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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
Bush: Basra fighting a 'defining moment' for Iraq |
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Summary: President Bush today praised the Iraqi government's military push into Basra as "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," saying the government is fighting criminals there. "It's a necessary part of the development of a free society," Bush said a |
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Cnn.com |
7:49am PDT |
Baghdad on lockdown as rockets, bombs fly |
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Summary: Baghdad is on virtual lockdown today as a tough new curfew ordered people off the streets of the Iraqi capital and five other cities until 5 p.m. Sunday. Despite the curfew, rockets or mortar rounds hit an Iraqi vice president's office in the Green Zone, |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
Cameron pledges 'dynamic' economy |
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Summary: Tory leader David Cameron tells senior City figures his party would offer Britain a new "economic dynamism". |
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ChristianPost |
7:36am PDT |
Zimbabwe Churches Gear Up for Elections |
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Summary: Churches in Zimbabwe are mobilizing Christians to turn out to vote Saturday for the highly anticipated presidential election that could overthrow President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the nation with an iron fist for nearly three ... |
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Cnn.com |
7:32am PDT |
Science project sparks subway scare |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:23am PDT |
US airstrike kills at least 4 in Baghdad
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A U.S. helicopter fired a Hellfire missile during fighting in a Shiite militia stronghold of Baghdad Friday, killing at least four people as deadly clashes broke out in Iraq's oil-rich south for the fourth day. |
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BBC News |
7:20am PDT |
Kenya in mobile phone share sale |
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Summary: The Kenyan government launches a share flotation of the country's largest mobile phone network Safaricom. |
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
Downing Street burglar walks free |
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Summary: A career criminal escapes a prison term after his Downing Street break-in set off a major security alert. |
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Cnn.com |
7:19am PDT |
McKellen hopes to play Gandalf in 'The Hobbit' |
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BBC News |
7:12am PDT |
Brown and Bush to hold Iraq talks |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will visit Washington next month for talks with President George Bush. |
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Cnn.com |
7:11am PDT |
Virtual world brings autistic people together |
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Summary: Walk into Naughty Auties, a virtual resource center for those with autism, and you'll find palm trees swaying against a striking ocean sunset. Were it not for the pixelated graphics on the computer screen in front of you, you would swear you were looking |
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BBC News |
7:03am PDT |
MoD criticised over soldier death |
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Summary: A soldier died while repairing a tank in Afghanistan because his regiment was not provided with proper equipment, a coroner rules. |
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Cnn.com |
6:53am PDT |
10 resumes a day, no takers |
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Summary: A week ago, Joshua Hager was despondent. Laid off by a mortgage company, he has looked for jobs ranging from bank teller to risk analyst. He was sending out as many as 10 resumes a day but was getting barely a nibble from employers or recruiters.
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Cnn.com |
6:53am PDT |
Ordinary Cubans to get cell phones |
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Yahoo News |
6:44am PDT |
Diplomats visit Tibet as Germany says Merkel may skip Olympic ceremony
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China on Friday allowed the first foreign diplomats to visit Tibet following deadly riots, as Germany joined some other European nations in announcing its leader would skip the Olympics opening. |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Youths held over Bebo fight plans |
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Summary: Six teenagers are arrested for allegedly using a social networking site to arrange gang fights in Derby. |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Cartoonist to sue over Islam film |
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Summary: A controversial Danish cartoonist says he will sue the Dutch maker of an anti-Islam film over copyright. |
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Yahoo News |
6:39am PDT |
Cuba allows unrestricted cellular phone service
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba announced on Friday that it will
allow Cubans the unrestricted use of mobile telephones for the
first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to
improve access to consumer goods. |
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BBC News |
6:38am PDT |
Football: Liverpool co-owners split |
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Summary: Liverpool co-owner George Gillett reveals his relationship with partner Tom Hicks has become "unworkable". |
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Yahoo News |
6:36am PDT |
Dean says attacks getting too personal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean says Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their supporters should beware of tearing each other down, demoralizing the base and damaging the party's chances of winning the White House in November. |
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Yahoo News |
6:24am PDT |
Raul Castro: Cubans can have cell phones
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Raul Castro's government is allowing ordinary Cubans to have cell phones. |
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BBC News |
6:20am PDT |
WWII pilot to apologise to city |
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Summary: A German Luftwaffe pilot is to apologise to one of the cities he helped to bomb during World War II. |
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BBC News |
6:13am PDT |
Husband let wife starve to death |
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Summary: A 71-year-old is jailed after letting his mentally ill wife starve to death while he went to the pub and bookmakers. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PDT |
Pesticide 'raises Parkinson's risk' |
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Summary: Evidence that exposure to pesticides significantly raises the risk of Parkinson's disease is strong, say experts. |
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BBC News |
6:09am PDT |
Alexander says she's a perfect 10 |
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Summary: Wendy Alexander has given herself a perfect score in her performance as Scottish Labour Leader. |
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Yahoo News |
6:09am PDT |
Personal income rises, inflation moderates
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. personal income rose more than
expected in February as the economy teetered on the brink of a
recession, while both personal spending and a key price measure
increased only slightly, a government report showed on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06am PDT |
U.S. says N.Korea missile tests "not constructive"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The White House urged North Korea
not to conduct any further missile tests, calling such action
"not constructive," after Pyongyang test-fired a battery of
short-range missiles on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:00am PDT |
Cuba lifting restrictions on mobile phones
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Cuba announced on Friday that it would
allow unrestricted use of mobile telephones by all Cubans for
the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro
to improve access to consumer goods. |
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BBC News |
5:55am PDT |
Italy to withdraw tainted cheese |
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Summary: The Italian government says it is ready to recall mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination. |
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Yahoo News |
5:40am PDT |
Consumer spending weak in February
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Consumers, jolted by a credit crisis, job cuts and soaring energy costs, turned in the weakest spending performance in 17 months in February, further evidence that the risks of a recession are increasing. |
