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11:59pm PDT |
U.S. urges more foreign aid for Afghanistan
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Saturday urged the international community to give more aid to Afghanistan to build infrastructure, expand its military and police, and ensure security for elections this year. |
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11:54pm PDT |
Iran hangs three over deadly mosque bombing: report
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Summary: Reuters - Iran executed in public on Saturday three men convicted of involvement in a bomb attack on a mosque that killed 25 people, the official IRNA news agency reported. |
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11:39pm PDT |
Demonstrators call for release of Eritrean prisoners of conscience |
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Summary: Supporters of five religious freedom organisations yesterday protested peacefully outside the Eritrean Embassy in London against human rights violations in Eritrea |
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11:38pm PDT |
Iran executes trio for mosque bombing |
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Summary: Three men convicted of bombing a mosque two days ago are publicly executed by Iran, state media reports. |
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ChristianToday |
11:24pm PDT |
Churches take action to bring peace in Palestine and Israel |
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Summary: Around the world next week churches will take part in a wide range of activities to help end the 60year conflict between Palestinians and Israel |
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11:05pm PDT |
Iran hangs three over Thursday mosque bombing: report
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Summary: Reuters - Iran executed in public three men convicted of involvement in a deadly mosque bombing in the southeast of the country, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. |
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11:04pm PDT |
Kobe, Lakers beat Nuggets; back in NBA finals
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are heading back to the NBA finals after dispatching the pesky Denver Nuggets with a 119-92 victory in Game 6 on Friday night. |
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ChristianToday |
11:02pm PDT |
Renounce Apartheid first South Africa Church told |
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Summary: Not being able to renounce apartheid has cost a South African Church its readmission to the worlds biggest Reformed alliance |
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10:44pm PDT |
Prince Harry tours WTC site, veterans center in US
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Summary: AP - Prince Harry bowed his head in prayer at ground zero Friday "in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city" — as he wrote on a wreath he placed at the site of the Sept. 11 terror attack. |
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10:42pm PDT |
Retired US general denies seeing torture pictures
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Summary: AFP - A retired US Army general has denied reports that he has seen the pictures of prisoner abuse in Iraq that President Barack Obama is fighting to keep secret. |
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10:34pm PDT |
Iran hangs three over Friday mosque bombing: report
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Summary: Reuters - Iran executed in public three men convicted of involvement in a deadly mosque bombing in the southeast of the country, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. |
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10:17pm PDT |
U.S. won't accept North Korea as nuclear state: Gates
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday that the United States would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and sternly warned it against transferring any nuclear material. |
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10:11pm PDT |
Bush, Clinton appear on stage together in Canada
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Summary: AP - Former President George W. Bush called former President Bill Clinton "his brother" and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage. |
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10:06pm PDT |
US warns NKorea amid reports of new rocket launch
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Summary: AFP - Unfazed by international anger at its second nuclear bomb test, a defiant North Korea was said Saturday to be preparing to launch a long-range missile. |
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9:42pm PDT |
Leno bids farewell to 'Tonight,' hello to Conan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jay Leno wrapped up 17 years as "Tonight" host Friday with jabs at favorite targets, including politicians and his own network, and with an unusual touch of sentiment. |
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9:36pm PDT |
Judge to rule by Monday on sale of Chrysler assets
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Summary: AP - A bankruptcy judge said Friday that he will rule by Monday on whether Chrysler LLC can go forward with its plan sell most of the company to a group headed by Italy's Fiat and take a big step toward its goal of a speedy exit from Chapter 11. |
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Cnn.com |
9:17pm PDT |
Okla. congressman seeks treatment for alcohol |
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Summary: U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, of Oklahoma, checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California on Thursday night for treatment for alcohol addiction, according to a written statement from his office.
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9:01pm PDT |
Leno bids farewell to `Tonight,' hello to O'Brien
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jay Leno wrapped up 17 years as "Tonight" host Friday with jabs at favorite targets, including politicians and his own network, and with an unusual touch of sentiment. |
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8:58pm PDT |
Bryant leads Lakers past Nuggets, back to finals
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are heading back to the NBA finals after dispatching the pesky Denver Nuggets with a 119-92 victory in Game 6 on Friday night. |
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8:55pm PDT |
No knighthood for Alan Bennett - "It wouldn't suit me." |
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Summary: Playwright Alan Bennett said he was the last monarchist in the country - despite his refusal to accept a knighthood. |
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Cnn.com |
8:47pm PDT |
Thailand tourist's lung tissue 'gone,' family says |
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Summary: A pathologist hired to look at the mysterious death of a Seattle woman in Thailand says her "lungs were 100 percent congested," Jill St. Onge's fiancee and brother said. Robert St. Onge said his sister had been healthy and that her sudden death is a myste |
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8:43pm PDT |
Retired U.S. general said misquoted in rape photo flap
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Summary: Reuters - A retired U.S. general has denied reports that he had seen pictures of Iraqi prisoners being abused which President Barack Obama is seeking to keep secret, Salon reported on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:41pm PDT |
US will not allow nuclear-armed North Korea: Gates
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Summary: AFP - The United States warned it would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to protecting Asian allies from any attack by Pyongyang. |
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BBC News |
8:40pm PDT |
Police action urged over expenses |
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Summary: MPs who broke the law by claiming for non-existent mortgages should be prosecuted, David Cameron says. |
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8:36pm PDT |
Gates: North Korea should weigh moves carefully
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Summary: AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. |
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Yahoo News |
8:35pm PDT |
With bankruptcy looming, a new GM begins to emerge
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Summary: AP - With an almost certain bankruptcy filing days away, General Motors is beginning its reinvention, planning to retool one factory to make its smallest vehicles ever in the U.S. and rid itself of the biggest. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Bush and Clinton appear on stage together
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former President George W. Bush called former President Bill Clinton "his brother" and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage. |
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Cnn.com |
8:15pm PDT |
Obama tries to soften Sotomayor remarks |
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Summary: Republicans kept the pressure on President Obama's Supreme Court pick Friday, pushing the idea that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an activist judge who will bring a leftist agenda to the bench. Meanwhile, the White House tried to soften remarks Sotomayor made |
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BBC News |
8:12pm PDT |
BBC offers Question Time apology |
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Summary: The BBC offers to apologise to the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims the organisation encouraged the killing of British troops. |
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Yahoo News |
7:33pm PDT |
Gates: North Korean should weigh moves carefully
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. |
