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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
Race to rescue Russia submersible |
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Summary: The Russian navy tries to save the crew of a deep-sea diving vessel that is trapped on the sea-floor. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PDT |
Fuel surcharge lifts BA profits |
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Summary: British Airways unveils a 36% increase in first-quarter earnings, boosted by an increase in fuel surcharges this summer. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Approval of Bush's Handling of Iraq Drops (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest. |
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BBC News |
11:31pm PDT |
Football: Newcastle quiet on Jenas |
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Summary: Speculation that Jermaine Jenas has asked for a transfer fails to dampen as the Magpies refuse to comment. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PDT |
Consumer Confidence Dips in Early August (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Consumer confidence dipped in early August, the second straight monthly decline, as people were anxious about the economy's prospects and their own in the months ahead. |
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BBC News |
11:18pm PDT |
Two charged with Walker killing |
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Summary: Two people are charged with the murder of Anthony Walker, who was killed near a Liverpool park. |
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Cnn.com |
11:00pm PDT |
Dad: Marine felt mission 'a bit fruitless' |
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Summary: The father of one of the Marines killed this week in Iraq said his son felt the U.S. mission was "a bit fruitless," because insurgents always returned after the military flushed had them out. |
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BBC News |
10:57pm PDT |
Campaign for next-of-kin numbers |
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Summary: A campaign calling for people to store emergency contact details on their mobile phone is launched. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Women in court over 21 July bombs |
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Summary: Two sisters are due in court charged with failing to disclose information after the 21 July bombing attempts. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Women in court over 21 July |
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Summary: Two sisters are due in court charged with failing to disclose information after the 21 July bombing attempts. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Push to resolve Iraq constitution |
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Summary: Iraqi officials meet to break a deadlock over the country's new constitution as the deadline for completion nears. |
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ChristianPost |
10:07pm PDT |
United Nations Increases Appeals for Niger |
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Summary: Citing worsening conditions, the United Nations yesterday said it would more than double its appeals for Niger's food crisis to $75 million. It says that more aid will be needed to save about 3.5 million people suffering from extreme hunger and malnutriti |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Road side bomb kills U.S. soldier in Afghanistan (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - An American soldier was killed by a road
side bomb in Afghanistan, where militants have increased their
attacks ahead of next month's parliamentary polls, the U.S.
military said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Al Qaeda's No. 2 Blames Blair, Issues Warning (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - LONDON, Aug. 4 -- Al Qaeda's second-in-command said in a video statement Thursday that the London transit bombings were retribution for British military intervention in Muslim countries and warned of "more destruction" if Britain does |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
In Outer Suburbs, Lighting Up the Night (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - Patricia Meagher decided the newcomers flooding into Calvert County had finally gone too far when a blinding light woke her in the middle of the night. It turned out a new neighbor had installed a security lamp so bright that it seeme |
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Cnn.com |
9:55pm PDT |
Fan gets death for killing wife to watch sports |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Crosswalk |
9:55pm PDT |
Hiroshima and the Burden of History |
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Summary: "Stimson, what was gunpowder? Trivial. What was electricity? Meaningless. This atomic bomb is the second coming in wrath!" Those words were spoken by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Less than a month later, |
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9:52pm PDT |
Nuclear neighbours to hold talks |
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Summary: India and Pakistan are to hold discussions aimed at avoiding a nuclear conflict between the two rivals. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Rangers Snap Ray's 6-Game Winning Streak (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Alfonso Soriano had three hits and a career-high five RBIs and the Texas Rangers ended Tampa Bay's season-high six-game winning streak with a 13-5 victory over the Devil Rays on Thursday night. |
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Cnn.com |
9:23pm PDT |
Toddler slain in police shootout had cocaine in system |
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Summary: A 19-month-old toddler killed in a gun battle between police and her father had trace amounts of cocaine in her urine, according to toxicological tests released Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:05pm PDT |
Officers injured in Belfast riot |
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Summary: Eighteen police officers are injured and six plastic baton rounds fired during rioting on north Belfast's Crumlin Road. |
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Cnn.com |
8:29pm PDT |
Children's art imitates horrors of Darfur |
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Summary: Children's drawings depicting the horrors of the Sudan conflict are on exhibit at New York University, and a Human Rights Watch researcher says several show human rights violations. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Chief Justice Briefly Hospitalized (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was hospitalized briefly with a fever on Thursday, the second emergency treatment for the 80-year-old ailing justice in two months. |
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BBC News |
8:07pm PDT |
China charges HK reporter as spy |
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Summary: Chinese authorities formally charge a Hong Kong journalist detained since April with spying for Taiwan. |
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BBC News |
7:56pm PDT |
PM reveals foreign extremist plan |
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Summary: Tony Blair is to reveal plans to extend the home secretary's powers to ban foreigners who encourage terrorism. |
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Yahoo News |
7:23pm PDT |
Newmont Exec Goes on Trial in Indonesia (AP) |
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Summary: AP - An American who heads the Indonesian branch of the world's largest gold producer went on trial Friday on criminal charges of dumping toxins into a bay, in a case that is being closely watched by foreign investors and environmentalists. |
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BBC News |
7:20pm PDT |
Hurricane caused 'tallest wave' |
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Summary: Hurricane Ivan generated the tallest and most intense waves ever measured, scientists report. |
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Yahoo News |
7:20pm PDT |
Yanks Rally to Nip Tribe 4-3, Avoid Sweep (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi hit back-to-back homers off Bob Wickman in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees avoided being swept in Cleveland for the first time since 1970 with a 4-3 win over the Indians on Thursday night. |
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BBC News |
6:45pm PDT |
Bush dismisses al-Qaeda warning |
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Summary: George Bush says the US will stand its ground in Iraq, despite threats of escalating violence from al-Qaeda. |
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Yahoo News |
6:35pm PDT |
Judge Accused of Dozing at Trials Retires (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A judge under investigation for nodding off during trials has retired on medical grounds, a government minister said Friday. |
