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6:32am PST |
Analysis: Clinton didn't go for the kill |
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Summary: It was one of Hillary Clinton's last chances to knock rival Barack Obama off course. But throughout the CNN/Univision debate in Austin, Texas, Clinton struck a cautious tone and likely did little to blunt Obama's momentum.
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6:32am PST |
Brucie enjoys birthday in style |
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Summary: Veteran entertainer Bruce Forsyth says he has no plans to retire as he celebrates his 80th birthday in London. |
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Yahoo News |
6:25am PST |
Plane crash site in Venezuela found
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Summary: AP - Searchers spotted the wreckage of a plane carrying 46 people in the mountains of western Venezuela Friday. |
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6:17am PST |
Fresh violence in Kosovo Serb protests |
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Summary: Dozens of people were reportedly injured and one charred body was found as angry demonstrators protesting Kosovo's independence from Serbia attacked the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday
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6:17am PST |
Tear gas fired at Serbs in Kosovo protest |
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Summary: Dozens of people were reportedly injured and one charred body was found as angry demonstrators protesting Kosovo's independence from Serbia attacked the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday
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6:15am PST |
No survivors in Venezuelan plane crash: official
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Summary: Reuters - A plane crashed in the
Venezuelan Andes just after takeoff and all 46 people on board
were killed, authorities said on Friday. |
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6:04am PST |
AU head urges Kenya peace deal |
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Summary: The African Union Commission chairman urges Kenya's political rivals to reach an agreement. |
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5:58am PST |
Turkish troops launch offensive in northern Iraq
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Turkish troops entered northern Iraq to hunt separatist Kurdish rebels after fighter jets struck at their bases, the Turkish army said Friday. |
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5:43am PST |
Man convicted of model's murder |
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Summary: A man is found guilty of murdering teenage model Sally Anne Bowman outside her south London home. |
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5:29am PST |
Thousands excused training to 18 |
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Summary: The new requirement in England to be educated to age 18 will not apply to youngsters in difficult circumstances. |
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5:27am PST |
UN fires tear gas at Serb protesters
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Summary: AP - U.N. police are firing tear gas at 5,000 Serb demonstrators trying to cross a key bridge in the ethnically divided city of Kosovoska Mitrovica. |
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5:23am PST |
UK orders broadband review |
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Summary: The government will review the future of broadband amid calls that it should help firms pay for new infrastructure. |
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5:20am PST |
Brucie begins birthday in style |
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Summary: Entertainer Bruce Forsyth says he has no plans to retire as he celebrates his 80th birthday in London. |
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4:58am PST |
Analysis: Clinton likely didn't slow Obama |
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Summary: It was one of Hillary Clinton's last chances to knock rival Barack Obama off course. But throughout the CNN/Univision debate in Austin, Texas, Clinton struck a cautious tone and likely did little to blunt Obama's momentum.
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4:56am PST |
Hundreds of homes damaged in Nevada quake |
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Summary: A powerful earthquake damaged hundreds of homes, toppled chimneys and reduced part of a historical district to rubble, but residents of rural Wells, Nevada, town are grateful it wasn't worse.
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BBC News |
4:43am PST |
UK prisons now 'over-capacity' |
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Summary: Prisons in England and Wales have hit a record population, exceeding maximum capacity for the first time, officials say. |
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4:43am PST |
Prisons exceed normal population |
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Summary: Prisons in England and Wales have hit a record population, exceeding maximum capacity for the first time, officials say. |
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4:43am PST |
Prisons full with record numbers |
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Summary: Prisons in England and Wales have hit a record population, exceeding maximum capacity for the first time, officials say. |
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Cnn.com |
4:34am PST |
'Virtual fence' OK'd for U.S.-Mexico border |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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4:30am PST |
Sneak peek at Darwin's crab haul |
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Summary: Crabs collected by Charles Darwin as he travelled the world aboard HMS Beagle are given a new lease of life on the web. |
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4:27am PST |
West warns Serbia against violence
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The European Union told Serbia on
Friday to protect embassies after attacks over Western support
for Kosovo's secession, and suggested such violence could harm
its prospects of closer ties with the bloc. |
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4:26am PST |
Young women top unpaid work list |
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Summary: Single women in their thirties are most likely to do unpaid overtime, a report from the TUC says. |
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4:09am PST |
Christie will not carry Olympic torch |
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Summary: Controversial former sprinter Linford Christie will not carry the Olympic torch when it arrives in London. |
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4:08am PST |
Cricket: NZ-England preview |
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Summary: England hope to tie their one-day series in New Zealand by winning Saturday's finale in Christchurch. |
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4:05am PST |
On-the-run rapist absconded twice |
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Summary: A man who absconded from an open prison and then raped a schoolgirl had previously gone on the run. |
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3:53am PST |
Sadr prolongs Iraqi ceasefire
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to prolong their Mahdi Army militia's ceasefire for another six months Friday, after seeing a dramatic reduction in violence in Iraq. |
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3:49am PST |
Turkey launches land offensive into Iraq
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed
into northern Iraq and thousands more are at the border ready
to join them in their hunt for Kurdish PKK guerrillas, a senior
military source said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
3:45am PST |
Clinton, Obama wrangle in Texas debate |
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Summary: In a state she needs to win to derail Sen. Barack Obama's momentum, Sen. Hillary Clinton sparred with the Democratic front-runner on issues including Iraq, health care, leadership, the economy and what constitutes "plagiarism."
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3:35am PST |
Suspicious blaze at auction house |
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Summary: Police are investigating a fire at a house auctioned hours before by the Assets Recovery Agency. |
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3:22am PST |
Suffolk killer will die in prison |
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Summary: Serial killer Steve Wright is to spend the rest of his life in jail for the murders of five women in Suffolk in 2006. |
