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BBC News |
2:32am PDT |
Ferguson focuses on title decider |
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Summary: Boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants Manchester United to overcome fatigue and effectively win the Premier League title by beating Chelsea. |
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BBC News |
2:24am PDT |
England close to Twenty20 revamp |
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Summary: The ECB is moving towards a deal to create its own version of the Indian Premier League by 2010, says chief executive David Collier. |
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BBC News |
2:20am PDT |
UK economic growth still slowing |
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Summary: The UK economy grew 0.4% in the first three months of the year, its weakest quarterly growth in three years. |
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Yahoo News |
2:16am PDT |
Some young religious voters focus on social justice
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Beau Underwood is putting his faith in politics. He's a 22-year-old at the University of Chicago Divinity School, an active member of the Disciples of Christ and — in his spare time — he's showing candidates that the path to political righteousness d |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
Pier jumping deaths 'accidental' |
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Summary: An inquest returns verdicts of accidental deaths on two men who jumped into the sea off Clacton pier. |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
Workers 'stunned' by closure plan |
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Summary: An electronics plant in the west of Scotland is to close with the loss of 300 jobs, according to a union. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10am PDT |
China to meet Dalai Lama aides amid Tibet tension
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese officials will meet
representatives of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of
Tibetan Buddhism whom China blames for a wave of unrest, Xinhua
news agency reported on Friday, citing official sources. |
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BBC News |
2:10am PDT |
Strike to close key oil pipeline |
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Summary: The Forties oil pipeline which provides a third of the UK's daily oil output is to close as a result of the Grangemouth dispute. |
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BBC News |
2:08am PDT |
Moroccan drugs baron recaptured |
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Summary: Spain says it has recaptured a notorious drugs baron, who escaped from a Moroccan jail last December. |
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ChristianToday |
2:05am PDT |
London mayoral candidate takes BBC ITV to court over censorship |
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Summary: A London mayoral candidate is taking the BBC and ITV to the High Court for censoring his party Election Broadcasts in the run up to the May 1 elections |
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ChristianToday |
2:05am PDT |
Christian London mayoral candidate takes to BBC ITV to court over censorship |
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Summary: A London mayoral candidate is taking the BBC and ITV to the High Court for censoring his party Election Broadcasts in the run up to the May 1 elections |
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ChristianToday |
2:05am PDT |
London mayoral candidate takes to BBC ITV to court over censorship |
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Summary: A London mayoral candidate is taking the BBC and ITV to the High Court for censoring his party Election Broadcasts in the run up to the May 1 elections |
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Yahoo News |
1:47am PDT |
Actor Snipes gets 3 years, apologizes for `costly mistakes'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After haggling with revenue agents, criminal investigators and eventually U.S. prosecutors for almost a decade, Wesley Snipes finally caught them by surprise. |
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Yahoo News |
1:45am PDT |
Analysis: Lawmakers say Korea deal must have guarantees
(AP)
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Summary: AP - From the right and the left, President Bush faces criticism over his approach toward North Korea after the White House belatedly disclosed U.S. intelligence findings that the communist regime was helping build a Syrian nuclear reactor — at the same t |
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Yahoo News |
1:36am PDT |
China to meet with Dalai Lama representative: Xinhua
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese officials will meet soon with a representative of the Dalai Lama, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, in what would be the first known encounter since last month's deadly unrest. |
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BBC News |
1:35am PDT |
Beijing 'to talk to Dalai aides' |
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Summary: Chinese officials will hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives "in coming days", state media says. |
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Yahoo News |
1:30am PDT |
Mothers from polygamous sect separated from young children
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mothers from a polygamous sect described an emotional, rushed scene when they were forced from the shelter where they had been staying with their young children since the state removed them from their homes. |
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Cnn.com |
1:17am PDT |
China to meet with Dalai Lama representatives |
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Summary: China's central government department will meet with a representative of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency.
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Yahoo News |
1:10am PDT |
U.N. official to visit Iran again for nuclear talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's top
investigator will arrive in Tehran next week to hold more talks
over Western allegations the country had studied nuclear bomb
designing, a news agency reported on Friday. |
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BBC News |
1:09am PDT |
Ex-Malawi leader wins party poll |
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Summary: Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi wins his party's nomination for next year's elections despite doubts over his eligibility. |
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ChristianToday |
1:08am PDT |
Eritrea forcing Christian ministers into military camps |
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Summary: The Eritrean Government is reportedly sending some leaders of the Eritrean Orthodox Church to military training camps a persecution watchdog group reports |
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ChristianToday |
1:08am PDT |
Eritrea Forcing Christian Ministers into Military Camps |
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Summary: The Eritrean Government is reportedly sending some leaders of the Eritrean Orthodox Church to military training camps a persecution watchdog group reports |
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BBC News |
1:05am PDT |
Down under |
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Summary: Behind the scenes at the BBC's new Aussie soap |
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BBC News |
12:59am PDT |
£15m payoffs defended by minister |
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Summary: The health minister defends payouts totalling £15m to senior managers in the health service. |
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Cnn.com |
12:56am PDT |
Uncle Sam's greenbacks arriving early |
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Summary: The Treasury Department will start distributing its tax rebate checks on Monday, thanks to a new computer program that updates records daily instead of weekly. Last month, the department said it would begin giving rebates on May 2.
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Yahoo News |
12:56am PDT |
Southern Baptist membership, baptisms decline in 2007
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The number of people baptized in Southern Baptist churches fell for the third straight year in 2007 to the denomination's lowest level since 1987, and membership dipped as well. |
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BBC News |
12:49am PDT |
Mass meeting ahead of oil strike |
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Summary: Grangemouth oil refinery staff are to hold a mass meeting ahead of a planned strike which will close the facility. |
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Yahoo News |
12:48am PDT |
FDA takes closer look at Lasik complaints
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lost in the hoopla of ads promising that laser vision surgery lets you toss your glasses is a stark reality: Not everyone's a good candidate and an unlucky few do suffer life-changing side effects — lost vision, dry eye, night-vision problems. |
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BBC News |
12:46am PDT |
Factory closure causes jobs blow |
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Summary: An electronics plant in the west of Scotland is to close with the loss of 300 jobs, according to a union. |
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BBC News |
12:46am PDT |
Deadliest animal |
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Summary: Malaria mosquito feeds on refugees from conflict |
