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2:15am PST |
Egypt arrests militants from Gaza |
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Summary: Egypt announce the arrest 15 armed Palestinians near its border with Gaza, as talks in Cairo continue. |
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Yahoo News |
2:12am PST |
Indonesia floods kill 12, cause travel chaos
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Floods and landslides triggered by
heavy rains have killed at least 12 people across Indonesia and
the capital's main airport was briefly shut on Friday as more
than 40 flights were delayed due to low visibility. |
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2:11am PST |
Twin bombings kill 50 in Baghdad |
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Summary: Two bombs explode in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 50 people in the deadliest violence for months. |
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Yahoo News |
2:10am PST |
Bombs at Baghdad pet markets kill 55: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A female suicide bomber killed 45
people when she blew herself up at a popular pet market in
central Baghdad on Friday, police said, in the deadliest attack
in the Iraqi capital in six months. |
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Yahoo News |
2:07am PST |
At least 51 killed at Baghdad markets
(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 43 people and wounding 78 in the deadliest bombing to strike the capital since 30,000 more American troops began flooding into central Iraq last sprin |
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Yahoo News |
2:05am PST |
Russia accuses Europe vote watchdog of "sabotage"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Russia's Foreign Ministry accused
Europe's main election watchdog on Friday of seeking to
sabotage plans for monitoring the March 2 presidential
election, which President Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate is
expected to win. |
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Yahoo News |
2:03am PST |
N.M. tax would target TVs, video games
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dave Gilligan remembers being pushed outside to play baseball and other sports, but feeling it just wasn't for him. |
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BBC News |
1:59am PST |
Germany in Afghan force row |
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Summary: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urges Germany to send more troops to southern Afghanistan. |
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1:59am PST |
Over 70 Tory MPs employ relatives |
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Summary: David Cameron says more than 70 Tory MPs employ relatives - as he announces plans for more transparency. |
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Yahoo News |
1:57am PST |
U.N.'s Ban throws weight behind Kenya peace drive
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew
into Kenya on Friday to provide heavyweight diplomatic clout
for efforts to end a month of post-election turmoil in which
more than 850 people have been killed. |
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Cnn.com |
1:55am PST |
Female bombers kill 51 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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1:55am PST |
Football: Redknapp's Defoe joy |
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Summary: Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp says new signing Jermain Defoe can re-ignite his career at Fratton Park. |
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1:53am PST |
France sends extra troops to Chad |
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Summary: France flies 150 fresh troops to Chad, as rebels advance on the capital with reports of fighting. |
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1:49am PST |
Agent meets with 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. |
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1:16am PST |
Shuttle disaster memories linger in town
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the drive-thru window. |
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BBC News |
1:09am PST |
Probe into patients' A&E 'misuse' |
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Summary: The number of patients who use hospital A&E departments when they do not need to is reviewed. |
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Yahoo News |
1:03am PST |
Bush lobbies for economic deal
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is relying on his bully pulpit to get an economic deal done, a strategy proving tough with a Senate that fumes at being bullied. |
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BBC News |
1:01am PST |
Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 35 |
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Summary: Two bombs explode in busy markets in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, police say. |
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Cnn.com |
12:58am PST |
Bombing kills 5 at animal market in Iraq |
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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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Yahoo News |
12:47am PST |
Michigan town split over disaster firm
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Officials in this small, job-starved community hope disaster pays. They're welcoming plans by a startup company to build a $79 million center that would help people across the nation prepare for catastrophic events such as terrorist attacks and kille |
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BBC News |
12:45am PST |
Man charged over Securitas raid |
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Summary: A British man extradited from Morocco is charged in connection with the £53m Securitas robbery. |
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Yahoo News |
12:44am PST |
World captivated by US presidential race
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican — as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain. |
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Yahoo News |
12:41am PST |
US diplomats sometimes go off-message
(AP)
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Summary: AP - More and more, top government diplomats are straying from official Bush foreign policy as the administration wanes, leaving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggling to keep them in check. |
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Cnn.com |
12:37am 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 |
12:34am PST |
At least 5 killed in Baghdad pet market blast: police
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - At least five people were killed when a
roadside bomb exploded on Friday inside a popular pet market in
central Baghdad, which has been targeted several times in the
past year, police said. |
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BBC News |
12:33am PST |
Man and horse killed in collision |
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Summary: One man dies and four others are hurt in a collision between three cars and a horse, which is also killed. |
