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Cnn.com |
9:09am PDT |
Alleged 9/11 architect's lawyer fears trial 'insanity' |
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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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Cnn.com |
9:09am PDT |
9/11 mastermind's lawyer fears trial 'insanity' |
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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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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
NHS 'chaos' over surgical tools |
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Summary: Operating theatres are in chaos and operations cancelled because of broken or dirty surgical instruments, surgeons say. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Bomber's farewell video shown |
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Summary: A video of 7/7 bomber Mohammad Siddique Khan saying goodbye to his baby is released after being shown in a trial. |
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BBC News |
8:52am PDT |
Mugabe rival 'clear' winner - US |
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Summary: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was the "clear" victor of last month's election, a top US envoy says. |
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Yahoo News |
8:50am PDT |
Tsvangirai won clear victory in Zimbabwe: top US envoy
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won a clear victory over President Robert Mugabe in last month's disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the top US envoy to Africa said on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
Teachers out |
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Summary: Thousands march over demands for a better pay deal. |
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BBC News |
8:46am PDT |
OAP compost heroin dealer jailed |
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Summary: A 70-year-old man who dealt heroin from his back garden in Swansea is jailed for two years. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33am PDT |
House speaker calls on Bush to stop stocking oil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Speaker of the House of
Representatives on Thursday called on the White House to
temporarily stop sending crude oil into the nation's emergency
stockpile. |
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Yahoo News |
8:32am PDT |
Hamas offers Gaza truce with Israel
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas leaders handed over on Thursday
proposals for a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, with a
timetable for extending it to the West Bank, at a meeting of
the Palestinian Islamist group with Egyptian mediators. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30am PDT |
US to show evidence of Syria-North Korea nuke collaboration
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. intelligence officials on Thursday were showing members of Congress a videotape and other evidence supporting their case that Syria was building a nuclear reactor with North Korean assistance before it was bombed by Israeli planes last year. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Bush seeks boost for Abbas and Mideast peace bid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush hosts
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on
Thursday to try to bolster him and shore up a fragile
U.S.-backed peace effort with Israel. |
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Yahoo News |
8:20am PDT |
Microsoft not ruling out Windows XP extension
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer offered a glimmer of hope on Thursday to fans of the company's Windows XP operating system, saying the company may reconsider its decision to stop selling it soon. |
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Cnn.com |
8:20am PDT |
James Bond stuntman gravely hurt in crash |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:11am PDT |
Not all :) as informal writing creeps into teen assignments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's nothing to LOL about: Despite best efforts to keep school writing assignments formal, two-thirds of teens admit in a survey that emoticons and other informal styles have crept in. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PDT |
Snipes set for tax case sentence |
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Summary: Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes could be jailed for up to three years when he is sentenced for tax offences. |
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BBC News |
8:02am PDT |
Snipes faces jail for tax evasion |
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Summary: Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes could be jailed for up to three years when he is sentenced for tax evasion. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00am PDT |
UN suspends aid distribution in Gaza
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United Nations said on Thursday it has suspended its aid distribution in the Gaza Strip because it has run out of fuel in the besieged Palestinian territory. |
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BBC News |
7:53am PDT |
Your pictures |
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Summary: Your perspective on the world during the past week |
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BBC News |
7:52am PDT |
US new home sales at 16-year-low |
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Summary: Sales of new homes in the US hit the lowest level since 1991 as the downturn in the housing market continues. |
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Cnn.com |
7:51am PDT |
Source: Spy chiefs to show Syria nuke plant vid |
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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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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
Get-one-free deals 'boost waste' |
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Summary: The government criticises supermarket buy-one, get-one-free offers for increasing food waste. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PDT |
Putting a lid on it |
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Summary: Locals vigilant after man fined for over-filled wheelie bin |
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Yahoo News |
7:48am PDT |
Iraq's Maliki says factions agree to rejoin government
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Parties that walked out of Iraq's
government last year have agreed to rejoin, Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki said on Thursday, in what could amount to a
long-awaited political breakthrough. |
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BBC News |
7:47am PDT |
Hints of methane's renewed rise |
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Summary: Levels of the greenhouse gas methane appear to be rising again after years of stability, data suggests. |
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BBC News |
7:45am PDT |
Superb Djokovic eases past Murray |
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Summary: Andy Murray loses to Novak Djokovic in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters. |
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BBC News |
7:43am PDT |
Kenyan leaders in call for peace |
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Summary: Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga call for peace during a tour of the Rift Valley. |
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BBC News |
7:38am PDT |
Job cuts over RAF Aldergrove exit |
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Summary: Hundreds of RAF personnel are to be moved out of Northern Ireland, the armed forces minister says. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
Ford swings to $100M profit in 1Q, surprises Wall Street
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street on Thursday with a $100 million profit in the first quarter as strong results from Europe and South America helped offset the impact of a slumping U.S. economy that cut car and truck sales in its main market. Its |
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Yahoo News |
7:33am PDT |
New home sales plunge to lowest level in 16 1/2 years
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sales of new homes plunged in March to the lowest level in 16 1/2 years as housing slumped further at the start of the spring sales season. The median price of a new home in March compared to a year ago fell by the largest amount in nearly four decad |
