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Yahoo News |
11:51pm PDT |
Myanmar blocks UN emergency airlift for cyclone victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift urgently needed high-energy biscuits to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, U.N. officials said. |
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Cnn.com |
11:30pm PDT |
Dreadlocked heartthrob voted off 'Idol' |
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PDT |
Aid flight delays fuel frustration with Myanmar junta
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With up to 100,000 people feared killed
in Myanmar's cyclone and an estimated 1 million homeless,
frustration grew on Thursday over the military government's
inability to allow international aid into the country. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PDT |
Barry 'undervalued' by Liverpool |
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Summary: Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill insists skipper is worth more than Liverpool's £10m valuation for the player. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
Carphone raises £1.1bn in US deal |
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Summary: Carphone Warehouse is selling a half share in its retailing business to US firm Best Buy for £1.1bn. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
India children's health 'ignored' |
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Summary: More than half of Indian children under five do not get the health care they need, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
11:02pm PDT |
Tibetan envoy says China told to free Tibetan prisoners
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dalai Lama envoys told Beijing to release Tibetan prisoners and end 'reeducation' during weekend talks with Chinese officials over unrest in Tibet, one of the envoys said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
Kobe's 34 points help Lakers beat Jazz and take 2-0 lead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Los Angeles Lakers celebrated Kobe Bryant's MVP award the best way possible. Bryant had 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists Wednesday night, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals a |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PDT |
New language rule for 57 bodies |
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Summary: The heritage minister is to bring 57 bodies including the Bank of England under the Welsh Language Act's remit. |
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BBC News |
10:33pm PDT |
China 'ready to engage on Tibet' |
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Summary: Beijing is willing to engage with exiled Tibetans, although key differences remain, a Dalai Lama envoy says. |
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BBC News |
10:29pm PDT |
Eriksson holds talks with Benfica |
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Summary: Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson holds talks with Portuguese club Benfica, BBC Sport understands. |
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BBC News |
10:24pm PDT |
Putin to be confirmed as new PM |
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Summary: Vladimir Putin is expected to be approved as the new Russian PM, after he stood down as president. |
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BBC News |
10:15pm PDT |
Band of brothers |
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Summary: A major prepares to serve with his three sons in Iraq |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Israel marks its 60th anniversary |
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Summary: Israel begins events to mark 60 years since its creation in 1948, a date the Palestinians remember as 'the Catastrophe'. |
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BBC News |
9:49pm PDT |
Fears rise over Burma aid delays |
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Summary: Concerns grow over Burma's reluctance to accept foreign help, with vital food aid unable to enter the country. |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
PM at NI investment conference |
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Summary: Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen are due at Stormont during a major investment conference. |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
PMs to address business leaders |
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Summary: Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen are due at Stormont during a major investment conference. |
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Yahoo News |
9:17pm PDT |
Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Olympic flame reaches Mount Everest summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic flame reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, state television showed, in an historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games. |
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Yahoo News |
8:49pm PDT |
U.S. envoy returns to N.Korea to extract nuclear list
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A team led by the U.S. State Department's
nuclear envoy was set to enter North Korea on Thursday to
persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called
for in a six-nation disarmament deal, an official said. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
Dead barrister's test results due |
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Summary: Results of a post-mortem examination on the body of a barrister killed in a shoot-out are due to be released. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
No cash flow |
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Summary: Flood-hit areas get less EU support than they expected |
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Yahoo News |
8:24pm PDT |
Grim fight for survival in cyclone-hit Myanmar
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pressure mounted Thursday on Myanmar's junta to let in foreign aid agencies as hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors faced starvation and disease and a US diplomat said the death toll may top 100,000. |
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Cnn.com |
8:18pm PDT |
Gere, Farrow, Spielberg skipping Olympics |
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Summary: Hip-hop performer will.i.am is no stranger to the political arena -- having spearheaded the Internet-favorite "Yes We Can" music video in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Yahoo News |
8:11pm PDT |
`American Idol' boots another finalist; 3 singers remain
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Simon Cowell once told Jason Castro that his face would save him from elimination. Not this time. |
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BBC News |
8:05pm PDT |
Israel begins 60th celebrations |
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Summary: Israel begins events to mark 60 years since independence, as leaders say they are willing to compromise for peace. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Lewis scores 33 as Magic rout Pistons, trim deficit to 2-1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Orlando Magic won't be swept by the Detroit Pistons again. Rashard Lewis made sure of it Wednesday night. Lewis scored a career playoff-high 33 points and the Magic broke down the Pistons' stout defense in a 111-86 victory. |
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BBC News |
7:52pm PDT |
Airport staff avoid crime checks |
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Summary: Newsnight reports that foreign workers at UK airports are employed without mandatory criminal records checks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:51pm PDT |
Estimated 80,000 cyclone dead in one Myanmar district: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - An estimated 80,000 people have died in the remote Myanmar district of Labutta since a powerful cyclone struck last weekend, a local military official told AFP on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
7:40pm PDT |
Olympic flame lit at Everest peak |
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Summary: Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame reach the summit of Mount Everest, shown live on Chinese TV. |
