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Israel launches Gaza air strikes
BBC News - Home 14 hours 47 minutes ago
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:36:41 GMT
Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the so...
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Pakistan crash 'black box' found
BBC News - Home
1 hours 35 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:48:28 GMT
Investigators scouring the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever air disaster have found the plane's flight d...
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House approves oil spill reform bill
(Reuters)
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:16:05 GMT
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy dr...
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Prescott doubts over Iraq revealed
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12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
FORMER deputy prime minister John Prescott privately harboured doubts about the intelligence used to just...
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Tycoon Nadir set for return to UK to face fraud trial
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
AN OLD Bailey judge has agreed to grant bail to fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir, paving the way for one of the...
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NHS cash promise threatens vital local services
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
JOHN Swinney is on a collision course with councils over his plans to protect the NHS from the swingeing ...
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Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers
(Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 13 hours 40 minutes ago
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:44:02 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were...
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U.S. worried more secret documents may be released
(Reuters)
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11 hours 17 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:06:51 GMT
Reuters - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLe...
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Scots Tories seek change in funding of universities
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
THE Conservatives have stepped up calls for a review of university funding, saying Scotland must not be l...
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Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law
(AP)
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2 hours 21 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:02:54 GMT
AP - A federal appeals court has decided not to step into the controversy over Arizona's tough immigratio...
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Obama decries GOP over small business lending bill
(AP)
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:09:38 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof t...
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The big day: Chelsea Clinton to wed in upstate NY
(AP)
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2 hours 20 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:03:26 GMT
AP - Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's H...
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He may be an ugly duckling (or even eagle) but he's worth £20m
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
IT STARTED with a single chick born 25 years ago and grew into a fully-fledged tourist attraction which h...
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Judge to RIAA: No LimeWire asset freeze
CNET News.com
12 hours 31 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:52:34 GMT
RIAA wants to make sure nothing happens to Lime Wire' assets before courts decide how much the file-shari...
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UK facing threat of big rise in food inflation
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
THE British food industry is preparing for a massive jump in food inflation in the wake of soaring animal...
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U.S. bank failures total 108 after 5 shut on Friday
(Reuters)
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9 hours 25 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:59:03 GMT
Reuters - U.S. bank failures reached 108 so far in 2010 on Friday as regulators seized five small banks i...
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Teed off Elin Nordegren says to Tiger Woods - it's divorce time
Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories 125 days 11 hours 24 minutes ago
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT
Golfer's wife is furious he has decided to play in US Masters next month
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Arizona immigration law appeal set for November
(Reuters)
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7 hours 6 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:18:02 GMT
Reuters - A U.S. court denied a request for an expedited hearing on Friday and instead set a November dat...
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Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher
(AP)
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:57:50 GMT
AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expect...
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Woman killed in Cookstown crash
BBC News - Home
1 hours 31 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:52:57 GMT
A 27-year-old woman has died in hospital following a car crash in Cookstown, County Tyrone.
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Boy's funeral 'a celebration of a short but lovely life'
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
A TODDLER who drowned after toppling into a garden pond in one of Edinburgh's most affluent suburbs will ...
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Tighter security coming in Firefox 4
CNET News.com
12 hours 21 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:03:01 GMT
At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the ...
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Analysis: Google Stumbles, Again, With China Outage Report
Wired Top Stories 15 hours 24 minutes ago
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:00:00 GMT
Google mistakenly reported Thursday that China began censoring its web search again. It's a blunder that ...
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Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' arrested in NJ beach town
(AP)
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2 hours 20 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:03:58 GMT
AP - "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town wh...
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Fox fuels Trident row with arms race fear
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
Defence Secretary Liam Fox warned of the risk of a "new nuclear arms race" as he defended the renewal of ...
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Hamas vows revenge after Israeli strikes on Gaza
(AFP)
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4 hours 53 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:30:23 GMT
AFP - Hamas vowed revenge on Saturday after Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed a senior militant...
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Tributes as Labour MP Dunwoody dies - The Press Association
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:31:02 GMT
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Council report says 2000 hotel rooms needed in Edinburgh by 2015
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
NEARLY 2000 hotel rooms are still needed in Edinburgh within the next five years to keep up with demand, ...
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Firm fined £17k after worker's arm sliced off
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
AN agricultural feed company has been fined £16,750 after a worker had his arm sliced off when it was tr...
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Clintons all set for $3m wedding of the year
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12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
IT HAS been described as "the wedding of the decade", but the guest list for Chelsea Clinton's wedding re...
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BP to try well kill Tuesday
(Reuters)
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:59:25 GMT
Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the Ho...
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Oswalt's Philly debut a dud; Berkman headed to NYY
(AP)
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2 hours 19 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:04:27 GMT
AP - Roy Oswalt's debut with the Philadelphia Phillies was a dud. Maybe ex-teammate Lance Berkman will ma...
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Support for 'students who need it most' looks set to be axed
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
STUDENTS have been warned that weekly payments for staying on in education could be scrapped at Christmas...
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Bid to give brokeback bridges a break
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
IT IS the most bashed railway bridge in Britain, hit 18 times in the past year and 68 over the past five ...
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Five motorcycles taken from guest houses in 2 weeks
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
POLICE are hunting thieves who have stolen five motorcycles from foreign tourists in Edinburgh in the las...
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Star appeal sees rare Rowling work in auction for £25,000
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
A RARE unpublished work by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is being offered for sale for £25,000.
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Daughters tell of 'doting granny' who killed eight siblings at birth
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
THE devastated daughters of the French woman who has admitted killing eight of her newborn babies have de...
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Israeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza
(Reuters)
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4 hours 17 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:06:23 GMT
Reuters - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket maker in the Gaza Strip,...
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School sport coaches 'critical' for success
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
SIR Ian McGeechan, the legendary rugby coach, has turned his back on retirement to oversee the developmen...
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Venables' identity must stay secret because of death threats says judge
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
THE new identity of killer Jon Venables must be kept secret because of the "compelling evidence" of a thr...
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Redundancies set to cost billions
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
THE cost of implementing the 50,000 redundancies outlined in Crawford Beveridge's report into Scotland's ...
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Salmond: 'I'll meet Megrahi committee - in Scotland
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
ALEX Salmond is willing to meet members of the US Senate committee investigating the release of the Lock...
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Heartache of widow of one of the 44 soldiers from the Rifles killed in Afghanistan
Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories 125 days 11 hours 24 minutes ago
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT
Lee Brownson will never see his unborn child. The 3 Rifles corporal died in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, ...
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Enbridge says no restart date for ruptured line
(Reuters)
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10 hours 48 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:35:32 GMT
Reuters - Enbridge Inc's chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be ab...
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Seventh charged in Rhys inquiry - BBC News
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:19:28 GMT
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Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims
(AP)
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1 hours 53 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:31:08 GMT
AP - Germany held a memorial service Saturday for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, w...
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Fresh safeguards for world heritage site
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
EDINBURGH'S world heritage site is set to win extra protection under plans to ensure new buildings are "s...
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Potters Bar crash coroner warns rail carnage could continue
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
A CORONER warned of more potential carnage on the railways as an inquest jury blamed a points failure for...
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Daffodil pride blooming for show - BBC News
Google News U.K. - Top Stories 834 days 6 hours 24 minutes ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:59:58 GMT
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Natives forced to slug it out, but are proving no match for green invader
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
GARDENERS battling those slimy black slugs in their flowerbeds may take heart from the revelation that th...
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Lothians MSPs unanimous in condemning airport fee
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
EVERY MSP in the Lothians opposes Edinburgh airport's controversial passenger drop-off plans, a Scotsman ...
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Activists face tough midterm test
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
125 days 13 hours 12 minutes ago Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:12:00 GMT
For volunteers who helped catapult Obama to White House, 2010 elections pose stiff hurdles.
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Appeal court rejects expenses case
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
Three former Labour MPs and a Tory peer face criminal trials over expenses-fiddling allegations after a r...
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Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign
(AP)
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2 hours 20 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:03:32 GMT
AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as ...
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Verdict wait in heroin death case - BBC News
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Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:55:04 GMT
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American iPad Users Pay Among the Highest for Data Worldwide
Wired Top Stories
16 hours 14 minutes ago Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:10:00 GMT
Accessing data on the iPad is the United States is a lot more expensive than almost anywhere in the world...
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Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters
(AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 1 hours 58 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:26:07 GMT
AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could be facing an ethics trial this fall...
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Inequality of Scottish IVF is revealed
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
A "POSTCODE lottery" for women seeking infertility treatment in Scotland has been highlighted by campaign...
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Watchdog slaps Lothian Buses with £10k fine for services that go too early
Scotsman.com News - News 1 hours 20 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:04:06 GMT
LOTHIAN Buses has been fined £10,500 and criticised by Scotland's traffic commissioner after one in seve...
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Tobin search archaeologist disappointed not to find more bodies
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
ONE of the archaeologists who dug up gardens in Brighton in search of new victims of serial killer Peter ...
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'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage
(AP)
Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2 hours 7 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:16:40 GMT
AP - Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's w...
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Tobin search: like something out of TV crime drama - only it's for real
Scotsman.com News - News
12 hours 24 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
IN AN age when so much detective work relies on forensic analysis, experts such as the archaeologists wor...
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Bonfire of the benefits plan in drive to make work pay
Scotsman.com News - News 12 hours 24 minutes ago
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:00:00 GMT
IAIN Duncan Smith pledged yesterday to make work more financially attractive than a life on benefits as h...
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Pakistan monsoon floods kill more than 400
(AFP)
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2 hours 25 minutes ago Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:58:30 GMT
AFP - Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people aff...
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