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2:59am PDT |
1970s radical freed from US jail |
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Summary: A woman who spent 24 years on the run after trying to bomb LA police cars is freed after seven years in prison. |
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BBC News |
2:54am PDT |
Valleywood studio is £15m in red |
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Summary: The administrator called in to tackle problems at the Valleywood film studios says it owes £15m to creditors. |
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Yahoo News |
2:44am PDT |
US House Speaker urges international probe into Tibet unrest
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday called for an international probe into the causes of deadly unrest in Tibet but added she was not seeking a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
2:34am PDT |
Missing girl search scaled down |
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Summary: Search efforts are reduced at a country park in Devon, where police initially believed a distressed teenage girl had gone missing. |
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ChristianToday |
2:30am PDT |
ExSoviet leader Gorbachev admits he is Christian |
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Summary: Mikhail Gorbachev the last communist leader of the Soviet Union admitted publicly for the first time on Wednesday that he is a Christian |
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ChristianToday |
2:30am PDT |
Gorbachev tomb visit revives closet Christian rumours |
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Summary: Mikhail Gorbachev the last communist leader of the Soviet Union paid an unexpected visit Wednesday to the tomb of St Francis of Assisi in Italy where he reportedly spent nearly a halfanhour in silent meditation |
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
Three men die in road accidents |
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Summary: Three men die following two separate road accidents in the past 24 hours in Northern Ireland. |
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BBC News |
2:27am PDT |
Polyclinic plans 'flawed' |
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Summary: The government's drive to push care out of hospitals and into "polyclinics" is flawed, an expert says. |
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2:27am PDT |
Liberians stand up to be counted |
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Summary: Liberia is conducting its first national population count for more than two decades after years of civil war. |
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Yahoo News |
2:16am PDT |
Rival Cypriot leaders begin fresh bid for unity
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New Cypriot President Demetris Christofias opened negotiations Friday with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in a fresh bid to re-unite the divided island. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13am PDT |
Annan urges more UN action on Darfur
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned whether all countries on the Security Council have lived up to their responsibility to protect civilians in Darfur from atrocities. |
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Yahoo News |
2:13am PDT |
Astronauts test repair technique on spacewalk
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A pair of astronauts ended a spacewalk
late on Thursday in which they tested a repair procedure for
the heat shields on the space shuttle fleet -- a technique NASA
hopes it never needs to use. |
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ChristianToday |
2:13am PDT |
Church responds to flood emergency in Angola and Namibia |
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Summary: USPG has sent emergency funding to help the Anglican Churches in Angola and Namibia to provide aid for thousands of families left hungry and homeless by destructive flooding |
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BBC News |
2:09am PDT |
EU 'committed' to stiff CO2 cuts |
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Summary: Europe is still committed to ambitious cuts in CO2 emissions, the EU environment chief tells the BBC. |
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Yahoo News |
2:01am PDT |
Tibetans greet US speaker Pelosi
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Chinese "oppression" in Tibet a challenge to the world's conscience as thousands of Tibetan exiles cheered her arrival to meet the Dalai Lama. |
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Yahoo News |
1:49am PDT |
Blast kills soldier from NATO force in Afghanistan
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An explosion killed a soldier from
NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a
statement on Friday. |
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BBC News |
1:49am PDT |
Easter disruption hits passengers |
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Summary: Train services in the UK are disrupted as major works are carried out on key routes over the Easter weekend. |
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BBC News |
1:44am PDT |
TV stars Kym and Jack Ryder split |
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Summary: Coronation Street star Kym Ryder separates from her husband, ex-EastEnder Jack Ryder, in an "amicable" split. |
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BBC News |
1:42am PDT |
Call for clarity on code patents |
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Summary: A legal row between the UK government and Symbian has revived the issue of whether computer programs can be patented. |
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Cnn.com |
1:36am PDT |
House speaker critical of China over Tibet |
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Summary: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday criticized China for its crackdown on anti-government protesters in Tibet and called on "freedom-loving people" worldwide to denounce China.
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1:26am PDT |
Teachers to vote on class sizes |
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Summary: Teachers are to vote on whether to demand the government reduces class sizes to 20 pupils. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Rival Cypriot leaders meet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - New Cypriot President Demetris Christofias began fresh negotiations Friday with Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat on the future of the divided island, an AFP correspondent said. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Kenyans protest at army terror in mountain offensive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Church leader Wycliffe
Masibo describes seeing an elderly member of his flock whipped
to death during a Kenyan army search for militiamen in his
remote mountain village. |
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BBC News |
1:17am PDT |
Cyprus leaders begin peace talks |
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Summary: The new Cyprus President, Demetris Christofias, holds peace talks with the Turkish Cypriot leader. |
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Yahoo News |
1:16am PDT |
Obama outdoes Clinton in finance game
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the tempo of her fundraising and her spending last month, only to be eclipsed by rival Barack Obama. At month's end, with debts of nearly $9 million, her money was nearly spent and he was sitting atop $30 million in avail |
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BBC News |
1:14am PDT |
Hamilton on top form in Malaysia |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton is fastest in Friday practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. |
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Yahoo News |
1:08am PDT |
`Chocolate Rain' claims a YouTube award
(AP)
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Summary: AP - And the winner for best music video: "Chocolate Rain." |
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BBC News |
1:07am PDT |
Football: Spurs v Pompey preview |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Saturday's Premier League match. |
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Yahoo News |
1:06am PDT |
Richardson to endorse Obama's White House bid: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New Mexico Gov. Bill
Richardson endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic
nomination for U.S. president, Obama's aides said on Friday, in
a big boost for the senator. |
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Yahoo News |
1:06am PDT |
Asylum's renaming insults advocates
(AP)
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Summary: AP - It's an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. |
