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Yahoo News |
10:30am PDT |
Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin on Thursday and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it." |
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Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Bush seeks to pass baton on his "Freedom Agenda"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush on Thursday
urged his successor to carry on what he called his "freedom
agenda" of promoting human rights, democracy, and free trade
around the world. |
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Cnn.com |
10:25am PDT |
Poet gives voice to black America |
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Summary: Born of the smoke-infused speakeasies of 1950s and 60s underground San Francisco, California, the art of spoken word was popularized by beatnik novelists such as Jack Kerouac. Today, hip hop has inspired new spoken word poet Jon Goode and others to give v |
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10:23am PDT |
Obama urges Europe to stand with U.S. on Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama
urged Europe on Thursday to stand by the United States in
bringing stability to Afghanistan and confronting threats from
climate change to nuclear proliferation. |
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BBC News |
10:22am PDT |
Leaving Beijing |
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Summary: Migrants asked to go before Olympics comes to town |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
Iraqi teams banned from Beijing Olympic games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14am PDT |
The slump persists: Home sales tumble across US
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades. |
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BBC News |
10:00am PDT |
Beach pollution action launched |
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Summary: A businessman sues for £5.1m over beach pollution which it is claimed could cost millions of pounds to clean. |
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BBC News |
9:59am PDT |
Boss of BP Russia venture leaves |
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Summary: BP says the chief executive of its Russian venture TNK-BP has temporarily left Russia because of "sustained harassment". |
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Cnn.com |
9:51am PDT |
Polygamy sects 'organized crime,' senator says |
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Summary: Polygamous sects that have spread throughout the United States and beyond are "a form of organized crime," largely unchecked by law enforcement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.
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BBC News |
9:44am PDT |
Jobs lost as paper maker closes |
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Summary: A historic Fife paper mill ceases production and goes into administration with the loss of 180 jobs. |
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BBC News |
9:39am PDT |
Body found in burning car in park |
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Summary: A body is found in a burning car in a country park in Crawfordsburn, County Down |
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9:36am PDT |
Cameron backs Welsh badger cull |
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Summary: On a visit to the Royal Welsh Show, Conservative leader David Cameron gives his support to a badger cull in Wales. |
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BBC News |
9:32am PDT |
Payout for false Facebook profile |
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Summary: A businessman wins £22,000 in libel and breach of privacy after his personal details were printed on the Facebook website. |
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Cnn.com |
9:28am PDT |
Obama speech to focus on Europe ties |
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Summary: As people in Berlin prepared for Sen. Barack Obama's highly anticipated speech, the Democratic presidential hopeful made it clear he's not holding a political rally.
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Yahoo News |
9:25am PDT |
Senate due to back housing bill, GSE shares slide
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate is due to vote
finally on Saturday to approve a major housing market rescue
bill, including federal financial assistance for Fannie Mae
and Freddie Mac , the mortgage titans whose
shares fell again in early Thursday trading |
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BBC News |
9:19am PDT |
Loch Fyne wages 'below minimum' |
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Summary: Staff at the ethical restaurant chain Loch Fyne are being paid less than half the national minimum wage, the BBC finds. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16am PDT |
60 ships stuck by Mississippi spill |
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Summary: Some New Orleans parishes were expected to truck in drinking water Thursday as an expanded cleanup of an oil spill that closed the Mississippi River got under way.
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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
Doctor Who and Star Trek fans' autograph ban at Hamlet show |
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Summary: Doctor Who and Star Trek fans are banned from having sci-fi merchandise signed by David Tennant and Patrick Stewart while they star in Hamlet. |
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BBC News |
9:03am PDT |
Doctor Who signing ban at Hamlet |
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Summary: Doctor Who and Star Trek fans are banned from having sci-fi merchandise signed by David Tennant and Patrick Stewart while they star in Hamlet. |
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BBC News |
9:02am PDT |
Separate bills for fraud couple |
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Summary: Canoe fraud couple John and Anne Darwin will face separate bills from lawyers seeking to recover assets. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00am PDT |
U.S. wants counterterror funds for Pakistan F-16s
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration has proposed
shifting $226.5 million in U.S. counterterrorism aid to
Pakistan to upgrade Pakistani F-16 fighters, U.S. officials
said on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
8:56am PDT |
Saving whales from their curious nature |
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Summary: Drive past a car accident, everybody slows down to look. Tell a toddler, "Don't touch that," and of course he or she does.
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Yahoo News |
8:54am PDT |
Obama to press Europe on security in Berlin
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama
is expected to call on Europe to do more in hotspots like
Afghanistan when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday in his only
formal address of a week-long foreign tour. |
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BBC News |
8:51am PDT |
Ashton rejects Academy position |
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Summary: Former England coach Brian Ashton turns down the chance to become head of the National Academy. |
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Cnn.com |
8:44am PDT |
Obama to reach out to Europe |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Berlin today on the latest leg of an international trip intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee was greeted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Later he is set to add |
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Cnn.com |
8:39am PDT |
Traders accused of gaming oil price |
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Summary: The government charged an oil trading firm Thursday with manipulating oil prices, the first indictment to come down since the regulators began a new investigation into wrongdoings in the energy markets.
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Cnn.com |
8:32am PDT |
Ford shrinks cars to curb losses |
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Summary: Ford Motor Co. will transform its vehicle lineup, bringing six small cars from Europe to sell domestically, it announced today. Three truck and SUV plants in the United States and Mexico will be retooled to make the more fuel-efficient cars. The company a |
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BBC News |
8:30am PDT |
US seeks boost to Pakistan F-16s |
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Summary: The US confirms plans to allocate $230m of military funding to upgrade Pakistan's fleet of F-16 fighter jets. |
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BBC News |
8:28am PDT |
Show of solidarity |
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Summary: Bishops take to the streets to highlight poverty |
