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Yahoo News |
1:29am PDT |
Apple's new iPhone lights up Asian shelves
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Apple's new iPhone
made its hotly awaited debut on Friday in Asia as buyers, many
of whom had camped in line for days, stormed outlets to get
their hands on the latest gadget to hit shelves. |
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ChristianToday |
1:28am PDT |
Free Bibles available at Beijing Olympic village |
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Summary: Free Bibles in both English and Chinese bearing the Beijing Olympic logo will be available to athletes and tourists at next months Games state media reported on Monday |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Iran to hold nuclear talks with EU's Solana on July 19
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator will
meet European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in
Geneva on July 19 for talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program,
Iran's official IRNA news agency said on Friday. |
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ChristianToday |
1:18am PDT |
Saudi Arabia to present new image at Madrid forum |
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Summary: Saudi Arabia hopes to showcase a new more liberal face of its austere version of Sunni Islam at an unprecedented forum that will bring together Muslim Christian and Jewish clergy in Spain next week |
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BBC News |
1:17am PDT |
Two knife deaths in three hours |
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Summary: Two men in their 20s are stabbed to death within three hours and just three miles apart in east London. |
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BBC News |
1:14am PDT |
Israeli police question PM Olmert |
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Summary: Israeli police are questioning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a third time over allegations of financial corruption. |
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Yahoo News |
1:11am PDT |
Antioch faculty to keep teaching as school closes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former faculty at Antioch College, which is temporarily closing amid financial problems, plan to teach in coffee shops, bookstores and parks to keep alive the spirit of the private school known for its pioneering academic programs. |
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BBC News |
1:11am PDT |
New charges for dead girl's parents |
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Summary: The mother and stepfather of a seven-year-old girl who allegedly starved to death are to face five more counts of child cruelty. |
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Yahoo News |
1:06am PDT |
Congress increasingly going through the motions
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Some fights of the 110th Congress have lost their oomph in the waning months before the November elections, with both parties content to run out the clock on messy matters like the war in Iraq, spending bills and various disputes with the White House |
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Yahoo News |
1:04am PDT |
Fellow ex-POW eager to back McCain against Obama
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In the decades since they shared a prison cell in North Vietnam, George "Bud" Day has remained a close friend of Republican John McCain and emerged as a staunch opponent of Democrats seeking the presidency. |
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BBC News |
1:04am PDT |
Fury as 'initiation' four freed |
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Summary: The parents of a boy who was bullied by four men during a so-called initiation ceremony are furious they walk free from court. |
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Cnn.com |
1:03am PDT |
Women turn to Internet for abortion pills |
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Summary: Women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to buy medication enabling them to perform an abortion at home, but one in 10 need surgery afterward, according to new research.
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Cnn.com |
12:57am PDT |
Man confesses to model's death, police say |
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ChristianToday |
12:57am PDT |
Methodists to make major investment in youth engagement |
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Summary: The Methodist Conference has agreed to invest more than 4 million in a major initiative to develop and enhance the participation of young people in the life of the Church |
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Yahoo News |
12:55am PDT |
SKorean fatally shot by NKorean soldier
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A North Korean soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a mountain resort in the communist north, prompting the South to suspend the high-profile tour program just as the new South Korean president sought to rekindle strained ties betwee |
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Cnn.com |
12:31am PDT |
'Jaws' site on alert after alleged shark sighting |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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ChristianToday |
12:24am PDT |
Jesse Jackson apologises for crude Obama remark |
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Summary: US civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson has apologised for a crude and disparaging remark about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at the weekend while he was speaking into an open microphone that he thought had been turned off |
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BBC News |
12:22am PDT |
Fowler makes shock Blackburn move |
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Summary: Robbie Fowler signs for Blackburn Rovers after rejecting a pay-as-you-play deal from Cardiff. |
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BBC News |
12:22am PDT |
Fowler to link up with Blackburn |
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Summary: Robbie Fowler is joining Blackburn for pre-season training Rovers after rejecting a pay-as-you-play deal from Cardiff. |
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ChristianToday |
12:18am PDT |
Catholic church reopens abuse case ahead papal visit |
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Summary: Only days before Pope Benedict arrives in Sydney a 25yearold sexual abuse case involving a Sydney priest has been reopened by the Catholic church after an Australian cardinal denied he tried to coverup the abuse |
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BBC News |
12:11am PDT |
South Korean 'shot dead in North' |
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Summary: A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a North Korean soldier while on a visit to the North, reports say. |
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ChristianToday |
12:07am PDT |
Browne focuses on Afghan challenge |
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Summary: Afghanistan poses a greater challenge than Iraq for the United States and its allies and will require a commitment from the international community for a generation Defence Secretary Des Browne said on Thursday |
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BBC News |
12:01am PDT |
Firms 'miss' social site success |
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Summary: Businesses are not making the most of social networking sites, say researchers. |
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ChristianToday |
12:00am PDT |
Pakistan says UN favourable to Bhutto inquiry |
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Summary: Pakistan has reached a broad understanding with the United Nations on aspects of a proposed UN investigation into the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto but details remain to be worked out its foreign minister said on Thursday |
