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11:59pm PDT |
Mexican gunmen kill drug patients |
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Summary: Gunmen kill eight patients in a Mexican drug rehabilitation centre, part of a drug gang feud in the city of Ciudad Juarez. |
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BBC News |
11:54pm PDT |
'Stolen goods' in honeymoon case |
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Summary: Charges against two women held in connection with the murders of a British honeymoon couple are thought to be over stolen goods. |
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Yahoo News |
11:53pm PDT |
Diplomacy steps in with Russian troops in Georgia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russian troops remain deep inside
Georgian territory on Friday, hours before U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice arrives to secure Tbilisi's signature to
a peace deal with Moscow. |
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Cnn.com |
11:39pm PDT |
Pregnant traffic cop dies after bus hit; baby lives |
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Cnn.com |
11:31pm PDT |
Ed McMahon's mansion saved by 'The Donald' |
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Yahoo News |
11:30pm PDT |
No. 6: Phelps grabs yet another gold medal, WR
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Phelps collected the sixth gold medal and stuffed it in his warmup jacket. No time to even savor that one as he rushed off to swim again. |
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11:18pm PDT |
Thai court jails "swirly-face" Canadian pedophile
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Thai court sentenced Canadian "swirly
face" pedophile Christopher Neil to 39 months in prison on
Friday for abducting and molesting a 14-year-old boy and
posting pornographic pictures on the Internet. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
Russian troops continue to block Georgian city
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Russian troops are still blocking entrance to the city of Gori in war-battered Georgia. Doubt remains about whether Russia will honor an agreement to pull back its forces. |
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BBC News |
10:59pm PDT |
Viewpoint: Living with Iraq's violence |
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Summary: An Iraqi member of staff at the BBC bureau in Baghdad considers the toll the daily violence is taking on people. |
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10:55pm PDT |
Surviving Omagh |
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Summary: Remembering the moment I was caught up in bomb |
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Yahoo News |
10:54pm PDT |
Pakistan's Musharraf said ready to quit
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf
is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking
immunity from prosecution for imposing emergency rule, a
coalition government official said on Friday. |
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10:49pm PDT |
Bomb atrocity victims remembered |
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Summary: Commemorations are being held on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Omagh bombing. |
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Yahoo News |
10:31pm PDT |
Edwards' ally explains $14,000 payment to mistress
(AP)
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Summary: AP - John Edwards' political action committee paid his mistress $14,000 after she stopped working for it to obtain 100 hours of unused videotape she had shot for his unsuccessful presidential campaign, an associate told The Associated Press on Thursday. |
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Yahoo News |
10:30pm PDT |
Liukin edges Johnson for all-around gold
(AP)
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Summary: AP - No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin won the biggest prize of all. |
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Yahoo News |
10:26pm PDT |
Maoist leader Prachanda appears set to become Nepal's next PM
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - After 25 years underground and a decade of armed struggle across Nepal's jungles and hills, Maoist leader Prachanda appeared poised Friday to become the country's next prime minister. |
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Yahoo News |
10:21pm PDT |
Pressure grows on Russia amid new troop movements
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The United States ratcheted up pressure on Russia to pull out of its conflict with Georgia, as Tbilisi reported more Russian troop movements and accused Russian forces of sabotaging military targets prior to an agreed withdrawal. |
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Cnn.com |
10:20pm PDT |
Edwards' PAC paid mistress $14K, aide says |
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10:07pm PDT |
Singh outlines 'terror' challenge |
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Summary: Indian PM Manmohan Singh says that terrorism and extremism had emerged as the main challenge to India's unity. |
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Yahoo News |
10:04pm PDT |
Huge protests expected at political conventions
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of protesters are expected
to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and
Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties'
carefully scripted speeches. |
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BBC News |
9:48pm PDT |
Rice to push Georgia-Russia deal |
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Summary: The search for a resolution to the conflict between Russia and Georgia continues as the US secretary of state visits Tbilisi. |
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BBC News |
9:43pm PDT |
Canadian sentenced for sex abuse |
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Summary: Canadian Christopher Neil is sentenced to more than three years in jail for abusing a 13-year-old boy in Thailand. |
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Yahoo News |
9:26pm PDT |
No. 6: Phelps grabs yet another gold medal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Michael Phelps hung on the lane rope in a familiar pose, admiring another world record while his rivals gasped for breath. Make it 6-for-6 at the Beijing Games. |
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Yahoo News |
9:21pm PDT |
Trump to buy McMahon's home, let him live there
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Donald Trump will soon be Ed McMahon's landlord. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Phelps scoops sixth gold
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Michael Phelps scorched to his sixth
gold and his sixth world record of the Beijing Olympics on
Friday, one of three wins in the Water Cube for the United
States. |
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Yahoo News |
8:56pm PDT |
Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president: reports
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf
is expected to resign rather than face impeachment by
parliament, Western media reported. |
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Yahoo News |
8:39pm PDT |
Bolt, Powell, Gay coast through first 100m heats
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay have advanced out of their first heats in the Olympic 100-meter dash. |
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BBC News |
8:27pm PDT |
Service marks Omagh anniversary |
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Summary: A memorial event will be held later to mark 10 years since the Omagh bombing in August 1998, which killed 29 people. |
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Cnn.com |
8:24pm PDT |
Phelps grabs sixth gold, another world record |
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Yahoo News |
8:09pm PDT |
Ramirez gets his dreadlocks trimmed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. |
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BBC News |
8:08pm PDT |
S Africa to close displaced camps |
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Summary: Six camps in South Africa housing thousands of people displaced by anti-immigrant violence in May are set to be closed. |
