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Yahoo News |
11:57pm PDT |
Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage
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Summary: AP - Sen. Barack Obama 's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-season audition of sorts for a presidential hopeful pledging a new era in diplomacy and an end to the U.S. combat role |
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BBC News |
11:44pm PDT |
Review call after inmates abscond |
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Summary: Calls are made to review home leave for prisoners after three inmates go on the run from Scottish open jails. |
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Yahoo News |
11:43pm PDT |
6 countries to meet over North Korea nuclear talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Top diplomats from the U.S. and North Korea will meet next week along with their counterparts from regional nuclear talks, a South Korean official said Friday, the highest level of contact between the countries amid recent progress on Pyongyang's dis |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PDT |
McCartney appeals for peace over Quebec concert
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary. |
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ChristianToday |
11:29pm PDT |
China says heed worries about Bashir genocide charges |
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Summary: World powers should heed the concerns of African and Arab states in responding to genocide charges against Sudans president Chinas envoy on Darfur said warning that judicial steps could imperil peace efforts |
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ChristianToday |
11:28pm PDT |
Clemency appeal Bali bombers only legal option |
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Summary: A presidential pardon is the only legal option left for three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings after the top court rejected their final appeal a district court official said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
Foreign ministers may meet next week on NKorea |
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Summary: Foreign ministers of the six countries in talks on ending North Koreas nuclear arms programme were expected to hold their first meeting next week at a regional forum in Singapore a diplomatic source in Seoul said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
11:27pm PDT |
SAfrican to replace UN rights chief |
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Summary: The UN secretarygeneral plans to name South African judge Navanethem Pillay as the world bodys next human rights chief succeeding the outspoken Louise Arbour diplomats said on Thursday |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
Senior US dealmaker is new Iran envoy |
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Summary: He helped steer talks with Libya that led to a resumption of US ties with Tripoli after nearly a quarter century and now senior diplomat William Burns is Washingtons main interlocutor with Iran |
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BBC News |
11:25pm PDT |
Funeral for stabbed Ben is held |
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Summary: Family and friends are due to gather for the funeral of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in north London. |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
US plans peace talks with Israelis and Palestinians |
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Summary: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to host peace talks in Washington with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on July 30 Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Thursday |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Mandela celebrates 90th birthday |
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Summary: Nelson Mandela, the man who rose from prisoner to president of South Africa, is celebrating his 90th birthday. |
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ChristianToday |
11:03pm PDT |
Home gas bills to soar as oil link strengthens |
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Summary: Gas prices are going to be more strongly influenced by global oil markets for the foreseeable future and householders will have to get used to spending much more on energy unless the surge in oil costs is reversed Eclipse Energy Group said |
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ChristianToday |
11:02pm PDT |
Treasury to set rules for next cycle |
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Summary: The Treasury said it would set out fiscal rules for the next economic cycle when the current cycle ends dismissing a report that it was about to relax its framework to allow more borrowing |
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ChristianToday |
11:01pm PDT |
Online retail spending up 38 percent |
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Summary: Online retail sales in Britain leapt 38 percent in the first half of the year to account for 17 pence in every pound spent and this figure could rise to as high as 50 pence in five years a report said on Friday |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Teenage murderer facing sentence |
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Summary: A 17-year-old will be sentenced later for killing a stranger, 24-year-old Kelly Hyde, as she walked her dog on a path. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Teenager killer facing sentence |
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Summary: A 17-year-old will be sentenced later for the murder of a woman as she walked her dog along a bridle path. |
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BBC News |
10:32pm PDT |
Live text - Open day two |
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Summary: The second day of the Open gets under way at Royal Birkdale with conditions slightly improved from Thursday's heavy wind and rain. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
Chambers set for Olympic verdict |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers will discover on Friday whether he has won the right to run at the Beijing Olympics. |
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BBC News |
10:31pm PDT |
'Specs' only catch one speeder |
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Summary: A new speed camera system monitoring traffic between Holywood and Bangor catches only one speeding car. |
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BBC News |
10:03pm PDT |
Government funds Muslim thinkers |
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Summary: The British government is to fund a board of Islamic theologians in an attempt to sideline violent extremists. |
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Yahoo News |
10:00pm PDT |
Six party foreign mins may meet next week on N.Korea
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Summary: Reuters - Foreign ministers of the six countries in
talks on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program were
expected to hold their first meeting next week at a regional
forum in Singapore, a diplomatic source in Seoul said on
Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:54pm PDT |
Mbeki set for key Zimbabwe talks |
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Summary: South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is preparing to discuss Zimbabwe's future with a top African Union diplomat. |
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Yahoo News |
9:53pm PDT |
Freddie Mac mulling $10 bln share offer: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Mortgage giant Freddie Mac is
considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion
in new shares to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported,
citing people familiar with the matter. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51pm PDT |
Pope warns against splits at 'critical juncture' for Christianity
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI warned Christian leaders Friday the ecumenical movement was at a "critical juncture", as Anglican bishops met amid a split in their church over the ordination of women and gays. |
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BBC News |
9:40pm PDT |
Met Menezes measures 'too slow' |
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Summary: The Metropolitan Police has been too slow in improving its surveillance procedures, a report says. |
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Yahoo News |
9:27pm PDT |
Pope calls on religions to unite against terrorism
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict called for all religions
to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully on
Friday and heard an Islamic leader urge Christians to overcome
"misconceptions and prejudices" of Muslims. |
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Yahoo News |
8:44pm PDT |
U.S. troops at risk from shoddy wiring in Iraq: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. soldiers face death and danger
from shoddy electrical work at their bases in Iraq, raising
further questions about a heavy reliance on private
contractors, the New York Times reported on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:12pm PDT |
Cambodian, Thai soldiers reportedly draw weapons
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Cambodian and Thai soldiers pointed their weapons at each other for the first time over a tense land dispute on their border, witnesses and officials said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:02pm PDT |
Bush surveys record-breaking California wildfires
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush offered federal help and encouragement Thursday to some of the 25,000 firefighters working under a blazing sun to contain wildfires that make up the single largest fire event ever recorded in California. |
