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Yahoo News |
4:17am PDT |
GE reports unexpected profit drop, shares tumble
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - General Electric Co reported on
Friday an unexpected 6 percent drop in profit, as the slumping
U.S. economy and credit crunch drove down profits at its
financial, industrial and healthcare units. |
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BBC News |
4:09am PDT |
Prince William awarded RAF wings |
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Summary: The Prince of Wales presents his son William with his RAF pilot's wings at a graduation ceremony. |
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ChristianToday |
4:05am PDT |
Celebrations as Festivals mark Common Worships full house |
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Summary: The concluding volume of the largest liturgical publishing project ever carried out in this country is published today |
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BBC News |
4:05am PDT |
Ronaldo tops PFA nominations list |
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Summary: Man Utd's Cristiano Ronaldo leads the nominations for PFA players' player of the year. |
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BBC News |
4:02am PDT |
CCTV could be used in exam rooms |
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Summary: Exam rooms could be fitted with CCTV cameras to prevent cheating and false claims against invigilators. |
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BBC News |
3:55am PDT |
Pakistan drops media restrictions |
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Summary: Pakistan's new government moves to withdraw media restrictions imposed by President Musharraf. |
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Yahoo News |
3:54am PDT |
2 share lead at Masters; Tiger 4 back
(AP)
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Summary: AP - This was about as good a day for scoring as it gets at the Masters: the warm, soothing sun, the receptive greens, the breeze barely rippling the flags, the inviting pin locations to tease everyone before the green jackets turn nasty on the weekend. I |
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BBC News |
3:42am PDT |
Man pleads guilty over car bombs |
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Summary: A doctor admits witholding information about the car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport. |
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BBC News |
3:36am PDT |
Rice rumour mill |
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Summary: Concern over prices sparks hoarding in the Philippines |
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BBC News |
3:31am PDT |
Judge warns MoD on poor equipment |
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Summary: Sending UK soldiers into active service with defective equipment
could breach human rights, a judge rules. |
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BBC News |
3:21am PDT |
Parry hits back at Anfield owner |
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Summary: Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry expresses his anger that owner Tom Hicks' call for him to resign has been made public. |
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BBC News |
3:20am PDT |
Fears over village swingers' club |
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Summary: A north Devon farmer causes a stir among locals after diversifying into hosting a swingers' club. |
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Yahoo News |
3:16am PDT |
Clinton outlines anti-crime plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing to spend $4 billion a year on anti-crime measures, including programs meant to reduce the number of ex-convicts who return to prison. |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
China says relay 'to go smoothly' |
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Summary: China tries to reassure Olympic officials that the protest-hit torch relay, now in Argentina, will go smoothly. |
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Yahoo News |
3:09am PDT |
Obama closing superdelegates gap
(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 |
3:06am PDT |
Pirates release French yacht crew |
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Summary: About 30 people on board a French yacht held by pirates near Somalia are freed, France's president says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05am PDT |
Opposition leader's lawyer arrested ahead of Zimbabwe summit
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe's regime on Friday of stepping up a crackdown by arresting its leader's lawyer ahead of a key summit on the country's post-election crisis. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Air strikes in Baghdad, Basra kill 12
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. and British forces killed 12
gunmen in air strikes on Iraq's southern oil-hub of Basra and
the eastern Baghdad militia stronghold of Sadr City overnight,
military officials said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
2:59am PDT |
Girls don't strum |
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Summary: The new battles of the sexes - what instrument you play |
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Europe rejects anti-piracy plans |
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Summary: Persistent file-sharers should not be thrown off the net, say European politicians. |
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BBC News |
2:41am PDT |
Dounreay of hope |
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Summary: The nuclear plant clean-up looking 300 years ahead |
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Yahoo News |
2:40am PDT |
Pressure mounts on Mugabe ahead of summit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pressure mounted on Friday ahead of a
regional summit on Zimbabwe for President Robert Mugabe to
release results from an election almost two weeks ago which the
opposition says ended his 28-year rule. |
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BBC News |
2:40am PDT |
Up and away |
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Summary: How did William get his RAF wings in just 13 weeks? |
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Cnn.com |
2:30am PDT |
Prince William graduates from Royal Air Force |
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Summary: Britain's Prince William is due to receive his Royal Air Force pilot's wings at a graduation ceremony Friday.
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BBC News |
2:28am PDT |
BA postpones long-haul move to T5 |
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Summary: British Airways postpones moving most of its long-haul flights to Heathrow's Terminal Five because of ongoing problems. |
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Yahoo News |
2:26am PDT |
Russia army vows steps if Georgia, Ukraine join NATO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia will take military and other
steps along its borders if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia join
NATO, Russian news agencies quoted the armed forces' chief of
staff as saying on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:17am PDT |
Police hunt for driver of Thai death truck
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Thai court has issued an
arrest warrant for the driver of a container truck in which 54
Myanmar migrant workers suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand, officials said on Friday. |
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ChristianToday |
2:14am PDT |
Christian Aid to search for gospel talent of the future |
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Summary: Christian Aid has teamed up with Rockhill Music to launch a national competition to find new gospel talent to feature on an album launching in November 2008 |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
Mugabe rival 'meets SA president' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition leader has met the South African leader ahead of an emergency summit, the MDC says. |
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BBC News |
2:07am PDT |
Calls to reopen Saudi arms probe |
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Summary: The Serious Fraud Office is urged to reopen its inquiry into an arms deal between BAE and Saudi Arabia. |
