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Cnn.com |
10:54am PDT |
Hope returns to war-torn city, but threats loom |
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Summary: Esad Pozder bent down to retrieve a cabbage under his Sarajevo market stall. When he stood up, a heavy mortar had landed that would kill 68 people, including his sister. Some 21 months later, after a U.S.-led bombing campaign, the war ended. After 14 year |
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Cnn.com |
10:52am PDT |
State Department details terror threats |
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Summary: Venezuela's associations with other terror states, Iran's meddling in Iraq and the resurgence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan top the concerns in a new State Department report on terrorism threats in countries around the world.
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10:49am PDT |
Al-Qaeda 'greatest threat' to US |
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Summary: Al-Qaeda remains the greatest terrorist threat to the US, according to a US state department report. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46am PDT |
Tsvangirai on course for Zimbabwe win, no majority: sources
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Summary: AFP - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is on course to beat Robert Mugabe in the first round of Zimbabwe's presidential election but will fall short of an outright victory, sources close to the electoral commission said Wednesday. |
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10:46am PDT |
Bilic agrees new Croatia contract |
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Summary: Slaven Bilic will stay on as Croatia boss until the 2010 World Cup in a move which will be a blow for interested Premier League clubs. |
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10:42am PDT |
Israel's dilemma |
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Summary: Besieged Gazans find treatment in Israel |
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Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
Paula Abdul left 'empty' by song that wasn't
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paula Abdul must be hearing double. On a night when "American Idol" switched up the judges' format by making them hold their appraisals until every contestant had a turn, Abdul offered feedback Tuesday for two songs by Jason Castro — except that he'd |
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10:34am PDT |
Police raids lead to 400 arrests |
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Summary: Almost 400 people are held as police target drugs, gangs and car crime during a two-day operation. |
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10:33am PDT |
NHL's Avery out with lacerated spleen |
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Summary: New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Cnn.com |
10:22am PDT |
Source: Zimbabwe needs run-off vote |
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Summary: A senior official with Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and incumbent President Robert Mugabe must compete in a presidential run-off, based on its election results.
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Cnn.com |
10:10am PDT |
Fed may cut rates |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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10:09am PDT |
Smoking ban 'has closed 100 pubs' |
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Summary: More than 100 bars in Northern Ireland close their doors in the year following the smoking ban, it is claimed. |
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10:06am PDT |
Wildfire burns toward Grand Canyon
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Firefighters are battling a forest fire
burning out of control toward the Grand Canyon, fanned by
strong winds and dry conditions, authorities said on Wednesday. |
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10:04am PDT |
Belarus expulsions 'unjustified' |
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Summary: The US says a decision by Belarus to order the expulsion of 10 of its diplomats in Minsk is "unwarranted". |
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10:03am PDT |
David Blaine breaks record by holding breath for 17 mins 4 secs |
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Summary: Magician David Blaine breaks record by holding breath for 17 mins 4 secs. |
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10:00am PDT |
AP Source: Durant to be selected NBA rookie of the year
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kevin Durant of the Seattle SuperSonics has been chosen as the NBA Rookie of Year, The Associated Press has learned. |
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9:57am PDT |
Window on China |
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Summary: An interactive guide to following the Olympic torch relay |
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9:56am PDT |
Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb' |
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Summary: The case for nuclear power as an alternative, low carbon source of energy is challenged in a new report. |
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9:54am PDT |
Famine fears for North Korea
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The chances of famine in North Korea have
increased in line with the soaring price of rice on global
markets, a Washington-based institute said on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:50am PDT |
Incest dad vacationed while kids locked up |
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Summary: Family members at the center of a bizarre incest and imprisonment case spanning 24 years held an "astonishing" reunion, medical officials say. "The children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother |
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Cnn.com |
9:48am PDT |
NFL cheerleaders too sexy for cricket |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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9:47am PDT |
BT rolls out 'faster broadband' |
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Summary: Faster broadband speeds could soon be on offer to a limited number of people in the UK as BT rolls out ADSL2. |
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9:41am PDT |
Schools could monitor well-being |
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Summary: Schools in England could be asked to keep track of pupils' drug use and obesity under plans being considered. |
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Cnn.com |
9:37am PDT |
Love, then marriage, then hubby in baby carriage |
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Summary: Kristen Rounds, 26, admits that she's a little gaga over her man. "I'm like his mommy," the Monterey Park, California, resident says with a laugh about her fiancé, a first-year medical student.
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9:37am PDT |
Rangers forward Sean Avery hospitalized with lacerated spleen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition leader wins vote: sources
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat
Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election, winning 47
percent of the vote against the president's 43 percent, senior
government sources said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07am PDT |
GM loses $3.3 billion in 1Q, lowers sales outlook
(AP)
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Summary: AP - General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major parts supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05am PDT |
NATO warns Russia not to interfere in Georgia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - NATO warned Russia Wednesday to stop taking action to undermine Georgia's territorial integrity, after Moscow announced it would send more peacekeepers to two rebel Georgian regions. |
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9:03am PDT |
Digital revolution |
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Summary: How a US man was able to grow back his finger |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
House prices in 1% annual fall |
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Summary: House prices in the UK have recorded their first year-on-year fall for 12 years, the Nationwide says. |
