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2:19am PDT |
Two killed in Gaza Strip clashes |
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Summary: An Israeli soldier and a Hamas militant are killed during an Irsaeli raid on the southern Gaza Strip. |
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2:19am PDT |
San Francisco bracing for protest-plagued Olympic relay
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of demonstrators will line the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday as the Beijing Olympics torch relay arrives in the city following violent anti-China protests at previous legs of the flame's global odyssey earlier this week. |
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2:01am PDT |
DUP 'has discussed 11-plus plans' |
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Summary: The DUP says it has discussed its plans to replace the 11-plus with the other Northern Ireland parties. |
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1:56am PDT |
'Corrupting' Simpsons is replaced by Baywatch on Venezuelan TV |
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Summary: The Simpsons is pulled from Venezuelan TV for being unsuitable for children - and is replaced by Baywatch. |
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Cnn.com |
1:54am PDT |
Diana's butler may face police investigation |
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Cnn.com |
1:42am PDT |
Incomes stall for poor, middle class |
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Summary: Poor and middle-class families are entering the recession in a precarious situation due in part to declining or stagnant income growth, a study released Wednesday has found.
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1:41am PDT |
Police spoke to missing presenter |
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Summary: Officers who spoke to TV presenter Mark Speight hours before he was reported missing say he appeared distracted. |
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1:37am PDT |
Sect accused of marrying pubescent girls
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Summary: AP - The scared girl, already a mother at 16, whispered into a cell phone: she wanted out. She'd been forced to spiritually marry a man more than three times her age, becoming his seventh wife. |
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1:35am PDT |
Firm sued over decomposing body |
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Summary: A teenager sues a funeral company after her family visits her father's decomposing body. |
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1:35am PDT |
Wenger unhappy at Liverpool's 'dodgy penalty' |
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Summary: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger blames poor refereeing decisions for his side's Champions League exit to Liverpool. |
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Cnn.com |
1:33am PDT |
Al Fayed abandons Diana murder theory quest |
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1:30am PDT |
Chelsea handed Cudicini setback |
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Summary: Avram Grant says the chances of Carlo Cudicini making a quick recovery from a hamstring injury "does not look good". |
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1:23am PDT |
Darling 'optimistic' on UK economy |
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Summary: The chancellor stands by his forecast for UK economic growth, despite a downgrade by the International Monetary Fund. |
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1:15am PDT |
Buddhist monks: End Dalai Lama's exile
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More than a dozen Buddhist monks staged an emotional protest Wednesday in front of visiting journalists at a monastery in western China to call for the return of exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, according to a reporter at the event. |
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1:14am PDT |
Security high for torch's S.F. stop
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Olympic torch's round-the-world trip is the longest in Olympic history, and is meant to highlight China's rising economic and political power. But on its sole North American stop, activists are also calling attention to the Olympic host's human r |
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1:08am PDT |
Deadly fighting in Baghdad as Iraq marks Saddam's fall
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still wracked by deadly violence and the capital under curfew. |
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12:57am PDT |
Clooney thrills fans at premiere |
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Summary: Screen idol George Clooney was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans at the UK premiere of his new film Leatherheads. |
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12:57am PDT |
'Other Woman' shadows Chelsea Clinton
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Summary: AP - Chelsea Clinton is spending long days on the campaign trail telling college crowds about her mother's positions on everything from health care and student-loan costs to the Darfur crisis and gay rights. |
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12:52am PDT |
Shannon mother arrives at court |
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Summary: The mother of Shannon Matthews arrives at court, where she is to face charges of child neglect and perverting the course of justice. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33am PDT |
Senate, House to push housing measures
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Senate is working to quickly pass a grab bag of measures aimed at helping homeowners and businesses weather the housing crisis as a key House panel hears from experts on a broader government rescue plan for struggling borrowers. |
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Yahoo News |
12:30am PDT |
Dems want Iraqis to spend oil surplus
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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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Yahoo News |
12:20am PDT |
No plan to cut torch relay as protesters mass
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Protesters angered over China's
crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the
Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief
Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global
relay. |
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Yahoo News |
12:15am PDT |
Baghdad under curfew as Iraq marks Saddam's fall
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still wracked by violence and the capital under curfew. |
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Cnn.com |
12:10am PDT |
San Francisco braces for Olympic torch protests |
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Summary: Authorities are bracing for protests Wednesday as runners plan to carry the Olympic torch through the streets of San Francisco -- but they hope to avoid the chaos that disrupted the torch relay in London and Paris.
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BBC News |
12:09am PDT |
Call for more police at hospitals |
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Summary: More police officers should be patrolling Welsh hospitals in a bid to cut violence against NHS staff, a report recommends. |
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12:09am PDT |
Mayoral debate focuses on crime |
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Summary: Three of the candidates for London's Mayor clash over crime during a televised debate. |
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12:01am PDT |
Seven dead in Nepal poll violence |
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Summary: At least six Maoists and another protester are killed by Nepal police ahead of Thursday's elections. |
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12:00am PDT |
Legal bid to force Iraq inquiry |
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Summary: Nine Law Lords will rule on another legal bid to force a public inquiry into Britain's involvement in Iraq. |
