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BBC News |
1:30am PDT |
Man charged with murdering baby |
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Summary: A man is charged with the murder of a baby boy who died after being found with a head injury. |
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Yahoo News |
1:25am PDT |
Report: 10 dead in Tibetan violence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Chinese officials on Saturday promised to crack down on protesters who do not surrender following the largest demonstrations against China's rule in Tibet in two decades — a violent spectacle that left at least 10 dead and embarrassed the country ahe |
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BBC News |
1:20am PDT |
China leaders confirmed in office |
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Summary: China's leader Hu Jintao is elected for another five-year term as president, after a near-unanimous vote. |
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ChristianToday |
1:17am PDT |
Youtube breakthrough for unknown Christian London Mayor candidate |
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Summary: Relatively unknown London Mayoral candidate Alan Craig is surging ahead of
mainstream candidates in online campaigning through hits on Youtube the
videosharing website |
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Yahoo News |
1:13am PDT |
Civil rights exhibit honors 20 women
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A veteran civil rights leader says the Democratic presidential field this year represents what she and others who have worked for equal rights have long anticipated. |
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Yahoo News |
1:09am PDT |
Fed comes to Bear Stearns' rescue
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Bear Stearns, slammed by a sudden cash
crunch, hammered out an emergency funding deal with the Federal
Reserve and JPMorgan Chase, intensifying fears the global
credit crisis will claim more victims and driving Bear's shares
down by as much |
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Yahoo News |
1:01am PDT |
Astronauts prepare for spacewalk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With power now flowing to the international space station's new robot, the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex started preparing Saturday for a spacewalk to assemble the giant machine. |
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BBC News |
1:00am PDT |
Murder probe after teenager shot |
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Summary: A murder investigation is under way in south London after a 19-year-old found with gunshot wounds later dies. |
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ChristianToday |
1:00am PDT |
Christian leaders praise BBCs worship milestone |
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Summary: Christian leaders have joined forces to praise BBC Radio Stokes weekly broadcast act of worship In Praise of God which this week celebrates its 40th anniversary |
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Yahoo News |
1:00am PDT |
Two Afghans killed in suicide attack on NATO convoy
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomb attack on
a convoy of NATO-led forces in southeastern Afghanistan on
Saturday killed two Afghan civilians, an official said. |
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BBC News |
12:59am PDT |
Police question Goa girl's mother |
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Summary: The mother of a British teenager murdered in Goa has been questioned by police. |
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ChristianToday |
12:54am PDT |
US Lutherans issue human sexuality statement for review |
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Summary: In an unprecedented social statement on human sexuality a task force of the USs largest Lutheran denomination said the church should continue to uphold marriage between a man and a woman |
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ChristianToday |
12:45am PDT |
Iraqi archbishop laid to rest by mourners |
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Summary: Mourners have laid to rest on Friday a Chaldean Catholic archbishop known as a man of peace beloved by all Iraqis after he was found dead following a kidnapping |
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Yahoo News |
12:42am PDT |
US tones down praise for Musharraf
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Just months ago, the United States publicly championed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as an "indispensable" ally. |
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Yahoo News |
12:40am PDT |
Conservatives ahead as Iran counts vote
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Conservatives were Saturday expected to win Iran's legislative election, but with reformists set to retain a foothold in parliament despite the mass vetoing of their candidates before the vote. |
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Yahoo News |
12:32am PDT |
China sets deadline for Tibet rioters to surrender
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - China set a "surrender deadline,"
announced deaths and showed the first extensive television
footage of rioting in Lhasa on Saturday, launching a crackdown
after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18am PDT |
Tornado hits downtown Atlanta, injures nine
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A tornado struck the heart of downtown
Atlanta on Friday night, injuring several people and damaging
numerous buildings, including the roof of the Georgia Dome as
thousands watched a college basketball game, the city's mayor
and witnesses sa |
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BBC News |
12:13am PDT |
Anderson injury scare for England |
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Summary: England are given an injury scare after bowler James Anderson is injured playing football after the third day's play against New Zealand. |
