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11:48pm PST |
Credit crunch tops Japan G7 talks |
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Summary: Ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies meet to discuss the fallout from the global credit crunch. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PST |
Stabbed man given sport honour |
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Summary: A fitness instructor killed on a holiday in America last summer is the first recipient of a new exercise award. |
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11:34pm PST |
Cricket: NZ beat dismal England |
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Summary: England bat dismally in the first one-day international in Wellington, losing by six wickets. |
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PST |
Labrador survives 6 story garage leap
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Summary: AP - Authorities say a Labrador retriever named Jet really can fly. The 65-pound dog survived a six story leap from a Tampa airport parking garage and lived. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PST |
Bin Laden, Omar not operating in Pakistan: Islamabad
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan rejected on Saturday a U.S.
official's assertion that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and
Taliban leader Mullah Omar are operating from Pakistani
territory. |
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Yahoo News |
11:09pm PST |
Mass Turkish rally planned to protest headscarf vote
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Summary: AFP - Turkish lawmakers were expected to approve on Saturday the scrapping of a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, but a mass rally was planned to show the depth of public opposition to the move. |
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10:10pm PST |
Family, friends bid farewell to Ledger
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Summary: AP - Heath Ledger's family joined celebrities and other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown that began with a haunting Aboriginal dirge. |
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10:00pm PST |
Mourners say farewell to Ledger |
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Summary: Film stars, fans and friends join the family of Heath Ledger for a memorial service ahead of a private funeral. |
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9:36pm PST |
Man guilty of barrel wife murder |
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Summary: A British expatriate is found guilty of murdering his wife in Australia and hiding her body in a barrel for over 20 years. |
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9:32pm PST |
G7 leaders vow cooperation to stabilize finance system
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Summary: Reuters - Finance leaders from the world's richest
nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world
financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is
puncturing global economic growth. |
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8:38pm PST |
Sumo hazing allegations rock Japan |
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Summary: When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links its national identity to the sport.
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8:20pm PST |
Family arrives for Heath Ledger service
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Summary: AP - Heath Leger's family joined celebrities and other mourners Saturday to bid farewell to the actor at a memorial service in his Australian hometown. |
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8:20pm PST |
US says Mullah Omar 'in Pakistan' |
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Summary: Taleban leader Mullah Omar and al-Qaeda commanders are living in Pakistan, says a senior US official. |
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8:05pm PST |
Archbishop defends Sharia remarks |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury defends his comments on Muslim law, amid calls for him to quit. |
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7:59pm PST |
Family ready for Ledger funeral |
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Summary: The family of Heath Ledger prepares for a private funeral for the late actor in his hometown of Perth. |
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Cnn.com |
7:42pm PST |
Alleged bin Laden bodyguard charged |
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Summary: An alleged close associate of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is facing a number of charges, including providing material support for terrorism, the U.S. Office of Military Commissions said Friday.
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7:39pm PST |
Scholar: US sought help in Bolivia
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Summary: AP - An American scholar said Friday that an official at the U.S. Embassy asked him to keep tabs on Venezuelan and Cuban workers in Bolivia. Washington said that any such request would be an error and against U.S. policy. |
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7:14pm PST |
Banks 'cancel good payers' cards' |
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Summary: Banks may be taking cards from reliable customers and giving them instead to riskier ones, an MP fears. |
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6:52pm PST |
G7 leaders vow cooperation as global econ worries rise
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Finance leaders from the world's richest
nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world
financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is
puncturing global economic growth. |
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Cnn.com |
6:50pm PST |
Citizens gather for vigil after council massacre |
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Summary: Hundreds of people sang "Amazing Grace" and prayed Friday evening as they gathered at a City Hall in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, to mourn the victims of a shooting spree. The candlelight vigil took place a day after a man stormed into a City Council mee |
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Cnn.com |
6:36pm PST |
Trainer reportedly gave Clemens' wife HGH |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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6:35pm PST |
McNamee says he injected Clemens' wife
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Summary: AP - It's become a daily routine: A new element of Brian McNamee's "I injected Roger Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone" story emerges — and Clemens' attorneys call the pitcher's former personal trainer a liar. The latest, and quite possibly o |
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Yahoo News |
6:13pm PST |
Al-Qaeda, Taliban chiefs hiding in Pakistan: US official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammad Omar and their top commanders are hiding in Pakistan, posing a "huge challenge" to the security of the country and neighboring Afghanistan, a senior US administration official said Fri |
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5:33pm PST |
Complaints against MPs increase |
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Summary: The Conway affair has led to a rise in complaints about MPs, the Commons standards committee head says. |
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5:31pm PST |
Court: Britney's dad can fire manager
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Summary: AP - A Superior Court commissioner gave Britney Spears' father the power to fire the singer's business manager, according to documents released Friday. Commissioner Reva Goetz also ordered Howard Grossman to turn over "all documents, records and assets re |
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Cnn.com |
5:31pm PST |
Arubans question van der Sloot again |
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Summary: Aruban authorities questioned Joran van der Sloot in the Netherlands about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Aruban prosecutor's office said Friday.
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5:26pm PST |
Turks set to ease headscarf ban |
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Summary: Turkey's parliament prepares to change the constitution to ease the ban on Islamic headscarves in universities. |
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Yahoo News |
5:21pm PST |
Dust blamed in deadly refinery blast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that leveled a sugar refinery, and crews pulled four bodies from tunnels beneath the mangled mass of metal and beams left by the blast. |
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Yahoo News |
5:17pm PST |
Obama leads Clinton by only 2 delegates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday's contests was still too close to call. With nearly 1,600 delegates from Tuesday contests awarded, Sen. Barack Obama led by two delegates Friday night, with 91 dele |
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BBC News |
5:10pm PST |
Credit crunch to top Japan talks |
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Summary: Ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies meet to discuss the fallout from the global credit crunch. |
