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Bush urges Kenya power-sharing |
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Summary: US President George W Bush backs a power-sharing deal to end Kenya's turmoil, at the start of a tour of Africa. |
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BBC News |
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Arrests after restaurant shooting |
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Summary: Two men are arrested after a number of shots are fired at a Birmingham city centre restaurant. |
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ChristianToday |
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Billy Graham recovering well from operation |
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Summary: Evangelist Billy Graham 89 underwent an elective procedure earlier in the week to update the valve for a shunt which was implanted in 2000 to regulate pressure within his brain |
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Yahoo News |
2:29am PST |
Bush: Conflicts not focus of Africa trip
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Summary: AP - President Bush said Saturday that while his trip to Africa is focused on success stories and not the conflicts roiling nearly every corner of the continent, his administration is actively engaged in resolving the turmoil there. |
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2:11am PST |
Football: Wenger lauds Ronaldo |
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Summary: Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are wary of each other's leading scorers ahead of the FA Cup tie between Manchester United & Arsenal. |
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2:07am PST |
Gunman's friendly exterior masked past
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Summary: AP - Steven Kazmierczak's quiet, dependable and fun-loving exterior masked troubling details from his past that emerged as a stunned community struggled to understand what caused the 27-year-old to open fire on a class at Northern Illinois University, lea |
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1:57am PST |
Excitement as Kosovo inches closer to independence
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Summary: AFP - Kosovo on Saturday inched closer to its historic declaration of independence, with a growing sense of excitement among its people and the European Union launching a police and judicial mission to smoothen the birth of the world's newest state. |
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1:48am PST |
Polling station bombed in Pakistan
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Summary: AP - Suspected militants bombed a polling station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two days before parliamentary elections considered crucial to restoring democracy. |
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1:48am PST |
Indian Maoists kill 14 in Orissa |
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Summary: Maoist rebels attack police stations in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, killing 13 officers and a civilian. |
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Yahoo News |
1:38am PST |
Bush defends itinerary for Africa trip
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Summary: AP - President Bush says his five-nation trip to Africa is meant to highlight success stories and that even though he's skipping conflict-ridden areas, his administration is actively engaged in resolving turmoil on the continent. |
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Yahoo News |
1:34am PST |
Dispute over guns threatens Senate vote
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Summary: AP - An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast. |
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BBC News |
1:32am PST |
Arrest over Orange hall arson bid |
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Summary: A man is arrested following an attempted arson attack on an Orange hall at Portadown in County Armagh. |
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ChristianToday |
1:16am PST |
Archbishops to make first visit to URC college |
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Summary: The Archbishops of Canterbury and York will join in a visit to the United Reformed Churchs Westminster College in Cambridge in the first such visit that the Archbishops have undertaken together |
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12:52am PST |
Study laments delay in Marine vehicle
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes. |
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ChristianToday |
12:49am PST |
Stallone faced death threats for highlighting Burma persecution |
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Summary: Rambo star Sylvester Stallone said this week that he received multiple death threats while filming in Burma for the latest installment in the Rambo series |
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Yahoo News |
12:43am PST |
Fossett declared dead 5 months later
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Summary: AP - Self-made business tycoon Steve Fossett, whose thirst for adrenaline drove him to fly around the world solo in a balloon, climb mountains and aim for speed records, has been declared dead, 5 months after his small plane vanished. He was 63. |
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12:36am PST |
"No Wales-only" fixes says Brown |
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Summary: The Prime Minister tells Welsh Labour members that UK-wide solutions are needed for some of the biggest challenges. |
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Yahoo News |
12:35am PST |
Space shuttle astronauts focus on lab
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Summary: AP - With their outdoor work completed, the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex focused all their attention on the inside of the new Columbus lab. |
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ChristianToday |
12:27am PST |
Christian Poll McCain Less Popular than Obama Clinton |
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Summary: Republican frontrunner John McCain remains unpopular among Christian conservatives who said they would rather vote for Democratic contenders Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton according to a new poll |
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BBC News |
12:11am PST |
Brits 'fail' industry, David says |
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Summary: R&B singer Craig David accuses the Brit Awards of failing to "represent" the true reality of the music business. |
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12:06am PST |
Three killed in motorway accident |
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Summary: A crash leaves three people dead and part of the M20 in Kent closed as police examine the scene. |
