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ChristianToday |
2:32am PDT |
Kuwaitis go to the polls and economy tops agenda |
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Summary: Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil |
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BBC News |
2:26am PDT |
A whole lotta tributes paid to former AC/DC frontman |
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Summary: Kirriemuir plays host to the third annual Bon Scott weekend, in memory of the former AC/DC frontman. |
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Yahoo News |
2:21am PDT |
Bush arrives in Egypt for Palestinian talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W.
Bush arrived in Egypt on Saturday for talks with Palestinian
leaders who will be looking for signs they will not be
neglected after he lavished praise on Israel during a visit to
the Jewish state. |
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BBC News |
2:01am PDT |
Down in one |
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Summary: Did US rivals really have a Tallinn vodka contest? |
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BBC News |
2:01am PDT |
Hispanic hope |
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Summary: How 43 million Latinos are changing the US |
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Yahoo News |
1:31am PDT |
Confirmed death toll from China quake reaches 28,881: govt
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The confirmed earthquake death toll in China has risen to 28,881, a central government official said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:29am PDT |
Myanmar death toll soars, diplomats tour delta
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour
of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Saturday as the toll of
dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000
people, making it one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia. |
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BBC News |
1:25am PDT |
Silence at races for bike legend |
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Summary: A minute's silence will be held at the North West 200 to mark the death of race legend Robert Dunlop. |
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BBC News |
1:14am PDT |
Star returns to stage after crash |
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Summary: Actor Kris Marshall makes his debut in West End comedy Fat Pig, three weeks after being hit by a car. |
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BBC News |
1:13am PDT |
Fans ready for Cardiff's big day |
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Summary: Cardiff City football fans across the globe are watching their club as it chases FA Cup final glory. |
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Yahoo News |
1:12am PDT |
New leaders unlikely to ease US-Russian tensions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic change that Washington advocated during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. At the same time, all the candidates to succeed President Bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Mo |
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Yahoo News |
1:10am PDT |
Oregon race could spell end of Schumer streak
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing on the West Coast. But apparently, Schumer forgot |
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BBC News |
1:08am PDT |
Fire breaks out on stricken ship |
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Summary: Demolition workers are evacuated from the stricken Riverdance ferry off the Lancashire coast when a fire breaks out. |
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Yahoo News |
1:06am PDT |
Late Senator figures in 2008 presidential furor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah. |
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Yahoo News |
1:00am PDT |
German saved after buried in China's earthquake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A German tourist and a 52-year-old man were rescued Saturday — nearly five days after being buried by a powerful earthquake that ravaged China's Sichuan province, state media reported. |
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Cnn.com |
12:56am PDT |
China's rescue effort clings to hope |
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Summary: Rescuers in China held out hope for finding more survivors from this week's devastating earthquake, buoyed by news Saturday of the rescue of a German tourist. China's official news agency Xinhua also reported that soldiers dug out another man who was buri |
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Yahoo News |
12:55am PDT |
Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is pivoting to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week. |
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Cnn.com |
12:54am PDT |
Pakistan diplomat freed after being kidnapped |
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Summary: Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizudin has been freed three months after he was abducted in the Pakistan's tribal region while traveling to the Afghan capital of Kabul, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said.
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ChristianToday |
12:43am PDT |
Gospel for Asias first aid shipment reaches cycloneravaged Burma |
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Summary: Gospel for Asias first shipment of cyclone relief supplies has arrived in Burma and has been received by GFA and Believers Church officials |
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Yahoo News |
12:42am PDT |
Thousands flee as China lake bank feared broken
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Chinese county near the
epicenter of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake was ordered to evacuate
on Saturday amid fears a lake had burst its banks, prompting
thousands to flee to the hills to escape possible flooding. |
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BBC News |
12:39am PDT |
China quake victims flee 'flood' |
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Summary: All aid efforts in the quake-hit city of Beichuan halt as a river bursts its banks, sparking panic among rescuers and victims. |
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Yahoo News |
12:24am PDT |
Bush heads for Egypt talks with Palestinians
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush flew to
Egypt on Saturday for talks with Palestinian leaders who will
be looking for signs they will not be neglected after he
lavished praise on Israel during a visit to the Jewish state. |
