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Cnn.com |
11:59pm PST |
Quake aid offered to Iran |
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Summary: Nations around the world are offering aid to Iran after an earthquake killed at least 66 people and injured more than 1,400 in the western part of the nation. |
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Theophiles |
11:55pm PST |
Study fails to show healing power of prayer |
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Summary: "A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had any impact, researchers said on Thursday." |
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BBC News |
11:30pm PST |
Quangos are absorbed by assembly |
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Summary: The WDA, Wales Tourist Board and education body Elwa are abolished in the promised "bonfire of the quangos". |
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PST |
Indonesia on alert for possible attack
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Summary: AFP - Indonesia says that security authorities are on alert following warnings from Australia and the United States of a possible terrorist attack this weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
11:22pm PST |
Bomb Targeting Police Explodes in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in eastern Baghdad Saturday, wounding two policemen and three civilians, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PST |
First Brazilian astronaut enters space station
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Three astronauts including the first Brazilian in space have entered the International Space Station after their Soyuz rocket docked with the ISS, according to images from the Russian control center. |
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Yahoo News |
10:49pm PST |
Bush offers quake aid to Iran, but warns Tehran on nuclear issue
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States has offered aid to Iran after a devastating earthquake but is keeping up pressure over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme. |
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BBC News |
9:53pm PST |
Unions reject Chirac move |
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Summary: Trade unions and students denounce the French president's decision to enact a modified youth labour law. |
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Yahoo News |
9:49pm PST |
Armor Banned by Army Banned by Air Force
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A brand of body armor banned by the Army also failed Air Force tests and some of the vests were recalled, Army officials said Friday in defending their decision to require that soldiers wear only protective gear issued by the military. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PST |
Thailand set for parliamentary vote amid opposition boycott
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Thailand goes to the polls on Sunday in an election called by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a referendum on his leadership, but an opposition boycott has reduced the vote to a one horse race. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15pm PST |
Brazilian, Russia-US crew dock at space station
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Brazil's
first astronaut and a Russian-U.S. crew docked at the orbiting
International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, two days after
blasting off from earth. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PST |
New 'FBI-style' agency launched |
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Summary: The new Serious and Organised Crime Agency is due to open promising to crackdown on economic crime. |
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BBC News |
8:58pm PST |
Brazilian pioneer docks in space |
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Summary: The first Brazilian in space docks at the International Space Station after a two-day journey. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PST |
Soyuz Rocket Docks With Space Station
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Soyuz capsule docked with the international space station on Friday, bringing Brazil's first astronaut, a new Russian-American crew and a fresh load of supplies, equipment and experiments. |
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BBC News |
8:34pm PST |
F1: Button snatches pole |
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Summary: Britain's Jenson Button grabs his third career pole position at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. |
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Yahoo News |
8:30pm PST |
Favre Says '06 Will Be Finale if He Plays
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Summary: AP - The Green Bay Packers aren't pressuring Brett Favre to make a retirement decision by Saturday's due date for a $3 million roster bonus. And even if they were, the quarterback doesn't think he owes the team a decision this weekend a |
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BBC News |
8:19pm PST |
Tories to maintain lender secrecy |
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Summary: The Tories refuse to reveal the names of about 10 people who lent the party money but have been repaid. |
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Yahoo News |
7:38pm PST |
Carroll Expected to Arrive in Germany
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Summary: AP - Jill Carroll, described as "emotionally fragile," went reluctantly to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone — the place her captors had warned her was infiltrated with insurgents — and spent Friday in seclusion, reco |
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Yahoo News |
7:32pm PST |
Russell Simmons, Kimora Lee Break Up
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The marriage of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and his model-turned-entrepreneur wife, Kimora Lee, has come to an end. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29pm PST |
Charles Taylor's Son Arrested in Miami
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, has been arrested by U.S. authorities in Miami, days after his father was handed over to a war crimes tribunal. |
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Cnn.com |
7:15pm PST |
Charles Taylor's son arrested in Miami |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Theophiles |
7:10pm PST |
Propositional Testimony |
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Summary: From the Reformation21 blog:
It strikes me that one reason for the attacks on the "propositional" nature of biblical revelation is that academia has subtely changed our attitudes about receiving it. The quote Derek provided ["Current Blog Theme"] assume |
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Theophiles |
7:10pm PST |
Youth minister smites dodgeball opponent |
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Summary: "A youth minister was charged with assault for allegedly knocking down a 16-year-old boy and kicking him in the groin after taking a head shot from the teen in a dodgeball game." |
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BBC News |
7:03pm PST |
Button snatches pole in Australia |
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Summary: Follow all the Australian Grand Prix qualifying action minute-by-minute. |
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Cnn.com |
6:34pm PST |
Students join the immigration debate |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details. |
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Cnn.com |
6:34pm PST |
Congresswoman: Race sparked tiff with police |
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Summary: As U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Georgia, faces possible criminal charges for a Wednesday altercation with a Capitol Police officer, one of her lawyers said Friday that the real issues were "sex, race and Ms. McKinney's progressiveness." |
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Yahoo News |
6:25pm PST |
John Dean Blasts Warrantless Eavesdropping
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John W. Dean, Richard Nixon's White House lawyer, told senators Friday that President Bush's domestic spying exceeds the wrongdoing that toppled his former boss. |
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Yahoo News |
6:18pm PST |
Three Men Charged in 'Dungeon' Castration
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three men have been arrested on charges of performing castrations on apparently willing participants in a sadomasochistic "dungeon" in a rural house, authorities said Friday. |
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BBC News |
5:56pm PST |
Apology call over terror arrests |
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Summary: Lord Carlile, a government adviser, calls for a probe into why four men were held for two days under the Terrorism Act. |
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Cnn.com |
5:54pm PST |
Carroll praises insurgents in video |
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Summary: American journalist Jill Carroll, who was released Thursday after being held hostage in Iraq for almost three months, slams the United States and praises Iraqi insurgents in a video posted on an Islamist Web site. |
