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Yahoo News |
5:19am PDT |
Rice presses North Korea on nuclear program
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged North Korea to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries ended a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level talks on Wednesday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:09am PDT |
Hurricane Dolly begins assault on Texas |
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Summary: Strong winds and heavy rains are pounding the coast of Texas as the eye of Hurricane Dolly heads toward land this morning. Residents in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico earlier stacked sandbags at doorways and nailed plywood over windows to protect |
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Yahoo News |
5:00am PDT |
Ahmadinejad says U.S. envoy showed Iran respect
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on
Wednesday praised U.S. participation in last week's talks with
Tehran on its disputed nuclear program as "a positive step" and
said its arch foe had shown respect. |
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BBC News |
5:00am PDT |
Trail of mistakes |
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Summary: Why the Darwins' Panama fraud was destined to fail |
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PDT |
Karadzic to defend himself, mirroring Milosevic
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Captured Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic is to defend himself before the UN war crimes court, his lawyer said Wednesday, raising memories of the trial of his late ally, Slobodan Milosevic. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PDT |
Turkey makes 'coup plot' arrests |
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Summary: Twenty Turks, including politicians and a journalist, are held over an alleged plot to overthrow the government. |
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BBC News |
4:55am PDT |
Canoe wife guilty of fraud plot |
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Summary: Canoeist's wife Anne Darwin is convicted of fraudulently claiming money after helping her husband fake his death in an accident. |
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BBC News |
4:54am PDT |
Footballer, 30, dies before game |
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Summary: A goalkeeper collapses and dies after warming up for a friendly football match in Flintshire. |
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Yahoo News |
4:52am PDT |
Obama calls Israel a "miracle," vows staunch support
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama pledged staunch support for Israel on
Wednesday in Jerusalem, describing the Jewish state as a
miracle and holding only a low-profile meeting with Palestinian
leaders. |
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BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
'Suicide' GP guilty of misconduct |
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Summary: A Glasgow GP who prescribed sleeping pills to a suicidal patient is found guilty of misconduct. |
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BBC News |
4:46am PDT |
Karadzic 'aims to defend himself' |
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Summary: War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to conduct his own defence in his trial at The Hague, his lawyer says. |
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Cnn.com |
4:44am PDT |
Karadzic to defend himself in war crimes court |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was Wednesday set to fight extradition on war crime charges after his arrest brought to an end the decade-long manhunt for Europe's most wanted man.
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Cnn.com |
4:44am PDT |
Karadzic set to fight extradition |
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Summary: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was Wednesday set to fight extradition on war crime charges after his arrest brought to an end the decade-long manhunt for Europe's most wanted man.
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Yahoo News |
4:42am PDT |
Hurricane Dolly bears down on Texas-Mexico coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rain started to fall along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dolly closed in on towns straddling the Texas-Mexico border, packing 85 mph winds that could strengthen when it hits land later Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:37am PDT |
Barack Obama tours Holocaust memorial in Israel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama toured Israel's Holocaust memorial Wednesday, laying a wreath in memory of the 6 million Jews who died and saying, "Ultimately, this is a place of hope." |
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BBC News |
4:36am PDT |
New rules tackle forced marriage |
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Summary: The rules for people bringing in spouses to the UK from overseas are to change - in an attempt to tackle forced marriages. |
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Yahoo News |
4:35am PDT |
Rice meets with North Korean diplomat in Singapore
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met North Korea's top diplomat in Singapore Wednesday, ending a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level contacts between the Bush administration and the Stalinist state over its nuclear program. |
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4:35am PDT |
Stock futures head to higher open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street looked to extend its gains Wednesday as oil retreated again and investors turned a bit more hopeful about the economy. |
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Yahoo News |
4:32am PDT |
Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster quarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look. |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PDT |
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. |
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BBC News |
4:26am PDT |
Robbery gang target Heskey's home |
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Summary: The wife of Wigan and England footballer Emile Heskey is threatened at knifepoint by robbers. |
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Yahoo News |
4:26am PDT |
Hurricane Dolly strengthens as it nears Texas
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Dolly strengthened on
Wednesday as it churned toward southern Texas, and was expected
to lash low-lying areas on the U.S.-Mexico border with
torrential rains when it comes ashore around mid-day. |
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BBC News |
4:25am PDT |
EU suspends funding for Bulgaria |
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Summary: The European Commission suspends aid to Bulgaria worth hundreds of millions of euros amid concern about organised crime. |
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BBC News |
4:24am PDT |
China 'to allow Olympic protests' |
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Summary: China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. |
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BBC News |
4:19am PDT |
Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin |
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Summary: Tiny fossils time the climate shift which gave rise to Antarctica's Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Grenade hero wins George Cross |
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Summary: A Royal Marine who threw himself on a grenade to save his comrades' lives is to receive the George Cross. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Grenade hero awarded George Cross |
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Summary: A Royal Marine who threw himself on a grenade to save his comrades' lives is to receive the George Cross. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Royal Marine awarded George Cross |
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Summary: A Royal Marine who threw himself on a grenade to save his comrades' lives is to receive the George Cross. |
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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Birth weight 'sets future health' |
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Summary: Blood vessel changes linked to poor health later in life can be spotted within a few years in boys born small, say scientists. |
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Yahoo News |
3:51am PDT |
Six-party states aim for early North Korea nuclear deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi
said on Wednesday the six nations discussing North Korea's
nuclear weapons program are aiming for an early agreement on a
verification protocol. |
