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BBC News |
11:45pm PDT |
Parliament demo permits available |
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Summary: Protesters planning to head to Westminster can apply for permission ahead of a ban on spontaneous protests. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
French Connection sees sales slip |
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Summary: Fashion retailer French Connection is the latest UK retailer to warn of tough trading conditions on the High Street. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
Journal defends baby expert |
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Summary: The Lancet defends controversial child death expert Sir Roy Meadow, who faces a GMC hearing. |
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BBC News |
11:35pm PDT |
Football: Glazers' transfer vow |
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Summary: Joel Glazer tells Sir Alex Ferguson he will be given money to bring trophies to Man Utd. |
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BBC News |
11:22pm PDT |
China denies flexible yuan claim |
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Summary: US Treasury Secretary John Snow says China could soon introduce greater exchange rate flexibility but China denies it is planning to revalue the yuan. |
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Crosswalk |
10:55pm PDT |
Compromise and Confusion in the Churches |
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Summary: The church today finds itself assaulted without--and even within--by a culture and worldview of untruth, anti-truth, and postmodern irrationality. In fact, researchers increasingly report that a majority of evangelicals themselves reject the notion of abs |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
WFP warns of Zimbabwe food crisis |
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Summary: The World Food Programme's head says food shortages in Zimbabwe makes it one of the world's worst crises. |
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BBC News |
10:50pm PDT |
Protesters head for the G8 rally |
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Summary: Welsh protesters travel to Edinburgh to join the thousands likely at the G8 rally ahead of the Live 8 concert in London. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PDT |
Military reopens Gaza settlements |
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Summary: Gaza's Jewish settlements are reopened, a day after the Israeli military imposed a blockade. |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
Minn. Government Shuts Down Over Budget (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Minnesota's government shut down for the first time in state history Friday, forcing as many as 9,000 layoffs and closing highway rest stops over the July Fourth weekend. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Journal defends baby death expert |
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Summary: The Lancet defends controversial child death expert Sir Roy Meadow as he prepares to give evidence to the GMC. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Medical journal defends professor |
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Summary: The Lancet defends controversial child death expert Sir Roy Meadow as he prepares to give evidence to the GMC. |
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BBC News |
10:27pm PDT |
Al-Jazeera shelves US border film |
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Summary: Plans by al-Jazeera TV to film a report on the US-Mexico border are shelved after a civilian patrol group complains. |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
'War of the Worlds' Debut Earns Over $21M (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise's sci-fi thriller "War of the Worlds" raked in about $21.3 million at the domestic box office on its opening day, according to studio estimates released Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:16pm PDT |
Parents Can Sign Up Kids to Not Get E-Mail (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Starting Friday, parents can sign up for what Michigan officials say is the nation's first registry aimed at keeping spammers from sending children inappropriate e-mail. The new law bans sending messages to children related to such things as pornogra |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
Cows Confined in Texas Where Disease Found (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Cattle will not be allowed to leave the Texas ranch that produced the nation's first homegrown case of mad cow disease, and government officials will work to find animals related to the sick cow, authorities said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
US Senate defeats move to stop nuclear bomb study (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Senate Democrats on Friday failed to
stop the Energy Department from studying the feasibility of a
"bunker buster" nuclear bomb the Bush administration is
considering. |
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Yahoo News |
10:13pm PDT |
Senate Approves Central America Trade Deal (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The Senate on Thursday endorsed a free trade agreement with six Latin American nations, handing a major win to President Bush, who has promoted the accord as a mark of U.S. commitment to democracy and prosperity in the hemisphere. |
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Yahoo News |
10:12pm PDT |
Aid Workers Welcome U.S. Pledge to Africa (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Humanitarian workers welcomed President Bush's promise Thursday to double aid to Africa over the next five years, but analysts cautioned that money alone won't solve the continent's woes. |
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BBC News |
10:09pm PDT |
Iraq compensation put at $52.5bn |
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Summary: The UN approves $52.5bn in compensation payments to Iraq's neighbours arising from its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Botswana's Gains Against AIDS Put U.S. Claims to Test (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - GABORONE, Botswana -- As global leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum in January, officials from President Bush's $15 billion anti-AIDS program issued a news release citing their accomplishments. Nowhere |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Washington Monument Subtly Fortified (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - For years, Jersey barriers, dump trucks and mud dominated. There were proposals for bollards, walls and even a moat. This holiday weekend, though, the nation's capital will get its first look at a monument permanently fortified agains |
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Yahoo News |
9:58pm PDT |
Niekro, Lowry Help Giants Rout D'backs 9-2 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Lance Niekro hit a three-run homer and winning pitcher Noah Lowry singled in two runs Thursday night, helping the San Francisco Giants to a 9-2 rout of the Diamondbacks and their first three-game sweep at Arizona in five years. |
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BBC News |
9:44pm PDT |
Schroeder set for confidence vote |
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Summary: Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder faces a vote of no confidence that he hopes to lose, triggering early polls. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
New da Vinci picture discovered |
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Summary: A new picture by Leonardo da Vinci has been found, staff at London's National Gallery have revealed. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
New da Vinci picture 'discovered' |
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Summary: A new picture by Leonardo da Vinci has been found, staff at London's National Gallery have revealed. |
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BBC News |
8:46pm PDT |
Cancer 'fertility predictor' test |
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Summary: Researchers say they have found a way to forecast how long a woman will be fertile after cancer treatment. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PDT |
NHS women 'miss out on top jobs' |
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Summary: Women in the NHS miss out on top jobs because of a "glass elevator" that sees men soar to managerial professions. |
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Cnn.com |
8:02pm PDT |
Geldof: Live 8 is 'final push' to help Africa |
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Summary: Bob Geldof, the Irish rocker who is organizing Live 8, said Thursday that this weekend's concerts in 10 cities across the globe will be the "final push" in getting the world's richest leaders to come to the aid of impoverished Africa. |
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Cnn.com |
8:02pm PDT |
Geldof: Live 8 is 'final push' |
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Summary: Bob Geldof, the Irish rocker who is organizing Live 8, said Thursday that this weekend's concerts in 10 cities across the globe will be the "final push" in getting the world's richest leaders to come to the aid of impoverished Africa. |
