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BBC News |
11:59pm PDT |
Funeral held for murdered Jimmy |
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Summary: Mourners attending the funeral of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen, killed in an attack in a bakery, will celebrate his life. |
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ChristianToday |
11:41pm PDT |
South African countries told to redouble efforts on Zimbabwe |
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Summary: In a joint letter twelve senior British church leaders have called on the Southern African Development Community SADC to redouble its efforts to ensure fair elections in Zimbabwe where people are due to vote on 27 June in a second round to elect a preside |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Teen girls make pregnancy pact |
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BBC News |
11:29pm PDT |
Banned music |
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Summary: The Police and more tales from the Troubles |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Midwest floods near crest, levees at risk
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Volunteers worked on Friday
to fortify levees strained by the worst Midwest flooding in 15
years as the swollen Mississippi River moved toward an expected
weekend crest after causing huge losses. |
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Cnn.com |
11:12pm PDT |
Williams to fill in Sunday on 'Meet the Press' |
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ChristianToday |
11:06pm PDT |
Muslim creationist preaches Islam awaits Christ |
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Summary: Harun Yahya is one of the most widely distributed authors in the Muslim world He may also be among the most widely criticised Muslim authors in the Western world |
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BBC News |
11:06pm PDT |
'Outstanding' schools on hit list |
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Summary: Inspectors have praised many of the schools under threat for not meeting a government target on GCSE results. |
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BBC News |
10:53pm PDT |
Sinn Fein mayor to lay WWI wreath |
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Summary: Belfast's Sinn Fein Lord Mayor calls for an act of civic remembrance for those who have died in war and conflict. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Afghan suicide attacker kills 10 |
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Summary: A suicide bomber blows himself up in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, killing 10 civilians, Afghan police say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:45pm PDT |
EU to set October review of treaty impasse: draft
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - European Union leaders will call for a
review in October of the impasse over Ireland's rejection of
the EU reform treaty, a draft final summit statement obtained
by Reuters showed on Friday. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
£700,000 stake hope in Dylan film |
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Summary: Welsh ministers reveal they hope for a windfall after taking a stake in a new film about Dylan Thomas. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Ministers eye film on poet Dylan |
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Summary: Welsh ministers hope the new Dylan Thomas biopic is just the ticket - after pumping £700k into the film. |
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Yahoo News |
10:41pm PDT |
Suicide blast kills 10 Afghan civilians: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide attack aimed at
a NATO convoy killed 10 Afghan civilians on Friday in the
southern province of Helmand on Friday, the provincial police
chief said. |
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Cnn.com |
10:25pm PDT |
Woman in 'Pacman' brawl found dead |
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BBC News |
10:22pm PDT |
MEPs call for flood cash payout |
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Summary: MEPs call for the government to pass on the full total of European aid granted to flood-hit communities in the UK. |
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BBC News |
10:10pm PDT |
US probes teen 'pregnancy pact' |
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Summary: US officials investigate an apparent pregnancy pact at a school that has resulted in 17 teenagers expecting babies. |
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Yahoo News |
9:52pm PDT |
Judge urged to drop Guantanamo charge
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A military
defense lawyer urged a Guantanamo judge to help restore
America's reputation by dropping attempted murder charges
against an Afghan prisoner who was subjected to 14 consecutive
days of sleep deprivation. |
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Yahoo News |
9:43pm PDT |
Israel appears to rehearse Iran attack: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. officials say Israel carried
out a large military exercise this month that appeared to be a
rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear
facilities, The New York Times reported on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:23pm PDT |
AP: China admits taking, burying US POW
(AP)
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Summary: AP - After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he "became mentally ill," according to documents provided to Th |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Bush promises help for flood-weary Iowans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush, surveying the aftermath of devastating floods during a lightning-quick tour of the Midwest on Thursday, assured residents and rescuers alike that he is listening to their concerns and understands their exhaustion. |
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Yahoo News |
9:20pm PDT |
CORRECTION: Judge urged drop Guantanamo charge, restore US image
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A military
defense lawyer urged a Guantanamo judge to help restore
America's reputation by dropping attempted murder charges
against an Afghan prisoner who was subjected to 14 consecutive
days of sleep deprivation. |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Mind games |
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Summary: How psychological operations are vital weapon of war |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
'Psy-ops' tactics |
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Summary: How psychological operations are vital weapon of war |
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BBC News |
9:02pm PDT |
Call for foundation police forces |
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Summary: The best performing police forces should get "foundation" status to make them more independent, a senior police chief says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
2 former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown |
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BBC News |
8:38pm PDT |
S Korea and US 'near beef deal' |
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Summary: US and South Korea say they are close to a mutually-acceptable agreement on a beef deal that sparked protests in Seoul. |
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BBC News |
8:24pm PDT |
Detectives pursue Markov killer |
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Summary: Detectives have visited Bulgaria twice this year to investigate the murder of Georgi Markov in London nearly 30 years ago, Scotland Yard confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57pm PDT |
Crawford's grand slam helps Rays sweep Cubs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Carl Crawford's second career grand slam was the big blow in a seven-run, seventh-inning rally that carried the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a three-game sweep of the team with baseball's best record Thursday night. |
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Cnn.com |
7:20pm PDT |
Girlfriend held in 'suicide is painless' case |
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Summary: Federal marshals arrested the girlfriend of a hedge fund manager who disappeared on the day he was to start a 20-year prison sentence for defrauding investors, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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