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1:30am PDT |
Venezuela raises foreign oil tax |
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Summary: Foreign oil firms operating in Venezuela will pay higher taxes on profits made in the country, under new laws. |
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1:20am PDT |
Extra help for black pupils urged |
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Summary: A government report claims black pupils should be helped to progress faster than their classmates. |
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1:15am PDT |
China steps forward in bid to end Iran dispute
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China edged nearer the centre of
contention over Iran's nuclear ambitions on Wednesday, hosting
talks of diplomatic powers on whether to offer stronger
incentives to Iran to curb its atomic work. |
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1:13am PDT |
Pope to meet Bush and bishops
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict, on his first papal
visit to the United States, meets President George W. Bush at
the White House and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops at a Washington
basilica on Wednesday, his 81st birthday. |
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1:10am PDT |
Vulcan bomber takes to the skies |
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Summary: A restored Cold War Vulcan bomber takes to the skies on a test flight from RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. |
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1:10am PDT |
Vulcan bomber to return to skies |
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Summary: A restored Vulcan bomber is expected to take to the skies on a test flight from RAF Cottesmore. |
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1:08am PDT |
Afghan opposition says it's been talking to Taliban
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An opposition group says its leaders, including a former president, have been meeting with the Taliban and other anti-government groups in hopes of negotiating an end to rising violence in Afghanistan. |
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1:02am PDT |
Potter fan faces Rowling in court |
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Summary: The author of an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia breaks down in court in a legal battle with JK Rowling. |
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1:00am PDT |
Somali 'pirates' taken to Paris |
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Summary: Six Somalis suspected of taking a French luxury yacht's crew hostage arrive in Paris, judicial sources say. |
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12:59am PDT |
Marines help Dame Helen name ship |
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Summary: Royal Marines will help Dame Helen Mirren to name a new £300m superliner ahead of its entry into passenger service. |
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12:57am PDT |
FDLS members responded to raid with song, prayer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When police officers armed with weapons and protective gear descended on a West Texas ranch owned by a polygamist church, its members responded by going to their knees in prayer. |
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12:54am PDT |
Olympic torch in China-friendly Pakistan amid tight security
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of police with sniffer dogs stood guard as Pakistan hosted the Olympic torch Wednesday for what the pro-China government hopes will be a trouble-free leg of its world tour. |
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12:45am PDT |
Disabled woman 'denied justice' |
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Summary: A woman with a learning disability who was sexually assaulted is being denied justice, a reports says. |
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12:31am PDT |
Children die in Indian bus plunge |
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Summary: Around 40 people, mostly children, die after a bus plunges into a river in western India, officials say. |
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12:29am PDT |
Court meeting to weigh death penalty for child rapists
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Supreme Court is considering whether someone may be executed for raping a child, a case that balances concerns about the death penalty with tougher sanctions for child sex crimes. |
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12:28am PDT |
Japan vaccinates bird flu workers |
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Summary: Japan is to become the first country in the world to vaccinate thousands of health workers against bird flu. |
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12:26am PDT |
President Bush to revise climate strategy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is proposing new targets for curtailing the nation's greenhouse gas emissions in an attempt to short-circuit what aides call a potential regulatory "train wreck" if Congress doesn't act on climate change. |
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12:20am PDT |
Bush, big White House crowd to greet pope on his birthday
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush has quite a birthday present for Pope Benedict XVI: at least 9,000 excited guests gathered on the White House's South Lawn for a 21-gun salute, a famed soprano's rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" and an emotional presidential welcome. |
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12:05am PDT |
Whites under siege hunker down in Zimbabwe election crisis
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With his 28-year grip on power slipping, President Robert Mugabe's government has again lashed out at Zimbabwe's white community, calling his black opponents tools of former colonial master Britain and stoking anger against the nation's whites. |
