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BBC News |
11:54pm PST |
Arrests in headless body inquiry |
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Summary: Detectives investigating the discovery of a headless body in north-west London arrest three people in Derby. |
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ChristianToday |
11:46pm PST |
Rambo throws spotlight on violence and killings in Burma |
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Summary: Christian Freedom International CFI is urging the global community to call on the Burmese Government to end the largescale violence that has caused the deaths of thousands of its own citizens as thousands more continue to stream into refugee camps |
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ChristianToday |
11:46pm PST |
Rambo throws spotlight on violence and killing in Burma |
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Summary: Christian Freedom International CFI is urging the global community to call on the Burmese Government to end the largescale violence that has caused the deaths of thousands of its own citizens as thousands more continue to stream into refugee camps |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PST |
Mbeki seeks to calm economy fears |
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Summary: South African President Thabo Mbeki is to make his state of the nation address, amid recession fears. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PST |
Draft law sparks protests in Peru |
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Summary: Thousands protest in Cuzco, Peru, against a law promoting development near ancient Inca monuments. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PST |
Olympics: Beijing defended |
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Summary: The International Olympic Committee says it was right to award the Games to Beijing despite concerns over human rights in China. |
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Cnn.com |
11:22pm PST |
6 missing after refinery blast injures dozens |
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Summary: Rescue crews were searching in the pre-dawn darkness Friday for six people who are unaccounted for after an explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery injured at least 42 people, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PST |
British probe finds force of blast killed Bhutto: reports
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British police have found that Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide blast and not an assassin's bullet, reports said Friday ahead of the release of their findings. |
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Cnn.com |
11:21pm PST |
Scotland Yard: Blast, not bullet, killed Bhutto |
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Summary: A Scotland Yard inquiry in the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto found that she died from the impact of a suicide bombing, not bullets fired at her moments earlier as she left a political rally, the Associated Press quoted a U.S. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PST |
Attacks on firefighters reduced |
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Summary: Attacks on fire crews in Northern Ireland have fallen over the past year, latest figures reveal. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PST |
Alleged kidney ring mastermind arrested |
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Summary: The alleged mastermind of a kidney transplant scheme in India will be presented by authorities at a news conference in the capital of Nepal on Friday, police said.
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BBC News |
10:45pm PST |
Epilepsy proposals 'are UK first' |
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Summary: Proposals for faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy in Wales are announced. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PST |
Epilepsy plans 'to aid patients' |
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Summary: New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PST |
Gunman kills five in Missouri city hall
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman killed two police
officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he
stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis,
police said. |
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ChristianToday |
10:13pm PST |
Law of the land should accommodate religious beliefs Archbishop |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has given the first lecture in a series of discussions Islam in English Law as part of the Temple Festival 2008 |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PST |
Sharia comments trigger criticism |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury faces widespread criticism after saying some Sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable". |
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Yahoo News |
9:21pm PST |
Dozens injured in Georgia sugar refinery blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dozens of people were injured, some of
them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S.
state of Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said,
adding that no fatalities had been reported yet. |
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Yahoo News |
9:18pm PST |
AP: Evangelical leader endorses Huckabee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, backed Mike Huckabee's presidential bid Thursday night, giving the former Arkansas governor a long-sought endorsement as the Republican field narrowed to a two-man race. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PST |
Dozens hurt as blast rocks sugar refinery |
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Summary: Dozens of people were injured -- many of them critically -- in an explosion at a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, tonight, a hospital official said. Ambulances were rushing the injured to area hospitals while rescuers searched for other victims.
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BBC News |
9:10pm PST |
McCain plea as Romney quits |
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Summary: John McCain calls on conservatives to rally behind him as Mitt Romney ends his US presidential campaign. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PST |
McCain plea as Romney withdraws |
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Summary: John McCain calls on conservatives to rally behind him as Mitt Romney suspends his US presidential campaign. |
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Yahoo News |
9:07pm PST |
Sadness may encourage more extravagance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If you're sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people's spending judgment goes out the window when they're down, especially if they're a bit self-absorbed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PST |
Force of blast killed Bhutto, not bullet: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an
assassin's bullet, The New York Times reported in its Friday
editions, quoting officials briefed by Scotland Yard
investigators. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PST |
Coroner denies 13 suicides linked |
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Summary: The coroner investigating the suicides of 13 young people says he does not think they were linked. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59pm PST |
McNamee's lawyers show photos of needles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens crisscrossed Capitol Hill, hoping a handshake and a smile would help his cause. His accuser, Brian McNamee, brought two photos showing syringes and vials and even a crumpled beer can in a bid to bolster his side of the story. |
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BBC News |
8:51pm PST |
Australia ends 'Pacific Solution' |
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Summary: The last detainees leave a camp on Nauru, ending Australia's "Pacific Solution" immigration policy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PST |
Six dead in Missouri City Hall shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman killed two police
officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he
stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis,
police said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PST |
Palestinian PM sees no '08 Israel accord
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad said on Thursday a lasting peace accord with Israel was
unlikely in 2008 despite renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve
the long-running conflict. |
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Cnn.com |
8:30pm PST |
Exxon to freeze $12 billion in Venezuelan assets |
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Summary: Exxon Mobil has obtained a court order freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's state-owned oil company's worldwide assets after the government of President Hugo Chavez forced the company out of two joint ventures last year, a company spokeswoman said Th |
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BBC News |
8:29pm PST |
Six die in attack on US council |
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Summary: A gunman opens fire on a council meeting in the US city of St Louis, killing five before being shot dead. |
