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BBC News |
11:24pm PST |
UK peers arrive in bid to free teacher |
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Summary: Two British Muslim peers arrive in Sudan hoping to secure the release of Briton Gillian Gibbons. |
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Yahoo News |
10:37pm PST |
Iran rejects blame for EU talks failure
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iran was not to blame for the disappointment expressed by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana after key talks in London on the nuclear crisis, chief negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PST |
Video: Julia Roberts chases paparazzi
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Silver-screen sprite Julia Roberts is fed up with intrusive paparazzi, and she's letting them know it. The slightly built star who played Tinkerbell in "Hook" was videotaped Wednesday in Malibu wildly tailing two videographers, flagging them down and |
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BBC News |
10:15pm PST |
Teenager charged over strangling |
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Summary: An 18-year-old man is charged with the murder of a 40-year-old woman found strangled in south London. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PST |
Global effort on World Aids Day |
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Summary: The US president urges a doubling of aid for the global fight against HIV/Aids, on World Aids Day. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PST |
Iran says it will safeguard nuclear rights
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Saturday it would safeguard
its right to nuclear technology whatever European Union foreign
policy chief Javier Solana reported about his latest talks with
Tehran. |
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Yahoo News |
9:35pm PST |
Autopsy slated for secret porn star
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The search for a missing college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn performer turned into a homicide case after her body was apparently found. |
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BBC News |
9:33pm PST |
PM's wife urges children to read |
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Summary: More should be done by schools and parents to encourage children to read, the Prime Minister's wife says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:04pm PST |
4 arrested in murder of Redskins' Taylor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police said two men and two juveniles arrested Friday in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor went to his home intent on stealing, not killing. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PST |
Democrats reach deal on energy bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christ |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PST |
No Ethiopia-Eritrea border deal |
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Summary: A deadline for long-time foes Ethiopia and Eritrea to demarcate their shared border passes without agreement. |
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Cnn.com |
8:26pm PST |
Chavez threatens to cut oil to U.S. |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez has urged supporters to approve constitutional changes that he said could keep him in power for life and threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States if it tries to meddle in Sunday's vote.
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Cnn.com |
8:26pm PST |
Chavez threatens to cut oil |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez has urged supporters to approve constitutional changes that he said could keep him in power for life and threatened to cut off oil exports to the United States if it tries to meddle in Sunday's vote.
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BBC News |
8:16pm PST |
Schools face up to global leagues |
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Summary: Mike Baker looks at how schools in England are being assessed against international competitors. |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PST |
Police search tips in disc hunt |
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Summary: Police searching for computer discs containing details of 25 million people visit rubbish dumps. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PST |
World AIDS Day marked amid signs of progress
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Activists sought Saturday to keep the battle against HIV in the public eye on World AIDS Day in the face of growing complacency amid progress in treating and slowing the spread of the disease. |
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BBC News |
8:01pm PST |
PM 'vow to change funding rules' |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is expected to promise to speed up new rules on party funding in a speech to Labour supporters. |
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BBC News |
8:01pm PST |
PM 'vows to change funding rules' |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is expected to promise to speed up new rules on party funding in a speech to Labour supporters. |
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BBC News |
7:55pm PST |
Muslim peer bids to free teacher |
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Summary: A Muslim Labour peer is travelling to Sudan hoping to secure the release of British teacher Gillian Gibbons. |
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Cnn.com |
7:54pm PST |
Clinton relieved crisis 'ended peacefully' |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton went to Portsmouth, New Hampshire Friday night, where she met with the hostages and their families. She said the hostage taker appeared to be "someone who was in need of help and sought attention in absolutely the wrong way."
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Cnn.com |
7:49pm PST |
Chavez threatens to cut oil if U.S. questions vote |
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Summary: President Hugo Chavez on Friday wrapped up his campaign to push through broad constitutional changes with a broadside attack against adversaries at home and abroad -- including a threat to cut off oil exports to the United States.
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Yahoo News |
7:19pm PST |
Democrats tout their electability in 2008
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Democratic presidential
contenders appealed to party leaders for support on Friday,
with Barack Obama touting his ability to attract new voters and
John Edwards promising to reclaim Washington from special
interests. |
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Yahoo News |
7:04pm PST |
Dems reach deal on energy bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Congressional Democrats reached a compromise late Friday to boost automobile fuel economy by 40 percent, clearing the way for a House vote probably next week on an energy bill that Democratic leaders would like to send to President Bush before Christ |
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BBC News |
6:51pm PST |
Four killed in Israeli Gaza raids |
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Summary: Four members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, are killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. |
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Cnn.com |
6:46pm PST |
Bush: Faith key to international AIDS fight |
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Summary: President Bush on Friday stressed the role of faith-based groups in the fight against AIDS, calling the struggle one of conscience and morals on the eve of World AIDS Day.
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Yahoo News |
6:37pm PST |
Hostage-taker at Clinton office gives up
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered. |
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Yahoo News |
6:30pm PST |
Clinton campaign office hit by hostage drama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A man carrying fake
explosives seized several hostages at Democratic presidential
front-runner Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office on
Friday before surrendering peacefully to end a tense standoff. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24pm PST |
Hostage-taker at Clinton office surrenders
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A man claiming to be armed with a bomb took over one of US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign offices for more than five hours Friday before surrendering to police. |
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BBC News |
6:23pm PST |
Concern over HIV homeopathy |
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Summary: Concern is expressed over a conference which believes homeopathy has a role in treating HIV. |
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BBC News |
6:23pm PST |
Concern over HIV homeopathy role |
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Summary: Concern is expressed over a conference which believes homeopathy has a role in treating HIV. |
