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BBC News |
3:32am PDT |
A void in Vatican coffers as weak US dollar hits papal profits |
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Summary: The Vatican made a loss last year as the weakening dollar reduced the value of donations from the US. |
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ChristianToday |
3:21am PDT |
Hillsong United set to launch tenth album With Hearts as One |
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Summary: With Hearts as One is the tenth album release from Hillsong United and coincides with the music DVD being released at Australias Faith on Film Festival |
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BBC News |
3:20am PDT |
Tests show US shield 'not needed' |
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Summary: Russia's foreign minister says Iran's missile tests show the planned US defence shield in Europe is not necessary. |
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BBC News |
3:17am PDT |
Four stabbed to death on same day |
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Summary: Four men are stabbed to death in separate attacks within a few miles of each other on the same day in London. |
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Yahoo News |
3:10am PDT |
South Korean fatally shot by North Korean 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 South Korean's new president sought to rekindle strained ties between |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
Davis has future role - Cameron |
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Summary: David Cameron praises David Davis's by-election win but refuses to say whether he will offer him another frontbench job. |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
Cameron considers Davis's future |
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Summary: David Cameron praises David Davis's by-election win but refuses to say whether he will offer him another frontbench job. |
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BBC News |
3:09am PDT |
Group up for £17bn Sellafield job |
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Summary: A group is named as the government's preferred choice to clean up and run the Sellafield nuclear site. |
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BBC News |
3:03am PDT |
Man held over Shakespeare theft |
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Summary: A man is arrested over the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript worth an estimated £15m stolen 10 years ago. |
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BBC News |
2:56am PDT |
US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians' |
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Summary: A US air strike in Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, investigators say. |
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Yahoo News |
2:54am PDT |
Wildfires advance in Calif., destroy Wash. homes
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Firefighters battling a raging wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California braced for strong winds Friday they feared could blow hot embers toward thousands of homes, while residents in Washington state's Spokane Valley fled a fire that des |
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Yahoo News |
2:53am PDT |
ICC to seek warrant for Sudan's Bashir: report
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The International Criminal Court plans to seek an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, the Washington Post reported Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:52am PDT |
Indians beat Rays to snap 10-game slide
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cleveland had lost 10 straight, traded away arguably its best player and was welcoming to town the team with the best record in baseball. Just figures the Indians would finally get a win. |
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Yahoo News |
2:49am PDT |
Apple's new iPhone snapped up in Asia and Europe
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Apple's new iPhone
made its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming
stores in Asia and queues forming in European cities. |
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BBC News |
2:48am PDT |
Tuberculosis scare at university |
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Summary: Health experts screen former students of a Manchester university after a woman is found to have tuberculosis. |
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Cnn.com |
2:37am PDT |
Austria: Dungeon captive questioned |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
2:35am PDT |
Iran to hold nuclear talks with EU's Solana next week
(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,
an Iranian national security official said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
2:32am PDT |
Portsmouth set to unveil Crouch |
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Summary: Portsmouth will unveil new signing striker Peter Crouch from Liverpool at a news conference at 1300 BST on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
2:22am PDT |
South Korean tourist killed by North Korean troops
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A North Korean soldier shot dead a female South Korean tourist who strayed into a restricted military area during a morning stroll at a resort in the communist North, officials said Friday. |
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BBC News |
2:12am PDT |
EU pledges fund to rebuild Kosovo |
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Summary: International donors meeting in Brussels are expected to pledge 1.5bn euros to help rebuild Kosovo. |
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Yahoo News |
2:08am PDT |
Agriculture Department announcing meat recall rule
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Next time there's a meat recall, you may be able to find out if your local grocery store received any of the tainted meat. |
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ChristianToday |
2:07am PDT |
Archbishop supports calls for end to detention of young asylum seekers |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has given his backing to a call from the Independent Asylum Commission for a more humane and dignified treatment of those seeking sanctuary in the UK |
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Yahoo News |
1:52am PDT |
Russia rebuffs U.S. over Georgia mediation: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia will reject moves by the United
States to play a bigger role in defusing a standoff with
Georgia, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian diplomatic
source as saying on Friday. |
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BBC News |
1:48am PDT |
Austrians question cellar captive |
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Summary: An Austrian woman, imprisoned in a cellar by her father for 24 years, tells the authorities of the abuse she suffered. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42am PDT |
South Korean tourist killed in North Korea
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - North Korean soldiers shot dead a tourist from South Korea on Friday, casting a shadow over an offer of talks from the South's new leader to help ease tensions across the world's last Cold War frontier. |
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Yahoo News |
1:39am PDT |
Foreclosure rescue to pass Senate; House next
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Struggling homeowners who can't afford their mortgages and banks facing big losses would get government help under a foreclosure rescue that has broad bipartisan support. |
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Cnn.com |
1:38am PDT |
Solar power projects ignite land grab |
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Summary: Doug Buchanan grins with relief when he sees the carcasses. He has just driven up a steep dirt road onto a vast, sunbaked mesa overlooking the Mojave Desert in western Nevada.
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BBC News |
1:31am PDT |
Davis 'could play role in future' |
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Summary: David Cameron praises David Davis's by-election win but refuses to say whether he will offer him another frontbench job. |
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Cnn.com |
1:30am PDT |
Bodies of 2 soldiers found in Iraq, family says |
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Summary: The bodies of two U.S. soldiers kidnapped more than a year ago during an ambush in Iraq were found by the U.S. military Wednesday, according to the family of one of the soldiers. Information from an informant led investigators to the remains of Sgt. Alex |
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Cnn.com |
1:30am PDT |
Family: Bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers found in Iraq |
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Summary: The bodies of two U.S. soldiers kidnapped more than a year ago during an ambush in Iraq were found by the U.S. military Wednesday, according to the family of one of the soldiers. Information from an informant led investigators to the remains of Sgt. Alex |
