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ChristianToday |
4:46am PDT |
Church of England publishes prayer to mark opening of Olympics |
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Summary: The Church of England has published a new prayer to mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on Friday |
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BBC News |
4:45am PDT |
Flu pandemic 'gravest risk to UK' |
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Summary: A National Risk Register commissioned by the prime minister cites a flu pandemic as the gravest threat to security. |
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BBC News |
4:32am PDT |
Knife killer, 16, jailed for life |
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Summary: A 16-year-old is given a life sentence for stabbing to death a schoolboy he felt had given him a "dirty look". |
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ChristianToday |
4:31am PDT |
Church in Asia faces major challenges to evangelism says leader |
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Summary: Taking the Gospel to the unreached is the greatest challenge facing the church in Asia the Rev Godfrey Yogarajah told delegates at the recent General Assembly of the Evangelical Fellowship of Asia |
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Cnn.com |
4:30am PDT |
Will McCain's humor campaign bomb? |
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Summary: Forget the Karl Rove playbook. For the past few weeks, Sen. John McCain's team seems to have been working from the equally brutal Don Rickles manual of presidential politics.
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Yahoo News |
4:28am PDT |
Pakistan generals meet as Musharraf faces ouster
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Eyes were on Pakistan's generals on
Friday for any gesture of support for President Pervez
Musharraf the day after a four-month-old civilian coalition
declared plans to impeach the former army chief. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Repossessions rise by 41% |
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Summary: The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders in the UK rose by 41% in the first half of 2008, to 18,900. |
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BBC News |
4:28am PDT |
Allies vow support for Musharraf |
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Summary: Supporters of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf say they are confident they can block moves to impeach him in parliament. |
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Yahoo News |
4:24am PDT |
Google believes $1B investment in AOL is crumbling
(AP)
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Summary: AP - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partner AOL is souring. |
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Yahoo News |
4:23am PDT |
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regains consciousness
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Acid-tongued fashion critic Mr. Blackwell regained consciousness in a hospital Thursday as he battled a serious infection, his publicist said. |
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BBC News |
4:23am PDT |
Do young people lack positive role models? |
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Summary: A lack of adult role models is driving teenagers to join gangs, a new report suggests. How important are good role models for young people? |
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Cnn.com |
4:16am PDT |
Chinese counting on lucky number 8 |
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Summary: Eight is a lucky number in China. The word for it -- ba -- sounds so close to the word for wealth that many people believe eight is a number that is linked to prosperity.
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Yahoo News |
4:15am PDT |
Bus crash in Texas kills at least 13: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least 13 people were killed and
30 injured when a private charter bus crashed north of Dallas,
Texas, The Dallas Morning News reported on Friday. |
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BBC News |
4:12am PDT |
Man remanded over sexual assault |
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Summary: A man appears at Larne Magistrates Court charged in connection with a serious sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl. |
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BBC News |
4:11am PDT |
SpongeBob in NY torture sideshow |
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Summary: Spongebob Squarepants is used as part of an art installation protesting against water-boarding as a form of torture. |
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BBC News |
4:07am PDT |
Security tight for Olympics start |
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Summary: China prepares to open the 2008 Olympic Games with a lavish ceremony in Beijing, amid tight security. |
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Cnn.com |
4:06am PDT |
Russia issues South Ossetia warning |
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Summary: As Georgian troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, the former Soviet republic's president accused Russia of bombing its territory.
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BBC News |
4:05am PDT |
Rooney may be fit to start season |
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Summary: Striker Wayne Rooney has recovered from a mystery virus, and could make Manchester United's Premier League opener on 17 August. |
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BBC News |
4:00am PDT |
Euro and pound dip against dollar |
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Summary: The dollar rallies against the euro and pound amid belief that growth in Europe is faltering.. |
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Cnn.com |
3:55am PDT |
Bus crash kills 13 in north Texas |
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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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BBC News |
3:41am PDT |
Several dead in Czech train crash |
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Summary: At least 10 people are killed after a high-speed train ploughs into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic. |
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BBC News |
3:32am PDT |
Migrants rescued off Italian coast |
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Summary: Hundreds of would-be migrants clinging to boats and dinghies are rescued overnight off the Italian coast. |
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BBC News |
3:32am PDT |
Migrants rescued off Italy coast |
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Summary: Hundreds of would-be migrants clinging to boats and dinghies are rescued overnight off the Italian coast. |
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ChristianToday |
3:29am PDT |
Steven Curtis Chapmans daughter remembered in new childrens home |
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Summary: The adoption support charity founded by renowned worship leader Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife has named its new special needs childrens home in China after the singers late daughter Maria Sue |
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BBC News |
3:28am PDT |
UK home repossessions rise by 41% |
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Summary: The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders in the UK rose by 41% in the first half of 2008, to 18,900. |
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BBC News |
3:27am PDT |
One year to digital TV switchover |
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Summary: TV viewers in Swansea will be the first in Wales to lose the traditional analogue signal in 12 months' time, it is announced. |
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BBC News |
3:20am PDT |
Apology over prince cancer story |
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Summary: A newspaper issues an unreserved apology over a story that Prince Philip had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. |
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Yahoo News |
3:17am PDT |
Ex-Bush aide claims `Swing Vote' stolen from him
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him. |
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BBC News |
3:16am PDT |
India court okays UK mine project |
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Summary: India's Supreme Court allows UK company Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in an area considered sacred by tribes. |
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BBC News |
3:15am PDT |
Smart future for swarming robots |
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Summary: Groops of co-operating robots could one day be exploring space or doing dangerous jobs on earth, say researchers. |
