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Cnn.com |
11:56pm PDT |
Frontier files for bankruptcy protection |
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BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
Invest now 'or face water crisis' |
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Summary: Middle East and North African leaders should invest now to avoid a future water crisis, the World Bank says. |
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BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
Water warning for Middle East |
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Summary: Middle East and North African leaders should invest now to avoid a future water crisis, the World Bank says. |
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BBC News |
11:41pm PDT |
Rice prices 'to keep on rising' |
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Summary: Rice prices will continue to rise as production cannot keep up with demand, a research body says. |
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Cnn.com |
11:37pm PDT |
Nude photo of French first lady sells for $91K |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics
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Summary: Reuters - China said it was outraged by a
resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in
Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to a perceived
plot to attack the Beijing Olympics. |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
Warrens challenge to pastors What has God put in your hands |
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Summary: Citing Gods question to Moses in Exodus 42 Purpose Driven Pastor Rick Warren has challenged pastors to look at what God has put in their hands and use it |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Police chief Todd remembered |
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Summary: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will join the wife and children of police chief Michael Todd at his memorial service. |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Strong sales at Cadbury |
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Summary: Cadbury Schweppes sees strong sales as it seeks approval to demerge its North American drinks business. |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
Bush to halt Iraq troop cuts |
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Summary: President George W Bush on Thursday announced a suspension of US troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer to allow the military to reassess the security situation as US air strikes killed 10 people in a Baghdad slum where dozens of people died in clashes t |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
Olympic torch to blaze through Buenos Aires |
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Summary: Argentine police mobilized on Friday to guard the Olympic torch through Buenos Aires bracing for protests against the human rights record of Olympic Games host China |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition accuses Mugabe of de facto coup |
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Summary: Zimbabwes opposition accused President Robert Mugabe on Thursday of carrying out a de facto coup to stay in power and said prodemocracy activists were in danger of their lives |
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ChristianToday |
11:23pm PDT |
Police hunt for driver of Thai death truck |
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Summary: A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for the driver of a container truck in which 54 Burma migrant workers suffocated as they were smuggled into Thailand officials said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:21pm PDT |
Tension grips remote riothit Chinese town |
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Summary: Shopkeepers are considering pulling up stakes and leaving Machu a onceisolated town in northwestern China that was one of the worst hit by Tibetan rioting last month |
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ChristianToday |
11:20pm PDT |
Top negotiator for Uganda rebel Kony says he has quit |
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Summary: The top negotiator for Ugandas fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony quit on Thursday after a delay signing a final peace deal but sources involved in the talks said he had been fired |
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PDT |
Haiti food riots ease but critics demand PMs head |
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Summary: Taxis vendors and shoppers returned to the debrisstrewn streets of the Haitian capital on Thursday after the president appealed for an end to food riots but the government came under fire from opposition politicians for not doing enough |
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PDT |
G7 to push private sector to help settle markets |
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Summary: Finance chiefs from rich nations meet on Friday to bless proposals for tightening scrutiny of global banking practices and to press the private sector to step up its efforts to settle financial markets |
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ChristianToday |
11:11pm PDT |
Hundreds to attend memorial service for police chief |
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Summary: The widow of former Manchester police chief Michael Todd will join hundreds of people at a thanksgiving service on Friday a month after his body was found on a remote Welsh mountain |
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ChristianToday |
11:11pm PDT |
77 bombers video played in court |
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Summary: The ringleader of Londons 2005 suicide bombers recorded a video for his daughter when he left for Pakistan on a previous mission expecting to die a prosecutor said on Thursday |
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Cnn.com |
11:10pm PDT |
Suspect in killing of pregnant Marine captured |
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Summary: U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, suspected in the killing of 20-year-old pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, has been captured in Mexico, authorities say. Laurean said "I loved her," when a Mexican reporter asked if he killed Lauterbach, who had a |
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ChristianToday |
11:10pm PDT |
UN forum faults UK over terror suspect rules |
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Summary: Britain was criticised by its allies and detractors at the UNs main human rights forum on Thursday over its treatment of terrorism suspects prison inmates and racial minorities |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Coastguards claim public support |
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Summary: The union representing coastguards says it has public support as its members hold a second strike over pay. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Coastguards hold a second strike |
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Summary: The union representing coastguards says it has public support as its members hold another strike over pay. |
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Yahoo News |
10:46pm PDT |
Obama closing gap with Clinton in superdelegates
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama is gaining steadily on
Hillary Clinton among Democratic superdelegates, nearly erasing
her last advantage in a presidential race where those party
insiders could be the ultimate kingmakers. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Approval for low copy DNA testing |
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Summary: After criticism in the Omagh bomb trial, low copy number DNA testing is given approval for court use. |
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Cnn.com |
10:44pm PDT |
G'day mate! Dream ends for 'Idol' contestant |
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Yahoo News |
10:38pm PDT |
IOC chiefs to end talks after week of protests
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Summary: AFP - International Olympic Committee chiefs met Friday to wrap up a week of meetings in Beijing that have been overshadowed by controversy surrounding China and disruptions to the Olympic torch relay. |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Rose, Immelman share lead at Masters
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Summary: AP - The Masters had a familiar feel Thursday, from the warmth of a spring garden to the pockets of cheers that celebrated spectacular shots, even to some of the names on the leaderboard. Justin Rose was at the top after 18 holes, the third straight time |
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Cnn.com |
10:11pm PDT |
At capture, fugitive Marine says he loved Lauterbach |
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Summary: U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean, the main suspect in the killing of 20-year-old pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, has been captured in Mexico, federal authorities say. Laurean said "I loved her," when a Mexican reporter asked if he killed Lauter |
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BBC News |
10:08pm PDT |
Hope over US Alzheimer's therapy |
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Summary: More research is needed into a US treatment for Alzheimer's that appears to help some patients, experts say. |
