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BBC News |
2:18am PDT |
Easyjet plans cuts as costs bite |
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Summary: Airline Easyjet will cut flights this winter to offset a challenging economic climate and high fuel prices that have hurt profits |
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Yahoo News |
2:16am PDT |
Killings turn focus on San Francisco sanctuary law
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Summary: AP - The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left. |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
Senegal 'ready' for Habre trial |
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Summary: Senegal says it has taken a further step towards Chad ex-leader Hissene Habre for alleged rights abuses. |
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BBC News |
2:03am PDT |
France's 35-hour week scrapped |
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Summary: France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week. |
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BBC News |
2:02am PDT |
Tories talk to UUP on closer ties |
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Summary: The Conservatives and UUP are to set up a working group to consider greater co-operation between their parties. |
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1:56am PDT |
UK retail sales fall 3.9% in June |
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Summary: Retail sales in the UK fell 3.9% in June, reversing a sudden and unexpected 3.6% record surge seen in May. |
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1:46am PDT |
Canoe couple's assets are frozen |
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Summary: The search to recover the cash conned out of insurance firms by canoe couple Anne and John Darwin begins. |
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Cnn.com |
1:45am PDT |
High expectations await Obama in Germany |
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Summary: Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Germany Thursday for the latest leg of an international trip intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is in Berlin for a one-day stay that will include what his campai |
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Yahoo News |
1:38am PDT |
Obama starts European tour in Berlin
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Germany from Israel on Thursday at the start of the European leg of his week-long international tour. |
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1:36am PDT |
Backlash fears |
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Summary: Palestinian workers under pressure in after digger attack |
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Yahoo News |
1:34am PDT |
Obama to address US-European relations in speech
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama landed in Berlin Thursday, kicking off the European leg of his overseas trip amid high expectations. |
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BBC News |
1:31am PDT |
NZ judge orders name change for girl called Talula Does The Hula |
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Summary: NZ judge orders name change for girl called Talula Does The Hula |
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Yahoo News |
1:28am PDT |
Obama in Berlin for big outdoor speech
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama, on a foreign tour he hopes will boost his
election chances, on Thursday gives an outdoor speech in Berlin
on transatlantic ties that is likely to draw thousands. |
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Cnn.com |
1:27am PDT |
Dolly's wrath brings heavy rain, flooded streets |
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Summary: Tropical Storm Dolly churned through southern Texas early Thursday, leaving a trail of battered buildings and flooding.
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BBC News |
1:08am PDT |
Adopted Guatemala baby 'stolen' |
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Summary: DNA tests in Guatemala prove for the first time a child put up for adoption in the state system had been stolen. |
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BBC News |
1:07am PDT |
Obama in Germany on European tour |
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Summary: US presidential hopeful Barack Obama lands in Berlin, where thousands are expected to gather for a key speech. |
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Yahoo News |
12:54am PDT |
Visa survey shows foreign travel remains popular
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The weak U.S. dollar has not dissuaded Americans from planning trips abroad this year, but they may be heading to destinations closer to home, according to a survey released Thursday by Visa Inc. |
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Yahoo News |
12:53am PDT |
Ecuador's draft charter favors leftist president
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017. |
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Yahoo News |
12:48am PDT |
Asia-Pacific eyes coordinated disaster relief work
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Asia-Pacific powers on Thursday put the finishing touches on an ambitious plan that calls for pooling their military and civilian resources to respond to disasters in a region beset by cyclones, earthquakes and floods. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46am PDT |
House committee probes medically unfit truckers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate commercial trucks on the nation's highways that there's almost no incentive for truckers to obtain a legitimate document, according to a congressional study. |
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Yahoo News |
12:45am PDT |
AP IMPACT: Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39am PDT |
US calls for peaceful resolution of Thai-Cambodia flare-up
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday called for a peaceful resolution to a dangerous border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia as Asia's main security talks were held here. |
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BBC News |
12:30am PDT |
Baidu profits boosted by Olympics |
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Summary: Leading Chinese search engine firm Baidu.com sees quarterly profits rise sharply, as traffic rises thanks to the Olympics. |
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BBC News |
12:23am PDT |
Five killed in Kashmir explosion |
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Summary: At least five people are killed in a blast in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. |
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BBC News |
12:15am PDT |
Easyjet to reduce flight numbers |
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Summary: UK budget carrier Easyjet will reduce the number of flights at Stansted for the winter 2008/2009 season as fuel costs bite. |
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Yahoo News |
12:11am PDT |
Source: Swimmer Jessica Hardy tests positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Swimmer Jessica Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after she tested positive for a banned substance. |
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BBC News |
12:11am PDT |
MPs call for cut in Welsh 'laws' |
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Summary: MPs say the number of bids for Welsh-only laws could bring the process of more powers for the assembly into disrepute. |
