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Yahoo News |
4:21am PST |
Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Microsoft Corp. is making an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo Inc., an Internet icon and one the best known Web portals, in a move to boost its competitive edge against Google Inc. in the online services market. |
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BBC News |
4:18am PST |
Twin bombings kill 64 in Baghdad |
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Summary: Two bombs explode in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 64 people in the deadliest violence for months. |
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BBC News |
4:16am PST |
Man denies father-of-six's murder |
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Summary: A 49-year-old man is remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of Gerard Devlin. |
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BBC News |
4:05am PST |
Football transfer fees hit record |
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Summary: New owners and a TV deal help top English clubs reach a record January spend of £150m on players. |
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Yahoo News |
4:04am PST |
Two bombs at Baghdad pet markets kill 65: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A female suicide bomber killed 45
people at a packed pet market in Baghdad on Friday, police
said, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in six
months. |
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Yahoo News |
3:58am PST |
Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Technology giant Microsoft Corp
said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet
media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and
stock. |
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BBC News |
3:58am PST |
Parole course access 'unlawful' |
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Summary: Appeal judges rule Jack Straw acted unlawfully by failing to provide some prisoners with access to parole courses. |
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BBC News |
3:54am PST |
Medical plea fails in Yukos case |
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Summary: A Russian judge says a jailed former Yukos oil company boss cannot be transferred to a clinic. |
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BBC News |
3:51am PST |
Minister backs costly care policy |
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Summary: Scotland's health secretary says she is committed to free personal care for the elderly despite a critical report into the policy. |
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Cnn.com |
3:49am PST |
Undersea Internet cable repairs to take week |
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Summary: Repair ships are going to the site of two undersea cables which were damaged this week, snarling Internet and phone traffic across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cables' owner said Friday.
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Cnn.com |
3:46am PST |
Microsoft makes a bid for Yahoo |
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Summary: Microsoft made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Internet portal Yahoo Friday.
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BBC News |
3:35am PST |
Zimbabwe deports Briton Mann |
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Summary: Zimbabwe has extradited British alleged mercenary Simon Mann to Equatorial Guinea, his lawyer says. |
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BBC News |
3:29am PST |
Cameron plan for 'transparency' |
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Summary: Gordon Brown is to make Labour MPs declare family members working for them after a similar Tory move. |
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BBC News |
3:22am PST |
China freeze 'has cost billions' |
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Summary: Chinese officials say recent bad weather has caused 54bn yuan (£3.8bn) of damage and killed 60 people. |
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BBC News |
3:20am PST |
Forth oil transfer plan ruled out |
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Summary: Proposals for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Firth of Forth are ruled out by the area's harbour authority. |
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BBC News |
3:15am PST |
Man 'hid dead wife in a barrel' |
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Summary: A man denies murdering his wife and hiding her remains in a barrel in his garden for 23 years. |
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BBC News |
3:15am PST |
Man 'hid dead wife for 23 years' |
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Summary: A man appears in court accused of killing his wife and hiding her remains in a barrel in his garden. |
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BBC News |
3:11am PST |
Operation to float stricken ferry |
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Summary: Salvage crews are to try to refloat a truck ferry which has run aground off the Blackpool coast. |
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BBC News |
3:07am PST |
Some EU states oppose Kosovo bid |
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Summary: EU members Romania and Cyprus say they will not recognise a declaration of independence by Kosovo. |
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Yahoo News |
3:06am PST |
Knoblauch next up for Congress
(AP)
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Summary: AP - At least one person has been interviewed privately by congressional lawyers looking into Roger Clemens' denial of allegations in the Mitchell Report. Now the parade of players is set to begin. |
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Cnn.com |
3:06am PST |
Gunmen fire on Israeli Embassy in Mauritania |
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Summary: Gunmen opened fire on the Israeli Embassy in the West African nation of Mauritania on Friday morning, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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Yahoo News |
3:04am PST |
At least 64 dead in Baghdad market bombs
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main pet market in central Baghdad, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the deadliest bombing to strike the capital since 30,000 more American troops began flooding into central Iraq last s |
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Cnn.com |
2:49am PST |
Protest over U.S. corn clogs Mexico City |
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Summary: Hundreds of thousands of farmers clogged central Mexico City Thursday with their slow-moving tractors, protesting the entry of cheap imported corn from the United States and Canada.
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Yahoo News |
2:44am PST |
Bombs kill at least 43 in bustling Baghdad markets
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Powerful bombs, one set off by a female suicide attacker, ripped through two bustling Baghdad markets on Friday and killed at least 43 people, scattering crowds and leaving a trail of body parts, officials and witnesses said. |
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BBC News |
2:42am PST |
TV's Floyd treated after collapse |
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Summary: Keith Floyd's agent says the celebrity chef is stable after collapsing on his return from a work trip to Thailand. |
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BBC News |
2:42am PST |
TV chef Keith Floyd in hospital |
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Summary: Keith Floyd's agent says the TV presenter is stable after collapsing on his return from a work trip to Thailand. |
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Yahoo News |
2:40am PST |
Gunmen attack Israeli embassy in Mauritania
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen opened fire on the Israeli
embassy in Mauritania on Friday, wounding three bystanders
including a French woman, days after anti-Israeli protests
calling for the government to sever diplomatic ties. |
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BBC News |
2:27am PST |
Prisoners' detention 'unlawful' |
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Summary: Appeal judges rule the government acted unlawfully by keeping some prisoners in jail for 'too long'. |
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BBC News |
2:20am PST |
Sea rescues amid stormy weather |
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Summary: Bad weather leaves a ferry and trawler aground off the UK coast sparking rescue missions in high seas. |
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Cnn.com |
2:17am PST |
Female bombers kill dozens at animal markets |
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Summary: A roadside bomb exploded at an animal market in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 14 others, police said.
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