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Yahoo News |
11:11pm PDT |
Suicide bomber kills 27 Afghan soldiers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan army uniform set off a huge explosion early Saturday while trying to board a military bus, killing 27 soldiers and wounding 21, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. |
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11:05pm PDT |
Bush draws fire at climate talks
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Some of the world's biggest
greenhouse polluters took aim at President George W. Bush on
Friday, calling him "isolated" and questioning his leadership
on the problem of global warming. |
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BBC News |
11:03pm PDT |
F1: Hamilton in pole position |
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Summary: Lewis Hamilton beats McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to take pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. |
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10:53pm PDT |
Man charged over doctor's killing |
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Summary: A 21-year-old man is due in court over the death of a doctor found stabbed in the driveway of her home. |
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10:40pm PDT |
Bomb hits army bus in Kabul, many dead
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A bomb ripped through a bus carrying Afghan soldiers in the capital Kabul on Saturday leaving many people dead and wounded, witnesses and officials said. |
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10:37pm PDT |
Iran sanctions action delayed
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The world's major powers agreed on
Friday to delay a vote on tougher sanctions on Iran until late
November at the earliest, depending on reports by the U.N.
nuclear watchdog and a European Union negotiator. |
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BBC News |
10:30pm PDT |
UN envoy heading for Burma talks |
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Summary: A UN special envoy heads to Burma for talks with aimed at ending violent confrontations with protesters. |
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Yahoo News |
10:03pm PDT |
Outsiders aim to frame political debate
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They raise millions of dollars, conduct provocative ad campaigns, work with a vast network of like-minded allies and have the power to frame the presidential election going forward as much as the candidates themselves. |
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10:02pm PDT |
Bomb on Afghan army bus kills at least 27
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A Taliban suicide bomber killed 27 Afghan
troops and an unknown number of civilians on Saturday in an
attack on an army bus in the capital, Kabul, officials said. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Female deserter steals plane |
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Summary: A female rebel deserter in Colombia hijacks a plane to escape her life with the Farc guerrilla group, police say. |
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BBC News |
9:59pm PDT |
Farc woman steals plane to desert |
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Summary: A female rebel deserter in Colombia hijacks a plane to escape her life with the Farc guerrilla group, police say. |
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9:57pm PDT |
Lethal injection under scrutiny
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Lethal injection was supposed to be the humane, enlightened way to execute inmates and avoid the pain and the gruesome spectacle of firing squads, the electric chair and the noose. |
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BBC News |
9:38pm PDT |
'Many killed' in Kabul bus blast |
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Summary: An explosion on a packed bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, kills many people, police and witnesses say. |
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Yahoo News |
9:29pm PDT |
Oprah Winfrey is TV's richest celebrity
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Oprah Winfrey keeps topping Forbes' rankings of the rich and famous. |
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Yahoo News |
9:25pm PDT |
Red Cross talks with Afghan kidnappers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The International Committee of the Red Cross has established contact with the armed group that kidnapped four of its workers but no progress has been made, officials said Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
9:22pm PDT |
Edwards criticizes Limbaugh's comments
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards criticized Rush Limbaugh on Friday for referring to some members of the military as "phony soldiers." |
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9:20pm PDT |
British PM in poll position to call election
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown could be encouraged to call a snap general election by two opinion polls out Saturday which predicted a landslide victory for his governing Labour Party. |
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9:16pm PDT |
UN special envoy heads to strife-torn Myanmar to broker talks
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A special United Nations envoy is due in Myanmar Saturday after a crackdown on protesters, with the US calling on the ruling junta to allow him to meet with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. |
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9:11pm PDT |
Bush climate plans spark debate |
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Summary: A US plan for countries to set their own CO2 emission reduction targets is criticised by some diplomats. |
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9:07pm PDT |
Cubs' 6-0 win brings NL Central title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - They lost on the field, fought in the dugout, fell out of contention before the season's midpoint. Then, the Chicago Cubs did something that defied their long history of failure and disappointment. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PDT |
Red Sox finally clinch AL East title
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The 12-year wait for the Boston Red Sox is over. At last, they're the AL East champions. Moments after the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees, completing Boston's clinch, Red Sox players popped champagne corks in their clubhouse while thousa |
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8:45pm PDT |
Bomb on Afghan army bus kills at least 10
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb attack on a bus carrying Afghan
army troops killed at least 10 people on Saturday in the
capital, a Reuters witness said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:43pm PDT |
Girl in child sex tape found safe |
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Summary: A girl who was shown on a videotape being sexually assaulted was found Friday in Las Vegas. Sheriff Tony Demeo said: "She's safe, she's OK." Police also identified Chester Arthur Stiles as a suspect and urged him to surrender to police.
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8:33pm PDT |
Myanmar apologizes for journalist's death: Kyodo
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Japan strongly protested to Myanmar over
the killing of a Japanese video journalist during an
anti-government rally, and Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win
offered apologies, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
8:28pm PDT |
Council to sue graffiti vandals |
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Summary: Vandals will be sued to claim back the cost of clearing up their damage, a local authority leader says. |
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Yahoo News |
8:23pm PDT |
Cubs beat Reds to clinch NL Central
(AP)
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Summary: AP - With a playoff spot on the line, the Cubs' two biggest investments were money in the bank. Alfonso Soriano's leadoff homer snapped Chicago out of its doldrums, and right-hander Carlos Zambrano kept his cool and kept the Cincinnati Reds down for a 6-0 |
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8:18pm PDT |
North Korea nuclear talks shift focus to energy aid
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear
ambitions shifted focus on Saturday to U.S. energy assistance
for the impoverished state, despite a cooling of expectations
that the session could set targets for disarmament. |
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Yahoo News |
8:10pm PDT |
Bomb on bus kills at least 10 in Afghan capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A bomb attack on a bus carrying Afghan
army troops in the capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 10
people, a Reuters witness said. |
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Yahoo News |
7:57pm PDT |
U.N. envoy heads into Myanmar maelstrom
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari
travels to Myanmar on Saturday carrying worldwide hopes he can
persuade its ruling generals to use negotiations instead of
guns to end mass protests against 45 years of military rule. |
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BBC News |
7:53pm PDT |
'Several die' in Kabul bus blast |
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Summary: An explosion on a packed bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, kills several people, police and witnesses say. |
