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ChristianToday |
1:13am PST |
Darling faces Budget climbdown |
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Summary: Britains budget deficit this year is likely to be double the governments forecast a leading thinktank said on Friday suggesting Chancellor Alistair Darlings inaugural Budget next month will be a tricky affair |
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ChristianToday |
1:12am PST |
Man dies as gales sweep Britain |
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Summary: A lorry driver was killed on Thursday as gales swept across parts of the country and forecasters warned of heavy snow and blizzards to come |
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ChristianToday |
1:12am PST |
Half of all hospital patients could risk clots |
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Summary: More than half of all hospital patients are at risk of blood clots but many do not receive simple treatment that could prevent them researchers said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
1:11am PST |
BA operating profit jumps |
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Summary: British Airways reported a 285 percent rise in operating profit for the first nine months of its financial year and said its longhaul premium business was still shrugging off weakness in financial markets |
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ChristianToday |
1:10am PST |
BA CEO says working to strengthen Iberia ties |
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Summary: British Airways is in talks to strengthen ties with Spains Iberia BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh said on Friday |
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BBC News |
1:09am PST |
Probe into patients' A&E 'misuse' |
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Summary: The number of patients who use hospital A&E departments when they do not need to is reviewed. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03am PST |
Bush lobbies for economic deal
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Summary: AP - President Bush is relying on his bully pulpit to get an economic deal done, a strategy proving tough with a Senate that fumes at being bullied. |
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BBC News |
1:01am PST |
Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 35 |
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Summary: Two bombs explode in busy markets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:58am PST |
Bombing kills 5 at animal market in Iraq |
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Summary: A roadside bomb exploded at an animal market in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 14 others, police said.
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Yahoo News |
12:47am PST |
Michigan town split over disaster firm
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Summary: AP - Officials in this small, job-starved community hope disaster pays. They're welcoming plans by a startup company to build a $79 million center that would help people across the nation prepare for catastrophic events such as terrorist attacks and kille |
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BBC News |
12:45am PST |
Man charged over Securitas raid |
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Summary: A British man extradited from Morocco is charged in connection with the £53m Securitas robbery. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44am PST |
World captivated by US presidential race
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Summary: AP - Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican — as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain. |
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Yahoo News |
12:41am PST |
US diplomats sometimes go off-message
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Summary: AP - More and more, top government diplomats are straying from official Bush foreign policy as the administration wanes, leaving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggling to keep them in check. |
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ChristianToday |
12:40am PST |
Clinton and Obama make peace |
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Summary: Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shared a debate stage alone for the first time on Thursday striking a cordial tone and highlighting their opportunity to make history as the next US president |
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ChristianToday |
12:39am PST |
UNs Ban backs Kenya peace drive |
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Summary: UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon flew into Kenya on Friday to provide heavyweight diplomatic clout for efforts to end a month of postelection turmoil in which more than 850 people have been killed |
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ChristianToday |
12:38am PST |
Gunmen attack Israeli embassy in Mauritania |
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Summary: Gunmen opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania early on Friday wounding at least three people including a French woman outside a nearby nightclub officials and witnesses said |
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ChristianToday |
12:37am PST |
At least 5 killed in Baghdad pet market blast |
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Summary: At least five people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded on Friday inside a popular pet market in central Baghdad which has been targeted several times in the past year police said |
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Cnn.com |
12:37am PST |
Gunmen fire on Israeli embassy in Mauritania |
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Summary: Gunmen opened fire on the Israeli Embassy in the West African nation of Mauritania on Friday morning, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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ChristianToday |
12:36am PST |
Russia sends bombers to Atlantic and Arctic |
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Summary: Russia on Friday sent 12 air force bombers to take part in naval exercises over the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans ItarTass news agency quoted a spokesman for Russias air force as saying |
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ChristianToday |
12:36am PST |
China snow leaves millions in cold and dark |
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Summary: Millions of Chinese faced a humanitarian crisis on Friday as petrol and food reserves dwindled and yet more bad weather was forecast for a country paralysed by recordbreaking cold and snow |
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Yahoo News |
12:34am PST |
At least 5 killed in Baghdad pet market blast: police
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Summary: Reuters - At least five people were killed when a
roadside bomb exploded on Friday inside a popular pet market in
central Baghdad, which has been targeted several times in the
past year, police said. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
Man and horse killed in collision |
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Summary: One man dies and four others are hurt in a collision between three cars and a horse, which is also killed. |
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ChristianToday |
12:32am PST |
Media bidding war starts for Guantanamo exdetainee |
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Summary: Australian David Hicks the only Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of terrorism charges is at the centre of a worldwide media bidding war for his story with a possible price tag of A1 million 449500 pounds local media said |
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ChristianToday |
12:31am PST |
Jakarta airport closed after torrential rains |
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Summary: Indonesias main airport was closed on Friday as more than 40 flights were delayed and some forced to return after takeoff due to low visibility following torrential rains |
