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Yahoo News |
6:51am PDT |
India stage-managed torch relay meets protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch snaked through
India's capital on Thursday, along boulevards purged of
spectators, as 15,000 police kept protests from the world's
largest community of exiled Tibetans far from the route. |
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BBC News |
6:44am PDT |
Brown meeting presidential rivals |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is meeting the three US presidential candidates and will hold talks with President Bush. |
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BBC News |
6:35am PDT |
Down's pupil accused of 'racism' |
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Summary: The parents of a Down's syndrome teenager accused of a racist assault say they went through "hell". |
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BBC News |
6:34am PDT |
Sri Lanka puts cap on rice prices |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's government brings in a ceiling on the price at which most varieties of rice can be sold. |
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Cnn.com |
6:33am PDT |
Jimmy Carter to meet Hamas leaders in Egypt |
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Summary: Former President Carter is expected to meet with two senior Hamas officials Thursday in the Egyptian capital, an encounter he calls a necessary step toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
Georgia demands Russia reversal |
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Summary: Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili tells Russia to revoke decisions which he says breach Georgian sovereignty. |
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Yahoo News |
6:23am PDT |
Slain cameraman mourned; fresh violence kills 3 Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of Palestinians marched through Gaza City on Thursday at the funeral procession of a cameraman killed while covering a day of fighting that killed 20 Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
South Africa shifts on Zimbabwe and calls for result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Africa's government, in a major
change of stance, called on Thursday for the rapid release of
results from Zimbabwe's presidential election, saying it was
concerned by a delay that has increased fears of violence. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
Killer Bellfield makes appeal bid |
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Summary: A former bouncer given a whole life sentence for murdering two women appeals against his conviction and sentence. |
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Yahoo News |
6:13am PDT |
Scores arrested in India as torch relay ends
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Scores of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through the Indian capital. |
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BBC News |
6:04am PDT |
Death driver sentence 'insulting' |
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Summary: A four-year sentence given to a driver who killed two men is criticised by the father of one of the victims. |
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Cnn.com |
5:58am PDT |
Ex-marshal: Air marshal training 'a disgrace' |
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Summary: An air marshal shortage drove feds to drop mandatory psychological testing for its employees carrying guns on planes, current and ex-marshals say. But the Federal Air Marshal Service says that revision doesn't put anyone at risk and neither does its swap |
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Cnn.com |
5:58am PDT |
Air marshal training going soft, flight cops say |
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Summary: An air marshal shortage drove feds to drop mandatory psychological testing for its employees carrying guns on planes, current and ex-marshals say. But the Federal Air Marshal Service says that revision doesn't put anyone at risk and neither does its swap |
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BBC News |
5:57am PDT |
Pressing the flesh |
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Summary: Cameron is not the first to hit trouble on campaign trail |
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Cnn.com |
5:42am PDT |
Crowd arrives early for papal Mass |
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Summary: People began arriving at Washington's baseball stadium at 5 a.m. Thursday for a 10 a.m. Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Yahoo News |
5:36am PDT |
Worshippers arrive early for papal Mass in Washington
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of worshippers began arriving at the Washington Nationals stadium Thursday, eagerly awaiting an open-air Mass that will be presided over by Pope Benedict XVI. |
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Cnn.com |
5:36am PDT |
Ricin suspect denies poisoning plot |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:34am PDT |
Torch greeted with protests in India
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Olympic torch arrived in New
Delhi on Thursday to be met immediately with protests from
members of the world's largest community of exiled Tibetans,
who vowed to disrupt its passage through the Indian capital. |
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BBC News |
5:33am PDT |
Mob 'fixer' jailed for 14 years |
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Summary: A robber who once allegedly helped protect footballer Steven Gerrard is jailed for 14 years. |
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BBC News |
5:29am PDT |
Write-downs add to Merrill woes |
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Summary: Merrill Lynch reports heavy losses in the first three months of 2008, after more credit market write-downs. |
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Yahoo News |
5:29am PDT |
Could Israel use submarines against Iran?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Anticipating a showdown with
Iran, Israel decides secretly to deploy a submarine off its
arch-foe's coast. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Sex kidnap plot soldier is jailed |
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Summary: A man behind a child kidnap plot will not be freed from jail unless he proves he is no longer a danger. |
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BBC News |
5:26am PDT |
Thousands attend funerals in Gaza |
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Summary: Funerals are taking place for those killed in Gaza Wednesday as Hamas vows to avenge their deaths. |
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BBC News |
5:25am PDT |
Workers rescued from well shaft |
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Summary: Two men are rescued from a well shaft on the site of derelict school building in South Yorkshire. |
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Cnn.com |
5:25am PDT |
How to find a doctor online |
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Summary: Traditionally, people have found doctors by word of mouth: Find someone you trust, and ask whom they use.
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Yahoo News |
5:20am PDT |
EU ready to give U.S some access to police data
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The European Union signaled on
Thursday it could give the United States limited access to its
police databases in a bid to resolve a long-running visa row
with Washington. |
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BBC News |
5:09am PDT |
Ion engine enters space race |
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Summary: A British-built engine powered by ions makes its first space trip this summer on Europe's gravity explorer probe. |
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BBC News |
5:03am PDT |
Livingstone late show sparks row |
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Summary: Ken Livingstone is late for a radio debate with his rivals, saying he needed to spend some time with his children. |
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BBC News |
5:02am PDT |
S Africa joins Zimbabwe vote call |
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Summary: South Africa joins international calls for Zimbabwe to release results of last month's disputed presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
South Africa shifts on Zimbabwe, calls for result
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Africa's government, in a major
change of stance, called on Thursday for the rapid release of
results from Zimbabwe's presidential election, saying it was
concerned by a delay that has increased fears of violence. |
