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2:25pm PDT |
White House: North Korea gave Syria nuclear help
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Summary: Reuters - The United States is convinced that
North Korea helped Syria build a secret nuclear reactor, the
White House said on Thursday. |
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2:24pm PDT |
Wall Street rises after drop in jobless claims, Ford results
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rallied Thursday after the government's jobless claims data and Ford Motor Co.'s first-quarter results helped reinject some optimism about the economy into the market. |
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2:22pm PDT |
NKorea-Syria nuclear work had military aims: White House
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Summary: AFP - The White House on Thursday publicly accused North Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor able to produce plutonium and said the facility was "not intended for peaceful purposes." |
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2:19pm PDT |
White House says Syria 'must come clean' about nuclear work
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Summary: AP - The White House said Thursday that North Korea's secret work on a nuclear reactor with Syria was "a dangerous and potentially destabilizing development for the world," raising doubts about Pyongyang's intention to carry through with a promised disclo |
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2:17pm PDT |
USDA's Schafer reassures no rice shortage
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Agriculture
Secretary Ed Schafer on Thursday sought to calm the frayed
nerves of consumers, saying there was no shortage of rice in
the United States even as a major outlet limited sales. |
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2:16pm PDT |
McCain to New Orleans: Never again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain took stock of still-hurricane-damaged areas of New Orleans on Thursday and declared that if the disaster had happened on his watch, he would have immediately landed at the nearest Air Force base, drawing |
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2:05pm PDT |
Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces — a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protec |
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1:57pm PDT |
Report ties U.S. retailers to sweatshop shrimp |
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Summary: Americans on average eat three pounds of shrimp a year, but can U.S. shoppers be sure the shrimp they love was produced without slave labor?
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1:42pm PDT |
AP Exclusive: US alleges baby-selling in Vietnam
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Rangers held by Fiorentina |
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Summary: Rangers and Italian side Fiorentina produce a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Rangers hold Fiorentina |
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Summary: Rangers hold Italian side Fiorentina to a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
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1:35pm PDT |
Rangers hold Fiorentina to tame draw |
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Summary: Rangers hold Italian side Fiorentina to a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final. |
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1:28pm PDT |
Florida lawmakers debate offering a Christian license plate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Florida drivers can order more than 100 specialty license plates celebrating everything from manatees to the Miami Heat, but one now under consideration would be the first in the nation to explicitly promote a specific religion. |
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1:26pm PDT |
Scientists study evidence modern birds came from dinosaurs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It looks like chickens deserve more respect. Scientists are fleshing out the proof that today's broiler-fryer is descended from the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. And, not a surprise, they confirmed a close relationship between mastodons and elephants. |
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1:25pm PDT |
Keys cancels Cleveland concert with swollen vocal chords
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Alicia Keys has scrapped a concert in Cleveland after canceling her show in Pittsburgh earlier this week. A message posted on her Web site says the 27-year-old R&B singer has swollen vocal cords. She was scheduled to perform Thursday night at Clevela |
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1:25pm PDT |
Lawyer: Waterboarding is 'mock execution' |
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Summary: Prescott Prince's client is the man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. Now, this Navy reservist must defend the al Qaeda loyalist at a military commission. He's most disturbed that evidence gained through waterboarding may be allowed |
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1:21pm PDT |
Ordonez homers twice to lead Tigers over Rangers 8-2
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Magglio Ordonez hit two of Detroit's five homers to lead the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the hapless Texas Rangers on Thursday. Detroit outscored Texas 37-10 in the three-game series, and has now won a season-best four straight. The Rangers have lo |
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Cnn.com |
1:18pm PDT |
Mugabe trying to steal election, says U.S. official |
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Summary: A U.S. envoy said today that the opposition leader in Zimbabwe beat longtime President Robert Mugabe in that nation's recent elections. "We are certain that Morgan Tsvangirai won," said Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer. |
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1:07pm PDT |
Bush and Abbas in push for peace |
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Summary: US President George W Bush meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as he pushes for a Middle East settlement. |
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12:58pm PDT |
Hamas offers six-month Gaza truce with Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on
Thursday proposed a six-month truce between Israel and
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with an option to extend it to
include Palestinians in the West Bank. |
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12:57pm PDT |
Dangerous sports |
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Summary: Risks remain after toddler's Bahamas beach death |
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12:43pm PDT |
Bush assures Abbas statehood "high priority"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush, trying to
shore up a faltering Middle East peace process, assured
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that
Palestinian statehood remained a high priority in his final 10
months in office. |
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12:36pm PDT |
Schools shut amid public pay fury |
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Summary: A teachers' strike hits a third of schools in England and Wales, with thousands of civil servants also out. |
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Cnn.com |
12:27pm PDT |
Migrant uses corpse as life preserver |
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12:23pm PDT |
U.S. official: Syria reactor was close to working |
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Summary: Intelligence officials will today reveal video shot inside a suspected Syrian nuclear facility that they say was being built with the help of North Korea. Lawmakers will be briefed and then some of the material will be released publicly, officials said.
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12:17pm PDT |
CIA reveals 'Syria reactor' files |
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Summary: CIA officials brief Congress on what they say is evidence that North Korea helped Syria build a nuclear reactor. |
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12:12pm PDT |
U.S. lays out Syria intelligence, may harm diplomacy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States laid out
intelligence on Thursday it believes shows North Korea helped
Syria build a suspected nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel
last year, a step that may complicate its diplomacy both on the
Korean Peninsula and in the |
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12:11pm PDT |
Bush says he's confident about creation of Palestinian state
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush sought Thursday to boost the flagging Mideast peace process by voicing fresh optimism about the creation of a Palestinian state. He said he remained confident that the definition of a state for the Palestinian people would be reached b |
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Cnn.com |
11:59am PDT |
U.S. envoy says Zimbabwe's Mugabe lost |
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Summary: A U.S. envoy said Thursday that the opposition leader in Zimbabwe beat President Robert Mugabe in that nation's recent presidential election.
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11:55am PDT |
Out of the maze |
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Summary: Making sense of the railways' new fare structure |
