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BBC News |
9:29am PDT |
India lobbies on nuclear safety |
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Summary: Indian officials brief the world nuclear regulatory body on plans to safeguard the country's civilian nuclear facilities. |
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BBC News |
9:27am PDT |
Husband tortured and killed dog |
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Summary: A Coleraine man is convicted of torturing and killing his partner's golden retriever dog in October 2006. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
It bleeds, vomits, but doesn't die. The ideal medical student's toy |
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Summary: Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient. |
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BBC News |
9:25am PDT |
It bleeds and vomits, but doesn't die. The ideal med student's toy |
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Summary: Medical students train on a dummy which can vomit and sweat and moves and feels like a real patient. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22am PDT |
Bush, Maliki, agree on US troop cut 'time horizon'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" for US troop withdrawals as part of a long-term security pact, the White House said Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
9:18am PDT |
Investors not panicking , financial planners say |
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Summary: Individual U.S. investors aren't happy with the current bear market, but they're not panicking, and most are sticking with their investment strategies, according to a sampling of financial planners across the country.
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Yahoo News |
9:13am PDT |
Mandela in appeal for poor on 90th birthday
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Nelson Mandela, the icon of the anti-apartheid movement and South Africa's first black president, marked his 90th birthday on Friday with an appeal on behalf of his Rainbow Nation's poor. |
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Cnn.com |
9:11am PDT |
'It's gonna be a bloodbath,' soldier tells dad |
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Summary: Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling suspected his days were numbered last week, while he and his band of brothers in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepared for a mission near Wanat, Afghanistan. "It's gonna be a bloodbath," he told his father, Kurt Zwilling, on |
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Cnn.com |
9:11am PDT |
'Gonna be a bloodbath,' doomed GI told dad |
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Summary: Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling suspected his days were numbered last week, while he and his band of brothers in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepared for a mission near Wanat, Afghanistan. "It's gonna be a bloodbath," he told his father, Kurt Zwilling, on |
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Yahoo News |
9:09am PDT |
U.S., Iraq to set "time horizon" on troop cuts: U.S.
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush and Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed that a security deal
under negotiation should set a "time horizon" for reducing U.S.
forces in Iraq, the White House said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:09am PDT |
Safety in numbers |
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Summary: Why alarm and ignorance of statistics = fear |
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BBC News |
8:58am PDT |
Funerals for Hezbollah militants |
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Summary: Thousands in Lebanon attend the funerals of eight Hezbollah militants, returned by Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. |
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ChristianToday |
8:55am PDT |
Chambers fails in Olympic bid |
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Summary: Sprinter Dwain Chambers cannot take part in the Beijing Olympics next month after failing to gain an injunction against a British Olympic Association ban in the High Court on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
8:54am PDT |
MoD admits loss of 747 laptops and secret data files |
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Summary: The Ministry of Defence said on Friday more than twice as many laptops had been lost or stolen in the last four years than previously thought along with 121 computer memory sticks some containing secret information |
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BBC News |
8:54am PDT |
Cavendish claims fourth stage win |
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Summary: Mark Cavendish claims his fourth stage win at the 2008 Tour de France. |
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ChristianToday |
8:54am PDT |
Record borrowing ups heat on Brown |
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Summary: Fiscal rules may have to be relaxed after data on Friday showed public borrowing at record levels threatening to breach the restrictions the government set itself on how much debt it can take on |
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ChristianToday |
8:54am PDT |
Scrap school tests call after results delay |
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Summary: The government faced calls on Friday to scrap national testing of 14 yearolds in England as it was announced that nearly three out of ten pupils would not receive results for English by the end of term |
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ChristianToday |
8:53am PDT |
Gang attacks policemen after complaint |
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Summary: A gang of up to 30 people attacked two policemen biting one of them in south London after the officers asked a teenage girl to pick up some litter she had dropped Scotland Yard said on Friday |
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ChristianToday |
8:53am PDT |
Labour loyalists may save Brown in vote |
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Summary: Scottish pensioner Frances OGrady will vote for Labour in an election next week to choose a new MP although she is not sure why |
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ChristianToday |
8:52am PDT |
Murdered teen assaulted by up to eight attackers |
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Summary: Police investigating the knife murder of an 18yearold male youth in south London said on Friday he had been assaulted by up to eight hooded attackers |
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ChristianToday |
8:51am PDT |
EU executive endorses African farmer aid plan |
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Summary: The European Commission backed a plan on Friday to give 1 billion euros 795 billion pounds to farmers in Africa next year to help tackle high food prices and boost output despite opposition by many EU states |
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ChristianToday |
8:51am PDT |
Iran does not expect Israeli or US attack |
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Summary: Iran said on Friday it did not expect an attack from Israel or the United States triggered by the longrunning dispute over its nuclear programme |
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ChristianToday |
8:50am PDT |
South Africa lauds Mandela on 90th birthday |
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Summary: South Africa celebrated the 90th birthday on Friday of Nelson Mandela a symbol of reconciliation in a nation now torn by doubts and nostalgia for his leadership |
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ChristianToday |
8:49am PDT |
Unnecessary flights killing the poor says Tutu |
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Summary: Businessmen who take flights rather than use video conferencing are adding to global warming that is condemning millions of the worlds poorest people to death according to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu |
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ChristianToday |
8:47am PDT |
Pope calls for unity against terrorism |
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Summary: 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 about Muslims |
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Cnn.com |
8:44am PDT |
Starbucks reveals store closure list |
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Summary: Starbucks Corp. released a list Thursday of the 616 company-owned stores it will shutter by the first half of 2009.
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Cnn.com |
8:43am PDT |
Russia's sex slave biz is thriving |
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Summary: Young women in bright miniskirts and high heels line up to sell themselves in the dingy back streets throughout the Russian capital. Moscow's illegal flesh markets are flourishing, with up to 30 women at each pickup point, or tochka, standing in order of |
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Cnn.com |
8:43am PDT |
Moscow's sex slave trade reportedly thriving |
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Summary: Christine, 27, says she was lured to Russia by her uncle to attend school. Instead, he sent her to a brothel and threatened to kill her if she tried to leave. "I was really scared about that," she said. CNN went undercover on Moscow's streets and found a |
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Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
Baby panda adopted and nursed by cat dies
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amsterdam's Artis zoo says a baby red panda adopted by a zookeeper's cat after being rejected by its mother has died. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Iran does not expect Israeli or U.S. attack
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran said on Friday it did not expect an
attack from Israel or the United States triggered by the
long-running dispute over its nuclear program. |
