In the half-hour telephone call, Clinton made clear he was determined to move forward with talks aimed at generating U.S. support for China's entry into the World Trade Organization.

CNN: Clinton calls Chinese president with apology

Then an hour and a half after that call, another one came to say the operation was cancelled again.

BBC: Northern Ireland

As chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit, he is a lead reporter on breaking medical news, provides regular health and medical updates for "American Morning, " anchors the half-hour weekend medical affairs program "House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta" and reports for CNN documentaries.

CNN: Gupta opts out of surgeon general consideration

Last night, Call the Midwife was moved half an hour later than usual to avoid clashing with Coronation Street on ITV1, which was moved from its mid-week slot due to a Uefa Europa League football match.

BBC: Call the Midwife

Because on three separate occasions, Ms. Lewinsky testified that Ms. Currie came over to pick up the gifts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, an hour-and-a-half before the phone call.

CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement

The President will telephone -- President Obama will telephone President Karzai within the next half hour, and we'll have a readout from that phone call for you all right after that.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Scrum-half Rory Lawson, a late call up for Blair last weekend, played for an hour in the 9-8 triumph over the Wallabies and retains his place on the bench.

BBC: MacDonald to make Scotland debut

After an election night described as unprecedented in US politics, Mr Gore conceded defeat only to retract that concession half an hour later as it became apparent that the Florida results were still too close to call.

BBC: Bush camp raises stakes

Others complained to BBC News Online that they spent more than half an hour in a queue for the technical help line of the Genie Wap service - a premium rate call costing 50p a minute when accessed on a normal telephone landline.

BBC: BT in Wap phone trouble