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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Ban praises China quake response |
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Summary: The UN secretary general hails China's "extraordinary" response to the Sichuan quake as the death toll tops 60,000. |
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Yahoo News |
11:59pm PDT |
China's Wen: Earthquake deaths rise above 60,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area. |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Exhaustion foils Everest attempt by Sir Ranulph Fiennes |
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Summary: Sir Ranulph Fiennes abandons his second attempt to climb Everest after suffering from exhaustion. |
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ChristianToday |
11:51pm PDT |
Hillsong plants new church in Cape Town |
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Summary: Hillsong Church known affectionately as the church that never sleeps and also the bedrock from which the well known music ministry Hillsong and Hillsong United springs is in the process of planting a brand new church in the city of Cape Town |
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Cnn.com |
11:51pm PDT |
Some Texas sect parents reunited with children |
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Summary: Child welfare officials agree to return 12 children taken from a Texas polygamist sect's ranch to their parents. It was unclear whether the agreement would apply to families of the more than 400 other children taken in the raid.
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Cnn.com |
11:38pm PDT |
Twisters tear through Kansas, parts of Midwest |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
11:24pm PDT |
U.N. chief visits quake epicenter as toll leaps
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on
Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison
with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring
Myanmar. |
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ChristianToday |
11:16pm PDT |
Congregational confirms arrival of new board members |
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Summary: Bradfordbased national church and home insurance company Congregational General has announced the appointment of two new board members Judith Cork and Martin Clarke |
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ChristianToday |
11:05pm PDT |
Tackling the elephant in the room doctrine |
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Summary: Whilst some church leaders like to avoid doctrine pastor Mark Driscoll of US megachurch Mars Hill believes in tackling it head on even if that means not everyone joins his church |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Chinese quake toll passes 60,000 |
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Summary: More than 60,000 people are now known to have died in the Chinese earthquake, Premier Wen Jiabao says. |
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ChristianToday |
10:44pm PDT |
No time to lose after Burma deal for storm aid |
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Summary: Disaster relief officials said there was no time to lose to help Burmas cyclone survivors after the secretive military government promised the United Nations it would allow in more aid workers |
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ChristianToday |
10:42pm PDT |
Quake survivors keep vigil over town of death |
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Summary: Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of Chinas calamitous earthquake survivors remain defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation |
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ChristianToday |
10:41pm PDT |
Clinton draws rebuke over RFK remark |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton mentioned the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy in explaining on Friday why she had resisted calls to end her White House bid drawing a rebuke from Democratic frontrunner Barack Obamas campaign |
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ChristianToday |
10:41pm PDT |
Police clash with protesters over Naples trash law |
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Summary: Police clashed with demonstrators in Naples on Friday night after the Italian government vowed to force open rubbish dumps against locals wishes in a determined effort to end the citys chronic trash problem |
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ChristianToday |
10:40pm PDT |
Floods displace 15000 in Chile |
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Summary: Heavy rains and flooding that killed five people and displaced thousands in southcentral Chile have collapsed road and rail bridges closed the worlds largest underground copper mine and left many in the capital without drinking water the government said o |
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ChristianToday |
10:39pm PDT |
Armed men ambush peacekeepers in Darfur |
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Summary: Up to 60 heavily armed men on horseback ambushed a patrol of peacekeepers in Darfur in a new attack on international forces in Sudans strifetorn west the United Nations said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
10:39pm PDT |
No love for NATO in Ukraines proRussian enclave |
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Summary: Ukraines proWestern leaders hope to join NATO but the people of this Black Sea port where Russian warships are moored at the quayside want no part of it |
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ChristianToday |
10:37pm PDT |
China fights radiation pollution after quake |
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Summary: China has still to recover 15 hazardous radioactive sources and must focus on the fight to keep drinking water clean and contain chemical spills after May 12s massive earthquake a senior official said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
10:33pm PDT |
China ChengduBaoji railway reopens after quake |
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Summary: China has reopened the last railway line affected by a 79magnitude earthquake in Sichuan after nearly two weeks state media said on Saturday smoothing transport of grains and relief supplies in the province |
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ChristianToday |
10:32pm PDT |
China mobilises water units as refugees settle in |
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Summary: The emergency water unit being loaded on to a truck in Sandaoyan cant come fast enough for earthquake refugees in Xiange 30 km and one nightmare away |
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Yahoo News |
10:29pm PDT |
Chinese leader says quake death toll may top 80,000
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China said Saturday at least 60,000 people have been killed in its worst earthquake in a generation and that the death toll could climb past 80,000. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Colorado officials tour damage from huge tornado
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stormy weather, natural gas leaks and the threat of explosions kept hundreds of anxious residents from assessing the damage to their homes on Friday, a day after a large tornado tore through a 35-mile stretch of northern Colorado, killing one person |
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Yahoo News |
10:25pm PDT |
China's Wen: Quake deaths over 60,000
(AP)
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Summary: AP - China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area. |
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Yahoo News |
10:19pm PDT |
Kobe, Lakers thump Spurs 101-71; lead series 2-0
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There would be no blown lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers saw to that. Bryant scored 22 points, Lamar Odom added 20 points and 12 rebounds, and the Lakers took command late in the second quarter t |
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Yahoo News |
10:18pm PDT |
Myanmar cyclone victims vote on eve of aid conference
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar opened polls for hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims, many hungry, homeless and still waiting for aid, in a much-criticised constitutional referendum Saturday ahead of a key donors' conference. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
China quake survivors keep vigil over town of death
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at
the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors
remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved
ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
"No time to lose" after Myanmar deal for storm aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Disaster relief officials said there was
"no time to lose" to help Myanmar's cyclone survivors after the
secretive military government promised the United Nations it
would allow in more aid workers. |
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Yahoo News |
9:24pm PDT |
Unmarked chopper patrols New York City from above
(AP)
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Summary: AP - On a cloudless spring day, the NYPD helicopter soars over the city, its sights set on the Statue of Liberty. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
Myanmar to allow foreign help for cyclone victims
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Myanmar's ruling junta said Friday it will let foreign aid workers and commercial ships help survivors in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta, but refused to relent on accepting aid from U.S., French and British military ships. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Bryant, Lakers roll past Spurs 101-71
(AP)
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Summary: AP - There would be no blown lead in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals. Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers saw to that. |
