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Yahoo News |
9:36am PST |
France mulls greater role in Afghanistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In American military parlance, it's gut-check time for NATO in Afghanistan, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appears ready to answer allies' calls for more forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. |
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BBC News |
9:32am PST |
Lawrence family 'hurt' by attack |
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Summary: The family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence are "devastated" by vandalism of a centre in his memory. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PST |
Holiday couple killed in New York |
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Summary: A Somerset couple on holiday in New York City are killed when they are struck by a dustbin lorry. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PST |
Couple killed by NY dustbin lorry |
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Summary: A Somerset couple on holiday in New York City are killed when they are struck by a dustbin lorry. |
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Cnn.com |
9:22am PST |
AP: U.S. to shoot down broken satellite |
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BBC News |
9:18am PST |
Bhutto widower warns on election |
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Summary: The widower of slain former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto says his party will protest if Monday's elections are rigged. |
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Yahoo News |
9:15am PST |
China says U.S. spying allegations total fiction
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China is not running a spy network in
the United States and Washington should cease its allegations
of espionage, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, days after
the U.S. Justice Department arrested four for spying. |
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Yahoo News |
9:14am PST |
Bernanke, Paulson set to discuss economy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fighting to keep the U.S. economy afloat, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will give Congress fresh insights into economic and financial conditions greatly strained by the one-two punch of the housing and cre |
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Yahoo News |
9:08am PST |
Kenyan rivals to write new constitution
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Kenya's political rivals agreed Thursday to write a new constitution within a year as part of a deal to end postelection violence that already has killed more than 1,000 people, a government negotiator said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:08am PST |
US: Broken satellite will be shot down
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press has learned. |
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Yahoo News |
9:01am PST |
FEMA to continue trailer distribution
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will distribute mobile homes to victims of last week's tornadoes in Arkansas and Tennessee, despite a health warning about high formaldehyde levels, officials said Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:59am PST |
Iran bans 5 Web sites for news comments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iranian authorities banned five Web sites that comment on current events for "poisoning" public opinion ahead of the crucial mid-March parliamentary elections, the state radio reported on Thursday. |
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CTI Music |
8:58am PST |
Iron & Wine |
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Summary: The acclaimed indie folk artist and self-proclaimed agnostic uses Biblical references and a wide-angle lens to survey a society in need of stability.
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CTI Music |
8:58am PST |
Against the Grain |
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Summary: Whether making music with his band, leading others into a relationship with Jesus, or marrying his sweetheart, 19-year-old Leeland Mooring only wants to do it if it's pleasing to God.
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Today\'s C |
8:58am PST |
"Out Over My Skis" |
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Today\'s C |
8:58am PST |
Mixed Signals |
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Today\'s C |
8:58am PST |
"Open the Eyes of My Heart" |
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Today\'s C |
8:58am PST |
A.C. Green: Standing Tall |
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Today\'s C |
8:57am PST |
The Adoption Option |
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Summary: My search for answers to our struggle with infertility led to some surprising revelations about God's plan--especially how infertility and adoption played key roles in Bible history.
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Yahoo News |
8:52am PST |
Justice says waterboarding not legal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed, going a step beyond what CIA Director Michael Hayden has said. |
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BBC News |
8:50am PST |
Home alone mother's jail warning |
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Summary: A woman could be jailed for abandoning her teenage daughter for six weeks to visit her lover abroad. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44am PST |
Bush to send Rice to Kenya to boost peace bid
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush said Thursday he plans to send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Kenya to support efforts to end violence and help political reconciliation there. |
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BBC News |
8:42am PST |
Bush to send top envoy to Kenya |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to visit Kenya amid efforts to end post-election violence. |
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BBC News |
8:41am PST |
Kenya to probe radio hate speech |
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Summary: The Kenyan government orders an investigation into claims that radio stations broadcast hate speeches. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39am PST |
Angry Okinawa wants smaller U.S. military presence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Angry lawmakers on Japan's southern
island of Okinawa called for progress on shrinking the U.S.
military presence and tighter discipline among U.S. troops
after the arrest of a U.S. Marine on suspicion of raping a
local schoolgirl. |
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Yahoo News |
8:37am PST |
Kenya crisis talks adjourn, Rice expected
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Kenya's feuding political parties
adjourned talks for the weekend on Thursday, dashing chief
mediator Kofi Annan's hopes of having a final political
settlement to the post-election crisis this week. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PST |
Fed warns on US economy |
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Summary: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the outlook for the US economy is deteriorating. |
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BBC News |
8:30am PST |
Fed boss warns of weaker economy |
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Summary: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the outlook for the US economy is deteriorating. |
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BBC News |
8:20am PST |
BAE inquiry 'put lives at risk' |
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Summary: The government thought "British lives on British streets" would have been at risk if an arms deal probe had not been stopped. |
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Yahoo News |
8:17am PST |
Serbia and Russia step up Kosovo warnings
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Serbia and Russia stepped up warnings on Thursday that they would not accept the independence of Kosovo ahead of a UN Security Council emergency meeting on the breakaway province. |
