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BBC News |
11:57pm PST |
French economy continues growth |
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Summary: The French economy grew by 0.3% between June and September, according to Finance Minister Christine Lagarde. |
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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PST |
Fort Hood suspect kept for staff goals? |
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Summary: The military psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood was part of a medical psychiatrist corps stretched to its limits, raising questions about whether the Army kept him on to meet personnel goals.
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Cnn.com |
11:57pm PST |
Ft. Hood suspect kept for staff goals? |
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Summary: The military psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood was part of a medical psychiatrist corps stretched to its limits, raising questions about whether the Army kept him on to meet personnel goals.
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ChristianToday |
11:55pm PST |
WCC presses for USNorth Korea talks |
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Summary: The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has expressed his alarm and disappointment over the breakdown of the Six Party Talks to address North Koreas nuclear programme |
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ChristianToday |
11:42pm PST |
BBC to mark 400th anniversary of the King James Bible |
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Summary: The 400th anniversary of the King James Bible will be marked in a brand new documentary on BBC Two in 2011 |
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BBC News |
11:38pm PST |
BA and Iberia agree merger plans |
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Summary: British Airways and Iberia reach a preliminary agreement to merge, a deal which would create the world's third biggest airline. |
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Yahoo News |
11:36pm PST |
North Korea makes new threat as Obama arrives in Asia
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Summary: Reuters - North Korea's military warned the South that it was ready for battle over a disputed sea border, issuing a new threat on Friday that raised tension as U.S. President Barack Obama started a major tour of Asia. |
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ChristianToday |
11:34pm PST |
Wycliffe UK announces fresh image for new year |
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Summary: Wycliffe UK is to begin 2010 with a fresh look new logo and name change in a bid to make its mission clearer to the world |
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BBC News |
11:32pm PST |
Rooney hopes for new Man Utd deal |
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Summary: Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney indicates he would like to spend the rest of his career at Old Trafford. |
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BBC News |
11:23pm PST |
Obama opens trade drive in Japan |
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Summary: Barack Obama arrives in Japan at the start of his first Asian tour as US president, aimed at boosting economic growth. |
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Yahoo News |
11:20pm PST |
White House counsel to resign: reports
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Summary: Reuters - White House Counsel Gregory Craig, who has tried to lead the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, intends to resign on Friday, the Washington Post and the New York Times reported. |
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Yahoo News |
11:12pm PST |
Obama in Japan at start of first Asia tour
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Summary: AFP - US President Barack Obama kicked off his first tour of Asia on Friday with a visit to Japan, Washington's closest ally in a region increasingly dominated by rising giant China. |
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BBC News |
11:08pm PST |
Asia 'leading world out of slump' |
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Summary: Asia is leading the world out of recession, leaders say at the start of an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit. |
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Cnn.com |
11:00pm PST |
6th arrest in child sex abuse case |
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Summary: A sixth person was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child sexual abuse in an investigation that led to the arrest of five members of a Missouri family, and authorities found additional victims in the case, police said.
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Yahoo News |
10:57pm PST |
Bomber attacks Pakistani intelligence agency; 9 dead
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomber attacked an office used by Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 55, officials said. |
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BBC News |
10:55pm PST |
Obama begins Asia tour in Japan |
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Summary: US President Barack Obama arrives in Japan at the start of an eight-day tour of Asia aimed at boosting economic growth. |
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ChristianToday |
10:55pm PST |
Water oozing from cross draws crowds in Mumbai |
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Summary: An unusual occurrence at a church in south Mumbai attracted large number of people from different faiths on Monday |
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Yahoo News |
10:50pm PST |
Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options
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Summary: AP - President Barack Obama aims Friday to shore up relations with a new Japanese government vowing to be more assertive with its U.S. ally, even as he grapples with sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. |
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BBC News |
10:48pm PST |
Bent backed for World Cup place |
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Summary: Alan Curbishley believes England should take Darren Bent to the World Cup because of the striker's "ability to change the dynamic of a game". |
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BBC News |
10:46pm PST |
Family angry at driver's sentence |
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Summary: The parents of a young man killed by a drunk hit-and-run driver say car criminals must serve longer jail sentences. |
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BBC News |
10:42pm PST |
Bridge card payment hopes raised |
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Summary: Progress is made on plans to allow motorists to pay Severn crossing tolls by credit and debit card. |
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BBC News |
10:39pm PST |
Wilkinson upbeat on Pumas test |
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Summary: Jonny Wilkinson is confident England can produce a much improved display when Argentina visit Twickenham on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PST |
Wartime parachute was used as a Communion dress |
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Summary: The family of a WWII airman shot down in Belgium is contacted by a woman who wore a dress made from his parachute. |
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BBC News |
10:38pm PST |
War parachute was Communion dress |
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Summary: The family of a WWII airman shot down in Belgium is contacted by a woman who wore a dress made from his parachute. |
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PST |
Officials: White House lawyer to be pushed out over Gitmo |
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Summary: White House Counsel Greg Craig is being ousted in favor of lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba, officials say.
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Cnn.com |
10:19pm PST |
Officials: WH lawyer to be out over Gitmo |
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Summary: White House Counsel Greg Craig is being ousted in favor of lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba, officials say.
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BBC News |
10:04pm PST |
UK 'backs Taliban reintegration' |
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Summary: A memo suggests UK officials are proposing strategic reintegration and reconciliation for the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
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Yahoo News |
9:46pm PST |
Suicide bombing near US base in Afghanistan: officials
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Summary: AFP - A suicide bomber struck near a US military base in the Afghan capital on Friday, wounding three foreign soldiers less than a week before the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai, officials said. |
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Yahoo News |
9:45pm PST |
Blast strikes near U.S. military base in Kabul
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Summary: Reuters - A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of civilian vehicles outside a U.S. military base in Kabul early on Friday, wounding three Afghans and causing several casualties among foreigners, police said. |
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ChristianToday |
9:41pm PST |
World Evangelical Alliance extends term of current international director |
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Summary: Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe has accepted an invitation from the World Evangelical Alliance to serve as its international director for another five years |
