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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
Feds want early alert system for cyber attacks |
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BBC News |
7:16am PDT |
Burma generals release constitution |
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Summary: A constitution drafted by Burma's military rulers goes on sale in government shops, ahead of a May referendum. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
Violence kills 16 in Iraq's Sadr City
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Summary: AP - Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen clashed Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, where attacks killed 16 people on the fifth anniversary of the U.S. capture of the capital. |
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Yahoo News |
7:11am PDT |
American cancels 850 more flights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines has canceled 850 more flights as it reinspects the wiring on its MD-80 jets. |
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BBC News |
7:10am PDT |
The 'black hole' facing UK science |
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Summary: Newsnight's Susan Watts talks to scientists who claim a funding shortfall threatens UK research. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
Democrat: Iraq makes US more vulnerable
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Bush administration's Iraq policy has left the United States with insufficient resources to protect itself from attack, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07am PDT |
San Francisco set for Olympics protests |
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Summary: San Francisco prepares for protests today as runners plan to carry the Olympic torch through the city. As the flame arrived Tuesday, thousands demonstrated against China's human rights record. "This is putting a stamp of approval on repression and human r |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
Husband denies police wife murder |
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Summary: The husband of a special constable stabbed at her home tells his trial he had nothing to do with her death. |
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BBC News |
7:00am PDT |
Barroso in change plea to Mugabe |
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Summary: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the people of Zimbabwe have voted for change. |
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Yahoo News |
6:56am PDT |
Deadly fighting in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam ouster
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Summary: AFP - Iraq marked the fifth anniversary Wednesday of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and bloodshed gripping its most populous Shiite district. |
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Cnn.com |
6:46am PDT |
White House hopefuls call on China to do more |
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Summary: The presidential candidates are calling on China to improve its human rights record as protests over the crackdown in Tibet follow the Olympic flame on its international journey.
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BBC News |
6:37am PDT |
Mother of stabbed Damilola dies |
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Summary: The mother of schoolboy Damilola Taylor, who was stabbed to death in London, dies from a suspected heart attack. |
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Yahoo News |
6:27am PDT |
Pope aims to heal sex abuse wounds on U.S. trip
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict will seek to heal
wounds from a sexual abuse scandal that shook the Catholic
Church in the United States, during his first trip there as
pontiff next week, the Vatican's number two said. |
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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
Darling 'optimistic' on economy |
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Summary: The chancellor stands by his growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009 despite a downgrade by the IMF. |
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BBC News |
6:07am PDT |
IMF slashes world growth forecast |
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Summary: The US, the world's largest economy, is heading for a recession that will reverberate around the globe, the IMF warns. |
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Cnn.com |
6:07am PDT |
Five jobs with surprising salaries |
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Summary: Much has been made of people who live beyond their means. When you see a neighbor bring home a fancy new car, you can't help but wonder how she can afford it on her salary. However, you can't assume you know how much she (or anybody) makes unless you've s |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PDT |
Zambia calls for regional summit on Zimbabwe poll
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zambia has called an emergency meeting
of southern Africa's regional bloc on Saturday to discuss
Zimbabwe's post-election impasse, President Levy Mwanawasa said
on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:53am PDT |
Mary-Louise Parker breaks engagement |
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BBC News |
5:44am PDT |
BBC iPlayer in Nintendo Wii deal |
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Summary: The BBC's iPlayer is to be offered via the net channel on Nintendo's Wii game console. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
Palestinians say Bush will meet Abbas in Egypt
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Plans are under way for
President George W. Bush to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas and possibly other Arab leaders in Egypt next month,
diplomats and Palestinian officials said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Zapatero loses MPs' vote to be PM |
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Summary: Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero fails a second ballot by MPs before he can form a government. |
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BBC News |
5:24am PDT |
Preacher Abu Qatada wins appeal |
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Summary: An Islamic preacher, dubbed Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, may be freed after winning an appeal. |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
In a slump... |
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Summary: ... is it time to start feeling sorry for estate agents? |
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BBC News |
5:22am PDT |
Market slowdown |
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Summary: So should we feel sorry for estate agents? |
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Yahoo News |
5:18am PDT |
Democrats want Iraqis to use oil surplus
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrats plan to push legislation this spring that would force the Iraqi government to spend its own surplus in oil revenues to rebuild the country, sparing U.S. dollars. |
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BBC News |
5:06am PDT |
Murdered Damilola's mother dies |
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Summary: The mother of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor dies from a suspected heart attack. |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
White House hopefuls woo Gore, focus on climate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Democratic White House hopefuls
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama speak often about green jobs,
emissions cuts and renewable energy. But they have more than
global warming on their minds when they talk of environmental
policy. |
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BBC News |
4:51am PDT |
Data loss prompts security move |
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Summary: Thousands of "ultra-secure" computers costing £6m are to be bought by the executive after a series of data losses. |
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Cnn.com |
4:47am PDT |
Candidates harsh but hopeful on China |
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Summary: The presidential candidates are calling on China to improve its human rights record as protests over the crackdown in Tibet follow the Olympic flame on its international journey.
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
G7 readies response to market crisis
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Group of Seven economic powers
are likely to deploy an international team to keep closer tabs
on the world's big banks as well as demanding better risk
management and information disclosure across financial markets. |
