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Yahoo News |
11:59pm PDT |
After rowdy campaign, Iranians choose a president
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Summary: AP - Iranians voted Friday on whether to keep hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power for four more years or replace him with a reformist more open to loosening the country's Islamic restrictions and improving ties with the United States. |
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BBC News |
11:55pm PDT |
Switching over |
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Summary: The US goes digital, but not all TV viewers are ready |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
West Bromwich reaches debt deal |
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Summary: The West Bromwich Building Society has reached an agreement with debt holders as it battles to secure its future. |
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BBC News |
11:34pm PDT |
F1 teams set to learn 2010 fate |
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Summary: Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, is set to announce the 2010 championship entry list on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
11:26pm PDT |
Analog a static memory: Digital-only TV arrives |
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Summary: An era ended in American broadcast television early Friday and the nation finished its delayed transition to digital TV.
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
£8.4m Snowdon summit cafe opens |
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Summary: A new £8.4m visitor centre on the highest peak in England and Wales is officially opened after three years building work. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
High tea - Snowdon summit cafe opens to public |
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Summary: A new £8.4m visitor centre on the highest peak in England and Wales is officially opened after three years building work. |
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BBC News |
11:05pm PDT |
Snowdon visitor centre is opened |
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Summary: The new visitor centre on the highest peak in England and Wales is officially opened. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
Barclays in £8.2bn division sale |
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Summary: Barclays agrees to sell its fund management division, Barclays Global Investors to US money management firm Blackrock for £8.2bn. |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PDT |
Ronaldo confident of Real switch |
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Summary: Cristiano Ronaldo says he expects his record £80m move from Man Utd to Real Madrid to proceed without problems, despite a minor hernia injury. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PDT |
Irish govt to move illegal waste |
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Summary: The Irish government is to remove waste from the Republic which was illegally dumped in Northern Ireland. |
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Cnn.com |
10:36pm PDT |
Delta cuts capacity, blames rising fuel prices |
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Summary: Delta Air Lines announced plans Thursday to reduce its system capacity by 10 percent as compared to 2008, due to declining revenues. The company initially said it planned to cut capacity by 6 to 8 percent.
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Cnn.com |
10:29pm PDT |
Iranians head to polls for crucial vote |
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Summary: Iranian voters began casting ballots Friday in a colorful and passionate presidential election pitting incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against Mir Hossein Moussavi, the leading reformist candidate.
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BBC News |
10:15pm PDT |
Blackrock in £8.2bn Barclays deal |
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Summary: Barclays agrees to sell its fund management division, Barclays Global Investors to US money management firm Blackrock for £8.2bn. |
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BBC News |
10:06pm PDT |
Man suspected of fatal hotel fire |
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Summary: Police have a suspect they believe was responsible for a fatal fire at Newquay's Penhallow Hotel, the BBC learns. |
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Cnn.com |
10:03pm PDT |
Schwarzenegger rules out emergency loan |
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Summary: Unless lawmakers agree on how to close the budget gap, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he refuses to borrow money to keep the state running in the face of a $24.3 billion budget deficit and a new fiscal year on the horizon.
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Yahoo News |
9:57pm PDT |
Iran votes between Ahmadinejad and moderates
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Summary: Reuters - Iranians began voting on Friday in a closely-fought election which pits hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a former prime minister who sharply criticizes his economic record and wants detente with the West. |
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Yahoo News |
9:54pm PDT |
Fisher saves Lakers in Game 4
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Summary: AP - Kobe Bryant is one win from an NBA title to call his own. |
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Yahoo News |
9:51pm PDT |
Obama writes girl a note for missing school
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Summary: AP - Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. |
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BBC News |
9:37pm PDT |
Child poverty duty to become law |
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Summary: Ministers are making it a legal duty for the government, councils and other organisations to end child poverty. |
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Yahoo News |
9:28pm PDT |
Texas storms flood, cancel flights, shut off power
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Summary: AP - A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday. |
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BBC News |
9:22pm PDT |
US 'to protect Afghan civilians' |
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Summary: The incoming US general in Afghanistan says his priority will be to review Nato operations in a bid to reduce civilian casualties. |
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Yahoo News |
9:16pm PDT |
Iran begins voting for new president
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Summary: AFP - Iran began voting for a new president after a fiery campaign which has seen moderate ex-premier Mir Hossein Mousavi emerge as the main challenger to incumbent hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
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Yahoo News |
9:05pm PDT |
Confusion expected as analog TV broadcasts end
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Summary: AP - Starting in the morning and going into the night, TV stations across the U.S. planned to cut their analog signals Friday, ending a six-decade era for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service. |
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ChristianToday |
9:00pm PDT |
Protestant body warns of rightwing harm in Europe |
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Summary: The European Parliament must not become a showplace for extremist forces the General Secretary of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe CPCE has warned |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PDT |
Iranians begin voting in key presidential election
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Summary: AP - Iranians have begun voting in a key presidential election pitting hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against a pro-reform challenger more open to improving ties with the U.S. |
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Yahoo News |
8:38pm PDT |
Voting starts in Iran's presidential election
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Summary: Reuters - Iranians began voting on Friday in a closely-fought presidential election pitting conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against more moderate rivals seeking better ties with the West. |
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ChristianToday |
8:12pm PDT |
World Evangelical Alliance welcomes South Koreas largest church body |
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Summary: The World Evangelical Alliance officially recruited the largest alliance of churches in South Korea on Tuesday adding to its network of believers from the worlds second largest missionarysending country after the United States |
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Yahoo News |
7:48pm PDT |
Iran picks a president after fiery campaign
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Iran goes to the polls to elect a president after a fiery campaign which has seen moderate former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi emerge as the main challenger to incumbent hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
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Yahoo News |
7:47pm PDT |
Magic lead Lakers 49-37 at halftime of Game 4
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Summary: AP - Hedo Turkoglu scored 15 points, Dwight Howard grabbed 14 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic took a 49-37 halftime lead over the frustrated and foul-plagued Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of the NBA finals on Thursday night. |
