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NEW YORK TIMES
GATES LANDS IN AFGHANISTANDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived on an unannounced visit for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:15:02 ESTA CELEBRATORY ROAD TRIP FOR EDUCATION SECRETARYEducation Secretary Arne Duncan after talking with school officials Tuesday in Manchester, N.H....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:23 ESTTHE PEANUT SOLUTIONA World Food Program screening center in Port-au-Prince....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:20 ESTSTRONG YEN HELPS TO FUEL GERMANY’S EXPORT BOOMAn employee works on an industrial robot in a Kuka factory in Augsburg, Germany....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:18 ESTOUR TOWNS: BLASÉ ABOUT HURRICANE MAPS? REMEMBER 1938A house’s remains after the 1938 hurricane in Westhampton, N.Y....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:06 ESTSTATE OF THE ART: YOUR OWN HOT SPOT, AND CHEAP...Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:15:02 ESTPAKISTAN RAISES SECURITY AFTER ATTACKBomb attacks on a Shiite procession in Lahore set off clashes between mourners and the police....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:00 ESTPAKISTAN STEPS UP SECURITY AFTER ATTACKBomb attacks on a Shiite procession in Lahore set off clashes between mourners and the police....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:45:00 ESTGRIEF ACROSS LATIN AMERICA FOR MIGRANT KILLINGSGilmar Morales’s father and widow, who asked that their names not be used because of fears of reprisals, mourned at the family home in Agua Caliente....Date: 02 Sep 2010 03:30:00 ESTHURRICANE EARL NEARS ATLANTIC COASTThe approach of Hurricane Earl on Wednesday inspires opposite reactions on the Outer Banks of North Carolina....Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:45:01 ESTRODDICK LOSES, AND FOOT FAULTS TAKE CENTER STAGEAndy Roddick, right, arguing with the chair umpire after being called for a foot fault late in the third set....Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:45:01 ESTNETANYAHU AND ABBAS TO BEGIN DIRECT MIDEAST PEACE TALKSPresident Obama with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt at the White House....Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:45:00 ESTISNER WINS IN THREE SETS, NOT DAYSJohn Isner dragged a badly sprained left ankle around Armstrong Stadium, but needed nine fewer hours and only three sets to win....Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:00:01 ESTCALIFORNIA SENATE DEBATE TURNS ON ECONOMYA heated forum between Senator Barbara Boxer and her opponent, Carly Fiorina, in what might be their only debate....Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:00:01 ESTHURRICANE EARL CLEARS BEACHES OF ALL BUT SURFERSA satellite image showing Hurricane Earl on Wednesday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:30:01 ESTFASHION DIARY: THE TRIBES OF SAN FRANCISCOA waitress, left, at Tartine; a local in the Mission District, center; and in Hayes Valley, right....Date: 01 Sep 2010 23:15:04 ESTU.S. ADDS LEGAL PRESSURE ON PAKISTANI TALIBANThe Pakistani Taliban, an Al Qaeda-linked group, is accused of playing a role in the failed Times Square bombing and an attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan....Date: 01 Sep 2010 23:15:03 EST2 AFGHAN AID WORKERS KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMBThe two employees, who were both Afghan, were killed in the same region where 10 Western aid workers, including 6 Americans, were shot and killed last month....Date: 01 Sep 2010 23:15:03 ESTMARYLAND HOSTAGES SAFE AS POLICE KILL GUNMANMontgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger held a news conference near the Discovery Communications building after a gunman was shot dead and his hostages released in the building in Silver Spring, Md....Date: 01 Sep 2010 23:15:02 ESTFEUD WITH PALIN IN BACKGROUND OF ALASKA UPSETThen-Gov. Sarah Palin, right, greeting Senator Lisa Murkowski in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008....Date: 01 Sep 2010 23:15:01 EST
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CNN WORLD
SHE DROPS 100 POUNDS, GAINS NEW LIFEI come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:26 ESTPOWERFUL, ENORMOUS EARL BEARING DOWN ON EAST COASTHurricane Earl will take a swipe at the U.S. East Coast later today. Residents from North Carolina to Massachusetts are scrambling to get ready for the massive storm....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:24 ESTGATES: TALIBAN RECONCILIATION HOLDS PROMISEU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to consult with political and military officials....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:02 ESTDEADLY RIOTING IN INDONESIA OVER DEATH OF PRISONERThe death of a man in police custody has led to deadly riots and six deaths in Indonesia, police said on Thursday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:02 ESTWEST NILE VIRUS KILLS 13 IN GREECE, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAYWest Nile Virus has killed 13 people in northern Greece and sickened another 143, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:02 ESTPAKISTAN CRICKET PLAYERS MAINTAIN THEIR INNOCENCEThree Pakistani cricket players at the center of an alleged betting scandal were due to meet their country's cricket authorities Thursday morning in London....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:02 ESTMIDEAST PEACE TALKS STARTDirect peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:01 ESTRAPPER T.I. AND WIFE ARRESTED IN L.A.Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:15:02 ESTBP TO TRY AGAIN TO REMOVE WELL CAPThad Allen, the government's point man on the oil disaster, said crews are expected to begin efforts Thursday to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:15:02 ESTMIDEAST PEACE TALKS TO START IN D.C.Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:13 ESTEARL GETS STRONGER, MAY NEAR U.S. COAST TONIGHTMassive Hurricane Earl is heading toward the Carolina coast with top sustained winds of 145 mph. Storm watches and warnings cover most of the East Coast....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:12 ESTBP'S TO TRY AGAIN TO REMOVE WELL CAPThad Allen, the government's point man on the oil disaster, said crews are expected to begin efforts Thursday to remove the blowout preventer on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:45:01 ESTINJURY ON THE SET OF 'TRANSFORMERS 3'An extra in "Transformers 3" was seriously injured in Indiana on Wednesday evening during the filming of a scene for the upcoming movie, authorities said...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:45:01 ESTTYPHOON KOMPASU HITS SOUTH KOREAThree people died after Typhoon Kompasu hit central South Korea Thursday morning, the Yonhap News Agency reported....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:45:00 ESTGREECE BANS SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACESGreece has imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public and private workplaces under a new slogan "cut smoking, gain life."...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:45:00 ESTHOPES HIGH FOR MIDEAST PEACE TALKSDirect peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long-running Mideast conflict....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:01 ESTPAKISTAN CRICKET PLAYERS DUE FOR MEETING ON BETTING ALLEGATIONSThree Pakistani cricket players at the center of an alleged betting scandal were due to meet their country's cricket authorities Thursday morning in London....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:01 ESTDID MEXICAN ACTRESS FAKE MARRIAGE FOR GREEN CARD?Twelve jurors must decide whether the marriage of a Mexican soap opera actress to a California pizza delivery man was a fact built on love or fiction designed to fool immigration agents....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:01 ESTAFGHAN OFFICIALS DEFEND CRISIS-STRICKEN KABUL BANKThe Central Bank of Afghanistan has said it won't allow the country's biggest private financial institution to collapse in the wake of U.S. media allegations of corruption and heavy losses....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:01 ESTEARL GETS STRONGER, HEADS TOWARD U.S.Massive Hurricane Earl is heading toward the Carolina coast with top winds of 145 mph. Storm watches and warnings cover most of the East Coast....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:15:00 EST -
REUTERS
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS LAUNCH DIRECT PEACE TALKSWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for U.S.-brokered talks even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:15:04 ESTNATIONS MEET ON CLIMATE CASH, U.N. SEES LONG HAULGENEVA (Reuters) - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:30 ESTISRAEL, PALESTINIANS LAUNCH DIRECT PEACE TALKSWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for U.S.-brokered talks even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:02 EST3G CAPITAL TO BUY BURGER KING FOR $3.26 BILLIONNEW YORK (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc , the No. 2 U.S. fast-food chain, agreed to be bought by investment firm 3G Capital for $24 per share, or about $3.26 billion....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:30:11 ESTISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS SET FOR FACE-TO-FACE TALKSWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a diplomatic push from President Barack Obama, Israeli and Palestinian leaders start direct peace talks on Thursday overshadowed by skepticism on all sides and violence in the volatile West Bank....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:08 ESTIRAN OPPOSITION FIGURE'S HOUSE ATTACKED: WEBSITETEHRAN (Reuters) - Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi ahead of a rally which authorities fear could reignite protests, his website said Thursday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:14 ESTHURRICANE EARL TAKES AIM AT U.S. EAST COASTHATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday on a path toward North Carolina's barrier islands, which it was expected to lash with dangerous winds and pounding surf....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:45:03 ESTFRENCH GOVERNMENT VOWS TO FACE DOWN PENSION STRIKEPARIS (Reuters) - France's government will not be pushed into watering down a major overhaul of its loss-making pension system despite the prospect of strong support for a nationwide strike next week, a minister said Thursday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:45:03 ESTFLOOD-HIT PAKISTANIS AND AFGHANS MAY CROSS TO IRAN: UNHCRISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:00:15 ESTAFGHAN LEADER CONDEMNS AIR STRIKE AS GATES ARRIVESKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 campaign workers for this month's election, a sour note as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived for talks....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:00:15 ESTUK FOREIGN SECRETARY'S AIDE QUITS OVER GAY RUMORSLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he had gone public to deny rumors he was gay and in a relationship with an aide because he and his wife were fed up of the allegations....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:30:22 ESTRUSSIA WARNS SPECULATORS AFTER FOOD PRICES RISESARATOV, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered law enforcement agencies on Thursday to prevent speculators driving up food prices after the worst harvest in years and pledged help to ensure affordable food staples....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:30:22 ESTS.AFRICA STATE WORKERS REJECT OFFER, TAKE TO STREETSJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers staged a protest march on Thursday after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike that has the government and the labor movement at loggerheads....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:15:06 ESTNORTH CAROLINA EXPANDS EVACUATIONS DUE TO HURRICANE EARLHATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina officials expanded mandatory evacuation orders across new areas of the state's low-lying barrier islands on Thursday ahead of rapidly approaching Hurricane Earl....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:15 ESTAPPLE TV A FIRST STEP FOR MORE AMBITIOUS PLANS?LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc's Web-to-TV plans -- a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing -- may just need to wait a bit longer....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:02 ESTRANTING RODDICK OUSTED EARLY BY TIPSAREVIC AT U.S. OPENNEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick stumbled to a bad-tempered early exit from his home grand slam on Wednesday, the American losing 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 to unseeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the final match of the day....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:02 ESTNATO CHECKS CLAIM STRIKE KILLS 10 AFGHAN CAMPAIGNERSTALOOQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An apparent air strike by foreign forces killed 10 election campaign workers in Afghanistan's north on Thursday, a government spokesman said, and NATO-led forces said they were investigating the incident....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:00:22 ESTHURRICANE EARL STRENGTHENS OFF U.S. EAST COASTHATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl gained more punch on Thursday as the large storm churned up the Atlantic threatening the U.S. East Coast with dangerous winds and large swells and forcing evacuations in North Carolina....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:15:07 ESTS.AFRICA STATE WORKERS MARCH AFTER REJECTING OFFERJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Striking South African state workers plan a protest march on Thursday and their leaders will meet government negotiators a day after rejecting a revised wage offer aimed at ending their three-week strike....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:00:07 ESTNATO CHECKS CLAIM AIR STRIKE KILLS 6 AFGHAN CAMPAIGNERSTALOOQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An apparent air strike by foreign forces killed six election campaign workers in Afghanistan's north on Thursday, a government spokesman said, and NATO-led forces said they were investigating the incident....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:00:05 EST
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WASHINGTON POST
DISCOVERY INCIDENT BAFFLES AUTHORAuthor of novel mentioned in James J. Lee's list of demands says gunman warped his words. Author - Arts - james j lee - Discovery Channel - Television program...Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:45:04 ESTEAST COAST BRACES FOR HURRICANE EARL'S IMPACTThousands evacuate parts of Outer Banks as hurricane is upgraded to Class 4; watches and warnings extend up the East Coast. Outer Banks - North Carolina - East Coast of the United States - United States - Coastal...Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:45:03 ESTEARL SPINNING 145-MPH WINDSThousands evacuating parts of the Outer Banks as hurricane watches and warnings extend up the East Coast. » Associated Press | 7:30 a.m. Outer Banks - North Carolina - East Coast of the United States - United States - Coastal...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:45:26 ESTSLAIN GUNMAN HAD HELD GRUDGE AGAINST DISCOVERYJames J. Lee, an environmental militant, believed world would be better off without people and that the Discovery Channel was part of the problem. Discovery Channel - james j lee - Television - United States - Al Gore...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:03 ESTNATS HAVE A BRAWL IN FLORIDANyjer Morgan charged a Marlins pitcher on the mound, an action that clear both benches and led to ejections. Florida Marlins - Pitcher - sport - Morgan - Chris Volstad...Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:00:09 ESTPA. CAPITAL NEARING BANKRUPTCYIn a highly unusual move, the city of Harrisburg says it will not make a $3.3 million payment. Harrisburg Pennsylvania - Bankruptcy - United States - Law - Services...Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:00:09 ESTOBAMA PRODS MIDEAST LEADERSIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas are set to open direct peace talks. President of the United States - Middle East - Barack Obama - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine...Date: 02 Sep 2010 04:15:02 ESTOBAMA RALLIES MIDEAST LEADERSIsrael's Netanyahu and Palestinians' Abbas set to resume direct peace talks Thursday. President of the United States - Middle East - Barack Obama - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine...Date: 02 Sep 2010 03:15:02 ESTOBAMA RALLIES MIDEAST SIDESPresident urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make peace after decades of conflict. President of the United States - Middle East - Barack Obama - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine...Date: 02 Sep 2010 03:00:21 ESTHOSTAGE-TAKER HELD GRUDGE AGAINST DISCOVERYInside the mind of the 43-year-old man who was killed Wednesday at the end of a tense hostage standoff at Discovery headquarters in Md. Discovery Channel - james j lee - Television - United States - Al Gore...Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:45:03 ESTTHE GOOD AND BAD WORLD OF THE DISCOVERY GUNMANInside the mind of the 43-year-old man who was killed Wednesday at the end of a tense hostage standoff at Discovery headquarters in Md. Discovery Channel - james j lee - Television - United States - Al Gore...Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:00:11 ESTEARL SPINNING 140-MPH WINDSThousands evacuating parts of the Outer Banks as Hurricane Earl returns to Category 4 status. Outer Banks - Hurricane Earl - North Carolina - United States - Coastal...Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:00:11 ESTHOSTAGES SAFE AFTER DRAMATIC DAY AT DISCOVERY CHANNEL BUILDINGPolice had been negotiating with James J. Lee for hours, and spoke to him minutes before firing. Discovery Channel - james j lee - Television - United States - Al Gore...Date: 01 Sep 2010 20:30:05 ESTOBAMA SENDS STERN REQUESTPresident urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make peace after decades of conflict. President of the United States - Middle East - Barack Obama - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine...Date: 01 Sep 2010 20:30:05 ESTEARL SPINS 135-MPH WINDSThousands evacuating parts of the Outer Banks as Hurricane Earl returns to Category 4 status. Outer Banks - Hurricane Earl - North Carolina - United States - Coastal...Date: 01 Sep 2010 20:30:05 ESTGROUPS CALL OUT POLITICAL SEXISMEffort to track sexist comments comes as women campaign in several high-profile races this year. Sexism - Politics - United States - Women - People...Date: 01 Sep 2010 20:30:05 ESTFORD, GM SALES DROP SHARPLYBut Chrysler Group said its August sales rose 7 percent thanks to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Chrysler - Jeep Grand Cherokee - Jeep - Recreation - Makes and Models...Date: 01 Sep 2010 14:00:36 ESTAPPLE'S IPODS-PLUS-WHAT? EVENTLIVE UPDATES | Firm releases iOS 4.1, an update to the iPhone, iPod touch and IPad operating system.» Rob Pegoraro iPhone - Apple - IPod Touch - Smartphones - Handhelds...Date: 01 Sep 2010 13:45:12 ESTWHAT WILL APPLE INTRODUCE?Faster Forward | Much of the speculation this time around has been focused on Apple's possible ambitions in TV. » Rob Pegoraro Apple - Macintosh - Companies - Apple II - Articles...Date: 01 Sep 2010 13:30:21 ESTMURKOWSKI CONCEDES IN ALASKAWith new votes tallied, Alaska senator fails to close gap in her primary race against Joe Miller. Frank Murkowski - Joe Miller - Alaska - United States - Politics...Date: 01 Sep 2010 03:45:03 EST -
BBC WORLD
'IN THE DARK'The hidden world of special advisers...Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:41 ESTGREATEST FREE-KICK 'WAS NO FLUKE'Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:38 ESTPLANS FOR MORE £5 NOTES IN ATMSAll banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensing £5 notes from the cash machines, a report reveals....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:37 ESTBURGER KING IS SOLD FOR $3.26BNBurger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:37 ESTBACK... BUT NOT FOR LONG AS MADELEY RESCUES SHOWEx-This Morning host Richard Madeley presents the first five minutes of the show while Eamonn Holmes is stuck in traffic....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:33 ESTQUEIROZ GETS SIX-MONTH SUSPENSIONPortugal coach Carlos Queiroz is suspended for six months after it is ruled that he disrupted an anti-doping test ahead of the World Cup....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:03 ESTTUBE STRIKES ON AS TALKS COLLAPSEThousands of Tube workers will strike next week as talks between London Underground bosses and two unions break down....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:46:03 ESTPOLICING ARDOYNE RIOTS COST £1.1MThe PSNI chief constable says rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast over the twelfth of July cost £1.1m to police....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:30:16 ESTSA TO RESUME ZIMBABWE EXPULSIONSSouth Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government announces....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:30:16 ESTBID FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE BEGINSThe first direct peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in 20 months begin, despite fresh violence and the threat of more....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:30:15 ESTEU CRITICAL OF FRANCE OVER ROMAThe European Commission criticises France over its expulsions of Roma (Gypsies) and requests more information about the crackdown....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:14 ESTECB UPS EUROZONE GROWTH FORECASTSThe European Central Bank raises its forecast for eurozone growth for this year and next year, and keeps interest rates on hold....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:14 ESTTALKS TO AVERT TUBE STRIKE FAILTalks between Tube bosses and two unions to avert a series of strikes break down....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:13 ESTBLAIR MEMOIRS 'BREAK SALE RECORD'Tony Blair's memoirs, based on his time as the prime minister, break sales records, booksellers say....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:19 ESTTALENT CONTESTANT DENIED TRIBUNALA former Britain's Got Talent hopeful who claimed she was discriminated against at an audition fails to get her case taken to an employment tribunal....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:19 ESTSTRIKE 'KILLS AFGHAN CIVILIANS'Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, Afghan officials say....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:16 ESTRANGERS' PLAN TO STOP RIOT RE-RUNRangers fans will go into a "holding zone" ahead of their team's Champions League match in Manchester, to prevent a re-run of the 2008 riots....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:01:16 ESTSTOP OR GO?Is now a good time to buy a property?...Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:45:06 ESTHIP FRACTURE 'WAS EXCRUCIATING'Amy Brown, who fractured her hip four months ago, speaks to the BBC about her experience....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:15:09 ESTMAN BEAT WIFE AND DAUGHTER TO DEATHThe wife and daughter of a man who was later found hanged had been unlawfully killed, a coroner rules....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:15:04 EST -
TIMES OF LONDON
GOVERNMENT SCALES BACK CHILD WORKER VETTING SCHEMEPlans to vet millions of people working with children and vulnerable adults are to be scaled back to “common sense” levels, the Government announced today...Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTLIVE: BLOODY SUNDAY FAMILIES SHOWN SAVILLE REPORT9.40 BST On a January morning 38 years ago, 13 protesters died at the hands of British paratroopers and 14 were injured, one so seriously he died four months later. For many of their relatives, the years since have been dominated by the search for truth about what happened during 25 chaotic minutes...Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTINFLATION EASES AS FOOD PRICES BEGIN TO FALLInflation eased in May to 3.4 per cent from a 17-month high the previous month, helped by weaker rises in food and petrol prices....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTNEWS CORP REACHES FOR THE SKY WITH TAKEOVER OFFERNews Corporation, the media group headed by Rupert Murdoch, confirmed this morning that it had made an offer to take full control of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster in which it has a 39 per cent stake....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTEMAILS ‘PROVE BP SYSTEMATICALLY PUT SAFETY AT RISK’Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in order to increase profits....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTUZBEKISTAN CLOSES BORDERS TO REFUGEESUzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities from the survivors....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTBENAYOUN COULD PROMPT ANFIELD EXODUSYossi Benayoun has taken a significant step towards leaving Liverpool for Chelsea by agreeing in principle a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League champions....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTBNP LEADER INVITED TO MEET QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDEN PARTYNick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has been invited to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party hosted by the Queen, The Times has learnt....Date: 16 Aug 2010 00:30:04 ESTGAZA CROSSING POINTS OPENED AS ISRAEL BOWS TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSUREIsrael bowed to international pressure yesterday when it agreed to reopen crossing points into Gaza for everyday goods....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTECONOMY MAY NEVER RECOVER FROM BANKING CRISIS, WARNS OBRThe economy, more damaged by the banking crisis than previously admitted, will grow more weakly and may never fully recover, the new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTTALEBAN ZONE'S MINERAL RICHES MAY RIVAL SAUDI ARABIA, SAYS PENTAGONAfghanistan is sitting on mineral resources worth $1 trillion and could become one of the world$’s most important mining centres, the Pentagon announced yesterday, as it tried to drum up foreign investment and wean the country off the opium trade....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTFAMILIES CALL FOR THE TRUTH 38 YEARS AFTER BLOODY SUNDAYOn the edge of the Bogside in Londonderry stands a granite monument to the 14 men “murdered by British paratroopers on Bloody Sunday”. The simple signs at its foot proclaim: “Hope for Truth.”...Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTBBC TO BREAK RANKS ON PUBLIC SECTOR PAYThe BBC has ignored pleas for public sector pay restraint with a multimillion-pound offer to boost the salaries of more than 13,000 workers....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTBLOODY SUNDAY VICTIMS MUST BE DECLARED INNOCENT, SAYS MCGUINNESSMartin McGuinness has called for the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings to exonerate all 27 of those killed and injured from claims that they posed an armed threat to British soldiers....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTPRESIDENT OBAMA COMPARES GULF OF MEXICO OIL LEAK TO 9/11President Obama predicted a wholesale rethink of America’s love affair with oil today, saying he believed the Gulf disaster would have as profound an impact on the American psyche and policy as 9/11....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTISRAEL PROMISES TO EASE ITS THREE YEAR BLOCKADE OF GAZARead more on the Turkish aid flotilla deaths at The Times's new website...Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTTAX-CUTTING BLOW AS CGT TO RAISE £1.5BN LESS THAN PLANNEDGeorge Osborne faced a fresh blow over capital gains tax today after it emerged it is due to raise £1.5 billion less than expected....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 EST200 KILLED IN ETHNIC FIGHTING IN KYRGYZSTANChina sends plane to rescue its nationals...Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTOBR SLASHES ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECASTSUK economic growth forecasts have been slashed, as the damage wreaked by the recession on long-term growth were assessed independently for the first time....Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 ESTBP SHARES DIVE AMID US SENATORS’ £20BN ESCROW PLANRead how BP managers face years in jail and how America snubbed British offer of help with spill at The Times's new website...Date: 15 Aug 2010 00:30:11 EST
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
HURRICANE EARL CLOSES IN ON NCHurricane Earl bulked up overnight, now packing sustained winds of 145 mph, and continued to pose a major threat to the North Carolina coastline as it could brush or directly hit the Outer Banks on Thursday night....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:15:11 ESTHURRICANE EARL CLOSING IN ON NCHurricane Earl bulked up overnight, now packing sustained winds of 145 mph, and continued to pose a major threat to the North Carolina coastline as it could brush or directly hit the Outer Banks on Thursday night....Date: 02 Sep 2010 10:15:18 ESTHURRICANE EARL CLOSING IN ON NC WITH 145 MPH WINDSHurricane Earl bulked up overnight, now packing sustained winds of 145 mph, and continued to pose a major threat to the North Carolina coastline as it could brush or directly hit the Outer Banks on Thursday night....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:30:18 ESTBIG FARMS VS. HOMETOWN PRODUCERSA growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the "eat local" movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst....Date: 02 Sep 2010 09:00:31 ESTMAN INTERVENES IN SHOOTING, STOPS POTENTIAL KILLING...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:15:14 ESTDISCOVERY CHANNEL HOSTAGES SAFE; SUSPECT SHOT DEADSILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programming took several people hostage at the company's headquarters Wednesday, officials said....Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:15:14 ESTU.S. RELAUNCHES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE TALKSObama convenes Mideast peace talksWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama convened the first direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in two years Wednesday, challenging Mideast leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to settle their differences and deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of hos...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:15:14 ESTEVIDENCE SUGGESTS CHICAGO HOME TO 1ST FEMALE COPWas Chicago home to 1st female cop? Researcher uncovers the story of Sgt. Marie OwensRick Barrett, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent and amateur historian, says he has evidence a woman named Marie Owens was not only the first policewoman in Chicago but also the first known female office...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:31 EST'TRANSFORMERS 3' MOVIE EXTRA HURT DURING HAMMOND STUNT...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:31 ESTILLEGAL IMMIGRANT POPULATION DOWN, BUT NOT IN ILLINOISState's population stable despite national trendThe number of illegal immigrants in Illinois has remained stable in the midst of the recession, bucking a national trend in which the number living in the U.S. declined as jobs dwindled, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Cente...Date: 02 Sep 2010 08:00:31 ESTNEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS CHICAGO HOME TO 1ST FEMALE COPWas Chicago home to 1st female cop? Researcher uncovers the story of Sgt. Marie OwensRick Barrett, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent and amateur historian, says he has evidence a woman named Marie Owens was not only the first policewoman in Chicago but also the first known female office...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:19 ESTDRAWBRIDGE WORKER RESCUED FROM GEARSMarine rescue units were called in because crews initially thought a bridge worker fell into the water. Once teams got a better look, they found him 20 feet down, trapped between the gears of the drawbridge....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:18 ESTWAS NURSING HOME TIPPED OFF TO STATE INSPECTION?State investigating possible tipoff by city officialState authorities are investigating whether a city Department of Family and Support Services official tipped off a Chicago nursing home to a surprise inspection led by the state attorney general's office that was designed to protect vulnerable resi...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:30:18 ESTWAS NURSING HOME TIPPED OFF TO INSPECTION?State investigating possible tipoff by city officialState authorities are investigating whether a city Department of Family and Support Services official tipped off a Chicago nursing home to a surprise inspection led by the state attorney general's office that was designed to protect vulnerable resi...Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:15:07 ESTQUINN'S EMBATTLED PRISONS CHIEF TO LEAVE FOR NEW JOB...Date: 02 Sep 2010 01:15:07 ESTILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DOWN, BUT NOT IN ILLINOISState's population stable despite national trendThe number of illegal immigrants in Illinois has remained stable in the midst of the recession, bucking a national trend in which the number living in the U.S. declined during the last two years as jobs dwindled, according to a study released Wednesday...Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:45:11 ESTWOMAN IN FAIR CONDITION AFTER STABBING IN AURORA HOSPITAL78-year-old patient allegedly attacked by roommate's visitorThe 78-year-old patient at an Aurora hospital who allegedly was stabbed by her roommate's visitor was expected to recover, but her attack raises the complicated issue of balancing security and the mission of helping people heal in free-flow...Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:45:11 ESTFLOOD VICTIMS SPEND HOURS IN LINE FOR FOOD AIDJackie Wilson had gone grocery shopping just before the rainstorms and floods cut off the power in her west suburban home in late July, spoiling the fresh beef, chicken and produce she had stored in the refrigerator....Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:30:17 ESTA NEW NAME FOR ILLINOIS: MADIGANISTANMadiganville fails to capture essence of House speaker's powerJohn Kass: : Madiganville? It's been suggested. But it sounds like a sleepy hamlet. With our state's economy a wasteland and politicians likely planning a tax hike after the elections, here's an idea: Madiganistan....Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:30:16 ESTWAS CHICAGO HOME TO 1ST FEMALE COP?Researcher uncovers the story of Sgt. Marie OwensRick Barrett, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent and amateur historian, says he has evidence a woman named Marie Owens was not only the first policewoman in Chicago but also the first known female officer in the U.S....Date: 02 Sep 2010 00:30:16 EST -
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FURY IN AUSTRIA AT ANTI-MOSQUE GAMEFar-right party launches online video that allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:15:13 ESTMIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS OPEN IN USHillary Clinton, US secretary of state, lauds Israeli and Palestinian leaders for taking 'an important step' for peace....Date: 02 Sep 2010 11:00:54 EST'MENTAL TORTURE' FOR PAKISTAN THREEPakistan High Commissioner says captain and bowlers asked to be dropped from England tour....Date: 02 Sep 2010 07:45:08 ESTPAKISTAN DROP TRIO OVER FIX PROBECaptain Butt and bowlers Asif and Amir to miss rest of tour according to team manager....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:45:14 ESTSHIAS TARGETED IN PAKISTAN BOMBINGThree blasts hit Shia Muslim processions in the city of Lahore, killing at least 33 people and wounding scores more....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:30:17 ESTHURRICANE THREATENS US EAST COASTTens of thousands of people evacuated as catergory four storm closes in on US Atlantic coast....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:30:17 ESTWORLD BANK RAISES PAKISTAN FUNDINGFinance for flood-ravaged nation from bank reaches $1bn as aid workers warn of "second wave of death"....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:30:17 ESTDUTCH FREE YEMENI 'TERROR' SUSPECTSProsecuting authority releases two men arrested on suspicion of terrorism at Schiphol airport due to lack of evidence....Date: 02 Sep 2010 06:30:17 ESTMIGRANTS KIDNAPPED IN NORTH MEXICOSuspected human traffickers abduct 17 migrants near US border, police say....Date: 02 Sep 2010 03:00:38 ESTUS LAUNCHES MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKSUS president calls on Mid-East leaders not to let the opportunity for Palestinian state and secure Israel to slip away....Date: 01 Sep 2010 22:15:23 ESTTWO ISRAELIS INJURED IN WEST BANKAttack on a car in the occupied West Bank injures two, one seriously....Date: 01 Sep 2010 18:00:46 ESTRIYADH QUESTIONS MAID TORTURE CLAIMOfficials say Sri lankan worker's claims of being harmed by employers are fabricated....Date: 01 Sep 2010 16:45:18 ESTUS CHARGES PAKISTANI TALIBAN LEADERUS prosecutors charge Hakimullah Mehsud with the killing of seven CIA employees at a base in Afghanistan last December....Date: 01 Sep 2010 16:15:23 ESTOBAMA BACKS SECURITY FOR ISRAELUS president meets with Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, in first of several one-on-one White House meeting...Date: 01 Sep 2010 13:15:14 ESTASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST IN AUSTRALIAAfghan refugee claimants escape from detention centre, hold protest and then surrender to police....Date: 01 Sep 2010 13:15:14 ESTSHIAS TARGETED IN PAKISTANI BOMBINGThree bomb blasts hit Shia Muslim procession in the city of Lahore, killing at least six people and wounding dozens....Date: 01 Sep 2010 11:30:19 ESTDEATHS IN MOZAMBIQUE RIOTSAt least six people are killed as clashes erupt during protests over soaring prices of food and fuel....Date: 01 Sep 2010 10:45:16 ESTCRACKDOWN AFTER WEST BANK SHOOTINGOn the eve of peace talks, Palestinian police arrest 150 Hamas supporters after group's armed wing kills four settlers....Date: 01 Sep 2010 10:15:14 ESTASSANGE RAPE INVESTIGATION REOPENEDSwedish prosecutor looks into allegations against Wikileaks founder, which he insists are part of a "smear campaign"....Date: 01 Sep 2010 09:45:13 ESTGATES: IRAQ WAR PREMISE 'NOT VALID'During surprise trip to American base, US defence secretary says outcome of the war will remain 'clouded'....Date: 01 Sep 2010 09:15:18 EST
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