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Yahoo News |
5:53am PDT |
Aid arrives for Myanmar; one million homeless
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Aid was trickling in on Wednesday for an
estimated one million victims of Cyclone Nargis in
military-ruled Myanmar, with the death toll of more than 22,500
expected to mount. |
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BBC News |
5:43am PDT |
Jury hears 'suicide recordings' |
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Summary: The 'aircraft bomb plot' jury hears secret recordings of one man allegedly training another on making a suicide video. |
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BBC News |
5:38am PDT |
Plan to increase abortion sites |
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Summary: Government to consult over whether to relax abortion rules and allow terminations outside hospital in England. |
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BBC News |
5:37am PDT |
Holiday parents deny drink binge |
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Summary: The NI couple whose children were taken into care while on holiday in Portugal say they were not drunk. |
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BBC News |
5:37am PDT |
No excess alcohol - 'care' couple |
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Summary: The NI couple whose children were taken into care while on holiday in Portugal say they were not drunk. |
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Yahoo News |
5:32am PDT |
Iraq urges Iran, U.S. to hold talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari
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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BBC News |
5:31am PDT |
Trip and slip |
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Summary: Compo culture and 10 years of no-win no-fee cases |
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Cnn.com |
5:30am PDT |
'Astonishing number' of bees lost |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
5:20am PDT |
Koalas at risk from toxic eucalyptus leaves |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
5:17am PDT |
Myanmar survivors emerge desperate for help
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thousands of shell-shocked survivors of the Myanmar cyclone emerged Wednesday, desperate for food and water after trekking for days through flood waters littered with the bodies of the dead. |
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Yahoo News |
5:14am PDT |
UN officials: Myanmar cyclone a 'major, major disaster'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday. |
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BBC News |
5:07am PDT |
Cannabis laws to be strengthened |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says cannabis is to be reclassified as a class B drug - against officials' advice. |
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BBC News |
5:01am PDT |
Brown quizzed on referendum call |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown fails to explicitly back Wendy Alexander's call for an independence referendum. |
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BBC News |
4:59am PDT |
Dyslexic focus in school review |
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Summary: An inquiry into what is taught in England's primary schools is to be widened to include children with dyslexia. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PDT |
Mass challenge over Zimbabwe poll |
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Summary: Half of Zimbabwe's parliamentary poll results are challenged as regional mediators arrive for talks. |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Key points: PM's question time |
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Summary: The key points as Gordon Brown takes prime minister's questions in the House of Commons. |
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BBC News |
4:43am PDT |
Clashes as strike grips Lebanon |
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Summary: Protesters in the Lebanese capital set up barricades and burn tyres in support of a general strike for higher pay. |
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BBC News |
4:40am PDT |
US police seen in kicking video |
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Summary: US police are investigating a video showing officers apparently kicking three suspects in Philadelphia. |
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Yahoo News |
4:33am PDT |
Bill Gates says Microsoft going 'independent' way
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. |
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BBC News |
4:24am PDT |
Prime Minister's Questions: LIVE |
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Summary: The key points as Gordon Brown takes prime minister's questions in the House of Commons. |
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Yahoo News |
4:22am PDT |
Medvedev takes Russian presidency from his mentor Putin
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics. |
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BBC News |
4:22am PDT |
Referendum move may breach rules |
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Summary: Wendy Alexander's suggestion of an early independence vote may fail because of parliament rules. |
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Yahoo News |
4:07am PDT |
China urges precautions against deadly virus
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
ROI drivers' £700k ticket tally |
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Summary: Motorists from the Republic of Ireland owe than £700,000 in unpaid parking tickets in NI, it has emerged. |
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BBC News |
4:03am PDT |
Ireland appoint Kidney as coach |
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Summary: Declan Kidney is appointed as Ireland rugby coach but will not take the role until after Ireland's summer tour. |
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BBC News |
4:01am PDT |
RAF Nimrod's last moments heard |
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Summary: Families of 14 servicemen killed when their RAF Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan in 2006 hear a recording of its last moments. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Medvedev sworn in as Russian leader |
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Summary: Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as president of Russia, placing civil and economic freedom as his top priority. |
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Cnn.com |
3:55am PDT |
Russia's new president names Putin as PM |
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Summary: After eight years with Vladimir Putin as president, a new man is taking over in Russia -- Putin's soft-spoken sidekick, Dmitry Medvedev, who was hand-picked for the job.
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Cnn.com |
3:52am PDT |
Cyclone victims face food shortages |
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Summary: Myanmar's rice-growing heartland has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, threatening long-term food shortages for survivors, experts said Wednesday.
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Cnn.com |
3:33am PDT |
Obama sweeps N.C.; Clinton ekes out Indiana |
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Summary: Barack Obama took a sweeping victory in North Carolina, beating Hillary Clinton by 14 percentage points and boosting his lead in the delegate race. Clinton narrowly won Indiana, edging out Obama by 2 percentage points.
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