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BBC News |
3:35am PDT |
Europe-wide food colour ban urged |
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Summary: A food safety watchdog calls for an EU ban on six artificial food colourings after research links them with hyperactivity. |
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Yahoo News |
3:35am PDT |
Dalai Lama backs Olympics, says violence outdated
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled
spiritual leader, said on Thursday he supports the Beijing
Olympics and opposed violent protests that have disrupted the
Olympic torch relay around the world. |
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BBC News |
3:34am PDT |
Harare journal |
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Summary: Looking for good omens as waiting dampens mood |
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Yahoo News |
3:33am PDT |
Fifty-four Myanmar migrants suffocate in container
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants,
most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:23am PDT |
Yahoo seeks AOL tie as 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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Yahoo News |
3:22am PDT |
Separate US airstrikes in Baghdad kill 5
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Separate missile attacks by U.S. helicopters on Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood left five people dead injured four injured, Iraqi police said Thursday. |
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BBC News |
3:17am PDT |
Piece of cake: UK taxman faces big bill over biscuit mistake |
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Summary: The UK Treasury faces a £3.5m bill, because VAT was wrongly slapped on a Marks and Spencer teacake. |
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BBC News |
3:01am PDT |
Bush 'to speak on US Iraq course' |
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Summary: President George W Bush is set to endorse a freeze on troop withdrawals from Iraq, US officials say. |
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BBC News |
2:55am PDT |
SFO unlawful in ending BAE probe |
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Summary: The High Court rules that the SFO acted unlawfully by dropping a corruption probe into a £43bn Saudi arms deal. |
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BBC News |
2:51am PDT |
GMTV's Garraway accepts damages |
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Summary: Presenter Kate Garraway accepts undisclosed libel damages over allegations she committed adultery. |
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Cnn.com |
2:49am PDT |
American Airlines cancels 900 flights today |
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Summary: American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday as it continues to perform safety inspections on certain jets.
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Cnn.com |
2:49am PDT |
American Airlines cancels 900 more flights |
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Summary: American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday as it continues to perform safety inspections on certain jets.
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BBC News |
2:43am PDT |
Teacake set to cost taxman £3.5m |
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Summary: The UK Treasury faces a £3.5m bill, because VAT was wrongly slapped on a Marks and Spencer teacake. |
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BBC News |
2:42am PDT |
New move over 1981 child murder |
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Summary: Detectives who questioned a man on the murder of a County Antrim schoolgirl in 1981 send a file to the PPS. |
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Yahoo News |
2:39am PDT |
Musharraf urges Pakistan lawyers against anarchy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
on Thursday called on lawyers opposing his rule to stop
spreading anarchy as tensions flared in the country just days
after a new government made up of his opponents took office. |
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Cnn.com |
2:25am PDT |
Odds of fast rebound dismal, ex-labor chief says |
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Summary: Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich warned Americans on Wednesday not to be overly optimistic that the U.S. economy might rebound by the end of summer.
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Yahoo News |
2:23am PDT |
China tells Olympic boss to stay out of politics
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China bluntly told the world Olympics chief Thursday to keep out of politics, in a tart exchange on human rights following days of protests that have shadowed the Olympic torch around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
2:11am PDT |
Fifty four Myanmar migrants suffocate in container
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants,
most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on
Thursday. |
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BBC News |
1:51am PDT |
Futile fight? |
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Summary: Why Yahoo's Google deal will not save the firm |
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Yahoo News |
1:50am PDT |
US airstrike in Baghdad kills 4
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraqi police say an airstrike by U.S. helicopters on Baghdad's Sadr City district has killed four people and wounded six. |
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BBC News |
1:50am PDT |
Rowling honoured at book awards |
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Summary: Harry Potter author JK Rowling receives an outstanding achievement prize at the Galaxy British Book Awards. |
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Cnn.com |
1:50am PDT |
China 'uncovers Olympic terror plot' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
1:42am PDT |
Snakes with legs |
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Summary: In search of ancient serpents that still had limbs |
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BBC News |
1:42am PDT |
Ancient serpent shows its leg |
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Summary: Scientists use X-rays to find the lost rear limb of a fossil snake locked in 92-million-year-old Lebanese limestone. |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PDT |
Dalai Lama supports Olympics, says violence outdated
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled
spiritual leader, said on Thursday that China's use of violence
was an outdated way to suppress unrest in Tibet but expressed
support for Beijing's hosting of the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
1:24am PDT |
Ferguson's son admits wife attack |
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Summary: Football manager Darren Ferguson admits attacking his wife during a row over their children. |
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Yahoo News |
1:23am PDT |
Authorities find bed in compound temple
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Agents searching a 1,700-acre polygamist compound in West Texas found a bed in the soaring limestone temple and prosecutors believe it was used for male members to have sex with their underage wives after sect-recognized unions. |
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BBC News |
1:11am PDT |
TV licence fee 'could be shared' |
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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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Cnn.com |
1:00am PDT |
Wedding bed found in polygamist temple |
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Summary: The 16-year-old girl whose phone calls led to a raid on a polygamist compound in Texas identified the man she said abused her after their "spiritual marriage," according to a court document unsealed Wednesday. Also revealed were details of the sect's act |
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BBC News |
12:50am 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. |
