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Yahoo News |
4:23am PDT |
Iran hopes for "constructive" nuclear talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said he
hoped for "good and constructive" talks when he left Tehran on
Friday to meet world powers in Geneva on the country's disputed
nuclear program. |
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BBC News |
4:20am PDT |
Rewards system sweetens school pupils' behaviour |
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Summary: A Norfolk headteacher says his pupils behaviour has improved since he started giving them chocolate as a reward. |
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Yahoo News |
4:19am PDT |
Greg Norman leads in 2nd round of British Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Greg Norman claimed the lead in the second round of the British Open. He birdied three holes on the front side to offset a double-bogey at the gargantuan sixth, leaving him as the only player with an overall score in the red. |
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BBC News |
4:18am PDT |
Mandela at 90 makes call for poor |
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Summary: Nelson Mandela, a key figure in bringing down South Africa's apartheid, turns 90 and calls for the nation's rich to help the poor. |
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4:12am PDT |
Mandela's B-Day message: Rich should help poor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by calling on the wealthy to share with the poor and wishing that he had been able to spend more time with his family during the long anti-apartheid struggle. |
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4:01am PDT |
Cat Stevens accepts libel damages |
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Summary: Singer Cat Stevens - now known as Yusuf Islam - accepts damages over articles claiming he was sexist. |
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Cnn.com |
3:59am PDT |
Nelson Mandela celebrates 90th birthday |
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Summary: Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, Nobel peace laureate and South Africa's first black president, celebrated his 90th birthday Friday as tributes poured in from around the world.
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Yahoo News |
3:56am PDT |
Iran calls nuclear talks positive
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran's Foreign Minister said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U.S. diplomat for the first time look positive and he expects progress. |
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ChristianToday |
3:55am PDT |
Siloam helping atrisk children in India |
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Summary: Childhood should not include your mothers suicide being cruelly tormented about your squint eye condition and forced into slave labour But that is the experience of Asha name changed for security reasons a young girl in India receiving the care and suppor |
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Yahoo News |
3:53am PDT |
Jury rules Bratz dolls conceived at Mattel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, in its copyright infringement lawsuit against rival MGA Entertainment Inc. |
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Yahoo News |
3:52am PDT |
'Desperate Housewives' creator says end in sight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems. |
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ChristianToday |
3:36am PDT |
Lutheran theologians weigh up tradition and Pentecostalism in Africa |
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Summary: There is much diversity among Lutheran churches in Africa with regard to healing exorcism testifying speaking in tongues and other practices associated with Pentecostal churches yet there are Lutheran theological convictions such as the priority of Gods g |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
Taste of paradise? |
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Summary: Not the Caymans, but Aran Islands plan to go tax-free |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
Chambers loses Olympic ban case |
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Summary: British sprinter Dwain Chambers will not be able to run at the Olympic Games after he fails in court to overturn his lifetime ban. |
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BBC News |
3:33am PDT |
Chambers fails to have ban lifted |
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Summary: British sprinter Dwain Chambers will not be able to run at the Olympic Games after he fails in court to overturn his lifetime ban. |
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Yahoo News |
3:30am PDT |
Israel makes arrests in alleged plot against Bush
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of
trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of
them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by
President George W. Bush. |
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Cnn.com |
3:29am PDT |
Naples trash clean-up under way |
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Summary: The Italian prime minister plans to declare Friday that the worst part of a garbage crisis in Naples is over -- even though a visit to one neighborhood found residents still living amid huge piles of trash.
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Yahoo News |
3:22am PDT |
Mandela on 90th birthday: Rich should help poor
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday Friday by calling on the wealthy to share with the less fortunate and wishing that he had been able to spend more time with his family during the anti-apartheid struggle. |
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Yahoo News |
3:13am PDT |
Weather fit for a Shark: Norman takes lead at Open
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The flags around Royal Birkdale flapped in the stiff breeze Friday morning. A light mist fell from the gray clouds, which obscured any hint of the sun. Apparently, good weather for a Shark. |
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Yahoo News |
3:05am PDT |
Food safety worries change buying habits
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Troubled by the tainted tomato scare, nearly half of Americans are concerned they may get sick from eating contaminated food and are avoiding items they normally would buy, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll has found. |
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BBC News |
3:01am PDT |
Teenage killer's 12-year sentence |
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Summary: A 17-year-old will serve at least 12 years in prison for randomly killing a young woman as she walked her dog along a path. |
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Cnn.com |
3:01am PDT |
Laci's mom angry over Scott Peterson's blog |
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Summary: Scott Peterson was convicted November 12, 2004, for the deaths of his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child. He may be locked up in San Quentin State Prison and facing the death penalty, but he is not cut off from the outside world.
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Cnn.com |
2:58am PDT |
Oil rebounds from 3-day slide |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
2:58am PDT |
No evidence of think-tank PM link |
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Summary: A charity is cleared of furthering Gordon Brown's "political aspirations" but warned over not being politically neutral enough. |
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Yahoo News |
2:53am PDT |
Daytona Beach cop fired for demanding free coffee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused. |
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Yahoo News |
2:50am PDT |
China says heed fears about Bashir genocide charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - World powers should heed the worries of
African and Arab states in responding to genocide charges
against Sudan's president, China's envoy on Darfur said,
warning that the court steps could imperil peace efforts. |
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ChristianToday |
2:49am PDT |
Chinese restaurant evangelism taking Gospel to Europes immigrant Chinese |
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Summary: The Chinese Christian Herald Crusade Restaurant Gospel Ministry CCHC is taking the Gospel to hundreds of Chinese restaurant workers across Europe this summer |
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Yahoo News |
2:49am PDT |
Merrill posts $4.9 billion loss, sells Bloomberg stake
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co posted a much
larger-than-expected $4.89 billion quarterly loss on Thursday
after writing down soured debt, and unveiled plans to sell
billions of dollars of assets -- including a part of its
lucrative brokerage business - |
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BBC News |
2:48am PDT |
Sats mark appeals 'set to rocket' |
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Summary: Almost one in five primary schools is still waiting for test results - and heads warn of more disputes over the quality of marking. |
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BBC News |
2:40am PDT |
Mob attacks officers over litter |
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Summary: Two police officers are attacked by a 30-strong mob in south London when they asked a girl to pick up some litter she dropped. |
