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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Push to ease Palestinian crisis |
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Summary: Middle East mediators are due to meet top world diplomats in London to tackle the crisis facing the Palestinians. |
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ChristianToday |
11:52pm PDT |
Brown heads for local vote mauling |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown was heading for a mauling in his first electoral test with his ruling Labour Party recording its worst performance in local polls in three decades early results showed on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:51pm PDT |
Economy to grow by 18 percent in 2008 |
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Summary: The economy will slow sharply this year as consumers tighten their belts a leading thinktank warned on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:50pm PDT |
Jury shown footage of July 7 bombings |
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Summary: Dramatic new video footage was shown to a court on Thursday of the moments two of the 2005 July 7 bombers detonated their devices in London |
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ChristianToday |
11:50pm PDT |
Drugmakers win appeal over Alzheimer curbs |
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Summary: An appeals court on Thursday ruled the countrys healthcare costeffectiveness watchdog had acted unfairly in the way it decided to curb access to Alzheimers drugs in a victory for drugmakers and patients |
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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Deans record season recalled 80 years on |
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Summary: Dick White remembers clearly his fathers words on the day Dixie Dean scored his 60th league goal in a single season even though the stillstanding recordbreaking feat happened 80 years ago |
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ChristianToday |
11:48pm PDT |
Drugresistant TB seen on the rise |
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Summary: Drugresistant tuberculosis is spreading according to findings published on Friday that show the difficulttotreat strains are often carried by travellers and immigrants |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Tony Blair makes Times Top 100 list |
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Summary: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and tween idol Miley Cyrus have joined Time magazines 100 most influential people list alongside other world leaders celebrities and sports stars |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Johnson wins cautious votes in leafy London suburb |
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Summary: The leafy London commuter belt of Chislehurst is the kind of traditionally Conservative supporting suburb that Boris Johnson must win to seize the mayoralty from incumbent Ken Livingstone |
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Cnn.com |
11:45pm PDT |
Miley Cyrus cancels Florida appearance |
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ChristianToday |
11:44pm PDT |
Greece voted tops for European travel |
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Summary: The Greek island of Rhodes was voted on Thursday as the top European location in a survey of the worlds 100 best travel destinations |
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Cnn.com |
11:32pm PDT |
Tapes suggest LBJ considered second term |
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BBC News |
11:27pm PDT |
Day of destiny |
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Summary: Championship season finale |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Sun Micro to cut up to 2,500 jobs |
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Summary: US computer firm Sun Microsystems reports an unexpected loss and says it will cut up to 2,500 jobs. |
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Yahoo News |
11:04pm PDT |
Mostly cheers for Olympic torch in Hong Kong
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Summary: AFP - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese tour Friday in Hong Kong, where tens of thousands cheered in the streets and there were few of the protests that have marred its relay around the world. |
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BBC News |
11:02pm PDT |
Torch cheered through Hong Kong |
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Summary: Cheering crowds and a few protesters turn out in Hong Kong to watch the Olympic torch parade. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PDT |
All eyes on London mayor contest |
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Summary: Tories hope Boris Johnson can top off their local election wins, while Labour looks for a consolation prize. |
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Cnn.com |
10:50pm PDT |
Bloomberg, Winfrey on Time magazine's Top 100 |
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Officer's drink-driving double |
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Summary: A police officer convicted of drink-driving twice is currently suspended on full pay, BBC News reveals. |
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BBC News |
10:25pm PDT |
SNP 'repaying the people's trust' |
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Summary: Alex Salmond says Scots lives are better, one year after the SNP won the Holyrood election. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Flush Tories count on Johnson win |
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Summary: Conservatives hope Boris Johnson can top off their May Day election triumph by winning the London mayoralty. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51pm PDT |
Franzen's hat trick helps Wings beat Avs 8-2, sweep series
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Summary: AP - Johan Franzen outscored the Colorado Avalanche by himself. Franzen's second hat trick in three games fueled the Detroit Red Wings' 8-2 rout Thursday night that completed a sweep of the injury-riddled Avalanche. |
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BBC News |
9:08pm PDT |
Freed Guantanamo prisoner is home |
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Summary: A cameraman from the al-Jazeera television station freed from US detention in Guantanamo Bay has arrived home in Sudan. |
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BBC News |
8:48pm PDT |
Hong Kong torch relay kicks off |
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Summary: Cheering crowds and a few protesters turn out in Hong Kong as the eight-hour Olympic torch parade begins. |
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Yahoo News |
8:46pm PDT |
Foreign ministers to discuss Mideast peace, Iran in London
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Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticised Arab states for dragging their feet on the Middle East peace process and not contributing enough to the Palestinian cause ahead of talks on Friday with key counterparts in London. |
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BBC News |
8:43pm PDT |
Scouting mission |
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Summary: Previously unseen footage of London bombers released |
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Yahoo News |
8:21pm PDT |
Olympic torch relay underway in Hong Kong
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Summary: AFP - The troubled Olympic torch began its Chinese leg Friday in Hong Kong, the last chance for protesters who have dogged its worldwide trek to pile more pressure on Beijing over its human rights record. |
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Cnn.com |
8:01pm PDT |
Concrete-encased body parts found at home |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Pistons crush 76ers 100-77 in Game 6 to reach second round
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Summary: AP - Close for four games, no contest the last two. Richard Hamilton hit his first five shots during Detroit's overpowering start, and the Pistons rolled into the second round of the playoffs by crushing the Philadelphia 76ers 100-77 on Thursday night to |
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BBC News |
7:41pm PDT |
Labour suffers big council losses |
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Summary: Labour is hammered in local elections in England and Wales, sinking to third place in projected national share. |
