike kills Iraqi militant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. airstrike destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra, killing a militant, the U.S. military said Thursday, and Iraqi witnesses and hospital officials said at least three civilians were among the dead. |
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PDT |
Japan police arrest U.S. sailor for murder
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a
U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver
last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in
the country. |
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BBC News |
3:03am PDT |
Magazine says sorry to Morrissey |
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Summary: Singer Morrissey accepts an apology from Word Magazine after it suggested he was a racist and a hypocrite. |
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Yahoo News |
2:58am PDT |
NATO to endorse U.S. missile shield: U.S. official
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest
were set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on
Thursday, a senior U.S. official told reporters. |
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Cnn.com |
2:58am PDT |
U.S. in deadly airstrike on Basra house |
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Summary: A U.S. warplane in the southern Iraq city of Basra launched an airstrike "against enemy forces" that killed one person and destroyed a house, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
2:48am PDT |
U.S. air strikes return in southern Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces called in helicopter
strikes during a clash with gunmen on Thursday in the city of
Hilla and said they bombed a house in Basra, stepping up raids
after days of relative calm in Iraq's volatile south. |
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BBC News |
2:21am PDT |
Nato debates Afghanistan strategy |
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Summary: Nato is discussing a strategy to stabilise Afghanistan, as France says it will send a battalion of troops there. |
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BBC News |
2:13am PDT |
Man jumps on croc's back to rescue wife from attack |
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Summary: An Australian man jumps onto the back of a crocodile that is attacking his wife and forces it to flee. |
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BBC News |
2:03am PDT |
Car firms pile pressure on Mosley |
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Summary: BMW and Mercedes "strongly distance" themselves from motorsport boss Max Mosley after claims about his private life. |
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BBC News |
2:02am PDT |
Mortgage squeeze 'to get worse' |
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Summary: The availability of mortgages is expected to be squeezed further in the coming months, the Bank of England says. |
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BBC News |
2:00am PDT |
Man murdered in greengrocer's |
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Summary: Police officers study CCTV footage after a man is murdered in an east London shop. |
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Yahoo News |
1:56am PDT |
Paulson says U.S. economy faces a tough quarter
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. economy has taken a sharp turn
for the worse and is facing a tough quarter, U.S. Treasury
Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
1:55am PDT |
Tanzania targets witchdoctors |
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Summary: Tanzania's president orders a crackdown on witchdoctors who use albino body parts for good luck potions. |
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BBC News |
1:53am PDT |
China's challenges |
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Summary: BBC answers Chinese criticism of its reporting |
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BBC News |
1:49am PDT |
Climate protest at power station |
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Summary: Protesters block roads to a coal-fired power station in south Wales as part of an environment campaign. |
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BBC News |
1:47am PDT |
France sets date on Nato decision |
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Summary: French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will decide by the end of the year on a return to Nato's military command. |
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BBC News |
1:28am PDT |
Symbolic Cyprus crossing reopens |
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Summary: Greek and Turkish Cypriots reopen Ledra Street in the divided capital of Nicosia amid a new push for reunification. |
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BBC News |
1:26am PDT |
Fifty years on |
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Summary: Thalidomide is still a curse for some - a blessing for others |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Mugabe fighting biggest battle after poll defeat
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - There was still no official word on the
result of Zimbabwe's presidential election on Thursday as
Robert Mugabe fought to survive the biggest crisis of his
28-year rule. |
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BBC News |
1:12am PDT |
Opposition wins Zimbabwe assembly |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition MDC wins control of parliament, displacing the ruling Zanu-PF, final official results show. |
