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Yahoo News |
4:27am PDT |
Obama heads for Paris after rapturous scenes in Berlin
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Summary: AFP - Barack Obama headed for Paris Friday on a European tour that saw 200,000 cheering fans turn out in Berlin to hear the US presidential hopeful call for the world to tear down walls of division and hate. |
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4:24am PDT |
EDF raises gas and electricity bills |
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Summary: EDF Energy has announced it is putting up gas prices by 22% and electricity prices by 17% for domestic customers. |
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4:24am PDT |
EDF customers face higher bills |
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Summary: EDF Energy has announced it is putting up gas prices by 22% and electricity prices by 17% for domestic customers. |
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4:20am PDT |
Holiday accidents claim two lives |
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Summary: A six-year-old boy and a teenager die in separate accidents while on holiday in Spain and Portugal. |
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4:19am PDT |
Iraqi PM says troop withdrawal must satisfy all
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday that any U.S. troop withdrawal
would have to satisfy both parties and protect Iraq's
sovereignty. |
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4:13am PDT |
Iran cleric says ultimatum won't help atom talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - An influential Iranian cleric told the
West on Friday an ultimatum would not help talks with Iran over
its nuclear plans, after Washington told Tehran it had two
weeks to respond to a package of nuclear incentives. |
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4:09am PDT |
Brown seeks to lift Labour mood |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is seeking to rally Labour activitist and union representatives after the party's Glasgow East by-election. |
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4:08am PDT |
DR Congo boat accident 'kills 42' |
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Summary: At least 42 people die after their boat sinks on a remote river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
4:06am PDT |
Gaping hole in Qantas jet forces emergency landing |
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Summary: A large hole in the fuselage of a jet forced a Qantas flight to make a rapid descent and emergency landing, the airline said. "There was an almighty crack," said one passenger on the Hong Kong-Melbourne flight that landed in Manila, Philippines, instead. |
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4:05am PDT |
Brewers stay hot behind Braun and Hardy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No team in baseball is playing as well as the Milwaukee Brewers and no hitter is on a tear like Ryan Braun. |
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Cnn.com |
4:01am PDT |
Gas price nears 7-week low |
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Summary: Gas prices declined for the 8th straight day on Friday, nearing a level not seen in seven weeks, according to a nationwide survey of filling station credit card swipes. Other fuel prices also continued to fall.
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4:01am PDT |
Cyprus sets date for peace talks |
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Summary: Leaders from both sides of the divided island of Cyprus agree to launch reunification talks in early September, the UN says. |
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3:59am PDT |
New markets spur Honda to record quarter
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Honda Motor Co. reported record profit for a fiscal first quarter Friday as sales growth in new markets offset the damage from a stronger yen and soaring material costs. |
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3:57am PDT |
Seven small blasts hit Indian IT city of Bangalore
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Seven small bombs exploded in
quick succession across the south Indian IT city of Bangalore
on Friday, killing a woman and wounding at least 15 people,
police said. |
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3:53am PDT |
British soldier killed in Helmand |
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Summary: A British Army dog handler has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms. |
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3:52am PDT |
Keeping it private |
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Summary: Papers reflect on what Max Mosley ruling will mean |
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3:50am PDT |
Time running out for deadlocked trade talks: WTO
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Deadlocked global trade talks will fail
unless countries can find compromise in the coming hours, the
chair of WTO negotiations said on Friday. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PDT |
'Serial bombs' hit India's IT hub |
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Summary: Seven bombs hit the southern Indian city of Bangalore in a span of 15 minutes killing one person, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
3:47am PDT |
Farrow: Nations should protest China at Olympics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mia Farrow said Friday the world should use next month's Olympic Games as a platform to demand that China end its support for Myanmar's junta. |
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3:44am PDT |
Twenty20 winners to face England |
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Summary: England will warm up for their $20m (£10m) showdown with the Stanford Super Stars later this year by playing the winners of this weekend's Twenty20 Cup. |
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3:42am PDT |
Primary 'free school meals' call |
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Summary: The government is being urged to scrap means testing and to give free school meals to all primary pupils in England. |
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3:38am PDT |
Missing climber 'warned off peak' |
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Summary: A missing climber was warned not to attempt a solo attempt on a 20,000ft (6,096m) summit in northern Pakistan, his sister says. |
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3:36am PDT |
Karadzic's appeal deadline looms |
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Summary: Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic has hours left to appeal against his extradition to The Netherlands on genocide charges. |
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BBC News |
3:31am PDT |
Scrabble's owners sue Scrabulous |
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Summary: Hasbro, the company that owns the North American rights to Scrabble, sues the founders of Scrabulous. |
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Boom times ahead for mobile web |
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Summary: Unprecedented demand will see mobile web-using devices proliferate over the next four years, predicts Intel. |
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BBC News |
3:06am PDT |
EDF raises gas and electric bills |
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Summary: EDF Energy has announced it is putting up gas prices by 22% and electricity prices by 17% for domestic customers. |
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BBC News |
3:05am PDT |
India's IT hub hit by explosions |
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Summary: Six explosions hit the southern Indian city of Bangalore in a span of 15 minutes, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
3:04am PDT |
Obama wins hearts, not minds, in Berlin |
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Summary: Barack Obama touched hearts during an impassioned speech to a 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin, German newspapers agreed, but suspicions remain about the White House contender's motives for courting a European audience.
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2:58am PDT |
Cameroon kills Bakassi attackers |
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Summary: Troops kill 10 gunmen who attacked them in the Bakassi peninsula, Cameroon says. |
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BBC News |
2:53am PDT |
Seoul irked as inquiry hits wall |
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Summary: South Korea says it cannot resolve questions over the killing of a tourist without access to the scene in North Korea. |
