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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Syrians pressed on Hariri inquiry |
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Summary: Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora urges co-operation with a UN investigation into the death of Rafik Hariri. |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Football: Benitez silent over Cisse |
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Summary: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez refuses to confirm whether Djibril Cisse is about to make way for Michael Owen. |
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Cnn.com |
11:52pm PDT |
U.S. frees 1,000 Iraqi prisoners |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PDT |
Mich. Man Suffers Second Tragedy in 6 Mos. (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Gary Weinstein suffered a terrible personal loss in May when his wife and two young sons were killed in a car accident. Now his business has gone up in flames. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
Flintoff wary of Aussie fightback |
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Summary: Andrew Flintoff says England must keep their discipline when Australia resume their innings at 99-5 on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
Rugby Lge: Hull chase Cup win |
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Summary: Leeds are favourites to beat Hull in Saturday's Challenge Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
U.S. military releases 1,000 prisoners in Iraq (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military said on Saturday it
had freed 1,000 detainees from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison at the
Baghdad government's request, the largest release to date. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PDT |
Commission Wrapping Up Base Closing Review (AP) |
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Summary: AP - A commission is wrapping up its review of the Defense Department's plan to close and consolidate domestic military bases, having made a slew of changes it said reduced by billions the Pentagon's $48.8 billion, 20-year savings estimate. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
Two detained for US computer worm |
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Summary: Two men are arrested in Turkey and Morocco two weeks after the Zotob bug hit more than 100 US firms. |
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BBC News |
10:18pm PDT |
Deforestation of Amazon 'halved' |
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Summary: Brazil's government releases figures suggesting deforestation of the Amazon has fallen by 50% this year. |
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Yahoo News |
10:10pm PDT |
Missing Music Producer Found, Hospitalized (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked in a backyard creek, washing his jeans. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
First bombings memorial unveiled |
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Summary: The first permanent memorial to the 7 July bomb victims is unveiled in gardens in central London. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
China-EU continue for third day |
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Summary: The EU and China continue textile trade talks for a third day after failing to find agreement on quotas. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Army joins parade for Gay Pride |
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Summary: Soldiers will join gays and lesbians marching at Manchester's Pride Festival on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PDT |
Hurricane set for Florida return |
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Summary: Florida's Panhandle is told to prepare for Hurricane Katrina, which has already caused damage in the state's south. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Iraqi Shiites Vow To Submit Charter (washingtonpost.com) |
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Summary: washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 -- As another midnight deadline to complete a draft constitution passed Friday without definitive agreement among Iraq's main factions, ruling Shiite Muslim parties said they would present a final version to the Natio |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PDT |
Rescue teenager dies in hospital |
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Summary: A 16-year-old boy rescued from the sea dies in hospital after his brother, 14, is swept out while swimming. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Hurricane Katrina gains power in Gulf (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - Hurricane Katrina gained power over warm
Gulf waters and revved up for a second and potentially more
deadly assault on the U.S. coast after a slow and punishing
trek across southern Florida that killed seven people. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Festival weekend gets under way |
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Summary: Some of the world's top rock bands play to 120,000 fans at the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Men released after terror arrests |
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Summary: Three men arrested in Newport under the Terrorism Act in Newport are released without charge by police. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Blunkett concerns over C4 drama |
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Summary: David Blunkett's lawyers contact Channel 4 amid concerns over a satire being aired in October. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Chavez swipes at 'assassin' Bush |
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Summary: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez says President Bush will be to blame if anything happens after a call for his death. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
Wanted Hamas leader issues video |
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Summary: A shadowy Hamas bomb-maker wanted by Israel appears on video to urge Palestinians to keep fighting. |
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Yahoo News |
8:55pm PDT |
Two Brothers Arrested Again in Aruba Case (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two Surinamese brothers who had been detained and released in the Natalee Holloway case were arrested again Friday after "new facts and circumstances" emerged, adding yet another twist in the mysterious disappearance of a vacationing Americ |
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Yahoo News |
8:51pm PDT |
Two Brothers Rearrested in Holloway Case (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Two Surinamese brothers who had been detained and released in the Natalee Holloway case were arrested again Friday after "new facts and circumstances" emerged, adding yet another twist in the mysterious disappearance of a vacationing Americ |
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Yahoo News |
8:28pm PDT |
Red Sox Rally to Tame Tigers 9-8 (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Manny Ramirez drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox rallied after a reversed call gave Detroit a disputed homer, beating the Tigers 9-8 Friday night for their 14th consecutive win at Fenway Park. |
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Yahoo News |
8:00pm PDT |
Charges Dropped Against 'Raging Grannies' (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Charges have been dropped against the "Raging Grannies," five women accused of trespassing after they tried to enlist at a military recruitment center to protest the war in Iraq, a city prosecutor said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52pm PDT |
Panel deals Pentagon base-closing setbacks (Reuters) |
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Summary: Reuters - An independent panel reviewing
closings of U.S. military bases on Friday rejected the proposed
shutdown of a politically sensitive air base and reversing some
cutbacks for Air National Guard units. |
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Yahoo News |
7:44pm PDT |
Rep: Wilson Won't Use Skoal Can in Concert (AP) |
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Summary: AP - Country music's "Redneck Woman" promises to keep her can of Skoal in her back pocket from now on. Tennessee's attorney general had asked Gretchen Wilson not to pull out a can of smokeless tobacco during performances of her new son |
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Yahoo News |
7:35pm PDT |
N.M., Mexican Governors to Bulldoze Town (AP) |
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Summary: AP - The governors of New Mexico and its southern neighbor, the Mexican state of Chihuahua, agreed Friday to bulldoze or board up abandoned buildings in a sparsely populated border town that is a haven for would-be immigrants and smugglers. |
