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Yahoo News |
6:15am PST |
Hamas claims Jerusalem college shooting
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist
movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for the shooting
attack in Jerusalem the previous evening in which a local
gunman killed eight students at a Jewish religious school. |
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BBC News |
6:10am PST |
Ex-councillor shot in Basque area |
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Summary: A former Socialist town councillor is shot dead in Spain's Basque region just ahead of national elections. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05am PST |
US stocks fall on employment report
(AP)
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Summary: AP - U.S. stock futures signaled a sharply lower open Friday after the government's much-anticipated February employment report came in weaker than expected. |
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Yahoo News |
6:01am PST |
U.S. Feb payrolls drop biggest in nearly five years
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. employers cut payrolls for a
second straight month during February, slashing 63,000 jobs for
the biggest monthly decline in nearly five years as the
nation's labor markets weakened steadily, a government report
on Friday showed. |
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Yahoo News |
5:56am PST |
U.S. checks border stop for link to New York blast
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. authorities are checking
whether several people stopped at the Canadian border are
linked to an explosion that damaged a military recruiting
station in New York, police said on Friday. |
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Cnn.com |
5:55am PST |
Job losses worst in five years |
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Summary: Employers made their deepest cut in staffing in in almost five years in February, according to a closely watched government report Friday that showed the labor market far weaker than expected, fueling already building recession fears.
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Yahoo News |
5:49am PST |
Iranian cleric urges high turnout to beat foes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - A hardline senior cleric urged Iranians
on Friday to turn out in force for a parliamentary election
next week and frustrate the United States and its allies who he
said wanted a low turnout. |
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BBC News |
5:46am PST |
Pet hamsters banned in Vietnam |
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Summary: Officials in Vietnam ban the ownership of hamsters, fearing the furry pets can cause disease. |
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Cnn.com |
5:44am PST |
Officials: Letter writer not NYC bomber |
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Summary: The FBI announced on Friday that federal agents in Los Angeles, California, are questioning a "person of interest" about letters that members of Congress received after an explosion in Times Square.
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BBC News |
5:41am PST |
Ex-official killed in Basque area |
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Summary: A former Socialist town councillor is shot dead in Spain's Basque region just ahead of national elections. |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PST |
Iraqi cleric Sadr explains long absence to followers
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr, who has not been seen in public for months,
issued an unusual statement on Friday explaining his absence to
his followers and admitting splits in his movement. |
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BBC News |
5:17am PST |
Confusion 'could doom Diplomas' |
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Summary: Head teachers issue a warning about problems facing Diplomas - as ministers extend them. |
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BBC News |
5:15am PST |
Sprint: Heat win for Chambers |
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Summary: Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers wins his 60m heat at the World Indoor Championships. |
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BBC News |
5:12am PST |
Man arrested over Milly inquiry |
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Summary: A 34-year-old man is arrested in connection with the inquiry into the death of schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2002. |
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Yahoo News |
5:04am PST |
Jobless number is expected to be higher
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The unemployment rate is expected to have inched up to 5.0 percent in February. The Labor Department releases the new numbers this morning at 8:30 a.m. EST. Thomas/IFR estimates that figure, which would be up from 4.9 percent in January. Payrolls are |
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Yahoo News |
5:04am PST |
Analysis: Vaccine payment no landmark
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For those convinced that vaccines can cause autism, the sad case of a Georgia girl, daughter of a doctor and lawyer, seems like clear-cut evidence. The government has agreed to pay the girl's family for injury caused by vaccines. |
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Yahoo News |
4:56am PST |
Showdown among S. American leaders looms
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A showdown loomed Friday for the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela in this seaside capital as a summit of Latin American leaders aimed to calm a crisis triggered by a deadly Colombian cross-border raid. |
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Yahoo News |
4:54am PST |
Pro golfer apologizes for killing hawk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour apologized for killing a hawk that was making noise while he tried to film a TV show. Now the Humane Society wants the PGA Tour to take action. |
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BBC News |
4:53am PST |
Crisis overshadows LatAm summit |
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Summary: Tensions over Colombia's military raid inside Ecuador are set to surface at a regional leaders' summit. |
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BBC News |
4:52am PST |
Football: Brady gets Irish post |
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Summary: Arsenal legend Liam Brady joins the backroom team of new Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni. |
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BBC News |
4:52am PST |
China to crack down on pop stars |
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Summary: China will impose stricter rules on foreign singers after Bjork caused controversy at a gig by shouting "Tibet, Tibet". |
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Yahoo News |
4:31am PST |
Baghdad blast toll rises, deadliest in months
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iraqi police said on Friday 68 people
were killed in coordinated bombings blamed on al Qaeda in a
packed shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday, making it
the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in nine months. |
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BBC News |
4:30am PST |
Abkhazia in independence plea |
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Summary: The breakaway Abkhazia region in Georgia urges the international community to recognise its independence. |
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Yahoo News |
4:17am PST |
Arbour says next U.N. rights boss must speak out
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Louise Arbour, who confirmed on Friday she would leave her post
at the end of June, urged her successor to speak out against
abuses worldwide despite political pressures. |
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BBC News |
4:16am PST |
Legal bid by Noye given consent |
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Summary: Kenneth Noye, jailed for the M25 murder of Stephen Cameron, wins permission for a fresh legal bid. |
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BBC News |
4:01am PST |
US ex-bosses pay deals under fire |
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Summary: The ex-bosses of three US financial firms hit by the sub-prime crisis are to justify their huge payoffs to Congress. |
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BBC News |
3:58am PST |
Chad 'orphans' to return home |
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Summary: The 103 children in Chad caught up in an abduction case are to return to their families, Unicef says. |
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Yahoo News |
3:52am PST |
UNC student body president fatally shot
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The student body president at the University of North Carolina was last seen alive just hours before she was found shot to death on a street in what police said they believe was a random act. |
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BBC News |
3:50am PST |
Rugby: Wales eye Triple Crown |
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Summary: Ireland go in as favourites as unbeaten Wales look to win the Triple Crown on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
3:48am PST |
Athletics: Chambers wins heat |
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Summary: Dwain Chambers makes a low-key start at the World Indoor Championships, winning his 60m heat. |
