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BBC News |
11:58pm PDT |
Lebanese gunmen shut down media |
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Summary: Gunmen loyal to Hezbollah shut a pro-government TV station and newspaper as fighting enters a third day. |
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ChristianToday |
11:48pm PDT |
Ant and Dec to return prize |
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Summary: Entertainment stars Ant and Dec said on Thursday they would return a television comedy award after an investigation found the prize decided by a viewer telephone vote should have gone to comedian Catherine Tate |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Preacher Abu Qatada granted bail |
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Summary: Radical cleric Abu Qatada a Jordanian described by the government as a significant international terrorist was granted bail by an immigration appeals tribunal on Thursday the Home Office said |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Evangelical Alliance welcomes preservation of freedom of speech |
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Summary: The Evangelical Alliance has welcomed the Governments decision to keep a clause preserving freedom of speech in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill |
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ChristianToday |
11:47pm PDT |
Study suggests cool kids can help others avoid smoking |
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Summary: Getting the cool kids to talk to their peers about the dangers of smoking cut the number of young people who started using cigarettes in one study by nearly 25 percent researchers said on Friday |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Donard fire started deliberately |
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Summary: Fire crews tackle an overnight fire on Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland's highest mountain. |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Fire crews tackle mountain blaze |
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Summary: Fire crews tackle an overnight fire on Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland's highest mountain. |
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Cnn.com |
11:37pm PDT |
Beirut battles on; TV stations forced off air |
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Summary: Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day Friday, with small arms, machine-gun and rocket-propelled-grenade fire echoing through the streets.
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
Suspected al Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi security forces have detained a
man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a
captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the
northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:33pm PDT |
Burma shuns foreign aid workers |
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Summary: Burma wants aid but is "not ready" for foreign experts, its foreign ministry says, as fears grow for cyclone survivors. |
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ChristianToday |
11:29pm PDT |
Evangelicals set record straight on image problem |
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Summary: Evangelicals have a serious image problem and need to reform their ways by getting back to the historic meaning of their identity declared prominent leaders of the movement on Wednesday
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ChristianToday |
11:22pm PDT |
Burma says no need for foreign aid distribution |
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Summary: Burma will accept foreign aid but distribute relief itself an official newspaper said on Friday after a disaster rescue team from Qatar that arrived in Yangon on an aid flight was turned back |
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ChristianToday |
11:20pm PDT |
Suspected al Qaeda leader in Iraq arrested |
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Summary: Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul Iraqi officials said on Friday |
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Yahoo News |
11:19pm PDT |
Tornado blows vehicles off highway in N. Carolina, kills 1
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado in North Carolina, authorities said. |
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ChristianToday |
11:19pm PDT |
Israels Olmert admits taking cash but wont quit |
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Summary: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted on Thursday taking cash from a US businessman but resisted calls to resign over a police investigation into alleged hefty bribes over almost a decade |
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PDT |
Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut |
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Summary: Hezbollah gunmen took control of large areas of Beirut on Friday in a third day of fighting between the proIranian group and fighters loyal to the USbacked governing coalition |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
Oil surges to record high as funds march in |
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Summary: Oil rose to a fresh record near 125 a barrel on Friday as a strong performance over the last week and a surge in heating oil futures convinced investment funds to push prices higher |
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ChristianToday |
11:15pm PDT |
UN sees 15 million people affected by Burma cyclone |
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Summary: The United Nations believes that at least 15 million people in Burma have been severely affected by Cyclone Nargis UN humanitarian affairs chief John Holmes said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:14pm PDT |
Free AIDS drugs slash death rate in Malawi study |
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Summary: Providing free AIDS drugs to people in northern Malawi has slashed adult mortality rates vindicating a recent rampup in treatment in poor parts of rural Africa researchers said on Friday |
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BBC News |
11:12pm PDT |
Australia probes troop abuse claims |
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Summary: The Australian army says it is probing allegations that its soldiers mistreated prisoners in Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Myanmar says no need for foreign aid distribution
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar will accept foreign aid but
distribute relief itself, an official newspaper said on Friday,
after a disaster rescue team from Qatar that arrived in Yangon
on an aid flight was turned back. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Tamil Tigers 'killed in fighting' |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's army says it has killed 15 Tamil Tigers rebels in fighting to capture a town in the north-west. |
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BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
Tamil Tigers 'killed' in fighting |
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Summary: Sri Lanka's army says it has killed 15 Tamil Tigers rebels in fighting to capture a town in the north-west. |
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Cnn.com |
10:52pm PDT |
'CSI' star charged with felony drug possession |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Health plan 'missing key targets' |
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Summary: Milestones in the assembly government's flagship health strategy are being missed, BBC Wales has learned. |
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Cnn.com |
10:47pm PDT |
Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon confirm marriage |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Disabled woman wins 'retire' case |
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Summary: A woman disabled in an accident gets compensation after her employers refuse to let her return to work. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20pm PDT |
Lebanon teeters on edge of civil war
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day on Friday as the country teetered on the brink of a new civil war, prompting urgent appeals for calm from the international community. |
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Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
Myanmar says 'not ready' for foreign aid workers
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar said Friday it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking cyclone survivors. |
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Cnn.com |
10:15pm PDT |
U.S. Marine guilty of 'wrongful sexual contact' |
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Summary: A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 19-year-old Japanese woman last year was found guilty Thursday of "committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts," the U.S. military said, but he was acquitted of rape.
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