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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PDT |
Thai, Cambodian armies meet after border battle
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Summary: Reuters - Thai and Cambodian army commanders held talks across their disputed border Thursday after the most serious clash in years killed two Cambodian soldiers and left 10 Thais in Cambodian hands. |
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11:46pm PDT |
Torres injury worry for Liverpool |
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Summary: Fernando Torres looks certain to miss Liverpool's next two matches after suffering a thigh injury playing for Spain against Belgium on Wednesday. |
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11:37pm PDT |
Oil falls 3 percent on recession fears
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Summary: Reuters - Oil fell for a third day on Thursday, plumbing a 13- month low near $72 as commodity investors again rushed for the exit on fears of a collapse in demand growth, with the world economy tilting toward recession. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Deep recession fears thrash Asia stocks
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Summary: Reuters - Asian stocks plummeted, led by an 11 percent drop on Japan's Nikkei, and oil prices dropped to a one-year low on Thursday as fears grew of a more protracted and sharp global slowdown than initially expected. |
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11:33pm PDT |
Global markets tumble on recession fears
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Summary: Reuters - Japan said Washington may need to pump more cash into its banks to restore investors' confidence as fears of looming recession sent share markets into a tailspin after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned of tough times ahead. |
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11:32pm PDT |
McCann friends to receive damages |
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Summary: Express Newspapers group apologises for publishing untrue allegations about the conduct of seven friends of Kate and Gerry McCann. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
McCain goes for broke in final debate with Obama
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Summary: AFP - John McCain went for the jugular in his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama as the Republican sought a game-changing performance to sustain his flagging White House dream. |
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11:30pm PDT |
Hamilton relives China nightmare |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton says he has watched clips of himself throwing away last year's world title at the Chinese Grand Prix. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Urgent meeting sought over rapes |
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Summary: Politicians in south Belfast call for urgent talks with the PSNI following another rape in the area. |
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11:16pm PDT |
Sex-on-beach trial Britons guilty |
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Summary: A British man and woman are found guilty of having sex on a beach in Dubai and sentenced to three months in prison. |
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11:09pm PDT |
Olympic stars |
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Summary: What Britain's medallists did next |
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11:05pm PDT |
Next generation |
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Summary: Meet 10 new aliens that could cause havoc in UK |
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11:00pm PDT |
Man, 50, accused of arson murder |
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Summary: A 50-year-old man is charged with the murder of a man who died in a house fire in Worcestershire. |
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10:58pm PDT |
Police killed in Swat bomb attack |
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Summary: Police say a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police compound in Pakistan's Swat valley, killing at least two. |
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10:46pm PDT |
Talks held in teacher strike row |
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Summary: The two sides at the centre of a strike at Movilla High School in Newtownards are to attend talks at the Labour Relations Agency. |
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10:41pm PDT |
Man who inspired movie 'Casino' dies at 79 |
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10:41pm PDT |
Welsh summit on economic crisis |
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Summary: An all-Wales economic summit to assess the impact of the credit crunch on the country's economy gets ready to convene. |
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10:17pm PDT |
Omar strengthens into major Category 3 hurricane
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Omar strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it raced toward Puerto Rico and the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean, threatening to bring torrential rains that could trigger dangerous floods and mudslides on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
10:14pm PDT |
McCain to Obama: I am not Bush |
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Summary: John McCain challenged Barack Obama on his policies and character in the third and final presidential debate. Obama responded by saying he is the candidate who can bring "fundamental change" and he continued to link McCain to the policies of President Bus |
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10:14pm PDT |
Obama-McCain debate turns testy at times |
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Summary: In the third and final presidential debate, Sen. John McCain challenged Sen. Barack Obama on his policies, judgment and character. Obama responded by saying he is the candidate who can bring change to the country while he continued to try to link McCain t |
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Cnn.com |
10:14pm PDT |
McCain, Obama get tough in final debate |
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Summary: In the third and final presidential debate, Sen. John McCain challenged Sen. Barack Obama on his policies, judgment and character. Obama responded by saying he is the candidate who can bring change to the country while he continued to try to link McCain t |
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10:07pm PDT |
McCain, Obama begin final sprint after last debate
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Summary: Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama begin a 19-day sprint to Election Day on Thursday after a contentious final debate that featured aggressive McCain attacks on Obama's campaign tactics and tax plans. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
'Sex on beach' trial pair guilty |
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Summary: A British man and woman are found guilty of having sex on a beach in Dubai and sentenced to three months in prison. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
Asian markets tumble; Nikkei falls 10 percent
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Summary: AP - Asian stocks plummeted Thursday, with Tokyo's market plunging more than 10 percent, after another dive on Wall Street as worse-than-expected data about the U.S. economy heightened fears of a global recession. |
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Cnn.com |
9:58pm PDT |
Designer sews up win on 'Project Runway' |
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9:55pm PDT |
Leap forward for school sports |
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Summary: Ministers are welcoming an increase in the amount of time children in England's schools are spending on PE. |
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9:43pm PDT |
Leaders eye finance overhaul as markets tumble
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Summary: AFP - Emergency measures to tackle the financial crisis provided little relief for nervous investors Thursday, as stock markets around the world took a battering on fears of a global recession ahead. |
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Cnn.com |
9:38pm PDT |
See how the candidates scored |
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Cnn.com |
9:30pm PDT |
McCain presses Obama in final debate |
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Summary: John McCain played offense during much of the final debate as he challenged Barack Obama on his policies, judgment and character -- also distancing himself from President Bush. Obama appealed for "fundamental change" and countered that voters' "biggest ri |
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9:23pm PDT |
WWII pilot buried 64 years late |
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Summary: A British airman killed during a bombing raid over Berlin in 1944 will finally be buried later in the city with full military honours. |
