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6:15am PST |
Afghans die in 'Nato air strike' |
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Summary: Nato officials investigate whether the deaths of eight Afghans working with US troops was a friendly-fire incident. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PST |
Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops
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Summary: Reuters - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PST |
Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. |
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BBC News |
5:57am PST |
UK tourist shot dead in Texas bar |
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Summary: A 28-year-old British tourist is killed by a man who walked into a Texas bar and fired several times, according to US media reports. |
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BBC News |
5:53am PST |
Soldier given beauty queen duties |
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Summary: A soldier will represent England in the Miss World competition after the previous entry was arrested over an alleged nightclub brawl. |
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Yahoo News |
5:21am PST |
UK joins G20 push for world levy on banks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Britain threw its weight on Saturday behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts and called on the G20 to work toward a $100 billion deal to meet the cost of climate change. |
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Yahoo News |
5:10am PST |
Britain urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal to tackle climate change but developing nations insisted they did not want to talk about it. |
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Yahoo News |
5:05am PST |
House set to open healthcare debate
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades. |
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Yahoo News |
4:55am PST |
NATO strike kills 7 Afghan security forces: Kabul
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Seven members of the Afghan security forces were killed in a NATO air strike in remote western Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:36am PST |
7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PST |
Police find £1m worth of cannabis |
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Summary: Essex Police seize more than £1m of cannabis in a warehouse in one of the biggest finds in the county. |
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BBC News |
4:30am PST |
Seven killed in 'Nato air strike' |
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Summary: Seven members of the Afghan security forces are killed in a Nato air strike, the Afghan defence ministry says. |
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BBC News |
4:17am PST |
Glasgow 'axed' from train route |
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Summary: Trains on the East Coast Main Line would no longer go to Glasgow and instead terminate at Edinburgh, under new plans. |
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BBC News |
4:14am PST |
Ancelotti plans to stifle Man Utd |
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Summary: Coach Carlo Ancelotti urges Chelsea to shut down Manchester United's midfield in Sunday's Stamford Bridge showdown. |
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BBC News |
4:12am PST |
Blooming marvellous - Sir Bobby compost goes on sale |
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Summary: Compost made from the thousands of floral tributes to Sir Bobby Robson goes on sale on North Tyneside. |
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Yahoo News |
4:08am PST |
Britain urges steps to insure financial system
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britain called Saturday for consideration of a tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PST |
Anti-abortion Dems win round |
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Summary: Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health care debate today that would ban most abortion coverage.
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PST |
Anti-abortion House Dems win round |
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Summary: Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health care debate today that would ban most abortion coverage.
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BBC News |
3:57am PST |
Seven kiiled in 'Nato air strike' |
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Summary: Seven members of the Afghan security forces are killed in a Nato air strike, the Afghan defence ministry says. |
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BBC News |
3:53am PST |
Brown urges new banks 'contract' |
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Summary: UK PM Gordon Brown tells a G20 summit there should be a new social contract with world banks to make them more responsible. |
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Cnn.com |
3:51am PST |
Anti-abortion Dems win round in health care debate |
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Summary: Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health care debate today that would ban most abortion coverage.
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Yahoo News |
3:44am PST |
British PM calls for talks on finance levy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for serious consideration of a levy on financial activity to help insure the banking system from another crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
3:42am PST |
Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term. |
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BBC News |
3:42am PST |
Muggers attack two-year-old girl |
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Summary: A woman and her two-year-old daughter are attacked during an attempted robbery in north-west London, the Metropolitan Police says. |
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ChristianToday |
3:27am PST |
Campaign launched to free Iranian female converts |
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Summary: A ministry that supports persecuted Christians launched a campaign Thursday to press Iran to release two young female converts who have been detained for eight months in one of the most notorious prisons in the country |
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Yahoo News |
3:19am PST |
Britain rallies G20 on climate change
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Summary: AFP - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month. |
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Yahoo News |
3:18am PST |
Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad
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Summary: AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether. |
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ChristianToday |
3:17am PST |
Clinic director resigns after witnessing abortion |
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Summary: The director of a Planned Parenthood abortion centre in Texas has resigned and embraced the prolife movement after witnessing an abortion through an ultrasound |
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BBC News |
3:12am PST |
Two in hospital after shootings |
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Summary: West Yorkshire Police investigate after two men are shot in one night in Bradford. |
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BBC News |
3:07am PST |
Murder probe into firework death |
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Summary: A murder inquiry is under way after a fatal house fire thought to have been caused by a firework pushed through the door. |
