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8:48am PST |
Mission hits press, prince pulled from duty |
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Summary: Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan immediately because of fear for his safety after news of his deployment was made public, the British defense ministry said today. The prince, third in line to the British throne, has been deployed to Afghan |
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8:46am PST |
Party leaders declared gifts late |
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Summary: David Cameron and Nick Clegg are among MPs criticised by the Electoral Commission for declaring donations late. |
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8:45am PST |
Gazprom to reduce Ukraine's gas |
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Summary: Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, says it will cut supplies to Ukraine by 25% on Monday. |
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Yahoo News |
8:40am PST |
Winehouse cleared of witness tampering
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Summary: AP - Police are no longer investigating Amy Winehouse on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband, her spokesman said Friday. |
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8:36am PST |
Football: Grant blasts media 'lies' |
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Summary: Chelsea boss Avram Grant launches a stinging attack on the media following criticism of his side's Carling Cup final defeat by Tottenham. |
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Cnn.com |
8:33am PST |
Rape allegation against Marine dropped |
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Summary: Japanese authorities on Friday released an American Marine accused of raping a teenager in Okinawa after the girl dropped the allegations, the U.S. military said.
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8:33am PST |
Gunmen kidnap Iraqi Chaldean Catholic archbishop
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Summary: Reuters - Gunmen kidnapped the Chaldean
Catholic archbishop of Mosul on Friday from the northern Iraqi
city and killed his driver and two companions, police said. |
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Yahoo News |
8:25am PST |
US: PKK must still be 'dealt with'
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The White House on Friday called Turkey's just-completed ground incursion in northern Iraq "targeted and relatively short" and vowed sustained US support against Kurdish rebels based there. |
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8:24am PST |
Slain girl cried 'I'm sorry' in final moments |
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8:23am PST |
U.S. Marine in Okinawa rape case released
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month
on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl was released by
Japanese authorities on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S.
military on the southern island of Okinawa said. |
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Cnn.com |
8:20am PST |
Michael Jackson late on house payments |
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8:12am PST |
Clinton may challenge Texas vote rules
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has raised the possibility of a challenge to Texas' primary and caucus rules just days before the contest, drawing a warning against legal action from the state's Democratic Party. |
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8:11am PST |
Vitamin E linked to lung cancer |
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Summary: Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests. |
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Cnn.com |
8:10am PST |
Make debt collectors back off -- or else |
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Summary: If you've faced a financial catastrophe -- an illness or job layoff -- and you've fallen behind on some bills, you're well aware that debt collectors are eager to collect those payments.
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8:08am PST |
Vote Mugabe, prison staff ordered |
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Summary: The head of Zimbabwe's prison service orders his staff to vote for President Robert Mugabe in next month's poll. |
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Yahoo News |
8:08am PST |
Israeli official warns Palestinians of "shoah"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A senior Israeli defense official
said on Friday that Palestinians firing rockets from the
Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he
termed a "shoah," the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster. |
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8:04am PST |
Abortion tablets in wife's food |
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Summary: A baker put abortion tablets into his wife's breakfast to try to make her lose their baby, a court hears. |
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Cnn.com |
8:02am PST |
Boy charged with killing deputy mom, sisters |
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Summary: A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with killing his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
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7:59am PST |
Toxin ricin found in Las Vegas hotel room-media
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Ricin, a deadly poison, was
discovered in a hotel room in Las Vegas but officials don't
believe the incident is terrorism related, media reported on
Friday. |
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BBC News |
7:48am PST |
Mascherano signs Liverpool deal |
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Summary: Javier Mascherano signs a four-year contract with Liverpool, the club confirms. |
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Yahoo News |
7:41am PST |
CEO says Victoria's Secret is too sexy
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Victoria's Secret, the lingerie company that introduced the Very Sexy bra, the Fantasy Bra, and the Internet server-crashing fashion show, has become "too sexy" for its own good, its top executive said. |
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7:36am PST |
Israel warns of invasion of Gaza |
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Summary: An Israeli minister says Israel will be left with no choice but to invade Gaza if Palestinians step up rocket attacks. |
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Yahoo News |
7:34am PST |
Wall Street slides in early trading
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Stocks fell in early trading Friday after disappointing earnings from American International Group Inc. and Dell Inc. underscored the challenging economic environment in which companies now operate. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 170 po |
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Yahoo News |
7:31am PST |
Astros will honor Clemens' contract
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane will honor Roger Clemens' 10-year personal services contract despite an FBI decision to investigate whether the star pitcher lied under oath about his denials of steroid use. |
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BBC News |
7:23am PST |
Taylor apologised to me - Wenger |
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Summary: Arsene Wenger reveals that Martin Taylor apologised to him for the tackle which broke Eduardo's leg. |
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BBC News |
7:18am PST |
New abuse claims at Jersey home |
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Summary: Police in Jersey say two more people have come forward to claim they were abused at Haut de la Garenne. |
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7:17am PST |
Winehouse will not face charges |
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Summary: Amy Winehouse faces no further action in connection with her husband's alleged bid to pervert justice. |
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Yahoo News |
7:15am PST |
Ricin possibly found at Las Vegas motel
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A substance found at a motel may be the deadly toxin ricin, but authorities said Friday they don't believe it was intended for a terrorist attack. Lab tests on the substance were pending and seven people were taken to hospitals as a precaution. |
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6:58am PST |
Gaza militants 'risking disaster' |
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Summary: Israel's deputy defence minister says the Palestinians will face a disaster if they step up rocket attacks on Israel. |
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BBC News |
6:57am PST |
Turkish troops pull out of Iraq |
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Summary: Turkey's military says it has withdrawn troops from Iraq after an operation against Kurdish PKK rebels. |
