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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Obama urges Bush Bejiing boycott |
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Summary: Barack Obama urges President Bush to weigh boycotting the Beijing Olympics, as the US leg of the torch relay is held. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
RWE in 'offer for British Energy' |
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Summary: German utility RWE has made a £11bn takeover approach for UK nuclear operator British Energy, reports say. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
Uganda rebels 'due to sign peace' |
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Summary: Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels are expected to sign a peace agreement ending 20 years of civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PDT |
Violence feeds fear on eve of Nepal vote
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nepalis voted Thursday following an outburst of bloodshed that killed eight people and cast a shadow on an election meant to cement Nepal's peace deal with communist insurgents, stoking fears of more violence. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
China condemns Olympic torch relay disruptions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's ambassador to the United States
condemned a purported attempt to disrupt the U.S. leg of the
Beijing Olympic torch relay, saying such "disgusting" conduct
was doomed to fail, state media said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Internet, media stars line up for Yahoo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars. |
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Cnn.com |
11:09pm PDT |
Tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma and Michigan |
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BBC News |
11:00pm PDT |
Rivals 'should share licence fee' |
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Summary: Some of the BBC's licence fee could be shared with other broadcasters, media watchdog Ofcom says. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
Ferguson relishing Barcelona test |
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Summary: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson cannot wait to face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals after beating Roma. |
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BBC News |
10:47pm PDT |
Energy bills 10% higher in Wales |
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Summary: Energy customers in Wales are paying up to 10% more than in England, a watchdog group finds. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
Yahoo seeks AOL tie; Microsoft talks to News Corp
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Yahoo Inc ,
which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to
accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become
a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their
media allies, sources said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Leading figures mark NI Agreement |
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Summary: Some of those who helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement are in Belfast to mark its 10th anniversary. |
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Yahoo News |
10:36pm PDT |
Nepal's king set to fall as nation votes
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nepal Thursday began voting in elections to decide its political future, marking the climax of a peace process with Maoist rebels, and signalling the likely end of its centuries-old monarchy. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Bush to defend Iraq strategy, endorse troop pause
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - After a contentious debate in
Congress on Iraq, President George W. Bush on Thursday will
defend his war policy, which will leave resolution of the
costly and unpopular conflict to his successor. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Candidates respond to voters economic fears
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Facing job losses, rising
mortgage rates and higher gasoline prices, voters in 2008 want
their next president above all to listen to their anger and fix
the economy . |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Olympics in crisis: Rogge
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said Thursday the Olympics were in crisis but would rebound in time for the Beijing Games. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
Sakic wins it in overtime for Avalanche
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Joe Sakic added another line to his amazing playoff resume. Sakic tipped in a shot by Ruslan Salei from the point midway through the first overtime, his eighth career playoff goal in extra time, to send the Colorado Avalanche past the Minnesota Wild |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Brown urges action on food prices |
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Summary: Gordon Brown calls on the G8 group of industrialised nations to devise an international plan to deal with rising food prices. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08pm PDT |
Mid-size cars make strides in safety
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Several mid-size cars have made strides in protecting motorists in side crashes through standard air bags and improved designs, the insurance industry reports. |
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BBC News |
9:04pm PDT |
Olympics to 'rebound from crisis' |
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Summary: The head of the Olympic committee says the Games will recover from "crisis" after days of anti-Chinese protests. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
Nepal votes in landmark elections |
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Summary: Nepal begins voting in nationwide elections mired by violence that has claimed eight lives. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
Documents: Sect teens made to have sex
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Young teenage girls at a polygamist compound in West Texas were required to have sex in a soaring white temple after they were married in sect-recognized unions, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
8:30pm PDT |
Obama calls for Beijing boycott |
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Summary: Barack Obama calls on US president to consider boycott of Beijing Olympics after the torch's US leg. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
Teens made to have sex after sect-unions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Young teenage girls at a polygamist compound in West Texas were required to have sex in a soaring white temple after they were married in sect-recognized unions, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:14pm PDT |
News Corp, Microsoft discuss joint Yahoo bid: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Microsoft Corp
and News Corp (NWSa.N) are in talks about a joint bid for Yahoo
Inc that would add MySpace to a proposed
Microsoft-Yahoo combination, newspapers reported on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
John raises $2.5 million for Clinton
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Experience is central to Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, and Wednesday night she tapped one of pop music's most venerable rockers to help fill her campaign coffers with $2.5 million. Elton John, who has sold records and filled are |
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
Feds: Man threatens black celebrities
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An Ohio man has been indicted on charges that he threatened to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court and attack black men, including a justice on the court, according to an indictment filed Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Tigers defeat Red Sox 7-2 for first win
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tigers finally showed the offense that earned them preseason raves — and ended their winless start. Detroit beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2 Wednesday night after scoring just 15 runs in losing its first seven games. Marcus Thames and Carlos Guillen h |
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BBC News |
7:59pm PDT |
Burma migrants suffocate in lorry |
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Summary: More than 50 Burmese illegal migrants suffocate in the back of a lorry taking them into Thailand, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
AMR cancels 1,094 flights for inspections
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - American Airlines canceled 1,094
flights, or nearly half its schedule, on Wednesday to reinspect
aircraft, a disruption that affected about 100,000 passengers
and triggered chaos at the busiest U.S. airports. |
