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ChristianToday |
1:06am PDT |
Attorney Assault accusations against Joel Osteens wife are extortion |
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Summary: The attorney defending the wife of renowned evangelist Joel Osteen said in court on Thursday that claims she assaulted a flight attendant are simply an attempt to make money |
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ChristianToday |
1:06am PDT |
Attorney labels assault accusations against Joel Osteens wife extortion |
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Summary: The attorney defending the wife of renowned evangelist Joel Osteen said in court on Thursday that claims she assaulted a flight attendant are simply an attempt to make money |
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Cnn.com |
1:05am PDT |
Where the big jobs are |
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Summary: Despite the slump at lowlier levels of the job market, there's currently a war for senior management talent. In fact, 70% of executive recruiters surveyed by networking organization ExecuNet (www.execunet.com), say there's a shortage of people who can ste |
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BBC News |
12:53am PDT |
Security high for Burma anniversary |
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Summary: The military authorities in Burma impose tight security in Rangoon on the 20th anniversary of the 1988 uprising. |
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Yahoo News |
12:50am PDT |
US weighs stepped-up military forays into Pakistan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Top Bush administration officials are urging the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in its regional counterterrorism strategy, The Assoc |
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BBC News |
12:47am PDT |
Man charged over sexual assault |
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Summary: A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a serious sexual assault in Crumlin, County Antrim, police say. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39am PDT |
China's Olympic dream nears but concerns remain
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's once-in-a-lifetime Olympic dream neared reality Friday as the clock ticked down to the Beijing Games opening ceremony, but gloomy weather and tight security risked dampening the celebration. |
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BBC News |
12:38am PDT |
Hollywood crunch |
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Summary: Money short for film-makers in Tinsel Town |
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BBC News |
12:38am PDT |
MPs concerned at climate policing |
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Summary: An MEP says an extension of police powers to stop and search anyone near the Kent climate camp is undermining civil liberties. |
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BBC News |
12:38am PDT |
MPs raise climate camp 'liberty' fears |
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Summary: An MEP says an extension of police powers to stop and search anyone near the Kent climate camp is undermining civil liberties. |
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Yahoo News |
12:37am PDT |
Islamic group threatens Olympic transport
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police shut down the bustling bazaar in the capital of China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang on Friday amid threats from an Islamic group that attackers might target buses, trains and planes during the Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
12:33am PDT |
Putin vows retaliation for Georgian action in South Ossetia
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday condemned "aggressive actions" by Georgian troops in South Ossetia, and said that Russia would be compelled to retaliate. |
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Yahoo News |
12:29am PDT |
In China, Bush pushes freedom of speech, religion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush wasted no time
on Friday raising the touchy issues of religious freedom and
free speech in China, hours before he was to attend the opening
ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
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Yahoo News |
12:18am PDT |
Detroit mayor's lawyers seek to free him from jail
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent the night in a one-man jail cell with no TV and a phone only for collect calls, the consequence of violating his bond in a criminal case that has dogged him for months. |
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Cnn.com |
12:15am PDT |
Bush opens huge U.S. Embassy in Beijing |
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Summary: China said it is committed to its citizens' "basic rights and freedoms" Thursday and criticized President Bush for meddling in what Beijing says are its internal affairs.
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Yahoo News |
12:14am PDT |
Bush dedicates new massive US embassy in Beijing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush took another swipe at China's human rights record Friday, the latest tit-for-tat salvo with Beijing before he put politics on hold and switched to fan mode for the Olympics' gala opening ceremonies. |
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BBC News |
12:09am PDT |
A Nigerian with 86 wives warns others not to follow his example |
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Summary: The Nigerian man who has 86 wives and 170 children |
