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Cnn.com |
11:58pm PDT |
Los Angeles at odds over proposed 'Britney Law' |
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Summary: The sponsor of a proposal designed to keep the paparazzi further away from celebrities is met with resistance from Los Angeles' top cop, who says the law is not needed when celebrities "just behave."
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11:50pm PDT |
Hu says China stands by Games pledges, web curbs lifted
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao said his
country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the
Olympics as Games officials deflected fire over Internet
censorship on Friday by lifting restrictions. |
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11:49pm PDT |
Pillar memorial for 7/7 victims |
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Summary: A £1m memorial of 52 stainless steel pillars is to be erected in memory of those killed in the London bombings on 7 July 2005. |
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11:44pm PDT |
Volatile market hits A&L profits |
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Summary: Half-year profits at Alliance & Leicester are nearly wiped out after the bank writes down the value of its assets. |
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11:38pm PDT |
Bombing in Kirkuk kills 2 Iraqi soldiers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - An army spokesman says a roadside bomb attack has killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded two others in northern city of Kirkuk. |
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Cnn.com |
11:36pm PDT |
Report: Anthrax suspect kills self as FBI closes in |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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11:36pm PDT |
Hu says don't politicise the Games, some Internet curbs lifted
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday efforts to politicise the Beijing Games would not work, while Olympic organisers tried to relieve pressure by apparently lifting some Internet curbs. |
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11:28pm PDT |
Shot honeymoon man flown home |
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Summary: A newly-wed man critically injured in a shooting on Antigua in which his wife was killed has begun his flight back to the UK in an air ambulance. |
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11:28pm PDT |
Critically ill tourist flown back to UK |
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Summary: The husband of the British doctor who was shot dead in Antigua while on honeymoon is being flown to the UK by air ambulance. |
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11:22pm PDT |
U.S. economy sees moderate growth |
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Cnn.com |
11:22pm PDT |
Stimulus checks helped a bit; Dems want more |
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11:18pm PDT |
Soaring fuel bill hits BA profits |
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Summary: British Airways blames a doubling of fuel costs for an 88% drop in quarterly profits during the "worst trading environment ever". |
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11:17pm PDT |
Anthrax scientist commits suicide as FBI closes in
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A top U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him in the anthrax mailings that traumatized the nation in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attac |
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11:07pm PDT |
Turkish school collapse kills 10 |
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Summary: A three-storey girl's dormitory collapses in southern Turkey, killing at least 10 students and injuring 20. |
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10:53pm PDT |
Japan's beleaguered PM to reshuffle cabinet
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Japan's embattled Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was set to reshuffle his cabinet Friday in a last-ditch bid to revive waning public support as elections loom against a rising opposition. |
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10:41pm PDT |
Education college chairmen resign |
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Summary: Four out of six chairmen in the newly merged further education colleges have resigned, the BBC learns. |
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10:38pm PDT |
S Asia leaders in Colombo summit |
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Summary: Leaders of eight South Asian countries gather in Sri Lanka for a weekend regional summit, with terrorism high on the agenda. |
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10:13pm PDT |
Explosive issue of race hits Obama-McCain campaign
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John McCain accused Barack Obama of playing politics with race on Thursday, raising the explosive issue after the first black candidate with a serious chance of winning the White House claimed Republicans will try to scare voters by saying he "doesn' |
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9:57pm PDT |
Organizers to lift Internet restrictions: IOC
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The International Olympic Committee and
the Chinese organizers BOCOG have agreed to lift all Internet
restrictions for the Beijing Games, IOC vice-president Gunilla
Lindberg told Reuters on Friday. |
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9:52pm PDT |
Jersey chief confident on inquiry |
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Summary: Jersey's attorney general says he is confident the island's judicial system can deliver justice in alleged cases of historical child abuse. |
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9:48pm PDT |
Three dead in fishing boat fire |
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Summary: Three people have died in a fire on board a fishing boat moored at Fraserburgh Harbour in Aberdeenshire. |
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9:44pm PDT |
U.S. agents can seize travelers' laptops: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. federal agents have been given
new powers to seize travelers' laptops and other electronic
devices at the border and hold then for unspecified periods the
Washington Post reported on Friday. |
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BBC News |
9:15pm PDT |
Production resumes at Longbridge |
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Summary: Full-scale car production at the famous Longbridge plant in Birmingham is due to start later. |
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9:15pm PDT |
Man 'admits Brazil girl murder' |
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Summary: Police in Brazil say a man has admitted killing a 17-year-old British girl whose torso was found in a suitcase. |
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BBC News |
9:06pm PDT |
Nuclear takeover bid called off |
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Summary: A deal that would have involved the sale of most of the UK's nuclear power stations to a French energy firm is now off. |
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8:46pm PDT |
Archbishop accused of 'betrayal' |
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Summary: A senior churchman accuses the Archbishop of Canterbury of "betrayal" over the issue of gay bishops. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
Pakistani spies aided Kabul suicide attack: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. intelligence agencies have
concluded that members of Pakistan's spying service helped plan
the suicide bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul this month,
The New York Times reported on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PDT |
UN vote OKs Darfur peacekeeping, but US abstains
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.N. Security Council approved another year of peacekeeping in Sudan's bloodied Darfur region Thursday night, but the U.S. abstained from a vote that reflected sharp divisions over genocide charges against the Sudanese president. |
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8:20pm PDT |
Minds unchanged |
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Summary: Bishops fail to reach consensus on gay issues |
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Cnn.com |
8:02pm PDT |
Mars water found, but is it life-supporting? |
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Summary: The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers said Thursday.
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