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ChristianToday |
11:59pm PDT |
Everyone will pay for climate change |
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Summary: Climate change will likely cost every global citizen something in the years ahead although the payback will be much greater policymakers scientists and officials told a Reuters summit this week |
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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Saudis to overhaul legal system |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia announces an overhaul of its judicial system, including the creation of a supreme court. |
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ChristianToday |
11:58pm PDT |
Last of 3200 trapped South African miners saved |
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Summary: The last of 3200 miners trapped deep in a South African mine shaft was saved on Thursday capping a daylong rescue mission that began with fears of the worst and ended in wild celebrations |
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ChristianToday |
11:57pm PDT |
Faith leaders support campaign for more black and Asian blood donors |
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Summary: Faith leaders from several of the UKs major religions are lending their support to a campaign to encourage more black and Asian people to donate blood |
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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
Diamondbacks near sweep
(AP)
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Summary: AP - These Arizona Diamondbacks are no desert mirage, and the Chicago Cubs are one loss from another season of despair. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PDT |
U.S. says it kills 25 in Iraq gun battle
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. forces killed at least 25 members of a rogue Shiite militia in a heavy firefight early Friday, the military said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PDT |
Owen Wilson returns to public eye
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Owen Wilson returned to the public eye Thursday night, making an appearance at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Darjeeling Limited." |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Northern Rock 'loans top £10bn' |
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Summary: Northern Rock's borrowing from the Bank of England may have topped £10bn, figures indicate. |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Police blast into law firm, kill man who shot 5 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
Blatter to step up Euro quota bid |
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Summary: Fifa president Sepp Blatter tells BBC Sport he is ready to take on the European Union to get a quota on foreign players in European teams. |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
World climate deal faces hurdles for 09 deadline |
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Summary: A growing sense of urgency is pushing world leaders to agree a new treaty to fight climate change but the US presidential election might still foil hopes of a deal by the end of 2009 experts told a Reuters summit |
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ChristianToday |
11:15pm PDT |
US asks Croatia to take any Kosovo refugees |
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Summary: A Croatian newspaper reports that the United States has asked Croatia to accommodate refugees and keep them out of NATO and European Union territory if a flareup in Serbias breakaway Kosovo province provokes a mass exodus |
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Yahoo News |
11:14pm PDT |
Korea deal tests North's commitment: media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - South Korean media questioned on Friday
whether the two Koreas' summit pledge to seek a formal end to
their 1950-53 war could be realized given Pyongyang's record of
broken promises. |
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ChristianToday |
11:11pm PDT |
Iran says will go ahead with disputed atomic work |
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Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the world could not stop the Islamic states nuclear programme which the West fears is a cover to build nuclear bomb the official IRNA news agency said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:08pm PDT |
Sarkozy receives medal for helping to free HIV medics |
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Summary: President Nicolas Sarkozy received Bulgarias top honour for his role in the freeing of Bulgarian medics from a Libyan jail on Thursday during a visit Paris hopes will help seal major commercial deals |
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ChristianToday |
11:06pm PDT |
Travel TV feed religious tensions says UN chief |
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Summary: World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon told a UN conference on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:06pm PDT |
Travel TV feed religious tensions says UN chief |
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Summary: World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon told a UN conference on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:04pm PDT |
African Anglican bishops step away from gay row |
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Summary: African Anglican archbishops ducked homosexuality the issue dividing the worldwide Communion on Thursday and instead drew attention to the poorest continents problems |
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ChristianToday |
11:03pm PDT |
Pope says Church does not seek economic privileges |
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Summary: Pope Benedict speaking after the European Commission asked Italy for information on tax breaks for the Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday the Church did not seek any economic privileges |
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Yahoo News |
11:00pm PDT |
Music industry wins song-download case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A jury has handed a victory to the
music recording industry, which had claimed a Minnesota woman
infringed song copyrights by using online media to download and
distribute music, according to court documents. |
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BBC News |
10:56pm PDT |
'Disquiet' on brain surgery move |
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Summary: A public meeting is held on plans making neurosurgery patients in the north to travel to south Wales, and not Liverpool. |
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BBC News |
10:56pm PDT |
'Disquiet' on brain surgery plan |
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Summary: A public meeting is held on plans to force neurosurgery patients in the north to travel to south Wales, and not Liverpool. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
US envoy to meet Burma's military |
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Summary: A US diplomat is to hold talks with Burma's leaders, ahead of a key UN briefing on the bloody crackdown. |
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BBC News |
10:52pm PDT |
Orde to press ahead on stun guns |
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Summary: The chief constable goes ahead with a pilot scheme for tasers despite being urged not to by the Policing Board. |
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ChristianToday |
10:50pm PDT |
Korea deal tests Kim Jongils commitment media |
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Summary: South Korean media questioned on Friday whether the two Koreas summit pledge to seek a formal end to their 195053 war could be realised given Pyongyangs record of broken promises |
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ChristianToday |
10:48pm PDT |
Ten killed in storm and floods in central Vietnam |
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Summary: Ten people died and six were missing after a typhoon blew strong winds and heavy rains into central Vietnam triggering floods blocking traffic and threatening the lives of thousands officials said on Friday |
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Cnn.com |
10:44pm PDT |
Man kills self in front of City Council after vote |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
10:39pm PDT |
Police kill man who shot 5 at La. office
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Summary: AP - Police shot to death a man who shot five people in a downtown law office and holed up in the building for hours, firing at officers and holding two people hostage. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Three charged over M40 death |
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Summary: Three men are charged and another arrested over the death of a biker shot on the M40 in Warwickshire. |
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BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Three charged over biker death |
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Summary: Three men are charged and another arrested over the death of a biker shot on the M40 in Warwickshire. |
