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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
'Colombia Three' men all released |
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Summary: All of the Colombia Three, questioned by detectives in Dublin after their secret return to Ireland, are freed. |
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Cnn.com |
11:54pm PDT |
Israeli troops enter Gadid before Sabbath pause |
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Summary: Israeli troops today used bulldozers to break through flaming barricades and enter the settlement of Gadid to evacuate residents and protesters, the only evacuation planned before a temporary pause in the Gaza disengagement for the Jewish Sabbath. Israeli |
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Yahoo News |
11:48pm PDT |
California Prison Riot Leaves One Dead (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Inmates at a maximum security prison near San Diego jumped guards in the prison yard, sparking a riot that left one inmate dead and at least 30 inmates and 20 guards wounded, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:41pm PDT |
Benedict Plans Visit to German Synagogue (AP) |
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Summary: AP - German-born Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit to a synagogue is only the second by a pope and is fraught with significance in the land where Nazi terror produced the Holocaust. |
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Yahoo News |
11:34pm PDT |
Israelis storm pocket of settler resistance (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli troops stormed one of
the last pockets of resistance to a Gaza pullout on Friday,
breaking through burning barricades and surrounding a
settlement synagogue where protesters were holed up. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Documents Show Roberts' Conservative Side (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts was a staunch defender of the conservative policies of the Reagan administration during his time as a young White House lawyer, and a surprising critic of then-Chief Justice Warren Burger and the nation's highe |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Israeli troops resume evictions |
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Summary: Israeli troops storm a small Gaza outpost a day after clearing two main resistance strongholds. |
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BBC News |
11:15pm PDT |
'Doubts' over Lockerbie evidence |
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Summary: Evidence of a witness in the Lockerbie bomber's trial has been called into question, BBC Scotland learns. |
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Cnn.com |
11:14pm PDT |
Gaza pullout on track despite clashes |
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Summary: The evacuation of Jewish settlements in Gaza is going well despite a dramatic clash on a synagogue rooftop that left several police officers lightly burned by thrown acid, an Israeli general has said. |
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BBC News |
10:58pm PDT |
Sex attacker caught 15 years on |
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Summary: A man is sentenced after advances in DNA testing linked him to sex assaults carried out 15 years ago. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Pipe bomb explodes at house front |
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Summary: A pipe bomb thrown at a house in Ballymena, County Antrim, causes slight damage but no-one is injured. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Pope to visit Cologne synagogue |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI is due to visit the synagogue in Cologne on the second day of his trip to his native Germany. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Football: Premiership forecasts |
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Summary: Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the weekend's Premiership games |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Football: Premiership picks |
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Summary: Mark Lawrenson's verdict on the weekend's Premiership games |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PDT |
Google $4bn share sale hits stock |
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Summary: Shares in internet search giant Google drop on plans to sell another 14 million shares in a bid to raise $4bn. |
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Yahoo News |
10:15pm PDT |
Miami Airport Customs Computers Shut Down (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A virus caused the U.S. Customs computer system used to process passengers arriving on international flights to shut down for several hours Thursday, leaving long lines of impatient travelers, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:02pm PDT |
'Peace Mom,' Her Mother Ill, Leaves Camp (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The grieving woman who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch nearly two weeks ago left the camp Thursday after learning her mother had had a stroke, but she told supporters the protest would go on. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
US man held on China spy charge |
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Summary: A US businessman has been held in China for three months, accused of spying for Taiwan, the US embassy says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Sunni Leaders Attacked In Iraq (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 18 -- Masked gunmen in the western city of Ramadi responded violently Thursday to recent calls for political participation among Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, opening fire on local leaders who had gathered to discuss plans |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Settlers, Soldiers Clash in Synagogues (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip, Aug. 18 -- More than 1,000 Israelis made a defiant stand Thursday in the synagogues of two Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, confronting their own soldiers with rudimentary arsenals of household items in a |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PDT |
Brazil team to probe Tube death |
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Summary: Brazilian officials will fly to London for talks with investigators over the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting. |
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Cnn.com |
9:51pm PDT |
G'day for mates -- ban on slang term overturned |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
9:51pm PDT |
G'day for mates, ban on slang term overturned |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Crosswalk |
9:40pm PDT |
What If There Are No Adults? |
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Summary: The transition to adulthood used to be one of the main goals of the young. Adulthood was seen to be a status worth achieving and was understood to be a set of responsibilities worth fulfilling. At least, that's the way it used to be. Now, an entire genera |
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BBC News |
9:32pm PDT |
Protests halt Ecuador oil exports |
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Summary: Ecuador's state oil company suspends crude oil exports amid protests that have slashed production. |
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BBC News |
9:26pm PDT |
Tamil Tigers agree to hold talks |
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Summary: Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka agree to hold direct talks with the Colombo government for the first time since 2003. |
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Yahoo News |
8:53pm PDT |
D'backs Avoid 3-Game Sweep, Beat Cardinals (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Claudio Vargas worked six solid innings and Luis Gonzalez homered twice, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-2 on Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep. |
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Cnn.com |
8:48pm PDT |
BTK killer gets 10 consecutive life sentences |
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Summary: BTK killer Dennis Rader was today sentenced to life in prison on 10 counts of premeditated murder to be served consecutively. Earlier, the court heard emotional statements from his victims' relatives. "My mother loved life, her friends, a good laugh, danc |
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Cnn.com |
8:48pm PDT |
BTK killer gets 10 consecutive life terms |
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Summary: BTK killer Dennis Rader was sentenced Thursday to 10 consecutive life sentences on 10 counts of premeditated murder. Earlier, the court heard emotional statements from his victims' relatives. "My mother loved life, her friends, a good laugh, dancing with |
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Yahoo News |
8:37pm PDT |
Israel breaks main resistance to Gaza pullout (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli forces cleared
the last Jewish settlers and protesters from Gaza resistance
strongholds on Friday, breaking the back of their opposition to
ending nearly four decades of occupation. |
