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Yahoo News |
7:06am PDT |
UN agency suspends aid flights into Myanmar
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The UN food agency on Friday suspended all aid flights into Myanmar over "unacceptable" restrictions by the junta, which has refused to allow foreign relief workers to help desperate cyclone survivors. |
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Yahoo News |
7:00am PDT |
McCain girding for battle with Obama
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Now that Democrat Hillary Clinton is
fading, Republican John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign is
girding for a tough election battle against Barack Obama and
McCain aides believe he has weaknesses to exploit. |
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Yahoo News |
6:59am PDT |
U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still
being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi
officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. |
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AgapePress |
6:56am PDT |
Republicans call for halt to ethanol mandate |
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Republican senators are calling on environmental regulators to stop the U.S. ethanol mandate over concern of rising food prices.
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Yahoo News |
6:51am PDT |
Oil surpasses $126 per barrel ahead of US driving season
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. |
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Yahoo News |
6:41am PDT |
Obama picks ups 3 superdelegates, union endorsement
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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Cnn.com |
6:34am PDT |
'I was gonna blow myself away' |
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Summary: "We were a normal red-blooded American family," recalls Rudy Aguilar. "And ... it took [one day] to wipe us out."
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Yahoo News |
6:20am PDT |
Jury selection set to begin in R. Kelly pornography trial
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jury selection was set to start Friday in the long-delayed trial of one of urban music's biggest stars. |
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BBC News |
6:18am PDT |
UN halts Burma aid after seizure |
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Summary: The UN's World Food Programme halts aid to Burma after its military government impounds food deliveries. |
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Cnn.com |
6:10am PDT |
Physics wonder boy to test Einstein's theories |
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Summary: Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics. His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test at Switzerland's Large |
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Cnn.com |
6:10am PDT |
Physics wonder boy to test Einstein theories |
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Summary: Arkani-Hamed is only in his mid-30s, but he has already distinguished himself as one of the leading thinkers in the field of particle physics. His revolutionary ideas about the way the universe works will finally be put to the test at Switzerland's Large |
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Cnn.com |
6:01am PDT |
iReporters describe moms in one word |
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Summary: We've sent the card, ordered the flowers for Mother's Day -- and we may even plan to call her. But if you had to describe everything your mom means to you in a single word -- what would it be? That's the assignment these iReporters accepted. Listen to w |
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Cnn.com |
5:59am PDT |
Turning 50 prompts 75-pound weight loss |
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Summary: Barbara Aldrich can hardly remember a time when she wasn't a little overweight.
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Yahoo News |
5:51am PDT |
Obama wins 2 more superdelegates; Clinton keeps campaigning
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid. |
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AgapePress |
5:50am PDT |
So. Baptists minister to cyclone victims |
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Disaster relief teams from the Southern Baptist Convention are responding in the aftermath of the deadly Burmese cyclone.
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BBC News |
5:50am PDT |
Teen is cleared of husband murder |
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Summary: A man is cleared of murder after a jury hears his alleged victim could have had a heart attack at any time. |
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Cnn.com |
5:47am PDT |
Wounded vets ditch wheelchairs for Segways |
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Summary: U.S. Army Sgt. Jacque Keeslar lost both legs in Iraq nearly two years ago. To get around, he relies on a wheelchair and a pair of artificial legs, which help him walk in short bursts.
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BBC News |
5:46am PDT |
N Korea hands in nuclear records |
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Summary: North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator. |
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ChristianPost |
5:45am PDT |
Survey: Most Americans Say Christians Not Too Involved in Politics |
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Summary: Most Americans don't believe Christians are too involved in politics, according to a new survey which challenged common media portrayals that say ... |
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ChristianPost |
5:44am PDT |
Israel Celebrates 60th Year |
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Summary: Israel celebrated its 60th anniversary Thursday with much fanfare and jubilation as President Bush and over 700 world leaders arrived for what the nation boasted was a three day conference meant to address all the major challenges of the 21st ... |
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BBC News |
5:40am PDT |
Burma impounds UN aid deliveries |
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Summary: The UN World Food Programme halts its aid to Burma after the first delivery is impounded by the government. |
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Yahoo News |
5:40am PDT |
Pakistan new govt. opposed to U.S. action on its soil
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's new government is trying
to convince the United States that unilateral strikes against
al Qaeda militants on its territory could be
"counter-productive," the country's foreign minister said on
Friday. |
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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Culture club |
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Summary: Each day we bin a million pots of yoghurt. Why? |
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BBC News |
5:39am PDT |
Crystal Palace v Bristol C (Sat) |
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Summary: Team news ahead of Saturday's semi-final, first-leg Championship play-off match. |
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Yahoo News |
5:35am PDT |
Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war. |
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BBC News |
5:31am PDT |
NI homeowners facing repossession |
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Summary: The number of Northern Ireland homeowners facing repossession orders is up by more than 30%. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Teens given life for schoolboy murder |
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Summary: Two youths aged 14 and 17 are given life sentences for the murder of 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga in west London. |
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ChristianPost |
5:28am PDT |
UN Halts Aid to Myanmar After Junta Seizes Supplies |
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Summary: A U.N. official says the World Food Program is suspending cyclone aid to Myanmar because its government seized supplies flown into the ... |
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Cnn.com |
5:22am PDT |
Myanmar authorities seize aid for cyclone victims |
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Summary: Myanmar authorities have seized U.N. food sufficient to feed 95,000 victims of last week's cyclone, a move that shuts down future U.N. flights, a U.N. aid official says.
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BBC News |
5:18am PDT |
Wenger mystified by Hleb reports |
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Summary: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists there is nothing in reports that Alexander Hleb is leaving the club. |
