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Yahoo News |
11:56pm PDT |
After tearful family reunion, Betancourt heads to France
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Summary: AFP - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt left Bogota bound for France and a meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy one day after her jungle rescue from six years in rebel captivity. |
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Yahoo News |
11:45pm PDT |
38 killed in Myanmar delta ferry sinking: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 38 people died when their ferry
sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta,
official newspapers reported on Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PDT |
Dozens injured in Belarus blast |
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Summary: Forty people have been hurt in Belarus in an explosion at a concert in the capital marking independence day, police say. |
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BBC News |
11:15pm PDT |
Referee mayor dies at GAA match |
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Summary: A referee, who was also a councillor and had just completed a term as mayor, dies at a GAA match in County Down. |
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Cnn.com |
11:06pm PDT |
Teen's 'hock the vote' earns him felony charge |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
Zimbabwe to miss World Twenty20 |
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Summary: Zimbabwe withdraw from the World Twenty20, which will be held in England next summer. |
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ChristianToday |
11:00pm PDT |
Greg Laurie From lost boy to Jesus freak |
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Summary: Once a lost boy and now a wellknown evangelist Greg Laurie is letting millions of people into the journey of his personal life much of which he did not want to revisit |
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Cnn.com |
10:59pm PDT |
Remains of Washington's boyhood home found |
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Summary: After nearly three years of excavation, archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of the site of George Washington's boyhood home near the banks of the Rappahannock River in northeast Virginia.
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Yahoo News |
10:54pm PDT |
Dozens injured in blast at Belarus concert: report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Dozens of people were injured in an explosion late Thursday at a gala concert in Minsk attended by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian news agencies reported, quoting officials. |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PDT |
All-Williams final at Wimbledon; 1st since 2003
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. |
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Yahoo News |
10:49pm PDT |
Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross actors wed in Philly
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross celebrated the eve of the Fourth of July not with fireworks but with wedding vows. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Corrupt lawyer cheated hospitals |
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Summary: A solicitor who died last year defrauded the health service of more than £270,000, the Audit Office finds. |
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BBC News |
10:45pm PDT |
Hamilton misses fight with Alonso |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton tells BBC Sport the experience of battling with Fernando Alonso in 2007 made him a better driver this season. |
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Cnn.com |
10:45pm PDT |
Rare patriotic song manuscript discovered |
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Summary: A rare and original manuscript of one of America's most patriotic songs has been discovered in a flea market bargain.
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Death stalked Betancourt's captivity in Colombia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ingrid Betancourt began each day in
captivity at 4 a.m. -- cold and depressed but awake in the dark
waiting to hear her mother's words of encouragement over the
radio. |
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Yahoo News |
10:14pm PDT |
CORRECTED: U.S. salmonella probe expands to Mexico: CNN
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The investigation of a salmonella
outbreak in the United States is shifting to the southern
border to encompass produce imported from Mexico, CNN reported
on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Four-way split |
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Summary: Why the UK now has different NHS systems |
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10:01pm PDT |
Call for prescription charge end |
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Summary: Three quarters of people in the UK want to see prescription charges scrapped in England, a BBC poll suggests. |
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BBC News |
10:01pm PDT |
Call for prescription charge end |
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Summary: Three quarters of people in the UK want to see prescription charges scrapped in England, a BBC poll suggests. |
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BBC News |
9:41pm PDT |
India truckers strike called off |
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Summary: India's truck operators call off their indefinite strike to protest against rising fuel bills and 'high' taxes. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PDT |
Badger cull proposals rejected |
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Summary: The government has decided against a cull of badgers to control TB in English cattle, the BBC understands. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
Burglary clue to student murders |
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Summary: The death of two French students found horrifically stabbed could be linked to an earlier burglary, police reveal. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
Church's ruling Synod set to meet |
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Summary: The Church of England's ruling Synod is bracing itself for more disagreements ahead of its meeting in York. |
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BBC News |
8:35pm PDT |
Ben murder accused due in court |
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Summary: Three people are due in court charged with the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in north London. |
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Yahoo News |
8:31pm PDT |
Betancourt leaves Colombia for France on 2nd day of freedom
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt left Bogota bound for France and a Friday meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy one day after her jungle rescue from six years in rebel captivity. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06pm PDT |
Massive wildfires threaten two California towns
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - California firefighters made a
desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than
4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control
wildfires burning about 170 miles apart along the California
coast. |
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Cnn.com |
7:56pm PDT |
Freedom poses challenge for former hostages |
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Summary: After spending 372 days as a hostage in the Philippines, Gracia Burnham would run for cover at the sound of July Fourth fireworks. Her struggles are common among people who spend time in captivity, psychologists say. The 15 hostages rescued this week from |
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Cnn.com |
7:43pm PDT |
Wildfire descends on storied tourist town |
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
Bush to attend Beijing Olympics opening gala
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, defying boycott calls from critics of China's record on human rights and in Tibet, the White House said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:27pm PDT |
As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover. |
