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1:06am PST |
Musharraf will back new government "if peace maintained"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
said on Friday he would support an incoming coalition
government that could seek his resignation, so long as peace
was maintained. |
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1:05am PST |
Cuffed and silent, notorious arms dealer in Thai custody
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, branded the "Merchant of Death" for feeding weapons to conflict zones around the world, was paraded handcuffed by Thai police Friday after his capture in a dramatic sting operation. |
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12:47am PST |
Rookie congressman to fill Hastert seat
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Voters in former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's district will choose a new congressman in a special election Saturday, but there's one thing they won't replace: his clout. |
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12:41am PST |
China urges Sudan to seek compromise in Darfur
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China has urged Sudan to do more to
stop fighting in Darfur and speed the arrival of more
peacekeepers, Beijing's envoy on the crisis said, defending his
country as a diplomatic bridge to help end the bloodshed. |
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12:27am PST |
Thais detain alleged 'Merchant of Death'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle guns to Colombia's leftist rebels. |
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12:21am PST |
Consumer confidence at lowest since 2002
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Confidence in the economy dropped to a new low as worries about a possible recession, persistent problems in the housing and credit markets and lofty energy prices put people in a more gloomy mind-set. |
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12:20am PST |
Israel tightens security after Jerusalem attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel tightened security around
Jerusalem on Friday for fear of violence after a Palestinian
gunman killed eight people at one of the city's most prominent
Jewish religious schools. |
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12:17am PST |
UNC mourns loss of slain student leader |
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Summary: Thousands of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered Thursday to remember student body president, Eve Carson, who was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in a suburban neighborhood near campus.
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12:14am PST |
U.S. brands Bangladeshi Islamist group "terrorist"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States said it had
designated a Bangladeshi Islamist group, Harkat-ul-Jihad al
Islami, as a "terrorist" organization, subjecting it to U.S.
financial sanctions. |
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12:13am PST |
Israel on alert after deadly Jerusalem attack
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Israel went on alert on Friday after a Palestinian gunmen killed eight teens at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem before being gunned down, threatening efforts to mend faltering peace talks. |
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12:11am PST |
Rahul Gandhi on 'India discovery' |
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Summary: MP and senior leader of India's Congress party Rahul Gandhi sets off on a "discovery of India" tour from Orissa in eastern India. |
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12:00am PST |
Latin American leaders head for crisis showdown
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Andean leaders locked in a
dispute over a Colombian military raid to kill rebels hiding in
Ecuador will confront each other on Friday at a summit
dominated by the crisis threatening regional stability. |
