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11:54pm PST |
Arrests in headless body inquiry |
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Summary: Detectives investigating the discovery of a headless body in north-west London arrest three people in Derby. |
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BBC News |
11:39pm PST |
Mbeki seeks to calm economy fears |
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Summary: South African President Thabo Mbeki is to make his state of the nation address, amid recession fears. |
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11:36pm PST |
Draft law sparks protests in Peru |
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Summary: Thousands protest in Cuzco, Peru, against a law promoting development near ancient Inca monuments. |
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11:36pm PST |
Olympics: Beijing defended |
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Summary: The International Olympic Committee says it was right to award the Games to Beijing despite concerns over human rights in China. |
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Cnn.com |
11:22pm PST |
6 missing after refinery blast injures dozens |
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Summary: Rescue crews were searching in the pre-dawn darkness Friday for six people who are unaccounted for after an explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery injured at least 42 people, authorities said.
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Yahoo News |
11:21pm PST |
British probe finds force of blast killed Bhutto: reports
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - British police have found that Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide blast and not an assassin's bullet, reports said Friday ahead of the release of their findings. |
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Cnn.com |
11:21pm PST |
Scotland Yard: Blast, not bullet, killed Bhutto |
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Summary: A Scotland Yard inquiry in the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto found that she died from the impact of a suicide bombing, not bullets fired at her moments earlier as she left a political rally, the Associated Press quoted a U.S. |
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10:59pm PST |
Attacks on firefighters reduced |
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Summary: Attacks on fire crews in Northern Ireland have fallen over the past year, latest figures reveal. |
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Cnn.com |
10:56pm PST |
Alleged kidney ring mastermind arrested |
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Summary: The alleged mastermind of a kidney transplant scheme in India will be presented by authorities at a news conference in the capital of Nepal on Friday, police said.
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10:45pm PST |
Epilepsy proposals 'are UK first' |
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Summary: Proposals for faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy in Wales are announced. |
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10:45pm PST |
Epilepsy plans 'to aid patients' |
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Summary: New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced. |
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10:26pm PST |
Gunman kills five in Missouri city hall
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman killed two police
officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he
stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis,
police said. |
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BBC News |
9:51pm PST |
Sharia comments trigger criticism |
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Summary: The Archbishop of Canterbury faces widespread criticism after saying some Sharia law in the UK is "unavoidable". |
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Yahoo News |
9:21pm PST |
Dozens injured in Georgia sugar refinery blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Dozens of people were injured, some of
them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S.
state of Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said,
adding that no fatalities had been reported yet. |
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9:18pm PST |
AP: Evangelical leader endorses Huckabee
(AP)
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Summary: AP - James Dobson, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical Christian leaders, backed Mike Huckabee's presidential bid Thursday night, giving the former Arkansas governor a long-sought endorsement as the Republican field narrowed to a two-man race. |
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Cnn.com |
9:16pm PST |
Dozens hurt as blast rocks sugar refinery |
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Summary: Dozens of people were injured -- many of them critically -- in an explosion at a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, tonight, a hospital official said. Ambulances were rushing the injured to area hospitals while rescuers searched for other victims.
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9:10pm PST |
McCain plea as Romney withdraws |
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Summary: John McCain calls on conservatives to rally behind him as Mitt Romney suspends his US presidential campaign. |
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BBC News |
9:10pm PST |
McCain plea as Romney quits |
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Summary: John McCain calls on conservatives to rally behind him as Mitt Romney ends his US presidential campaign. |
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9:07pm PST |
Sadness may encourage more extravagance
(AP)
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Summary: AP - If you're sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people's spending judgment goes out the window when they're down, especially if they're a bit self-absorbed. |
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Yahoo News |
9:00pm PST |
Force of blast killed Bhutto, not bullet: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an
assassin's bullet, The New York Times reported in its Friday
editions, quoting officials briefed by Scotland Yard
investigators. |
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BBC News |
9:00pm PST |
Coroner denies 13 suicides linked |
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Summary: The coroner investigating the suicides of 13 young people says he does not think they were linked. |
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8:59pm PST |
McNamee's lawyers show photos of needles
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Roger Clemens crisscrossed Capitol Hill, hoping a handshake and a smile would help his cause. His accuser, Brian McNamee, brought two photos showing syringes and vials and even a crumpled beer can in a bid to bolster his side of the story. |
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8:51pm PST |
Australia ends 'Pacific Solution' |
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Summary: The last detainees leave a camp on Nauru, ending Australia's "Pacific Solution" immigration policy. |
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Yahoo News |
8:43pm PST |
Six dead in Missouri City Hall shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A gunman killed two police
officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he
stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis,
police said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:33pm PST |
Palestinian PM sees no '08 Israel accord
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam
Fayyad said on Thursday a lasting peace accord with Israel was
unlikely in 2008 despite renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve
the long-running conflict. |
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Cnn.com |
8:30pm PST |
Exxon to freeze $12 billion in Venezuelan assets |
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Summary: Exxon Mobil has obtained a court order freezing up to $12 billion of Venezuela's state-owned oil company's worldwide assets after the government of President Hugo Chavez forced the company out of two joint ventures last year, a company spokeswoman said Th |
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BBC News |
8:29pm PST |
Six die in attack on US council |
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Summary: A gunman opens fire on a council meeting in the US city of St Louis, killing five before being shot dead. |
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Yahoo News |
8:04pm PST |
6 dead after gunfire at Mo. meeting
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A gunman stormed a city council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three other people before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The man's gunfire injured the mayor, a newspaper reported. |
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Cnn.com |
7:54pm PST |
Five shot to death at City Council meeting |
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Summary: Seven people were shot, five of them fatally, Thursday evening at a police station and a City Council meeting in the city of Kirkwood, Missouri, police said.
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Yahoo News |
7:50pm PST |
Court has mystery hearing in Spears case
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The court commissioner who placed Britney Spears under conservatorship held a closed-door hearing on an unspecified emergency motion Thursday, a day after the troubled pop star was suddenly released from a psychiatric hospital and ended up being purs |
