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Yahoo News |
11:49pm PST |
Bomb in Police Booth Kills 4 in Baghdad
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Summary: AP - A bomb exploded in a booth for traffic police in north Baghdad Saturday, killing four civilians, police said. |
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BBC News |
11:28pm PST |
Revolutionary jet engine tested |
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Summary: A jet engine that could reduce flight times between London and Sydney to two hours is tested in Australia. |
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Yahoo News |
11:27pm PST |
Iran supports Russian, Chinese line on nuclear dispute
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iran supports the stance taken by Russia and China to take the diplomatic route in the search for an international solution to the thorny nuclear issue, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:26pm PST |
Russian Spies Operated in Iraq Through '03
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday as the Pentagon reported Moscow fed Saddam Hussein's government with intelligence on the American mili |
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Yahoo News |
11:15pm PST |
Immigration Rallies Draw Thousands Nationwide
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Thousands of people across the country protested Friday against legislation cracking down on illegal immigrants, with demonstrators in such cities as Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta staging school walkouts, marches and work stoppages. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PST |
US forces and Taliban said in Afghan clash
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. forces were involved
in heavy fighting with Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on
Saturday but there was no immediate word on casualties, a
provincial official said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PST |
Connecticut Storms Back, Wins in Overtime
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Connecticut was as careless as a top seed can be — and got away with it. Despite a season-high 26 turnovers and 10-point second-half deficit, Connecticut rallied to force overtime on Rashad Anderson's 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left in |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PST |
Live: Commonwealth
Games |
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Summary: England win three early golds as the boxing finals get under way in Melbourne. |
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Yahoo News |
10:23pm PST |
FEC Rules Would Regulate Paid Internet Ads
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Election Commission proposed new rules Friday that would leave almost all Internet political activity unregulated. |
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BBC News |
10:12pm PST |
Final rally for Thai protesters |
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Summary: Thousands of protesters in the Thai capital, Bangkok, prepare for their final rally to oust the prime minister. |
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BBC News |
10:11pm PST |
Dando's killer hopes for appeal |
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Summary: The man serving life for murdering Jill Dando seeks an appeal based on new evidence. |
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Yahoo News |
9:48pm PST |
DOJ: NSA Could've Monitored Lawyers' Calls
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The National Security Agency could have legally monitored ordinarily confidential communications between doctors and patients or attorneys and their clients, the Justice Department said Friday of its controversial warrantless surveillance program. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PST |
Mass protest planned in Belarus |
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Summary: Belarus' opposition is to protest against alleged rigged elections, as the EU and US move to impose sanctions. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PST |
Mass protests planned in Belarus |
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Summary: Belarus' opposition is to protest against alleged rigged elections, as the EU and US threaten sanctions. |
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Yahoo News |
9:32pm PST |
Schools Also on the Front Lines in Iraq
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The day began like any other at Dijla Primary School in Baghdad's posh Mansour district. Rows of students in neat gray and white uniforms gathered in the courtyard to raise the Iraqi flag and sing the national anthem. They read passages from rel |
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Cnn.com |
9:22pm PST |
Police: Wife of slain minister says 'I did it' |
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Summary: The wife of a slain minister has confessed to killing him, police in Selmer, Tennessee, said today. Police said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, which is taking part in questioning Mary Winkler, informed them of the confession. Winkler, 32, faces a ch |
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BBC News |
9:16pm PST |
Tories pressed to reveal lenders |
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Summary: Labour urges the Conservatives to disclose the names of those who gave them loans before the last election. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14pm PST |
Man Injured in N.Y. Ferry Crash Gets $9M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The city has agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a former waiter and avid hiker who lost his legs in a 2003 ferry crash, lawyers said Friday. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PST |
Kember to be reunited with family |
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Summary: British former hostage Norman Kember is due back in the UK after 117 days spent captive in Baghdad. |
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BBC News |
8:34pm PST |
French students refuse PM meeting |
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Summary: French student groups refuse to talk to the prime minister on Saturday about a controversial youth labour law. |
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BBC News |
8:34pm PST |
French student group to snub PM |
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Summary: A French student group refuses to meet the prime minister on Saturday about a controversial youth labour law. |
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BBC News |
8:34pm PST |
French student group snubs PM |
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Summary: A French student group refuses to meet the prime minister on Saturday about a controversial youth labour law. |
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Cnn.com |
7:56pm PST |
Pentagon: Russians fed Hussein intelligence |
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Summary: As American troops moved toward Iraq, Saddam Hussein was receiving information about U.S. battle strategy and troop movements from a Russian ambassador, according to a Pentagon report released Friday. |
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BBC News |
7:33pm PST |
UN speeds up Darfur peace mission |
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Summary: The UN Security Council votes to speed up plans to deploy peacekeepers to Darfur in western Sudan. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PST |
Goaltending Call Helps Villanova Advance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With all eyes on Villanova's sensational guards, overlooked forward Will Sheridan put the Wildcats on the cusp of the Final Four. |
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Yahoo News |
7:07pm PST |
US confirms talks with Iran on Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States will talk to Iran
about Washington's accusations of Iranian destabilization of
Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday in the
first public acceptance of an Iranian offer to meet. |
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PST |
George Mason Advances Over Wichita State
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Feeling right at home, George Mason used a shutdown defense to take nearly all the suspense out of its mid-major matchup with Wichita State. |
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Cnn.com |
6:56pm PST |
Affidavit explains former lost teen's missing decade |
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Summary: It all began when eighth-grader Tanya Kach skipped class in 1996. She spent the next 10 years living and having sex with the 37-year-old school security guard who caught her playing hooky, according to police reports. |
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Yahoo News |
6:52pm PST |
Immigrants march in Phoenix, L.A. protest planned
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - As many as 15,000 immigrants and
supporters marched through Phoenix on Friday in the latest of a
series of protests in major U.S. cities that seek to stop
legislation seen as punitive to undocumented workers. |
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BBC News |
6:42pm PST |
SNP veteran Ewing is laid to rest |
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Summary: Political leaders gather in Lossiemouth for the funeral of Scottish National Party MSP Margaret Ewing. |
