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Yahoo News |
4:39am PDT |
Zimbabwe veterans march in show of force
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hundreds of veterans of Zimbabwe's guerrilla war for black rule marched through the capital Friday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule. |
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BBC News |
4:39am PDT |
Arrests in 'head on beach' case |
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Summary: Two men are arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman's head and hands on a beach. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
Aircraft bombings in "revenge for Iraq": court
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six Britons accused of plotting to blow
up at least seven transatlantic airliners recorded martyrdom
videos saying the attacks were revenge for the U.S. invasion of
Iraq, a London court heard on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
4:38am PDT |
iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S. |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
Minister of chat |
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Summary: Why Whitehall is eyeing Facebook and Mumsnet |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
'Confession' time |
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Summary: Why do people risk their freedom by sharing secrets? |
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BBC News |
4:35am PDT |
Confession time |
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Summary: Why do people freely admit to murder years later? |
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BBC News |
4:34am PDT |
'Plotters made martyrdom videos' |
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Summary: Men accused of plotting to blow up planes crossing the Atlantic made martyrdom videos, a court hears. |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
No progress at Nato-Russia talks |
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Summary: Nato's secretary general says there were no breakthroughs in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
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Yahoo News |
4:30am PDT |
Nady, Pirates beat Braves in 10 innings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Xavier Nady drove in Nyjer Morgan with a 10th-inning single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Thursday night. |
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ChristianToday |
4:30am PDT |
Christian Choice promises to put families first |
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Summary: The Christian Choice platform launches its Hope for London manifesto for the approaching elections to the London Assembly pledging to put families first
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Yahoo News |
4:22am PDT |
Iraqi PM freezes raids targeting militia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iraq's prime minister on Friday ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shiite militants after the leader of the biggest militia complained that arrests were continuing even after he ordered fighters off the streets. |
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Yahoo News |
4:21am PDT |
Iraq PM seeks to ease tensions with militia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
said on Friday his security forces would stop arresting
militiamen if they give up their weapons, apparently seeking to
defuse tensions with Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. |
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BBC News |
4:15am PDT |
Pressure mounts on Mosley to quit |
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Summary: World motorsport boss Max Mosley is facing fresh calls to resign in the wake of allegations about his private life. |
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Yahoo News |
4:12am PDT |
Rapper Remy Ma plans NYC jail nuptials
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Rapper Remy Ma isn't letting jail derail her wedding plans. The Grammy-nominated artist aims to marry her fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, at the city's Rikers Island jail while she awaits her sentencing for shooting a friend she suspected of stealing |
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ChristianToday |
4:12am PDT |
Duncan Smith praises churches for transforming communities |
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Summary: Iain Duncan Smith has praised churches for their transformative work in some of the UKs most deprived communities |
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Yahoo News |
4:10am PDT |
Mugabe chairs crunch politburo meeting
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took the chair of a crunch meeting of his party's politburo on Friday after a disastrous weekend election. |
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BBC News |
4:05am PDT |
Burundi jail term for 'plotter' |
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Summary: One of Burundi's leading politicians is sentenced to 13 years for subversion and insulting the president. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PDT |
Procol Harum singer wins royalties fight |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
3:58am PDT |
Indonesia activist gets life term |
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Summary: The leader of a peaceful protest in the Indonesian city of Ambon is jailed for life, a court official says. |
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ChristianPost |
3:56am PDT |
Clinton Says She Will Defend Gay Rights |
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Summary: Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would defend gay rights as president and eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax ... |
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BBC News |
3:56am PDT |
Hydrogen-powered plane takes off |
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Summary: The first hydrogen-powered aircraft is successfully tested in the skies above Spain, its makers say. |
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BBC News |
3:55am PDT |
Man cleared in suicide rape case |
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Summary: A man accused of raping a woman who later killed herself on a beach has the case against him dropped. |
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ChristianPost |
3:53am PDT |
King Followers Mourn Loss of Activism |
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Summary: A generation ago, the Rev. Timothy McDonald founded First Iconium Baptist Church in east Atlanta to fight for the destitute and the victims of ... |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
US man describes 'miracle' of being six months pregnant |
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Summary: US man describes 'miracle' of being six months pregnant |
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BBC News |
3:44am PDT |
US man describes 'miracle' of being pregnant |
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Summary: A man who is pregnant 10 years after undergoing a sex change operation says his unborn child is a "miracle". |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Burning issue |
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Summary: Why does the Olympic flame have its own hotel room? |
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BBC News |
3:24am PDT |
Procol Harum ruling is overturned |
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Summary: Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker wins back full royalty rights to the song A Whiter Shade of Pale, at London's Court of Appeal. |
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Yahoo News |
3:16am PDT |
Tensions rise at Russia-NATO summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with NATO leaders amid mounting tensions over US anti-missile defence plans and the alliance's expansion toward Russian territory. |
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BBC News |
3:04am PDT |
Turner apologises for Cage libel |
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Summary: Actor Nicolas Cage accepts a public apology from Kathleen Turner over claims made in her autobiography. |
