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ChristianToday |
11:29pm PDT |
Obama website to tackle faith patriotism rumours |
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Summary: Barack Obama launches new website to dispel rumours that he is a Muslim and that his wife is racist |
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Cnn.com |
11:29pm PDT |
Militant attack leads to Afghan prison break |
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Summary: Militants attacked a main prison in Afghanistan's Kandahar province Friday night, blowing its entrance open and allowing a large number of inmates to escape, provincial authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
11:23pm PDT |
Troops hunt for Afghan prison escapees
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan and foreign troops
were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including
militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar
city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said. |
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Yahoo News |
11:07pm PDT |
Training helps bloggers hone professionalism
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago. |
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Cnn.com |
10:58pm PDT |
Strong earthquake jolts northern Japan |
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Summary: An earthquake registering a 6.9 magnitude struck Japan's main island, Honshu, Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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Yahoo News |
10:56pm PDT |
Japan quake kills at least 3, scores injured
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An earthquake with a magnitude of
7.2 struck rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least
three people, officials and televisions said. Several others
were trapped in hot spring resort hit by a landslide. |
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Yahoo News |
10:53pm PDT |
G8 frets over commodity prices
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Finance ministers from the world's
richest nations warned on Saturday surging commodity prices
threatened economic growth, but shrank from any talk of new
controls on volatile oil and currency markets. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, at least 3 dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge, fire and disaster management officials said. At least 64 were injured. |
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Yahoo News |
10:20pm PDT |
Hundreds of prisoners escape from Afghan jail: minister
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Most of the 1,000 inmates of a prison in southern Afghanistan, including militants, escaped during a Taliban suicide bomb attack on the building, a senior official said Saturday. |
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BBC News |
9:57pm PDT |
Week in pictures |
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Summary: Some of the most striking images around the world |
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BBC News |
9:35pm PDT |
Blast in China mine kills dozens |
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Summary: An explosion at a coalmine in northern China kills at least 27 miners with rescuers working to free another seven. |
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Yahoo News |
9:33pm PDT |
Troops hunt for escapees after Afghan prison raid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on
Saturday for hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who
escaped the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar after
a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said. |
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BBC News |
9:21pm PDT |
EU grapples with Irish 'No' vote |
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Summary: Governments in the EU examine their options after Irish voters reject the Lisbon reform treaty in a referendum. |
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Yahoo News |
9:11pm PDT |
Two dead, scores injured in northern Japan quake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of
7.2 rocked rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least
two people, injuring more than 100 and sending landslides
sweeping down mountainous hillsides. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
FDA: Florida, Mexico suspects in tomato outbreak
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Parts of Florida and Mexico were supplying "the vast majority" of tomatoes sold when the salmonella outbreak began in April and thus remain leading suspects, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:04pm PDT |
Landslide buries brick factory in China |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
8:59pm PDT |
US teenage sailor takes on the world |
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Summary: A 16-year-old from Los Angeles is hoping to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Three Ohio men guilty in Iraq-linked terrorism case
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Three residents of the state of Ohio
were convicted on Friday of plotting attacks on Americans
overseas, including the killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, the
Department of Justice said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:05pm PDT |
NBC sportscaster Charlie Jones dies at 77 |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PDT |
Navy: Pilot killed in jet collision over Nevada
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two fighter jets from the U.S. Navy's elite training school collided Friday over northern Nevada's high desert, killing one pilot and injuring two others who parachuted to safety. |
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Yahoo News |
8:03pm PDT |
EU leaders push on with reform plans after Irish setback
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Grand reform plans for the enlarged European Union were in peril Saturday after Irish voters rejected a key treaty in a referendum, but leaders vowed to push on and looked to Britain for reassurance. |
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Cnn.com |
7:53pm PDT |
Aviator dead after Navy jets collide |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
7:51pm PDT |
Rally directs anger at Musharraf |
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Summary: Former PM Nawaz Sharif condemns Pakistan's president at an angry rally outside the national parliament. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34pm PDT |
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, two dead
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary
magnitude of 7.0 jolted northern Japan on Saturday, killing two
people, injuring scores, and sending landslides sweeping across
roads. |
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Yahoo News |
7:30pm PDT |
Oil, dollar dominate runup to G8 inflation talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Finance ministers from the world's
richest nations focused on oil futures markets and a weak
dollar as they prepared to tackle a surge in global inflation
at talks in Japan on Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
7:29pm PDT |
Woods fires 68, 1 shot behind Appleby at US Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even with a sore knee, Tiger Woods hit his stride Friday at the U.S. Open. It started with his feet on a concrete cart path and a shot that went under a tree and over a bunker to 18 feet for birdie. What followed was flawless golf and a 30 on the fro |
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Yahoo News |
7:26pm PDT |
R&B star R. Kelly acquitted in child porn case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - R. Kelly was acquitted of all charges Friday after less than a day of deliberations in his child pornography trial, ending a six-year ordeal for the R&B superstar. |
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Yahoo News |
7:22pm PDT |
Strong quake shakes northern Japan, at least 2 dead
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked a rural area of northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least two people, triggering landslides and reportedly knocking down a bridge. News reports said dozens of people were injured. |
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BBC News |
7:04pm PDT |
Quake kills two in northern Japan |
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Summary: At least two people are killed by a powerful earthquake in the north of Japan's main island, officials say. |
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BBC News |
6:43pm PDT |
Blast in Chinese mine kills many |
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Summary: Rescuers in northern China are trying to free at least 34 miners trapped after an explosion, reports say. |
