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Yahoo News |
1:29am PDT |
Mugabe's men huddle as presidential run-off looms
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Robert Mugabe gathered his inner circle Friday for a make-or-break meeting to decide whether the veteran Zimbabwean strongman pursues a presidential run-off. |
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BBC News |
1:29am PDT |
Dead marines will be repatriated |
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Summary: The bodies of two marines killed while on patrol in Afghanistan are due to be flown home. |
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Yahoo News |
1:27am PDT |
Tibet's courts vow swift and harsh punishment for unrest
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Tibetans accused of rioting and
protesting against Chinese rule will face swift trials and
harsh sentences, state media said on Friday, vowing that
Communist Party-run courts will back a campaign against the
Dalai Lama. |
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BBC News |
1:22am PDT |
Johnson set to agree England role |
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Summary: Martin Johnson has agreed in principle to become England's new team manager, BBC Sport understands. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Pakistan arrests four Turkish al Qaeda suspects
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani security agencies
have arrested four Turks with suspected links to al Qaeda,
intelligence officials said on Friday. |
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ChristianToday |
1:16am PDT |
Religion must be saved from extremism says Blair |
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Summary: In his first major speech on religion Tony Blair said last night that religion must be rescued from extremism and irrelevance and used as a force for good at a time of global turmoil |
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Cnn.com |
1:14am PDT |
Naomi Campbell released after Heathrow arrest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
1:07am PDT |
Russia's NATO worries growing at summit: official
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A senior Russian official said Friday that Moscow's concern over NATO expansion and anti-missile defences had mounted during the military alliance's ongoing summit in Bucharest. |
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BBC News |
1:05am PDT |
Iraq bomber kills many at funeral |
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Summary: A suicide bomber kills at least 15 people in an attack on a funeral procession north of Baghdad. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51am PDT |
Fed officials play down rate cut expectations
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - For the second time this
week, a senior Federal Reserve official conceded the United
States economy could slip into recession, but suggested the
central bank should wait to see if more rate cuts are needed. |
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Yahoo News |
12:49am PDT |
Opposition: Mugabe 'unleashed a war'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Zimbabwe's main opposition party says President Robert Mugabe has "unleashed a war" in his bid to stay in power after party offices were raided and foreign journalists detained five days after presidential elections. |
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Yahoo News |
12:37am PDT |
Mugabe's party expects to fight runoff
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A leadership meeting of President Robert
Mugabe's ruling party will decide on Friday to contest a runoff
election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, a senior
official said. |
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BBC News |
12:36am PDT |
Sex offenders face website bans |
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Summary: Sex offenders' e-mails are to be passed on to social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo, under new government guidelines. |
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Cnn.com |
12:35am PDT |
Bush gets 'joke' salute at NATO summit |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
12:33am PDT |
Evan's new job |
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Summary: Today's new presenter on his first week at work |
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BBC News |
12:28am PDT |
Staying in fashion |
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Summary: How UK's oldest manufacturer has thrived |
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BBC News |
12:16am PDT |
Nato leaders set for Putin talks |
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Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to react to US missile defence plans at a summit with Nato leaders. |
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Cnn.com |
12:11am PDT |
Police: Man threatened to re-enact Tech killings |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
12:05am PDT |
Tornado whips through Little Rock |
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Summary: A tornado caused "quite a bit of damage" near Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday night, a local government spokesman said.
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Cnn.com |
12:05am PDT |
Planes tossed as tornado tears through Little Rock |
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Summary: At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. The tornado destroyed hangars at the North Little Rock Airport |
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ChristianToday |
12:04am PDT |
Malaysia urged to extend cuddle ban to nonMuslims |
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Summary: Islamic lawyers meeting in Malaysia want an existing ban on unwed Muslim couples from cuddling or holding hands to be extended to nonMuslims caught flirting with the faithful a local newspaper said on Thursday |
