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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Yahoo's Flickr expands into online video
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Yahoo Inc. will begin showing homemade videos on its online photo-sharing site, Flickr, in a long-anticipated move that may be too late to lure most people away from the Internet's dominant video channel, Google Inc.'s YouTube. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Zimbabwe poll body says "dangerous" to give result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A lawyer for Zimbabwe's electoral
commission said on Wednesday it would be "dangerous" for the
High Court to order the release of presidential election
results, as demanded by the opposition MDC. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Man who yelled at phone user acquitted
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A retired police officer who screamed obscenities at a train passenger who was talking on a cell phone and who hit the hand of another passenger who intervened was acquitted Tuesday of misdemeanor charges stemming from the confrontation. |
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BBC News |
4:20am PDT |
San Francisco set for torch relay |
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Summary: Pro-Tibet protesters march in San Francisco as the city braces for the next leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PDT |
Enterprise offering hybrid rentals |
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Another star eliminated from `Dancing'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Last place became last dance for Adam Carolla on "Dancing With the Stars." |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
Oasis budget airline stops flying |
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Summary: The Hong Kong budget airline Oasis stops flying and applies for liquidation, leaving passengers stranded. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Kylie has 'respect' for doctors |
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Summary: Kylie Minogue speaks of her "respect" for doctors, a day after revealing her cancer was initially mis-diagnosed. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Ferguson already has eye on semis |
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Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson says Man Utd have their best chance in years of reaching the Champions League semi-finals. |
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Yahoo News |
3:57am PDT |
American expects more cancellations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - American Airlines expected to cancel more flights Wednesday — and perhaps beyond — as it tried for a second time to comply with federal rules about wiring on about 300 of its planes. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PDT |
Complaints by students rise 25% |
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Summary: Students are increasingly likely to be older, from overseas - and complaining, a watchdog says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:53am PDT |
7 killed in blast in Baghdad's Sadr City
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Seven people died in Baghdad's Sadr City as clashes between security forces and Shiite militiamen continued in the capital on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Revenge not on agenda - Chelsea's Lampard |
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Summary: Frank Lampard insists revenge will not motivate Chelsea when they meet familiar foes Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final. |
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Yahoo News |
3:46am PDT |
Steps but no breakthrough in North Korea talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and North Korea have
made progress but no breakthrough towards settling Pyongyang's
long-delayed declaration of its nuclear activities, U.S. envoy
Christopher Hill said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
'Breakthrough' at Stonehenge dig |
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Summary: Archaeologists say they have broken through to a layer which could help to explain why Stonehenge was built. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Ancient secrets |
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Summary: Archaeologists make breakthrough at Stonehenge dig |
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BBC News |
3:35am PDT |
Dead man's bags lost in T5 chaos |
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Summary: Luggage belonging to a man who died on a flight is among items lost during problems at Heathrow T5. |
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BBC News |
3:22am PDT |
China stands firm on Tibet relay |
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Summary: China reaffirms a commitment to take the Olympic torch through Tibet despite stong international pressure. |
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BBC News |
3:22am PDT |
Mosley 'orgy' injunction refused |
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Summary: A video showing F1 boss Max Mosley with five prostitutes can be shown after a court refuses an injunction. |
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Yahoo News |
3:17am PDT |
South Africa steps up pressure for Zimbabwe result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Jacob Zuma, leader of the ruling party
in Zimbabwe's powerful neighbor South Africa, has joined a
chorus of demands for the release of delayed results from a
presidential election 11 days ago. |
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BBC News |
3:13am PDT |
Attacks mark Baghdad anniversary |
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Summary: At least six people are killed in mortar attacks on the fifth anniversary of Baghdad's capture by US troops. |
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BBC News |
3:12am PDT |
'Six-way' kidney transplant first |
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Summary: US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Shannon mother remanded by court |
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Summary: Shannon Matthews' mother is remanded in custody after appearing in court over her daughter's disappearance. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
S Korea ruling party 'set to win' |
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Summary: Polls close in South Korea's parliamentary elections, with the ruling party looking poised to secure an overall majority. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Life in the loo |
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Summary: Is a club toilet Britain's grimmest workplace? |
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BBC News |
3:00am PDT |
Danger, security |
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Summary: Afghans describe the impact of foreign troops |
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Yahoo News |
2:55am PDT |
No breakthrough in North Korea talks, U.S. says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States and North Korea have
made no breakthrough toward a final resolution for Pyongyang's
declaration of its nuclear program, U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State Christopher Hill said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:28am PDT |
S.Korea conservatives win parliament majority: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The conservative party of South Korea's
new President Lee Myung-bak won a majority in Wednesday's
parliamentary election, according to projections by KBS and MBC
TV networks. |
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BBC News |
2:23am PDT |
Lords reject Iraq inquiry appeal |
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Summary: Nine Law Lords reject an appeal against a decision not to hold a UK public inquiry into the Iraq war. |
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Cnn.com |
2:20am PDT |
Rice warns Kenya to form Cabinet |
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Summary: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Kenya's government and opposition party to agree on the composition of their coalition Cabinet after the two sides suspended talks on power-sharing.
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