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Cnn.com |
11:35pm PST |
Bahrain boat accident kills 57 |
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Summary: At least 57 passengers died after a cruise boat carrying about 150 people on a company outing capsized and sank in a narrow channel off the Bahrain coast, officials said. Search and rescue efforts are continuing today. |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PST |
N. American summit papers over immigration dispute
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Bush and the leaders
of Mexico and Canada will try to paper over their immigration
and trade disputes on Friday as they wrap up a North American
summit with little progress in easing tensions. |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Shoeprint analysis to fight crime |
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Summary: A computer system that aims to make shoeprints at crime scenes as useful as DNA could soon aid police work. |
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Yahoo News |
11:28pm PST |
Bahrain Boat Capsizes; 57 Bodies Found
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A cruise boat carrying up to 150 people capsized Thursday night in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain, and at least 57 bodies were recovered, officials said. American divers and a U.S. helicopter aided the rescue effort. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PST |
Hospital's A&E transfer completed |
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Summary: Accident and emergency treatment is no longer being provided at Tyrone County Hospital from Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PST |
At least 57 dead as Bahrain tourist ship sinks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 57 people drowned when a
tourist boat carrying more than 130 people on a dinner cruise
sank off Bahrain, a coastguard official said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:09pm PST |
Spurs report big rise in profit |
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Summary: Tottenham Hotspur announces a profit of £4.4m for the second half of 2005, up from £1m the year before. |
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Cnn.com |
11:08pm PST |
At least 50 dead as quakes rock Iran |
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Summary: A series of earthquakes struck western Iran early Friday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of others. |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PST |
Relief after US reporter freed in Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Celebration and relief greeted the safe release of abducted US journalist Jill Carroll, as her family appealed for time and privacy after an emotionally draining 82-day ordeal. |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PST |
Israeli warplanes pound Gaza after suicide bombing
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israeli warplanes struck Gaza early
on Friday after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed four
Israelis near a West Bank settlement, an attack the new Hamas
government called a "natural response to Israeli crimes." |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PST |
Japan opposition head to resign |
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Summary: The leader of Japan's main opposition has reportedly resigned after unfounded claims against his opponents. |
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BBC News |
10:40pm PST |
Britons die in Gulf boat sinking |
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Summary: Britons are among those killed when a crowded cruise ship sank off the coast of Bahrain, the British embassy says. |
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PST |
Bahrain Boat Capsizes; 48 Bodies Found
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A cruise boat carrying up to 150 people capsized Thursday night in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain, and at least 48 bodies were recovered, the country's coast guard chief said. American divers and a U.S. helicopter aided the rescue eff |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PST |
Dozens die in Iran quakes |
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Summary: At least 38 people are killed and hundreds hurt by a series of quakes in western Iran, local media say. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PST |
Bush reassures Mexico on migrants |
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Summary: George W Bush tells Mexico's leader he backs controlled immigration, at the start of a two-day summit. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PST |
Strong Quakes Kill at Least 38 in Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two strong earthquakes flattened villages in western Iran early Friday, killing at least 38 and injuring hundreds, state media reported. |
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BBC News |
10:07pm PST |
Inquest held into family deaths |
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Summary: The inquest into a couple who are thought to have killed themselves after their son was found hanged reopens. |
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BBC News |
9:57pm PST |
Inflation boost for Japan economy |
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Summary: Rising inflation underlines a recovering Japanese economy, boosting hopes that rates will rise from record lows. |
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BBC News |
9:46pm PST |
India assurance over nuclear deal |
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Summary: India's foreign secretary says a landmark nuclear deal with the US will not boost its nuclear weapons. |
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BBC News |
9:45pm PST |
Workers fail to seal China leak |
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Summary: Workers in China have failed in a third attempt to seal a poisonous leak from a gas well in Chongqing. |
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Yahoo News |
9:37pm PST |
Man Cleared of Murder, Rape to Get $1M
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man who was freed from prison in December after DNA evidence cleared him of murder and rape convictions has reached a tentative settlement with the state. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PST |
Strong Earthquake Kills 17 People in Iran
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A strong earthquake followed by an even stronger aftershock jolted western Iran early Friday, killing at least 17 and injuring hundreds, state media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PST |
Senate panel set to consider bid to censure Bush
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former White House counsel John
Dean, who helped push President Richard Nixon from office
during the Watergate scandal three decades ago, heads to
Capitol Hill on Friday to back an uphill attempt to censure
President George W. Bush. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PST |
At least 21 dead, 313 injured in Iran earthquake
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - At least 21 people died and 313 were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the province of Lorestan in western Iran, official television quoted a local official as saying. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21pm PST |
Quake hits west Iran, at least 15 dead-state media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A strong earthquake hit west Iran on
Friday morning, killing at least 15 people and heavily damaging
villages in the area, Iranian state media reported. |
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Cnn.com |
8:55pm PST |
Conservatives fire back on immigration |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
8:55pm PST |
Conservatives: Let prisoners pick the fruit |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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BBC News |
8:52pm PST |
Dozens die in west Iran quakes |
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Summary: At least 21 people are killed and hundreds hurt by a series of quakes in western Iran, local media say. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PST |
Baby breathing aid study cleared |
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Summary: A way to help premature babies breathe does not cause long-term harm as was feared, a study shows. |
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Yahoo News |
8:48pm PST |
Quake hits west Iran, at least 12 dead: state media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A strong earthquake hit west Iran on
Friday morning, killing at least 12 people and heavily damaging
villages in the area, Iranian state media reported. |
