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Cnn.com |
11:54pm PDT |
Deadly blasts strike 2 Indonesia hotels |
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Summary: Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said. Police sealed off the area around both blasts, one of which occurred in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the othe |
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Yahoo News |
11:37pm PDT |
Three U.S. troops killed in Iraq's Basra: military
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Summary: Reuters - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack on a base in Iraq's southern province of Basra, the U.S. military said in a statement Friday. |
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BBC News |
11:36pm PDT |
Rio denies China bribery claims |
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Summary: Mining firm Rio Tinto denies China's allegations that its staff engaged in bribery, as Australia urges a speedy resolution. |
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Yahoo News |
11:31pm PDT |
Jerusalem police fear more ultra-Orthodox riots
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Summary: AP - Smoldering trashcans and broken glass littered Jerusalem streets Friday morning as police prepared for a fourth day of rioting by ultra-Orthodox Jews enraged at the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. |
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ChristianToday |
11:30pm PDT |
CCC reports one million decisions for Christ in one month |
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Summary: For the first time in its fiveyear history the media arm of Campus Crusade for Christ recorded over one million decisions for Jesus Christ in a single month |
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Cnn.com |
11:28pm PDT |
Blasts kill 8 at Indonesia hotels |
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Summary: Explosions tore through two luxury hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said. Police sealed off the area around both blasts, one of which occurred in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the othe |
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Yahoo News |
11:25pm PDT |
Virgin Islands researchers unveil slavery records
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Summary: AP - A collection of slavery records newly available over the Internet may help thousands of people trace their families back to Africa through St. Croix, a former slave-trading hub in the Caribbean. |
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PDT |
Passionate Obama hails black history
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama paid passionate tribute to black civil rights trailblazers on the centennial of the NAACP, but said a "new mindset" was necessary to achieve a post-racial America. |
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BBC News |
11:19pm PDT |
BA announces plan to raise £600m |
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Summary: British Airways plans to raise £600m of cash funding to help it get through the current difficult trading conditions. |
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Cnn.com |
11:12pm PDT |
John King: Health care dealt bruising body blow |
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Summary: What the country could easily see this week was a major success story for the Obama White House: A confirmation drama featuring Judge Sonia Sotomayor that left even Republican critics predicting an easy path to confirmation.
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Cnn.com |
11:12pm PDT |
King: GOP gets temporary bragging rights |
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Summary: What the country could easily see this week was a major success story for the Obama White House: A confirmation drama featuring Judge Sonia Sotomayor that left even Republican critics predicting an easy path to confirmation.
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PDT |
3 coalition soldiers die in southern Iraq
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military says three coalition soldiers were killed in southern Iraq after their base was hit by a rocket or mortar attack. |
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BBC News |
11:07pm PDT |
Rio Tinto 'concerned' about staff |
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Summary: Mining company Rio Tinto voices concern over employees detained in China for alleged bribery and spying. |
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BBC News |
11:04pm PDT |
NI cash plan 'should be ditched' |
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Summary: The way government money is distributed to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is unfair, a House of Lords committee says. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Failures to 'join up' transport |
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Summary: A report by MPs says important road and rail links are not given enough priority because of poor co-operation between Welsh and UK ministers. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Man Utd cancel match after blasts |
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Summary: Manchester United have called off their match in Indonesia on Monday after bomb blasts hit the hotel they were due to stay in. |
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BBC News |
11:01pm PDT |
Man Utd tour at risk after blasts |
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Summary: Manchester United's Asian tour is in jeopardy after bomb blasts hit the Indonesian hotel they were due to stay in. |
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Cnn.com |
10:57pm PDT |
Sept. 11 families: Keep Guantanamo Bay open |
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Summary: Families of September 11 victims visiting Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Thursday urged the Obama administration to drop plans to close the facility and to restart terror trials there.
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Yahoo News |
10:44pm PDT |
Jakarta hotel bombs kill 9, dent investor confidence
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Summary: Reuters - Bomb blasts ripped through the JW Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta's business district on Friday, killing nine people and wounding dozens in attacks that could dent investor confidence in Indonesia. |
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BBC News |
10:44pm PDT |
Court in Pakistan acquits Sharif |
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Summary: Pakistan's Supreme Court acquits opposition leader Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges in a nine-year-old case in which he was convicted in 2000. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PDT |
Lords call for an end to Barnett |
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Summary: The system which helps decide the level of public funding in Scotland is condemned as "arbitrary and unfair". |
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BBC News |
10:41pm PDT |
Wales' funding 'unfair' say Lords |
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Summary: Pressure to change the way Wales is funded increases as a House of Lords report calls for the system to be scrapped. |
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Yahoo News |
10:32pm PDT |
Most Asia markets rise but Jakarta down on blasts
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Summary: AP - Asian stocks traded mostly higher for a fourth day Friday as better-than-expected earnings in the U.S. continued to buoy recovery hopes, but Indonesian markets were shaken by deadly bomb blasts at hotels in the country's capital. |
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BBC News |
10:29pm PDT |
Southampton name Pardew as boss |
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Summary: Southampton name former West Ham and Charlton manager Alan Pardew as their new boss. |
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Yahoo News |
10:27pm PDT |
Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 9, wound 50
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Summary: AP - Bombs minutes apart ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing nine and wounding at least 50 more, ending a four-year lull in terror attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. At least 14 foreigners were among the dead and w |
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BBC News |
10:16pm PDT |
India Moon probe 'malfunctions' |
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Summary: India's first mission to the Moon suffers from a technical problem, India's space research officials say. |
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Yahoo News |
10:09pm PDT |
1st US 2-hand transplant patient yearns to feel
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Summary: AP - The nation's first double hand transplant patient can wriggle his new fingers a litte bit now and grab a tennis ball, but what he really wants to do is be able to feel his wife's hands when he holds them. |
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Yahoo News |
9:47pm PDT |
Bombs kill nine in Jakarta hotels: police
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Summary: AFP - Bombs tore through two luxury hotels in Jakarta killing at least nine people including foreigners and leaving over 40 others injured, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PDT |
First-place Angels win fourth straight
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Ervin Santana ended a three-start losing streak, Kendry Morales hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win. |
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BBC News |
9:39pm PDT |
Special skills |
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Summary: Why a firm is looking for staff with autism |
