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Yahoo News |
9:23am PDT |
Hezbollah says Lebanese govt declares war
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Iranian-backed Lebanese group
Hezbollah said on Thursday the U.S.-supported Beirut government
had declared war by targeting its communications network,
pushing the country closer to civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18am PDT |
House OKs $15B to buy and fix up foreclosed properties
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House has approved sending states $15 billion to buy and fix up foreclosed properties. The vote Thursday was 239-188 to approve the bill, which most Republicans opposed. It would provide loans and grants to areas hit hardest by the housing crisis |
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BBC News |
9:17am PDT |
Militants warn Lebanon of 'war' |
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Summary: The Hezbollah leader accuses Lebanon's pro-Western government of declaring war against the militant group. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PDT |
Country music superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. |
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9:11am PDT |
Detained Reuters photographer released in Zimbabwe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Reuters photographer detained
for three days in Zimbabwe for allegedly using a satellite
phone to send pictures was released on bail on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:04am PDT |
'War has started,' Hezbollah leader says |
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Summary: Gunfire broke out in downtown Beirut today after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said recent government actions amount to "a declaration of open war." The sound of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard throughout a CNN reporter's live rep |
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BBC News |
9:04am PDT |
Berlusconi is sworn into office |
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Summary: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his 21-member cabinet are officially sworn into office. |
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BBC News |
9:01am PDT |
Damning criticism |
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Summary: ITV facing censure for its failures over viewers' phone-ins |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
Farm-workers flee Zimbabwe homes |
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Summary: Some 40,000 farm workers and their families have fled their homes in Zimbabwe poll violence, a union says. |
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BBC News |
9:00am PDT |
'Thousands displaced' in Zimbabwe |
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Summary: Some 40,000 farm-workers and their families have fled their homes in Zimbabwe election violence, a union says. |
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Yahoo News |
8:57am PDT |
Beirut gunbattles as Hezbollah says govt 'declares war'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Fierce gunbattles erupted in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group's activities was tantamount to a "declaration of war." |
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Cnn.com |
8:56am PDT |
Martin: Dems need more than blue-collar whites |
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Summary: Excuse me if a look of bewilderment crosses my face when a surrogate of Sen. Hillary Clinton's starts off on the "we need hard-working white workers to win in November" mantra.
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Cnn.com |
8:56am PDT |
Martin: Dems need more than work-class whites |
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Summary: Excuse me if a look of bewilderment crosses my face when a surrogate of Sen. Hillary Clinton's starts off on the "we need hard-working white workers to win in November" mantra.
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Cnn.com |
8:56am PDT |
Martin: Democrats need coalition-builder |
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Summary: Excuse me if a look of bewilderment crosses my face when a surrogate of Sen. Hillary Clinton's starts off on the "we need hard-working white workers to win in November" mantra.
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Cnn.com |
8:42am PDT |
Myanmar misery deepens |
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Summary: Myanmar's cyclone survivors do not have enough fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the country's military junta continues to drag its feet over access for aid groups.
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Cnn.com |
8:41am PDT |
Interpol says suspected pedophile found |
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Summary: A suspected pedophile who became the subject of an international manhunt earlier this week after an appeal from Interpol has been detained in the United States, a spokesman for the global police agency told CNN Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
8:35am PDT |
Country music legend Eddy Arnold dead at 89
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eddy Arnold, country
music's "Tennessee Plowboy" whose rendition of "Make the World
Go Away" was an international hit in the 1960s, died on
Thursday at age 89 in Nashville after a lengthy illness. |
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Yahoo News |
8:15am PDT |
Myanmar backtracks on aid flight, U.S. says
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Desperate survivors cried out for aid on
Thursday nearly a week after 100,000 people were feared killed
by Cyclone Nargis, as pressure piled up on Myanmar to throw its
doors open to an international relief operation. |
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BBC News |
8:13am PDT |
Men are guilty of student killing |
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Summary: A jury finds two men guilty of manslaughter after a student died following an assault during a night out. |
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BBC News |
8:07am PDT |
UK interest rates unchanged at 5% |
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Summary: UK interest rates are held at 5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, as inflation concerns persist. |
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Cnn.com |
8:00am PDT |
Storms slam Mississippi |
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Summary: An tornado swept through parts of Tupelo, Mississippi, on Thursday, damaging trees, power lines and overturning a 18-wheel truck, a law enforcement official told CNN.
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BBC News |
7:49am PDT |
RAF Nimrods 'had fuel problems' |
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Summary: A Nimrod plane which exploded mid-air killing 14 servicemen had a fuel leakage problem, an inquest into their deaths hears. |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
PMs arrive for investment event |
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Summary: The British and Irish PMs arrive in Belfast in a bid to drive forward foreign investment in Northern Ireland. |
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BBC News |
7:37am PDT |
Rockets fired at UK's Basra base |
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Summary: Up to 20 rockets are fired at the British base at Basra airport, say police in the southern Iraqi city. |
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Cnn.com |
7:31am PDT |
The comic books that horrified America |
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Summary: World War II was over, but as the 1940s gave way to the 1950s, a new evil lurked in the land.
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Yahoo News |
7:12am PDT |
Ex-Patriots employee sends league eight tapes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Videotapes to be sent to the NFL by a
former New England Patriots employee will show the team
violated league rules by recording coaches' signals from
opposing teams between 2000 and 2002, the NFL said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:10am PDT |
Russian parliament confirms Putin as prime minister
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Vladimir Putin was named prime minister of Russia Thursday after a fervent speech full of ambitious plans that overshadowed his low-key successor and suggested that he will keep a strong hand in ruling the country. |
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Cnn.com |
7:07am PDT |
Racial role denied in Philly police beating |
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Summary: The videotaped beatings of three restrained men by Philadelphia police force officers were inexcusable but had nothing to do with race, the city's mayor and police commissioner said Thursday.
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Yahoo News |
7:07am PDT |
Rocket hits Baghdad park, killing 2 civilians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A rocket hit a downtown Baghdad park Thursday, killing two people as American and Iraqi forces battled Shiite militants believed responsible for many such attacks. |
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BBC News |
6:58am PDT |
Tributes paid to MP Dunwoody |
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Summary: Leading political figures attend the funeral of long-serving Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody. |
