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4:40am PDT |
Football boss raid 'was unlawful' |
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Summary: Police raided the home of Portsmouth FC boss Harry Redknapp with an unlawful warrant, the High Court hears. |
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4:39am PDT |
New survivalism |
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Summary: Oil price rises, food crises... is it time to build a bunker? |
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4:38am PDT |
Polls show voters drift to Clinton ahead of next primaries
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Polls showed voters drifting toward Hillary Rodham Clinton before crucial Democratic primary votes next week, but the all-important party superdelegates — whose backing is now essential for the nomination — were falling increasingly in line behind Ba |
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4:36am PDT |
Blast at Yemen mosque kills 6, wounds 35
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Six people were killed and at least 35
wounded on Friday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded
outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada. |
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4:35am PDT |
Torch makes its way through Hong Kong despite protests
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong without disruption Friday, as large groups of flag-waving torch supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek refuge in police vans. |
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4:26am PDT |
Sublime O'Sullivan stuns Hendry |
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Summary: Ronnie O'Sullivan wins all eight frames of a one-sided second session to take a 12-4 lead over Stephen Hendry in their World Championship semi-final. |
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4:23am PDT |
Heads demand Diploma answers |
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Summary: "Doubts and uncertainties" over plans for the new Diploma qualification could undermine its introduction, head teachers warn. |
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4:23am PDT |
Heads demand answers on Diplomas |
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Summary: Unresolved problems with the Diploma could threaten this new qualification, warn head teachers. |
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4:19am PDT |
'1,000 heads' leave over workload |
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Summary: Workload pressure is forcing 1,000 school leaders to quit early each year, says a heads' union. |
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4:16am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition rejects presidential vote tally
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for
Democratic Change said on Friday it would reject results of a
presidential election that would force a run-off against
veteran ruler Robert Mugabe. |
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4:03am PDT |
Blast at Yemen mosque, casualties feared: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded
outside a mosque in Yemen's volatile northern city of Saada on
Friday causing many casualties, a security source said. |
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3:47am PDT |
Opposition reject Zimbabwe result |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's opposition says it will reject the result of the presidential election, if leaks are confirmed. |
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3:42am PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys to travel to China
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Envoys of the Dalai Lama will travel
to China to meet the government over the crisis in Tibet, the
government-in-exile said on Friday. |
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3:41am PDT |
Mideast Quartet presses Israel over settlements, Gaza blockade
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Middle East Quartet called Friday on Israel to freeze the construction of further settlements in the West Bank, while voicing deep concern over the Gaza Strip due to an Israeli blockade. |
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3:38am PDT |
Dalai Lama envoys to go to China |
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Summary: Envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are to meet Chinese officials in Beijing. |
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3:35am PDT |
Economists predict employers will cut jobs again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The country is bracing for more bad news on the jobs front. In advance of Friday's employment snapshot from the Labor Department, economists were predicting that employers cut jobs yet again in April. That would mark the fourth straight month of job |
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3:33am PDT |
Brown 'disappointed' by poll loss |
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Summary: Gordon Brown admits it has been a "bad" and "disappointing" night, as Labour has its worst local election results in 40 years. |
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3:25am PDT |
Police question Israeli PM |
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Summary: Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is interviewed by police - probably over allegations of corruption, reports say. |
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3:25am PDT |
Pistons take out Sixers in 6 games; Magic up next
(AP)
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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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3:24am PDT |
GTA game smashes UK sales records |
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Summary: Video game Grand Theft Auto IV record sales figures despite problems with some versions of the game. |
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3:24am PDT |
GTA IV game smashes sales records |
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Summary: Video game Grand Theft Auto IV record sales figures despite problems with some versions of the game. |
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3:23am PDT |
The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead. |
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3:20am PDT |
Two guilty over shooting murder |
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Summary: Two men are convicted of a triple shooting at a Glasgow garage in which one man died and two others were injured. |
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3:08am PDT |
Man Utd v West Ham |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Saturday's Premier League match. |
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3:07am PDT |
World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - World powers called on Friday on Arab
states to honor their financial and political pledges to help
the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort
with Israel. |
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3:06am PDT |
Economists predicting that employers cut jobs yet again
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The country is bracing for more bad news on the jobs front. In advance of Friday's employment snapshot from the Labor Department, economists were predicting that employers cut jobs yet again in April. That would mark the fourth straight month of job |
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3:00am PDT |
Taylor 'had billions' in US bank |
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Summary: Liberia's ex-leader Charles Taylor had up to $5bn in US bank accounts while in office, prosecutors say. |
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2:44am PDT |
Powdered cocaine not just for white yuppies any more
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They were indelible images of the cocaine world of the 1970s and '80s: Rich yuppies and white suburbanites partying down with a couple of lines of "blow." Stockbroker Charlie Sheen snorting up in the limo in "Wall Street." Woody Allen's sneeze in "An |
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2:40am PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition disputes presidential tally
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition on Friday disputed
results of a March 29 presidential election released by
electoral officials, saying opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai
had the outright majority needed to avoid a run-off. |
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2:35am PDT |
Ministers discuss Mideast peace, Iran in London
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Four world powers urged Arab states to make good on promises of aid for the Palestinian territories, after a meeting of the international Quartet on the Middle East, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said Friday. |
