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11:56pm PDT |
Myanmar crackdown draws outrage, protests
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Soldiers and police sealed off central
Yangon behind barbed-wire barricades on Friday in anticipation
of fresh protests against 45 years of military rule in Myanmar
and deepening economic hardship. |
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11:45pm PDT |
Woman found alive in car after 8 days
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A woman who had been missing for eight days was found alive Thursday in her car at the bottom of a steep ravine after searchers traced a signal from her cell phone. |
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11:40pm PDT |
Cook bolsters fit-again England |
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Summary: England reach 122-2 after 29 overs against a Sri Lanka Cricket XI, with Alastair Cook out for 66. |
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11:35pm PDT |
Hurricane Lorenzo hits Mexican coast
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lorenzo made landfall early Friday after strengthening rapidly into a Category 1 hurricane as it bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast with powerful winds and rain, forcing authorities to evacuate low-lying coastal communities. |
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11:29pm PDT |
Mobile home rapist to be released |
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Summary: A man who raped a 91-year-old woman and who police say poses a risk to the public, is to be released from jail. |
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11:29pm PDT |
Pakistan court to rule on Musharraf's fate
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pakistan's Supreme Court is expected to decide on Friday whether President Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election in a ruling with far-reaching consequences for the nuclear-armed nation. |
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11:22pm PDT |
Hamilton fuels rift with Alonso |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton says McLaren would prefer him to win the title than team-mate Fernando Alonso. |
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11:20pm PDT |
Reprieve for Indian journalists |
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Summary: India's Supreme Court suspends sentence on four journalists in contempt case. |
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11:15pm PDT |
Hurricane Lorenzo makes landfall in Mexico |
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Summary: Hurricane Lorenzo strengthened off the Mexican Gulf coast ahead of its expected landfall early Friday, the National Hurricane Center reported.
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11:01pm PDT |
UK's Afghan gains 'may be lost' |
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Summary: Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by British troops may have to be retaken, the Nato commander warns. |
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10:59pm PDT |
Masked gang shoot man in alleyway |
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Summary: A man is taken from a house then shot by a six-strong masked gang in Strabane, County Tyrone. |
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10:50pm PDT |
Businesses call for road charges |
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Summary: Car-users should be charged to use roads to help pay for upgrades, a business organisation claims. |
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10:31pm PDT |
Key Musharraf decision expected |
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Summary: Pakistani judges are to rule whether President Musharraf can stand for re-election while remaining army chief. |
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10:11pm PDT |
Texan who killed parents wins reprieve |
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10:11pm PDT |
Streets empty as Myanmar troops out in force
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Myanmar's police and military were out in force again Friday, patrolling the deserted streets after a two-day crackdown on mass protests left at least 13 people dead and hundreds more behind bars. |
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9:58pm PDT |
Bush under pressure at climate change conference
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush kicks
off the second day of a conference on global warming on Friday
under pressure from the world's major economies to accept
binding limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. |
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9:51pm PDT |
Taleban 'could re-take territory' |
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Summary: Territory in Afghanistan taken in battles by UK troops may be re-taken by the Taleban, the Nato commander warns. |
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9:40pm PDT |
U.S. lets key terrorism suspects request lawyers: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fourteen "high-value" terrorism
suspects who were transferred last year to the U.S. military
prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, from secret CIA prisons have been
given legal forms to request lawyers, The Washington Post
reported on Friday |
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9:35pm PDT |
World powers seek to narrow differences on Iran
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The world's major powers will try to
narrow their differences on tougher sanctions against Iran when
they meet on Friday in New York, seeking to keep up pressure on
Tehran to curb its nuclear program. |
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9:34pm PDT |
Envoys discuss N Korea 'roadmap' |
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Summary: Envoys at North Korea talks in Beijing discuss a "roadmap" for disabling its nuclear facilities, a US official says. |
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9:13pm PDT |
Iran leader visits Venezuela, Bolivia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Iran's president opened his nation's wallet to Bolivia on Thursday and then visited Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, declaring "no one can defeat us" during a trip aimed at strengthening ties with Latin American leftists and countering U.S. influence. |
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9:01pm PDT |
Myanmar crackdown draws outrage
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Fuelled by "revulsion" at Myanmar's
violent crackdown on popular protests against military rule,
Southeast Asia rounded on the generals on Friday and critics
planned demonstrations at embassies across the region. |
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8:59pm PDT |
Supreme Court spares Texas killer
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A man condemned for killing his parents avoided the nation's busiest death chamber Thursday night when he won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, which had already agreed to review another state's lethal injection procedures. |
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8:52pm PDT |
Crucial talks on Kosovo's future |
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Summary: The leaders of Serbia and its province of Kosovo prepare for landmark talks at the UN in New York. |
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Cnn.com |
8:47pm PDT |
Blogs helping expose Myanmar horrors |
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Summary: Armed with a laptop, a blogger named Ko Htike has thrust himself into the middle of the violent crackdown against monks and other peaceful demonstrators in his homeland of Myanmar. As many as 40 people in Myanmar are sending him photos or calling him with |
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Cnn.com |
8:44pm PDT |
Texas man who killed parents wins reprieve |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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8:43pm PDT |
GOP hopefuls assailed for debate absence
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidates discussed the importance of reaching out to people of color during a minority issues debate Thursday night and criticized the leading four GOP contenders for skipping it. |
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8:39pm PDT |
Tories win Sunderland by-election |
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Summary: The Conservatives have won a by-election victory, taking a seat from Labour on Sunderland Council. |
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8:32pm PDT |
DNA bounty from mammoth hair |
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Summary: A rapid technique for isolating DNA in hair provides a new route to study the genetics of extinct creatures. |
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8:29pm PDT |
Phils top Braves to tie Mets for first
(AP)
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Summary: AP - When Jimmy Rollins boldly predicted the Phillies would win the NL East, he didn't expect it would take Philadelphia this long to reach first place. After 159 games, the Phillies are finally atop the division standings — albeit tied with the free |
