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Yahoo News |
8:10am PDT |
Musharraf allies warn impeachment could be messy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The party of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday it is rejoining the Cabinet, a gesture of solidarity now that the bickering coalition partners have agreed to seek President Pervez Musharraf's impeachment. |
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Yahoo News |
8:06am PDT |
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
(AP)
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Summary: AP - One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14. |
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Cnn.com |
7:59am PDT |
More pain at Fannie Mae |
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Summary: Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae reported a much larger-than-expected loss in the second quarter and slashed its dividend Friday, more signs that the problems in housing and financial markets are not over.
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BBC News |
7:56am PDT |
OECD sees slower economic growth |
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Summary: Paris-based group the OECD says economic slowdown lies ahead for the seven biggest economies in the world. |
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Yahoo News |
7:52am PDT |
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Fannie Mae swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as conditions in the housing market continued to deteriorate, forcing the mortgage finance giant to make bold cutbacks that will send shock waves through th |
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Yahoo News |
7:51am PDT |
China dazzles, offers friendship as Games open
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - China's once-in-a-lifetime Olympic dream became reality Friday as the Beijing Games opened with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world. |
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BBC News |
7:45am PDT |
Iraq's Sadr launches unarmed wing |
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Summary: Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr forms a cultural wing, saying that his militias will disarm if the US withdraws from Iraq. |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
Hooligans get suspended sentences |
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Summary: Four Middlesbrough fans who attacked a group of Chelsea supporters on a train are given suspended sentences. |
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BBC News |
7:40am PDT |
Hooligans attacked fans on train |
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Summary: Four Middlesbrough fans who attacked a group of Chelsea supporters on a train are given suspended sentences. |
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Cnn.com |
7:24am PDT |
Georgia 'under attack' as Russian tanks roll in |
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Summary: Georgia's president said today that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.
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BBC News |
7:19am PDT |
A life in columns |
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Summary: She spent five decades telling society's secrets... |
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BBC News |
7:18am PDT |
'Peeping Tom' rapist imprisoned |
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Summary: A man who spied on his neighbours with a hidden camera in their bedroom is sent to prison for an indefinite period. |
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Yahoo News |
7:17am PDT |
Bus crash in Texas kills 13
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 13 people on their way to a
religious festival were killed when a private charter bus
crashed north of Dallas, police reported on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
7:14am PDT |
China turns on Olympic opening glitz |
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Summary: China opened the 29th Olympic Games on Friday with stunning fireworks as the Asian nation kicked off the biggest and most scrutinized Games in history.
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Cnn.com |
7:12am PDT |
Mystery dad probe goes global |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:03am PDT |
China opens Olympics with pageantry, pyrotechnics
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. |
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Yahoo News |
7:03am PDT |
Beijing's Games kick off with spectacular opening ceremony
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion dollars and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life Friday with a spectacular opening ceremony. |
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BBC News |
7:00am PDT |
Poor roads delay wind farm plans |
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Summary: Planning applications for wind farms are put on hold in much of Wales over concerns about "inadequate" roads. |
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BBC News |
6:59am PDT |
From the ashes |
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Summary: Photographer who lost everything in Camden's fire |
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BBC News |
6:57am PDT |
Top Dogg - US rapper makes Bollywood debut |
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Summary: US rapper Snoop Dogg makes his debut in a Bollywood film that opens on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
6:53am PDT |
China leaps onto world stage in style
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Resurgent China opened the Olympics on
Friday with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that
wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to
draw a line under months of political controversy. |
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Cnn.com |
6:53am PDT |
Blown tire may have caused deadly bus crash |
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Summary: A bus crash in northern Texas killed at least 12 people Friday, a police spokesman said.
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Yahoo News |
6:52am PDT |
Appeal hearing begins in Detroit mayor's jailing
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A hearing is under way in Detroit on Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's request for freedom after he spent the night in one-man jail cell for an alleged bond violation. |
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Cnn.com |
6:51am PDT |
FBI probing drug raid, dogs' deaths |
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BBC News |
6:51am PDT |
More time for shop death police |
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Summary: A 19-year-old youth is being questioned about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Ryan Bravo in a supermarket. |
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Yahoo News |
6:50am PDT |
Over 10 Russian troops killed in S.Ossetia: defence ministry
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russia's defence ministry said Friday more than 10 of its troops deployed in South Ossetia have been killed amid a Georgian offensive in the breakaway region, Russian news agencies reported. |
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Cnn.com |
6:42am PDT |
Glenn Beck : Drive naked, save America |
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Summary: Call our politicians and tell them to stay on vacation. Call the caribou roaming in Alaska and tell them they're safe. Call the Saudi king and tell him what you really think of his oil.
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Yahoo News |
6:41am PDT |
Charter bus crash north of Dallas kills 13
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A charter bus carrying Vietnamese worshippers on a pilgrimage ran off a highway overpass north of Dallas and plunged onto a roadway below early Friday, killing at least 13 people and sending at least 24 to hospitals. |
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BBC News |
6:41am PDT |
Ryanair blocks 'illegal' bookings |
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Summary: Ryanair is to cancel thousands of its own customers' bookings made through internet travel agents whose activities it says are illegal. |
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ChristianToday |
6:38am PDT |
Bishop Church of Ireland can never accept gay relationships |
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Summary: One of the foremost evangelical bishops in the Church of Ireland Bishop Harold Miller says that the Church can never support homosexual relationships even if science later proves them to be natural |
