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BBC News |
11:49pm PDT |
Austria prepares to welcome Pope |
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Summary: Pope Benedict is due to visit Austria, where he will join Jewish leaders to pay tribute to victims of the Nazis. |
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ChristianToday |
11:46pm PDT |
World Wants Foreign Troops Out of Iraq says BBC Poll |
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Summary: More than two thirds of people around the world think Americanled forces should pull out of Iraq within a year according to a poll published on Friday by the BBCs international service |
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Yahoo News |
11:38pm PDT |
Bush invites Southeast Asian leaders to Texas
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush said Friday he had invited Southeast Asian leaders, including an official from Myanmar, to Texas for a summit despite his increasing attacks on its military regime. |
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
Euro failure frightens Ferdinand |
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Summary: England defender Rio Ferdinand admits it would be a "catastrophe" if they did not qualify for Euro 2008. |
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Yahoo News |
11:29pm PDT |
Bush meets with South Korean leader
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In a testy public exchange Friday with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, President Bush said the United States would formally end the Korean War only when North Korea halts its nuclear weapons program. |
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Cnn.com |
11:28pm PDT |
Study: U.S. should reduce forces in Iraq |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Heart tests for at-risk families |
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Summary: Screening relatives of middle-aged people who suffer heart attacks would save lives, say experts. |
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Yahoo News |
11:18pm PDT |
Bush, eyeing Olympics, makes Asia pro-democracy push
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush on Friday urged China to ease political restrictions ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, scolded Myanmar, and called for greater democracy throughout Asia. |
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Yahoo News |
11:15pm PDT |
Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act
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Summary: AP - A federal judge struck down a key part of the USA Patriot Act on Thursday in a ruling that defended the need for judicial oversight of laws and bashed Congress for passing a law that makes possible "far-reaching invasions of liberty." |
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BBC News |
11:14pm PDT |
Rugby: Sella tips France for glory |
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Summary: France legend Philippe Sella believes the hosts can win the Rugby World Cup on home soil - if they beat Argentina. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PDT |
Planes to search through night for Fossett
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Air crews planned to search
through Thursday night for missing U.S. adventurer Steve
Fossett on a mission they likened to looking for a needle in a
haystack in the vast Nevada desert. |
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Yahoo News |
10:52pm PDT |
Pakistan's Sharif set to challenge Musharraf
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Just weeks ago, exiled Pakistani
former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was stuck on the sidelines
of Pakistani politics but he now looks set to go home a hero to
many, to challenge the military ruler who ousted him. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Rural house law review published |
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Summary: The outcome of a challenge to a law restricting countryside building will be known later. |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Doctors call for teen smoking cut |
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Summary: The British Medical Association in Wales calls on assembly ministers to ban cigarette vending machines. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Manning, defense lead Colts over Saints
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Summary: AP - The Indianapolis Colts looked just as formidable on offense as they did when they won the Super Bowl last season. |
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BBC News |
10:18pm PDT |
Hurricane Felix death toll rises |
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Summary: At least 100 people are now believed to have been killed by Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua and Honduras. |
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Yahoo News |
10:11pm PDT |
Disgraced Dem donor arrested in Colorado
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was arrested in Colorado late Thursday after he failed to show up for a court appearance related to a felony theft conviction. |
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BBC News |
10:00pm PDT |
Five breaches at farm disease lab |
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Summary: Investigations into the recent foot-and-mouth outbreak find five bio-security breaches at a government lab. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
Petraeus wary of U.S. troop cuts: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen.
David Petraeus, has told President George W. Bush he wants to
maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year
but could accept the pullback of about 4,000 troops beginning
in January, The New Yor |
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BBC News |
9:19pm PDT |
Morocco to elect new parliament |
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Summary: Morocco is to elect a new parliament, with a moderate Islamist opposition party expected to make large gains. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
Many iPhone owners relish being first
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They're the guinea pigs willing to pay top dollar for cutting-edge gizmos, whether the gadgets are half-baked, potentially doomed or harbingers of a revolution. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Romney plan would eliminate some taxes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is filling in the blanks in his proposal to eliminate taxes on interest and dividends for families earning less than $200,000 a year. |
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Yahoo News |
9:03pm PDT |
Manning, Colts rout Saints 41-10
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It took the Indianapolis Colts one half to shake off their post-Super Bowl hangover. Then Peyton Manning and friends came alive to beat New Orleans 41-10 Thursday night in the NFL's opener, running away in the final 30 minutes with a championship cal |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Ex-Tory donor to be PM advisor |
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Summary: A major Tory donor who resigned as the party's deputy treasurer is to become an advisor to Gordon Brown. |
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BBC News |
8:54pm PDT |
Ex-Tory donor to advise Brown |
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Summary: A major Tory donor who resigned as the party's deputy treasurer is set to become an advisor to Gordon Brown. |
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Yahoo News |
8:22pm PDT |
Manning, Colts break open tight game
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Peyton Manning threw touchdown passes of 29 and 45 yards to Reggie Wayne and the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts took a 34-10 lead over the New Orleans Saints in the fourth quarter of Thursday night's opener. |
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Yahoo News |
8:13pm PDT |
Thompson kicks off campaign in Iowa
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he's a Republican who has never strayed from his conservative beliefs, a jab meant to highlight differences with chief rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. |
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Cnn.com |
8:12pm PDT |
Hurricane Felix death toll nears 100 |
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Summary: Officials in Central America are bracing for the worst as rescue workers begin reaching areas obliterated by Hurricane Felix. Casualty reports have yet to come in from at least 70 percent of villages along the Nicaraguan coast, and thousands of Miskito in |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
Bush urges nations on anti-terror fight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush on Friday urged Asia-Pacific nations to keep up the anti-terror fight, deploying both military might and democratic ideals to turn the tide against extremists. "Pressure keeps the terrorists on the run, and when on the run, we're safer |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
U.S. scholar back home after detention in Iran |
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Summary: Haleh Esfandiari, the Iranian-American scholar who was held in Iran for eight months, has returned to her home in Potomac, Maryland, her husband, Shaul Bakhash, told CNN.
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