| • |
BBC News |
11:53pm PDT |
Supermarket food shop 'costlier' |
| |
Summary: The cost of a supermarket shop has increased 5.8% this year, a study finds, with branded goods rising fastest. |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:53pm PDT |
Faith walk to challenge governments on poverty targets |
| |
Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury with by joined by bishops and other faith leaders on a walk through London this July to put pressure on governments to step up their commitment to ending extreme global poverty |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:53pm PDT |
London faith walk to challenge governments on poverty targets |
| |
Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury with by joined by bishops and other faith leaders on a walk through London this July to put pressure on governments to step up their commitment to ending extreme global poverty |
| • |
Cnn.com |
11:43pm PDT |
'Uncontacted tribes' sighted in Amazon |
| |
Summary: Dramatic photographs have emerged, showing one of the few remaining peoples on earth thought to have had no contact with the outside world.
|
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:42pm PDT |
Help for fuel poor announced |
| |
Summary: The government set out on Friday extra measures to help the poor and boost energy efficiency in the face of rocketing fuel prices |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:42pm PDT |
Targets mean police focus on minor crime |
| |
Summary: Police forces are putting government targets ahead of serving the public criminalising lawabiding people for minor crimes in the process according to a report published on Friday |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:41pm PDT |
Cot deaths linked to common bacteria |
| |
Summary: Researchers have pinpointed two common bacteria that may contribute to cot deaths even when infants show no sign of tissue damage |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
Brown hit by worst party rating |
| |
Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Browns Labour Party has registered its worst opinion poll showing since surveys began in 1943 the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:40pm PDT |
World Bank approves funding for food crisis |
| |
Summary: World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Thursday announced 12 billion 607 million pounds in loans and grant financing to expand its assistance to poor countries struggling with the effects of soaring fuel and food costs |
| • |
ChristianToday |
11:39pm PDT |
Shipwreck sites found near English Channel |
| |
Summary: The US treasure hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration said on Thursday it had found two shipwreck sites near the English Channel with artifacts from the colonial period |
| • |
BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
Clean-up in wake of flash floods |
| |
Summary: A clean-up operation is under way after torrential rain caused flash flooding across south-west England. |
| • |
BBC News |
11:30pm PDT |
Nepal protesters and police clash |
| |
Summary: Demonstrators hailing the demise of Nepal's monarchy clash with police near the royal palace in Kathmandu. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
11:27pm PDT |
Olmert's party considers primaries over scandal
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Leaders of Israel's governing Kadima
party plan to meet in as little as a week to decide on internal
primaries that could replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, senior
Kadima members said on Friday. |
| • |
BBC News |
11:26pm PDT |
Europe fuel protests reach Spain |
| |
Summary: Spain becomes the latest European country to stage fuel protests, as fishermen take industrial action. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
11:15pm PDT |
US court says polygamy kids must be returned to parents
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - The Texas Supreme Court ruled that 468 children seized from a polygamist sect must be returned to their parents, saying state child welfare officials had overstepped their authority. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
11:14pm PDT |
Aerosmith's Tyler in rehab |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
BBC News |
10:54pm PDT |
What is the formula for the 'perfect voice' ? |
| |
Summary: Researchers say they have worked out a mathematical formula to find the perfect human voice. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Fifa votes for foreign quota plan |
| |
Summary: Fifa votes in favour of the 'six-plus-five' plan which would limit teams to five foreign players by the 2012/13 season. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Fifa votes for foreign quota rule |
| |
Summary: Fifa votes in favour of the 'six-plus-five rule' which would limit teams to five foreign players by the 2012/13 season. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:49pm PDT |
Paisley raises 'unionist merger' |
| |
Summary: Outgoing DUP leader Ian Paisley does not think there will be any need for two main unionist parties in the future. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Round-the-clock battle to clear 'quake lake' in China
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - China was rushing Friday to clear 'quake lakes' made even more dangerous by persistent rain, as millions of people in danger of being flooded waited downstream. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:37pm PDT |
Underage buyers test drink sales |
| |
Summary: Shops which sell alcohol in Scotland's capital city are to be tested by underage buyers. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
10:31pm PDT |
Spears not fit enough for court, lawyer says |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
Cnn.com |
10:30pm PDT |
Air travel drops, costing industry $18 billion |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
BBC News |
10:18pm PDT |
Rooney tackling concerns Capello |
| |
Summary: England coach Fabio Capello plans to talk to Wayne Rooney to try and channel his natural aggression. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:17pm PDT |
AP: US probes whether laptop copied on China trip
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce computer |
| • |
BBC News |
10:17pm PDT |
Rock to take on more debt staff |
| |
Summary: Northern Rock is to more than double the number of people handling debt management the BBC learns. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:08pm PDT |
United-US Airways merger talks suspended: source
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - United Airlines and US Airways
have suspended merger talks due to concerns about labor
opposition and integration costs, while United draws closer to
an alliance with Continental Airlines, a source close to the
talks said late on Thursday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:07pm PDT |
No early Iran nuclear estimate update: US official
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - U.S. intelligence has no plans to
revise an estimate of Iran's nuclear ambitions that critics say
underplayed Tehran's efforts to make weapons, a senior U.S.
official said on Thursday. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:06pm PDT |
Bryant leads Lakers past Spurs and into NBA finals
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the defending champions, and now they're headed to the NBA finals for the first time in four years. |
