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BBC News |
3:48pm PDT |
Japan tourists 'freed in Yemen' |
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Summary: Two female Japanese tourists are released in Yemen hours after they were seized by gunmen, officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42pm PDT |
Iran's influence in Latin America worries U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran is making allies in Latin
America to counter Washington's traditional influence in the
region and could use them to threaten U.S. security, a top U.S.
diplomat said on Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
3:41pm PDT |
Man dies in cottage gas explosion |
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Summary: A man is killed and others injured when two cottages collapse in a gas explosion in London. |
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Cnn.com |
3:34pm PDT |
Israel turns 60 amid hopes, doubts |
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Yahoo News |
3:24pm PDT |
Cheney aide subpoenaed to testify to Congress
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's
chief of staff was subpoenaed on Wednesday to testify in a
congressional probe of the administration's treatment and
possible torture of enemy combatants. |
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Yahoo News |
3:18pm PDT |
Technical flaws mar hearing in new Guantanamo court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Osama bin
Laden's suspected "media director" rejected U.S. terrorism
court proceedings and renewed his allegiance to the al Qaeda
leader on Wednesday in a hearing marred by technical flaws in a
new Guantanamo courtroom. |
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BBC News |
3:17pm PDT |
Eriksson 'in 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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3:11pm PDT |
Princes attend forces spectacle |
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Summary: Princes William and Harry joined crowds at an open-air event to raise money for injured servicemen and women. |
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3:08pm PDT |
GM Bob Watson says Roger Clemens not welcome on Olympic team
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens isn't welcome on the U.S. Olympic baseball team. U.S. general manager Bob Watson said Wednesday that he isn't considering the 45-year-old right-hander for his roster for the Beijing Games. |
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3:04pm PDT |
Clinton vows to press on as time, options running out
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Her money drained and her options dwindling, a resolute Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to press on with her presidential bid even as she and top advisers were hard-pressed to describe a realistic path for her to wrest the nomination from Bara |
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Yahoo News |
3:03pm PDT |
Bush criticizes new Cuban leadership
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform" and rejected calls for easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island. |
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Cnn.com |
2:57pm PDT |
Israel marks 60 years amid hopes, doubts |
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2:53pm PDT |
Winehouse bailed over drug arrest |
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Summary: Singer Amy Winehouse is released on bail after being arrested in connection with alleged drug offences. |
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Cnn.com |
2:52pm PDT |
McCain promises to fight 'evil' if president |
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Summary: Sen. John McCain Wednesday vowed to fight religious prosecution, human trafficking, child pornography and other "evil" if he becomes president.
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2:29pm PDT |
Reds hit 4 homers in inning off Lieber and crush Cubs 9-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jon Lieber became only the second pitcher in Chicago Cubs history to give up four homers in an inning, and Joey Votto connected three times in all as the Cincinnati Reds powered their way to a 9-0 victory on Wednesday. |
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2:21pm PDT |
Man finds check from 1971 after Arkansas tornadoes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tornadoes that tore through Arkansas last week picked up homes, cars and everything in between — including a check from 1971. |
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2:20pm PDT |
US envoy says toll from Myanmar cyclone might reach 100,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hungry people swarmed the few open shops and fistfights broke out over food and water in Myanmar's swamped Irrawaddy delta Wednesday as a top U.S. diplomat warned that the death toll from a devastating cyclone could top 100,000. |
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Yahoo News |
2:20pm PDT |
Clinton gives herself loan, vows to fight on
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama took a commanding lead
in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary
Clinton said she would fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4
million to keep it alive. |
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Yahoo News |
2:11pm PDT |
Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton has been arrested at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest over the acquittal of three police officers involved in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man. |
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Cnn.com |
2:05pm PDT |
Six fraternities suspended after drug bust |
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1:55pm PDT |
Fears Burma storm toll could soar |
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Summary: Burma is urged to allow speedy access as the US warns Saturday's cyclone toll could top 100,000. |
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Yahoo News |
1:53pm PDT |
'Mrs. Garrett' teaches Adam Sandler character facts of life
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At age 82, it sounds like Mrs. Garrett is still teaching youngsters about the facts of life. |
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Cnn.com |
1:44pm PDT |
Behind the Scenes: Amanpour in North Korea |
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Summary: For most journalists, traveling into North Korea is like the holy grail of assignments.
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Yahoo News |
1:44pm PDT |
Russia's Medvedev takes power and pledges freedom
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russian
president on Wednesday and nominated his predecessor Vladimir
Putin as prime minister, ushering in an unprecedented period of
dual rule. |
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Cnn.com |
1:44pm PDT |
Ex-detainee became suicide bomber, U.S. says |
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Summary: A Kuwaiti man released from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2005 was a suicide bomber in Iraq last month, according to a jihadist Web site.
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Yahoo News |
1:43pm PDT |
Consumers mark tax rebates for bills and savings
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The first batch of
taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax
rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few
consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they
plan to spend them on anything other tha |
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Yahoo News |
1:42pm PDT |
Iraq urges Iran and U.S. to talk
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and
the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and
sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to
Iraq's security woes. |
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Yahoo News |
1:41pm PDT |
Myanmar cyclone death toll could top 100,000: US diplomat
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone could top 100,000, the top US diplomat in the country said Wednesday, as thousands of shell-shocked survivors emerged from the flood waters, desperate for food. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38pm PDT |
Bush faults Democrats on housing crisis, energy and taxes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Wednesday criticized Democrats in Congress for their approach to dealing with the nation's housing crisis and soaring energy prices and called anew for an extension of expiring tax cuts and government wiretapping authority. |
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BBC News |
1:37pm PDT |
Rangers 1-0 Motherwell |
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Summary: Barry Ferguson fires the winner as Rangers close the gap on Celtic to four points with two games in hand. |
