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BBC News |
11:49pm PST |
Byers urges Labour union rethink |
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Summary: Labour should modernise its links with the trade unions, former transport secretary Stephen Byers is to say. |
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BBC News |
10:19pm PST |
France confirms bird flu strain |
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Summary: The first case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu on a European Union poultry farm is confirmed in France. |
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BBC News |
9:43pm PST |
Philippines remembers Marcos era |
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Summary: The Philippines marks 20 years of freedom from President Ferdinand Marcos - under a state of emergency. |
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BBC News |
8:31pm PST |
Monet stolen under carnival cover |
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Summary: Gunmen take advantage of carnival commotion in Rio to steal works by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Monet. |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PST |
Temp work 'harms women's health' |
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Summary: Women in temporary jobs are most likely to have their employment terminated if they are off sick, a study has found. |
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Yahoo News |
4:44pm PST |
US welcomes port deal delay to brief Congress
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The White House welcomed on Friday
the temporary delay in a deal allowing a state-owned Arab
company to run U.S. port terminals, but senators called for a
law to put the deal on hold pending a security review. |
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BBC News |
4:31pm PST |
Does vocational equal employable? |
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Summary: The BBC's education correspondent Mike Baker considers why broader academic degrees may be attracting fewer university applicants. |
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BBC News |
2:09pm PST |
Blackberry wins stay of execution |
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Summary: A US judge stops short of issuing an immediate injunction against the Blackberry e-mail device. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
2:04pm PST |
'Political Baggage' from Ports Deal Could Undermine Bush, Say Observers |
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Summary: The head of a Washington, DC-based military think tank believes when all is said and done, the controversial sale of U.S. port management to a United Arab Emirate-owned firm will be stopped. Both he and another Washington conservative see the real possibi |
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OneNewsNowPress |
2:03pm PST |
Longtime U.S. Ally Denmark Needs Americans' Support, Says Native Dane |
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Summary: A Danish-born columnist and scholar is encouraging Americans to support her native country in the face of continuous abuse from Islamic extremists in the wake of the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. |
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CTI News |
1:45pm PST |
Weblog: Three More Nigerian Cities Burn in Muslim-Christian Violence |
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Summary: Plus: Silver Ring Thing loses federal funding, IRS issues report on tax-exempt politicking, and other stories from online sources around the world. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
1:17pm PST |
Lesbian Teacher, Suspected Sex Offender, Uses Post to Indoctrinate Students, Parent Says |
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Summary: A lesbian teacher who helped lead a controversial pro-homosexual seminar at the North Carolina Governor's School last year is being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct with a student. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
12:31pm PST |
February 24, 2006 |
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Summary: IRS: Tax-exempt status in jeopardy for some non-profits ... Iraq troubles rippling through region after mosque bombing ... Pro-life bills advancing in So. Dakota, Oklahoma ... Is the FCC finally going to get tough on broadcasters? ... Pickering debunks 'l |
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OneNewsNowPress |
12:30pm PST |
Rebuking the 'Clergy Letter Project' |
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Summary: It is most unfortunate so many Christian leaders have concluded that evolution is scientific, whereas creationism and intelligent design are simply religious -- when, in fact, evolution is incapable of being scientifically proven. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
12:30pm PST |
The Summers of Our Discontent |
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Summary: The resignation of Harvard President Lawrence Summers is symptomatic of a rising intolerance that pervades our public institutions. Summers is not alone, mind you. The casualties in the Reich's war on dissent are piling up faster than puff pieces on Hilla |
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BBC News |
12:07pm PST |
Shell told to pay Nigeria's Ijaw |
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Summary: A Nigerian court orders oil giant Shell and some partners to pay $1.5bn to the Ijaw people of the Delta region. |
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ChristianPost |
12:05pm PST |
NAMB Workers Reassured Amid Critical Report |
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Summary: In response to an inaccurate report on the progress of the North American Mission Board, 200 of its employees gathered for a "family chat" to be reassured and encouraged to stay on task.
"Keep your heads high, stay on task, pray a lot, an |
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BBC News |
12:00pm PST |
'Climate of fear' in Chechnya |
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Summary: The UN's top human rights official warns of "serious shortcomings" in Chechnya's law enforcement. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:58am PST |
AFA Warns Sponsors to Separate From 'Desperate Housewives' |
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Summary: A pro-family media watchdog group has announced it will monitor advertisers on ABC's popular program "Desperate Housewives" and plans to call for a yearlong boycott of the series' sponsors. |
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OneNewsNowPress |
10:57am PST |
Growing List Features Prominent Scientists That Disagree With Darwinism |
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Summary: More than 500 scientists have signed a statement expressing their doubts about the credibility of Darwinian evolution. As signatories of "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism," these scientists are expressing skepticism about claims of evidence for the the |
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DJ Chuang |
10:23am PST |
spontaneous trip to New York City? |
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Summary: Booked 2 seats on Vamoose Bus to make a last-minute weekend trip with my son to NYC (New York City), leaving 5:30pm today. If I make it, I make it. Cancelled the bus, cancelled the trip. Had a little snag with hotel arrangement, and Accuweather called for |
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Yahoo News |
9:47am PST |
Bittersweet Countdown to Mardi Gras
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In the final countdown to the city's first Mardi Gras celebration after Hurricane Katrina, there are parades and parties — but also sobering reminders of loss. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44am PST |
US welcomes UAE port deal delay to brief Congress
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The White House on Friday welcomed
the delay of a contested deal for a state-owned Arab company to
operate terminals at six U.S. ports, but said it should still
proceed because national security was not at risk. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PST |
Mayor suspended over Nazi jibe |
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Summary: Ken Livingstone is suspended from office for four weeks for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi guard. |
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BBC News |
9:43am PST |
Six-figure sum stolen from bank |
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Summary: A woman and baby are held hostage during a robbery at an Ulster Bank in north Belfast. |
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Yahoo News |
9:42am PST |
All Austrian athletes negative - team
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - All 10 Austrian athletes
tested during a drugs swoop last Saturday by International
Olympic Committee (IOC) officials at the Winter Games have
proved negative, Leo Wallner, president of the Austrian Olympic
Committee, told Reuters on Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:40am PST |
France holds human bird flu drill |
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Summary: France test its response to an outbreak of bird flu in humans, as EU ministers agree to launch an awareness campaign. |
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Theophiles |
9:34am PST |
Yahoo!Mail bans Allah |
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Summary: "Yahoo! is banning the use of allah in email names - even if the letters are included within another name.Nor will Yahoo! accept yahoo, osama or binladen. But it will accept god, messiah, jesus, jehova, buddah, satan and both priest and pedophile." |
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Theophiles |
9:34am PST |
Damages claim for abortion twin |
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Summary: From BBC News:
"I have got a child now that I wasn't planning to have and I believe the hospital should take some responsibility for that," she said.
"They should have known, or at least warned me, that I might still be pregnant when I left. It has tota |
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Theophiles |
9:34am PST |
The Saintly Sinner |
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Summary: In a long but provocative piece on Mary Magdalene, Joan Acocella of the New Yorker writes, "Each of the Gospels tells the story a little differently, but, basically, the Magdalene, either alone or with other women, goes to the tomb on the third day to ano |
