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11:54pm PDT |
Children 'let down' on complaints |
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Summary: The man who oversaw the north Wales child abuse inquiry attacks the assembly government over how child complaints are treated. |
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11:54pm PDT |
Waterhouse attacks child decision |
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Summary: The man who oversaw the north Wales child abuse inquiry attacks the assembly government over how child complaints are treated. |
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11:43pm PDT |
875 GCSE upgrades follow appeals |
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Summary: Almost 900 grades in last year's GCSE examinations in NI were upgraded after the marks were queried. |
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11:42pm PDT |
Senate, House approve fiscal 2009 budget plans
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Senate passed a budget plan
on Friday to eliminate the federal deficit by 2012 while
spending more than President George W. Bush wants on domestic
programs like schools and roads. |
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11:33pm PDT |
Troops 'seal Tibet monasteries' |
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Summary: Troops seal off monasteries in the Tibetan city of Lhasa following protests earlier this week, reports say. |
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11:13pm PDT |
Iran votes in polls after reformists disqualifed
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Summary: AFP - Iranians on Friday began voting in polls expected to consolidate conservative control of parliament after the mass disqualification of reformist candidates by a hardline vetting body. |
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11:04pm PDT |
'Pre-Inca' temple found in Peru |
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Summary: Archaeologists in Peru discover
the ruins of an ancient temple that could predate the Inca empire. |
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11:04pm PDT |
Budget would torpedo Bush's tax cuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Senate rejected calls from both parties' presidential candidates to take an election-year break from pork-barrel spending as a Democratic-run Congress passed budget plans that would torpedo hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts won by Presi |
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11:00pm PDT |
US envoy urges N Korea progress |
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Summary: Some progress was made at North Korea nuclear talks but more is needed, US negotiator Christopher Hill says. |
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10:50pm PDT |
Pair quizzed over Goa girl murder |
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Summary: Detectives continue to question two men over the death of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in India. |
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10:34pm PDT |
Todd's body released for burial |
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Summary: The family of Manchester police chief Michael Todd are due to begin organising his funeral. |
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10:24pm PDT |
Tories plan extra parental leave |
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Summary: David Cameron says a Conservative government would extend parental leave and give mothers and fathers the choice of who looks after a newborn baby. |
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10:10pm PDT |
Iran reformists plea for large vote turnout |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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10:08pm PDT |
Iranians vote, Ahmadinejad's critics cry foul
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Iranians began voting on Friday in a
parliamentary election that conservatives are expected to win
after many opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were
barred from running as candidates. |
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10:04pm PDT |
Cricket: Anderson takes five |
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Summary: England end day two of the second Test 148 ahead of New Zealand after James Anderson takes five wickets. |
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9:58pm PDT |
House debates spying laws in secret |
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Summary: President Bush Thursday vowed to veto a new proposal to update the nation's wiretapping program backed by House Democratic leaders.
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Cnn.com |
9:55pm PDT |
Spitzer escort's fame fuels career prospects |
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Cnn.com |
9:42pm PDT |
Vatican official: New sins on horizon |
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Summary: Fifteen hundred years after the Roman Catholic Church introduced the original list of seven deadly sins, a Vatican official last week suggested an updated roster for a new age.
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9:34pm PDT |
House closes its doors for spying bill
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The House held a closed session Thursday for the first time in 25 years to discuss a hotly contested surveillance bill. |
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BBC News |
9:30pm PDT |
Iranians vote in general election |
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Summary: Voting begins in Iran's polls with many opponents of President Ahmadinejad barred from running. |
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9:17pm PDT |
Chinese troops surround monasteries in Tibet: rights group
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Troops have surrounded the three biggest monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, a rights group said Friday, as fears mount of a severe crackdown following protests against Chinese rule. |
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9:06pm PDT |
Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Peer-to-peer file sharing, the primary vehicle for online piracy, has been as unpopular with Internet service providers as it has been popular with users. |
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Cnn.com |
9:04pm PDT |
Dupre's MySpace page evolves with scandal |
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Summary: In three days, Ashley Alexandra Dupre went from being an unknown 22-year-old aspiring musician to the fifth most-searched subject on Google because of her alleged sexual encounters with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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Cnn.com |
8:37pm PDT |
Chad, Sudan sign peace agreement |
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Summary: The presidents of Sudan and Chad signed a non-aggression agreement late Thursday, aiming to halt cross-border hostilities between the two African nations.
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Cnn.com |
8:37pm PDT |
Chad, Sudan sign peace deal |
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Summary: The presidents of Sudan and Chad signed a non-aggression agreement late Thursday, aiming to halt cross-border hostilities between the two African nations.
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8:26pm PDT |
Dyslexia link to school failures |
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Summary: Undiagnosed dyslexia is a major cause of failure in school, according to government-funded research. |
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8:23pm PDT |
Senate blocks moratorium on earmarks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Even with the backing of all three presidential candidates, Senate old-timers in both parties decisively killed a proposed one-year ban on lawmakers' home-state pet projects. |
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Cnn.com |
8:16pm PDT |
Senate rejects 1-year earmark ban |
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Summary: The U.S. Senate shot down an effort Thursday night to ban so-called "earmark" spending for one year -- quashing an effort backed by all three senators seeking the presidency.
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8:11pm PDT |
Cuba moves to lift appliance ban |
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Summary: Cuba's new President Raul Castro looks set to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances. |
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8:06pm PDT |
Chad, Sudan presidents sign non aggression pact
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The presidents of Sudan and Chad on Thursday signed a non-aggression pact -- the sixth deal in five years aiming to halt hostilities between the African rivals. |
