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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
Global stocks extend rout
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asian stocks headed for their biggest
weekly fall in nearly a decade on Friday and the yen rose as
stubborn credit fears drove investors away from risky trades
despite a dramatic late turnaround on Wall Street. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
O'Driscoll a doubt for World Cup |
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Summary: Brian O'Driscoll is likely to miss Ireland's opening World Cup match after suffering a fractured sinus in Thursday's 42-6 win over Bayonne. |
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BBC News |
11:43pm PDT |
O'Driscoll out of first Cup game |
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Summary: Brian O'Driscoll will miss Ireland's opening World Cup match after suffering a fractured sinus in a warm-up win over French side Bayonne. |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Heat wave has killed 37, officials say
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Unrelenting heat that has baked the Midwest and South for the past 10 days has killed more than three dozen people, even forcing officials Thursday to shut down part of a nuclear reactor in Alabama because the river water used to cool it was too hot. |
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BBC News |
11:37pm PDT |
European markets eye rebound |
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Summary: European markets will look to rebound on Friday, despite Asian markets failing to follow a late rally on Wall Street. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
South Korean hostages held by Taliban return home
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Two weary-looking South Koreans held
hostage for about a month by the Taliban in Afghanistan
returned home on Friday, hoping for the safe return of 19
others who remain captive. |
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Cnn.com |
11:11pm PDT |
3 killed in mine rescue operation, officials say |
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Summary: Three rescue workers were killed and six others injured Thursday night during an apparent "underground seismic bump" while attempting to reach six other miners trapped since an August 6 mine collapse, according to hospital and state officials.
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BBC News |
11:10pm PDT |
Three die in Utah rescue attempt |
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Summary: Three rescue workers die in a suspected cave-in as efforts continue to find six miners trapped in a Utah coal mine. |
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Yahoo News |
11:09pm PDT |
3 rescue workers killed at Utah mine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A disastrous cave-in Thursday night killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach trapped miners, authorities said. Mining officials were considering whether to suspend the rescue effort |
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Peru quake aftershocks rattle survivors, rescuers
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Hundreds of aftershocks rumbled through earthquake-devastated zones in southern Peru Thursday, as rescuers rushed to dig survivors out from under collapsed buildings and offers of aid poured in from around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
11:08pm PDT |
Three rescuers killed as Utah mine caves in
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three of the rescuers attempting
to find six workers trapped in a Utah mine since last week have
been killed following a cave-in, officials said on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:55pm PDT |
North Korean nuclear talks in 'tough' new phase
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme entered a second day here Friday, marking what the US envoy called a "tough" new phase in efforts to get the reclusive state to disarm. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
India parties debate nuclear deal |
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Summary: Communist allies of India's ruling government discuss their opposition to a landmark nuclear deal with the US. |
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Global stock rout worsens
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asian stocks headed for their biggest
weekly fall in nearly a decade on Friday as stubborn credit
fears drove investors away from risky trades despite a dramatic
late rebound on Wall Street. |
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BBC News |
10:35pm PDT |
Rail firm defends rugby schedules |
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Summary: First Great Western says criticism of rail services for Rugby World Cup fans should lie with tournament organisers. |
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Yahoo News |
10:24pm PDT |
2 rescue workers killed at Utah mine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A disastrous cave-in Thursday night killed two rescue workers and injured at least seven others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners, authorities said. Mining officials were considering whether to suspend the rescue ef |
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Cnn.com |
10:17pm PDT |
Two workers killed in mine rescue, officials say |
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Summary: Two rescue workers were killed and seven others injured Thursday night during an apparent "underground seismic bump" while attempting to reach six miners trapped since an August 6 mine collapse, according to two hospital officials.
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BBC News |
10:16pm PDT |
Olympics: Beijing smog fears |
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Summary: Athletes and spectators at next year's Olympics in Beijing face major health risks, a leading air pollution expert tells BBC Sport. |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PDT |
Beijing trials car reduction plan |
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Summary: Beijing begins a four-day trial of a car reduction scheme aimed at cutting the city's notorious pollution. |
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Yahoo News |
9:54pm PDT |
One killed in Utah mine rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - One of the rescuers attempting
to find six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine has been
killed following a cave-in, a Utah state official said on
Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
Stock rout worsens, yen rises on risk aversion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Asian stocks headed for their biggest
weekly fall in nearly a decade on Friday as stubborn credit
fears drove investors away from risky trades despite a dramatic
late rebound on Wall Street. |
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Yahoo News |
9:44pm PDT |
Princeton tops U.S. News rankings, again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Princeton holds the top spot in the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings, the eighth straight year the private, New Jersey school has either tied or held the top slot outright. |
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Cnn.com |
9:32pm PDT |
1 killed, 8 injured in mine rescue, official says |
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Summary: One rescue worker was killed and eight others injured Thursday night in an apparent "seismic bump" at Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine, officials said. At least six ambulances and two helicopters rushed to the site and transported the injured to hospitals.
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BBC News |
9:25pm PDT |
One dies in Utah rescue attempt |
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Summary: One rescue worker dies after a suspected cave-in at the Utah mine where six miners are trapped. |
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Yahoo News |
9:13pm PDT |
Charges in NY father's death, mutilation
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman who reportedly claimed she suffered years of sexual abuse at the hands of her father has been charged in his death and mutilation, prosecutors said Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:13pm PDT |
Depression is 'over-diagnosed' |
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Summary: Too many people are being diagnosed with depression, a leading psychiatrist writes in the British Medical Journal. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Rescue worker killed, 8 hurt in mine
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A disastrous cave-in Thursday night killed a rescue worker and injured eight others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach six trapped miners, authorities said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:06pm PDT |
Death toll in Peru surpasses 500
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The death toll rose to 510 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Survivors wearing blankets walked like ghosts through the ruins. |
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Cnn.com |
9:00pm PDT |
Residents hit by deadly Peru quake: 'Help us!' |
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Summary: Rescuers in Peru are frantically digging through rubble today looking for survivors of an earthquake officials said killed 337 people and injured 1,350.
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Nasa opts not to repair shuttle |
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Summary: A hole in the underside of the space shuttle Endeavour will not need repairs before it returns to Earth, says Nasa. |
