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9:25pm PST |
Thailand says no decision yet on Russian arms dealer's extradition
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Summary: AFP - Thailand has not yet decided whether to prosecute top Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in local courts or to grant a US request for his extradition, police said Friday. |
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9:24pm PST |
Attack won't halt talks, Israel insists |
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Summary: The killing of eight people at a Jerusalem Jewish college by a gunman will not derail peace talks, Israel says. |
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9:20pm PST |
MPs criticise Revenue bonuses |
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Summary: MPs criticise HM Revenue and Customs for paying senior staff big bonuses despite high-profile problems. |
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Cnn.com |
9:13pm PST |
Ron Paul hints at ending presidential run |
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9:10pm PST |
Gaviscon maker 'cheated NHS' |
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Summary: The makers of Gaviscon kept an effective monopoly for years after the stomach medicine came off patent, Newsnight has been told. |
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8:44pm PST |
England made to struggle by Kiwis |
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Summary: England grind their way to 286-6 on day three of the first Test, still trailing New Zealand by 184 runs. |
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8:41pm PST |
Odinga sees speedy Kenya progress |
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Summary: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says he expects a new post-crisis government to be formed in weeks. |
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8:40pm PST |
Network apologizes for mocking town name
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Summary: AP - A cable sports network says it no longer will make Athol the butt of its jokes. |
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Cnn.com |
8:40pm PST |
Egypt builds new wall along Gaza |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PST |
North Carolina student president killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well. |
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7:49pm PST |
Clinton campaigns in Mississippi
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Summary: AP - Fresh off a trio of primary victories, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to set low expectations for Tuesday's primary in Mississippi by telling Democrats that even if they support her opponent the moment is historic. |
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Yahoo News |
7:49pm PST |
Ecuador says catches Colombian rebels
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Summary: Reuters - Ecuador announced a rare capture
of Colombian guerrillas on Thursday as Latin American leaders
gathered for a summit that will be dominated by a regional
crisis over a cross-border raid by Colombia. |
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7:47pm PST |
'We Did It' letters eyed in NY bombing
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Summary: AP - Capitol Hill offices received letters Thursday containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the claim "We Did It." |
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7:32pm PST |
U.S. Iraq envoy to leave soon after Petraeus: paper
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker
plans to leave Baghdad as early as January, shortly after U.S.
military commander Gen. David Petraeus is expected to rotate
out of Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22pm PST |
Court order sought in e-mail controversy
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Summary: AP - A private group told a federal court Thursday the Bush administration made apparently false and misleading statements in court about the White House e-mail controversy. |
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Yahoo News |
7:21pm PST |
'Idol' cuts 4 more, leaving 12 finalists
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Summary: AP - The top 12 "American Idol" finalists include an actress, a "Star Search" champion, an Australian, a male stripper and someone who already recorded a debut album. |
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BBC News |
7:00pm PST |
Teenager on brick murder charge |
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Summary: A teenager is charged with the murder of a 16-year-old who died two weeks after being hit with a brick. |
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6:50pm PST |
Pro golfer faces charges in hawk killing
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Summary: AP - PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour faces charges for hitting a hawk with a golf shot because it was making noise as he videotaped a TV show. |
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6:40pm PST |
NCarolina student president killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The University of North Carolina student body president was found shot to death on a city street in what police said Thursday appeared to be a random crime, stunning the campus community who knew her well. |
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BBC News |
6:18pm PST |
Pentagon curbs Google maps |
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Summary: Google is banned from filming inside US military bases due to the "threat" posed by its online maps. |
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5:38pm PST |
Army: Psychiatrists needed on warfronts
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Summary: AP - U.S. troops on the battlefield found it harder to get the mental health care they needed last year, when violence rose in Afghanistan and new tactics pushed soldiers in Iraq farther from their operating bases. |
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Yahoo News |
5:28pm PST |
Russian 'Merchant of Death' held in Thailand
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Summary: AFP - Thai police arrested perhaps the world's most notorious arms dealer, Viktor Bout, on Thursday after a sting operation in which US agents posed as Colombian rebels seeking an arsenal of modern weapons. |
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Cnn.com |
5:24pm PST |
Times Square bombing claim: 'We did it' |
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Summary: A man on a bicycle is being sought as a possible suspect in today's bombing at a military recruiting station in Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city is safe and New Yorkers should go on with their lives. New Yorkers, Bloomberg said, "are no |
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5:22pm PST |
Gunman kills 8 in Jerusalem Jewish college
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Palestinian gunman killed eight
people in a Jewish religious college in Jerusalem on Thursday,
most of them students, and wounded about 10 others in the most
lethal attack in Israel in two years. |
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BBC News |
5:05pm PST |
Hope over high blood pressure jab |
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Summary: A four-monthly jab could replace the need to regularly take pills to control blood pressure, scientists say. |
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5:05pm PST |
Hope over blood pressure jab |
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Summary: A four-monthly jab could replace the need to regularly take pills to control blood pressure, scientists say. |
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5:03pm PST |
Faster breast reconstruction call |
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Summary: Only one in ten women with breast cancer has reconstruction with their mastectomy, an audit shows. |
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5:03pm PST |
Prem babies 'need long-term care' |
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Summary: A third of babies born between 29 and 33 weeks need specialist care aged five, a study finds. |
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4:58pm PST |
'We did it' letters eyed in NY bombing
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Summary: AP - Police are investigating letters that arrived Thursday at Capitol Hill offices containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the claim "We Did It." |
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Yahoo News |
4:49pm PST |
Tons of food aid rotting in Haiti ports
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Summary: AP - While millions of Haitians go hungry, containers full of food are stacking up in the nation's ports because of government red tape — leaving tons of beans, rice and other staples to rot under a sweltering sun or be devoured by vermin. |
