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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
New violence in Assam 'kills 12' |
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Summary: At least 12 more people are killed by separatist militants in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
11:16pm PDT |
Bush and Sarkozy set for "casual lunch" in Maine
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush
will host French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a "casual lunch"
at his family home in Maine on Saturday, signaling warmer U.S.
ties with France after strains over the Iraq war. |
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Yahoo News |
11:01pm PDT |
South Koreans, Taliban in 2nd day of hostage talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korean diplomats and Taliban
kidnappers on Saturday began a second day of direct talks on
freeing 21 Korean hostages now entering their fourth week of
captivity, a provincial governor said. |
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Yahoo News |
10:01pm PDT |
NY hikes security on dirty bomb Internet chatter
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York police stepped up security
throughout Manhattan and at bridges and tunnels on Friday in
response to an Internet report -- which authorities said they
could not verify -- that al Qaeda might be plotting to detonate
a dirty bomb in th |
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BBC News |
9:42pm PDT |
Cuba frees long-serving dissident |
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Summary: One of Cuba's longest serving political prisoners is released after nearly 15 years, a human rights group says. |
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Theophiles |
9:25pm PDT |
Gay Man's Relatives Upset About Canceled Memorial Service |
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Summary: Spotted at the Houston Chronicle:ARLINGTON, Texas — Relatives of a gay Navy veteran who died say they are upset that a megachurch led by Joel Osteen's brother-in-law canceled his memorial service 24 hours before it was to start. Officials at the nonden |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Foot-and-mouth results expected |
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Summary: Farmers are hoping foot-and-mouth tests at a suspected farm outside the exclusion zone will show it was a false alarm. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PDT |
Chris Noth to reprise Mr. Big role
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw will be together again, this time on the big screen. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Rescuers make new bid to find miners
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Rescuers were hours away from
a second attempt to contact six miners trapped deep in a
collapsed Utah coal mine on Friday, saying they were still
hopeful that the men had survived. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PDT |
Perseid Meteor shower peaks this weekend
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Summer's annual meteor shower promises to put on a dazzling show when it peaks this weekend — provided you're far from city lights. With no moon in sight to interfere with the Perseid meteor shower, skygazers can expect to spot streaking firebal |
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Yahoo News |
8:47pm PDT |
NY police receive "unverified radiological threat"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York city police increased
security throughout Manhattan on Friday and at bridges and
tunnels in response to what they called an "unverified
radiological threat." |
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Yahoo News |
8:42pm PDT |
UN expands mission in Iraq despite violence
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Under pressure from the United States to take a bigger role in stabilizing Iraq, the United Nations agreed Friday to expand its mission despite unrelenting violence that could complicate its work. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38pm PDT |
NYPD responds to unsubstantiated threat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Authorities were taking extra counterterrorism precautions Friday in response to what they said was an unsubstantiated radiological threat to the city. |
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BBC News |
8:28pm PDT |
Landmark vote begins in S Leone |
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Summary: Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls to elect a new president, five years after the end of a civil war. |
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BBC News |
8:28pm PDT |
S Leone poised for landmark polls |
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Summary: Voters in Sierra Leone go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, five years after the end of a civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Church cancels memorial for gay Navy vet
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
South Korea confirms talks with Taliban kidnappers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The South Korean government confirmed on
Saturday its first face-to-face talks with Taliban insurgents
who have held 21 Koreans captive for nearly a month, but would
release no details of the discussion. |
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Yahoo News |
7:59pm PDT |
Texas church cancels gay vet's memorial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay. |
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Cnn.com |
7:49pm PDT |
Third suspect arrested in schoolyard killings |
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Summary: An undocumented immigrant pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and related charges in the execution-style slayings of three college students in a schoolyard. At the time of the killings, Jose Carranza also faces separate charges of sexually assaulting and |
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Yahoo News |
7:38pm PDT |
Hole at Utah mine yields little oxygen
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The effort to find six coal miners caught in a cave-in took a disheartening turn Friday when a narrow hole drilled more than 1,800 feet down into the earth yielded no sounds of life and barely any oxygen. |
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Yahoo News |
7:36pm PDT |
Woods seizes control with 63 at PGA
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They could hear him coming simply by following the cheers that charted every birdie along the back nine. The sweat-soaked spectators rose to their feet when Tiger Woods climbed onto the 18th green with history waiting at a major. They sensed somethin |
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BBC News |
7:34pm PDT |
US crackdown on illegal workers |
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Summary: US companies employing illegal immigrants face more criminal charges and higher fines, under government plans. |
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Yahoo News |
7:28pm PDT |
Rescuers close to find Utah miners
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Rescuers were hours away from
a second attempt to contact six miners trapped deep in a
collapsed Utah coal mine on Friday, saying they were still
hopeful that the men had survived. |
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BBC News |
7:25pm PDT |
Nasa detects shuttle damage |
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Summary: Nasa discovers a gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heatshield as it docks with the International Space Station. |
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BBC News |
7:25pm PDT |
Nasa detects space shuttle damage |
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Summary: Nasa discovers a gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heatshield as it docks with the International Space Station. |
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BBC News |
7:23pm PDT |
Price study looks at seaside life |
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Summary: Britons are prepared to spend an extra £5,000 just to live by the sea, new research suggests. |
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BBC News |
7:15pm PDT |
Madeleine search reaches 100 days |
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Summary: Prayers will be said for four-year-old Madeleine McCann, who has now been missing for 100 days. |
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Cnn.com |
7:03pm PDT |
'Reprimands' in Tillman death include praise |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
6:33pm PDT |
Marine involved in Iraqi killing released
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A young Marine involved in the
April 2006 killing of a 52-year-old Iraqi man was released
following a clemency decision, the Marines said on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:32pm PDT |
Obama defends foreign policy talk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that rival Hillary Rodham Clinton was wrong when she said politicians shouldn't discuss hypothetical decisions on foreign policy. |
